Nuggets 110-99 Bobcats (31 Jan, 2009) Play-by-Play

Charlotte Bobcats

19-28, 6-15 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CHA	19	23	29	28	99
DEN	24	33	29	24	110

Denver Nuggets

31-16, 19-6 home

110

Nene Hilario makes two point shot (Kenyon Martin assists)
Nene Hilario makes 13-foot jumper (Kenyon Martin assists)
Carmelo Anthony misses 18-foot jumper
Chauncey Billups misses 16-foot jumper
Carmelo Anthony makes 20-foot jumper (Dahntay Jones assists)
Dahntay Jones makes 20-foot jumper (Nene Hilario assists)
Carmelo Anthony misses 24-foot three point jumper
Nene Hilario makes dunk (Chauncey Billups assists)
Carmelo Anthony makes driving layup
Carmelo Anthony makes two point shot
Boris Diaw blocks Carmelo Anthony's driving layup
Kenyon Martin misses 21-foot jumper
Chauncey Billups misses 26-foot three point jumper
Chauncey Billups misses 24-foot three point jumper
J.R. Smith misses 10-foot jumper
Linas Kleiza makes driving dunk (Kenyon Martin assists)
J.R. Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
Nene Hilario makes two point shot (Anthony Carter assists)
Chris Andersen makes slam dunk (Anthony Carter assists)
Chris Andersen makes two point shot (Anthony Carter assists)
Linas Kleiza misses 23-foot three point jumper
Linas Kleiza makes 5-foot two point shot (Anthony Carter assists)
Emeka Okafor blocks J.R. Smith's two point shot
Linas Kleiza makes two point shot (Nene Hilario assists)
Linas Kleiza makes 8-foot two point shot (J.R. Smith assists)
Juwan Howard blocks Chris Andersen's layup
J.R. Smith makes 20-foot jumper
Nene Hilario makes two point shot (J.R. Smith assists)
Anthony Carter misses 19-foot jumper
DeSagana Diop blocks Carmelo Anthony's driving layup
Nene Hilario makes slam dunk (J.R. Smith assists)
J.R. Smith misses 24-foot three pointer
Nene Hilario makes layup (Carmelo Anthony assists)
Chauncey Billups misses 23-foot jumper
Kenyon Martin makes slam dunk (Chauncey Billups assists)
Renaldo Balkman makes dunk (Chauncey Billups assists)
Dahntay Jones misses 19-foot jumper
Chauncey Billups makes driving layup
Carmelo Anthony makes 18-foot jumper
Nene Hilario makes two point shot (Carmelo Anthony assists)
Kenyon Martin makes 25-foot three point jumper (Carmelo Anthony assists)
Carmelo Anthony misses jumper
Boris Diaw blocks Kenyon Martin's layup
Emeka Okafor blocks Kenyon Martin's dunk
Dahntay Jones makes two point shot (Carmelo Anthony assists)
Carmelo Anthony makes driving layup
Raymond Felton blocks Chauncey Billups's 20-foot jumper
Chauncey Billups makes 18-foot jumper
Chauncey Billups makes 21-foot jumper
Linas Kleiza misses 24-foot three point jumper
Carmelo Anthony misses 21-foot jumper
Chauncey Billups misses 22-foot jumper
Nene Hilario misses layup
J.R. Smith misses 21-foot jumper
Kenyon Martin makes slam dunk (Chauncey Billups assists)
Linas Kleiza makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
Linas Kleiza makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
J.R. Smith misses 21-foot jumper
J.R. Smith makes 6-foot running jumper (Carmelo Anthony assists)
Linas Kleiza makes 25-foot three point jumper (J.R. Smith assists)
J.R. Smith makes 17-foot two point shot
J.R. Smith makes 19-foot jumper
Carmelo Anthony misses driving layup
J.R. Smith misses two point shot
Nene Hilario makes slam dunk (Anthony Carter assists)
Linas Kleiza misses 23-foot three point jumper
Renaldo Balkman makes two point shot (Nene Hilario assists)
Linas Kleiza misses 24-foot three point jumper
Renaldo Balkman makes dunk (Anthony Carter assists)
Anthony Carter misses 21-foot jumper
Nene Hilario makes dunk
Johan Petro misses layup
Dahntay Jones makes two point shot
Raja Bell makes 16-foot jumper (Raymond Felton assists)
Adam Morrison makes 25-foot three point jumper (Raja Bell assists)
Adam Morrison misses 6-foot jumper
Boris Diaw misses driving layup
Adam Morrison misses 23-foot three point jumper
Raja Bell misses 19-foot jumper
Boris Diaw misses 6-foot two point shot
Boris Diaw misses 26-foot three point jumper
Raja Bell makes 20-foot jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Emeka Okafor makes layup (Raymond Felton assists)
Juwan Howard misses 18-foot jumper
Raymond Felton misses 21-foot jumper
Boris Diaw makes 26-foot three point jumper (Raja Bell assists)
Chris Andersen blocks Juwan Howard's driving layup
Raja Bell misses 26-foot three point jumper
Raja Bell makes 18-foot jumper (Raymond Felton assists)
DeSagana Diop misses 9-foot jumper
Raymond Felton makes two point shot
Cartier Martin misses 22-foot three point jumper
DeSagana Diop misses layup
Chris Andersen blocks Raymond Felton's 11-foot jumper
Cartier Martin makes 24-foot three point jumper (Juwan Howard assists)
Shannon Brown misses driving layup
Shannon Brown makes two point shot
Chris Andersen blocks Emeka Okafor's layup
Juwan Howard misses 20-foot jumper
Shannon Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shannon Brown misses 20-foot jumper
Juwan Howard makes 19-foot jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Emeka Okafor makes dunk (Raymond Felton assists)
Carmelo Anthony blocks Juwan Howard's two point shot
Raymond Felton misses layup
Emeka Okafor makes tip shot
Cartier Martin misses 24-foot three point jumper
Boris Diaw misses 7-foot two point shot
Boris Diaw makes layup
Raja Bell makes 19-foot jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Kenyon Martin blocks Adam Morrison's 6-foot two point shot
Raja Bell misses 19-foot jumper
Boris Diaw makes 26-foot three point jumper (Raymond Felton assists)
Chris Andersen blocks Cartier Martin's two point shot
Adam Morrison makes 7-foot two point shot
Raja Bell makes 23-foot three point jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Emeka Okafor makes 6-foot two point shot
Raja Bell misses 20-foot jumper
Boris Diaw misses 20-foot jumper
Raja Bell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Raymond Felton assists)
Raja Bell makes 20-foot jumper
Boris Diaw misses 26-foot three point jumper
Raymond Felton misses 14-foot jumper
Raymond Felton makes 11-foot running jumper
Raymond Felton misses 7-foot running jumper
Boris Diaw makes driving layup
Juwan Howard misses 15-foot jumper
Boris Diaw misses layup
Juwan Howard makes layup
Juwan Howard misses 9-foot two point shot
Juwan Howard makes 15-foot jumper (Raja Bell assists)
Shannon Brown makes two point shot
Raja Bell makes 25-foot three point jumper
Juwan Howard makes two point shot (Shannon Brown assists)
Shannon Brown misses two point shot
Shannon Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
Boris Diaw misses 25-foot three point jumper
Emeka Okafor misses layup
Raja Bell makes 17-foot jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Raymond Felton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Raja Bell assists)
Raymond Felton misses 20-foot two point shot
Raymond Felton misses 23-foot three point jumper
Raja Bell misses 26-foot three point jumper
DeSagana Diop makes dunk (Raymond Felton assists)
Boris Diaw makes layup (Raymond Felton assists)
Boris Diaw makes layup (Raymond Felton assists)
Johan Petro blocks Alexis Ajinca's dunk
DeSagana Diop makes 13-foot jumper (Alexis Ajinca assists)
Alexis Ajinca makes dunk (Cartier Martin assists)
Cartier Martin makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shannon Brown assists)

BOBCATS

NUGGETS

TIME		CHA	DEN
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Emeka Okafor vs. Nene Hilario (Raymond Felton gains possession)	0	0
11:45	Adam Morrison offensive foul (Carmelo Anthony draws the foul)	0	0
11:45	Adam Morrison turnover	0	0
11:33	Nene Hilario makes two point shot (Kenyon Martin assists)	0	2
11:15	Raja Bell makes 16-foot jumper (Raymond Felton assists)	2	2
10:59	Nene Hilario makes 13-foot jumper (Kenyon Martin assists)	2	4
10:57	Dahntay Jones double technical foul	2	4
10:40	Emeka Okafor turnover (Chauncey Billups steals)	2	4
10:33	Carmelo Anthony misses 18-foot jumper	2	4
10:32	Raja Bell defensive rebound	2	4
10:21	Boris Diaw lost ball (Kenyon Martin steals)	2	4
10:18	Chauncey Billups bad pass	2	4
9:53	Adam Morrison makes 25-foot three point jumper (Raja Bell assists)	5	4
9:37	Chauncey Billups misses 16-foot jumper	5	4
9:34	Adam Morrison defensive rebound	5	4
9:30	Adam Morrison misses 6-foot jumper	5	4
9:29	Kenyon Martin defensive rebound	5	4
9:19	Carmelo Anthony makes 20-foot jumper (Dahntay Jones assists)	5	6
9:00	Boris Diaw misses driving layup	5	6
9:00	Nene Hilario defensive rebound	5	6
8:45	Dahntay Jones makes 20-foot jumper (Nene Hilario assists)	5	8
8:26	Adam Morrison misses 23-foot three point jumper	5	8
8:25	Emeka Okafor offensive rebound	5	8
8:22	Emeka Okafor lost ball (Dahntay Jones steals)	5	8
8:18	Carmelo Anthony misses 24-foot three point jumper	5	8
8:18	Denver defensive rebound	5	8
8:18	Nene Hilario loose ball foul (Boris Diaw draws the foul)	5	8
8:07	Raja Bell misses 19-foot jumper	5	8
8:06	Nene Hilario defensive rebound	5	8
8:04	Raja Bell shooting foul (Chauncey Billups draws the foul)	5	8
8:04	Chauncey Billups makes free throw 1 of 2	5	9
8:04	Chauncey Billups makes free throw 2 of 2	5	10
7:58	Dahntay Jones personal foul (Raja Bell draws the foul)	5	10
7:48	Raymond Felton lost ball (Kenyon Martin steals)	5	10
7:43	Nene Hilario makes dunk (Chauncey Billups assists)	5	12
7:24	Emeka Okafor offensive foul (Nene Hilario draws the foul)	5	12
7:24	Emeka Okafor turnover	5	12
7:09	Carmelo Anthony makes driving layup	5	14
7:03	Charlotte full timeout	5	14
6:54	Boris Diaw misses 6-foot two point shot	5	14
6:52	Nene Hilario defensive rebound	5	14
6:39	Dahntay Jones discontinue dribble	5	14
6:24	Boris Diaw misses 26-foot three point jumper	5	14
6:22	Dahntay Jones defensive rebound	5	14
6:13	Carmelo Anthony makes two point shot	5	16
6:13	Adam Morrison shooting foul (Carmelo Anthony draws the foul)	5	16
6:13	Juwan Howard enters the game for Adam Morrison	5	16
6:13	Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 1 of 1	5	17
5:58	Raja Bell makes 20-foot jumper (Boris Diaw assists)	7	17
5:47	Kenyon Martin bad pass (Boris Diaw steals)	7	17
5:39	Nene Hilario shooting foul (Emeka Okafor draws the foul)	7	17
5:39	Emeka Okafor makes free throw 1 of 2	8	17
5:39	Chris Andersen enters the game for Nene Hilario	8	17
5:39	Emeka Okafor makes free throw 2 of 2	9	17
5:28	Juwan Howard shooting foul (Chris Andersen draws the foul)	9	17
5:28	Chris Andersen makes free throw 1 of 2	9	18
5:28	Chris Andersen makes free throw 2 of 2	9	19
5:16	Emeka Okafor makes layup (Raymond Felton assists)	11	19
5:01	Emeka Okafor personal foul (Chris Andersen draws the foul)	11	19
5:01	DeSagana Diop enters the game for Emeka Okafor	11	19
4:52	Boris Diaw blocks Carmelo Anthony's driving layup	11	19
4:50	Juwan Howard defensive rebound	11	19
4:39	Juwan Howard misses 18-foot jumper	11	19
4:37	DeSagana Diop offensive rebound	11	19
4:30	Boris Diaw bad pass (Kenyon Martin steals)	11	19
4:28	Carmelo Anthony offensive foul (Raja Bell draws the foul)	11	19
4:28	Carmelo Anthony turnover	11	19
4:11	Boris Diaw bad pass	11	19
4:11	Linas Kleiza enters the game for Carmelo Anthony	11	19
3:53	Kenyon Martin misses 21-foot jumper	11	19
3:50	DeSagana Diop defensive rebound	11	19
3:44	Raymond Felton misses 21-foot jumper	11	19
3:42	Chauncey Billups defensive rebound	11	19
3:34	Chauncey Billups misses 26-foot three point jumper	11	19
3:32	Juwan Howard defensive rebound	11	19
3:15	Boris Diaw makes 26-foot three point jumper (Raja Bell assists)	14	19
2:56	Raymond Felton personal foul (Chauncey Billups draws the foul)	14	19
2:56	Denver full timeout	14	19
2:56	J.R. Smith enters the game for Dahntay Jones	14	19
2:56	Chauncey Billups misses free throw 1 of 2	14	19
2:56	Denver offensive rebound	14	19
2:56	Chauncey Billups makes free throw 2 of 2	14	20
2:36	Chris Andersen blocks Juwan Howard's driving layup	14	20
2:33	Chauncey Billups defensive rebound	14	20
2:29	Chauncey Billups misses 24-foot three point jumper	14	20
2:28	DeSagana Diop defensive rebound	14	20
2:21	Raja Bell misses 26-foot three point jumper	14	20
2:19	Kenyon Martin defensive rebound	14	20
2:14	Kenyon Martin turnover	14	20
1:59	Raja Bell makes 18-foot jumper (Raymond Felton assists)	16	20
1:34	J.R. Smith misses 10-foot jumper	16	20
1:32	Denver defensive rebound	16	20
1:32	Chris Andersen loose ball foul (DeSagana Diop draws the foul)	16	20
1:32	Anthony Carter enters the game for Chauncey Billups	16	20
1:14	DeSagana Diop misses 9-foot jumper	16	20
1:12	Juwan Howard offensive rebound	16	20
1:02	Raymond Felton makes two point shot	18	20
1:02	Chris Andersen shooting foul (Raymond Felton draws the foul)	18	20
1:02	Shannon Brown enters the game for Raja Bell	18	20
1:02	Cartier Martin enters the game for Boris Diaw	18	20
1:02	Raymond Felton makes free throw 1 of 1	19	20
51.0	Cartier Martin personal foul (Linas Kleiza draws the foul)	19	20
51.0	Linas Kleiza makes free throw 1 of 2	19	21
51.0	Linas Kleiza makes free throw 2 of 2	19	22
41.2	Juwan Howard traveling	19	22
24.1	Linas Kleiza makes driving dunk (Kenyon Martin assists)	19	24
0.8	Cartier Martin misses 22-foot three point jumper	19	24
0.2	DeSagana Diop offensive rebound	19	24
0.2	DeSagana Diop misses layup	19	24
0.0	Charlotte offensive rebound	19	24
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	19	24

Regular Season Series

DEN wins 2-0

Nuggets
88
Bobcats
80

Game 1

12/11

Bobcats
99
Nuggets
110

Game 2

31/1

Ball Arena

2:00 AM, 31 January 2009

Denver, CO

Attendance: 18,463

Referees:
Joe DeRosa
Luis Grillo
Jason Phillips

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	12	4	.750	-	W1
Denver	8	5	.615	2.5	W1
Minnesota	8	7	.533	3.5	L1
Portland	6	9	.400	5.5	L1
Utah	3	12	.200	8.5	L4

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