Pelicans 130-125 Nuggets (21 Dec, 2015) Play-by-Play

New Orleans Pelicans

8-19, 3-13 away

130

	1	2	3	4	T
NO	36	31	32	31	130
DEN	31	43	22	29	125

Denver Nuggets

11-16, 5-8 home

125

Jameer Nelson misses 22-foot jumper
Danilo Gallinari misses step back jumpshot
Kenneth Faried misses 5-foot jumper
Joffrey Lauvergne makes three point jumper (Gary Harris assists)
Joffrey Lauvergne misses 25-foot three point jumper
Danilo Gallinari misses layup
Kenneth Faried makes layup
Jameer Nelson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Joffrey Lauvergne makes driving dunk (Jameer Nelson assists)
Nikola Jokic makes jumper
Jameer Nelson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Gary Harris misses driving layup
Gary Harris misses driving layup
Randy Foye makes 24-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
Randy Foye makes three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
Darrell Arthur makes dunk (Danilo Gallinari assists)
Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Dante Cunningham blocks Randy Foye's layup
Will Barton misses 21-foot jumper
Jrue Holiday blocks Will Barton 's 27-foot three point jumper
Randy Foye makes 25-foot three point jumper
Will Barton makes 7-foot two point shot (Randy Foye assists)
Nikola Jokic makes layup (Jameer Nelson assists)
Nikola Jokic makes two point shot (Will Barton assists)
Will Barton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
Jameer Nelson makes 25-foot three point jumper
Will Barton misses 12-foot jumper
Will Barton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kostas Papanikolaou assists)
Will Barton misses 9-foot jumper
Danilo Gallinari makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jameer Nelson assists)
Kendrick Perkins blocks Will Barton's layup
Will Barton misses layup
Kenneth Faried makes two point shot
Ryan Anderson blocks Danilo Gallinari's layup
Jameer Nelson makes three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
Will Barton makes driving dunk (Danilo Gallinari assists)
Danilo Gallinari makes 20-foot jumper (Will Barton assists)
Jameer Nelson makes 12-foot two point shot
Eric Gordon blocks Will Barton 's 2-foot layup
Kenneth Faried makes layup
Danilo Gallinari makes 14-foot two point shot
Kenneth Faried makes layup (Will Barton assists)
Danilo Gallinari misses 16-foot Regular Jump Shot
Kenneth Faried misses jumper
Kenneth Faried makes layup
Gary Harris misses three point jumper
Danilo Gallinari misses 26-foot three point jumper
Danilo Gallinari misses 19-foot jumper
Gary Harris makes driving layup (Joffrey Lauvergne assists)
Gary Harris misses three point jumper
Danilo Gallinari misses 19-foot jumper
Kenneth Faried makes two point shot
Kenneth Faried makes two point shot (Danilo Gallinari assists)
Kenneth Faried makes dunk (Jameer Nelson assists)
Joffrey Lauvergne misses 7-foot two point shot
Gary Harris misses layup
Kenneth Faried misses layup
Will Barton misses 25-foot three point jumper
Gary Harris misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kostas Papanikolaou misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tyreke Evans blocks Gary Harris 's 3-foot jumper
Will Barton misses 11-foot jumper
Nikola Jokic misses layup
Nikola Jokic makes layup
Randy Foye makes 26-foot three point jumper
Randy Foye makes three point jumper (Jameer Nelson assists)
Dante Cunningham blocks Kostas Papanikolaou's layup
Will Barton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Randy Foye assists)
Will Barton misses 40-foot three point jumper
Randy Foye makes driving layup
Randy Foye misses 28-foot three point jumper
Nikola Jokic makes two point shot (Will Barton assists)
Randy Foye misses 12-foot step back jumpshot
Will Barton misses 10-foot jumper
Will Barton makes driving layup (Mike Miller assists)
Will Barton makes 25-foot three point jumper
Kostas Papanikolaou misses 12-foot two point shot
Will Barton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kostas Papanikolaou assists)
Will Barton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Randy Foye assists)
Randy Foye misses 25-foot three point jumper
Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
Will Barton makes 25-foot three point jumper
Jameer Nelson misses 17-foot jumper
Will Barton misses 12-foot jumper
Will Barton makes driving layup (Jameer Nelson assists)
Jameer Nelson misses three point jumper
Anthony Davis blocks Jameer Nelson 's 19-foot jumper
Anthony Davis blocks Kenneth Faried's jumper
Jameer Nelson makes two point shot
Will Barton misses three point jumper
Anthony Davis blocks Kenneth Faried's layup
Will Barton makes driving layup (Mike Miller assists)
Anthony Davis blocks Mike Miller 's 26-foot three point jumper
Jameer Nelson makes 24-foot three point jumper
Jameer Nelson makes driving layup
Kenneth Faried misses 68-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis makes 20-foot jumper (Eric Gordon assists)
Alonzo Gee misses three point jumper
Joffrey Lauvergne blocks Tyreke Evans's layup
Tyreke Evans misses layup
Anthony Davis makes layup (Eric Gordon assists)
Alonzo Gee makes 16-foot jumper
Dante Cunningham makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tyreke Evans assists)
Anthony Davis makes 4-foot two point shot
Anthony Davis misses 16-foot jumper
Tyreke Evans makes driving layup
Gary Harris blocks Ryan Anderson 's 16-foot jumper
Anthony Davis makes jumper (Tyreke Evans assists)
Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Tyreke Evans assists)
Norris Cole makes 20-foot jumper (Ryan Anderson assists)
Anthony Davis misses 12-foot jumper
Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Jrue Holiday assists)
Dante Cunningham misses 23-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis makes 15-foot two point shot (Norris Cole assists)
Ryan Anderson misses layup
Nikola Jokic blocks Jrue Holiday 's 2-foot layup
Norris Cole makes 10-foot two point shot
Ryan Anderson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jrue Holiday makes 25-foot three point jumper
Jrue Holiday misses three point jumper
Ryan Anderson makes 3-foot jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
Norris Cole misses 20-foot jumper
Jrue Holiday misses 6-foot jumper
Ryan Anderson misses layup
Jrue Holiday makes 21-foot jumper
Ryan Anderson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
Eric Gordon misses 17-foot jumper
Jrue Holiday misses three point jumper
Ryan Anderson misses layup
Tyreke Evans misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ryan Anderson makes two point shot (Tyreke Evans assists)
Eric Gordon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Omer Asik assists)
Eric Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (Alonzo Gee assists)
Tyreke Evans makes driving layup
Tyreke Evans misses layup
Eric Gordon misses 21-foot jumper
Eric Gordon makes 27-foot three point jumper
Alonzo Gee misses three point jumper
Alonzo Gee makes layup
Ryan Anderson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tyreke Evans assists)
Omer Asik makes driving dunk (Eric Gordon assists)
Ryan Anderson makes layup (Tyreke Evans assists)
Tyreke Evans makes driving layup
Eric Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tyreke Evans assists)
Tyreke Evans misses driving layup
Eric Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
Tyreke Evans makes 25-foot three point jumper
Ryan Anderson makes 11-foot two point shot (Kendrick Perkins assists)
Jrue Holiday misses 11-foot two point shot
Eric Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jrue Holiday makes two point shot
Jrue Holiday misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jrue Holiday makes 12-foot jumper
Jrue Holiday makes two point shot
Norris Cole makes two point shot
Luke Babbitt makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
Norris Cole misses 16-foot jumper
Luke Babbitt misses 26-foot three point jumper
Mike Miller blocks Luke Babbitt 's 27-foot three point jumper
Norris Cole misses 20-foot jumper
Anthony Davis makes 21-foot jumper (Tyreke Evans assists)
Anthony Davis makes 16-foot jumper (Tyreke Evans assists)
Anthony Davis misses 21-foot jumper
Tyreke Evans makes driving layup
Anthony Davis misses 5-foot two point shot
Jrue Holiday makes two point shot
Tyreke Evans makes driving layup
Tyreke Evans makes layup
Eric Gordon misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jrue Holiday makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tyreke Evans assists)
Eric Gordon makes layup (Jrue Holiday assists)
Tyreke Evans misses 19-foot jumper

PELICANS

NUGGETS

TIME		NO	DEN
12:00	Anthony Davis vs. Joffrey Lauvergne (Omer Asik gains possession)	0	0
11:41	Anthony Davis makes 20-foot jumper (Eric Gordon assists)	2	0
11:19	Jameer Nelson misses 22-foot jumper	2	0
11:18	Anthony Davis defensive rebound	2	0
11:00	Alonzo Gee misses three point jumper	2	0
11:00	Joffrey Lauvergne defensive rebound	2	0
10:41	Danilo Gallinari misses step back jumpshot	2	0
10:41	Tyreke Evans defensive rebound	2	0
10:34	Gary Harris shooting foul (Tyreke Evans draws the foul)	2	0
10:34	Tyreke Evans makes free throw 1 of 2	3	0
10:34	Tyreke Evans misses free throw 2 of 2	3	0
10:33	Tyreke Evans offensive rebound	3	0
10:26	Joffrey Lauvergne blocks Tyreke Evans's layup	3	0
10:26	Omer Asik offensive rebound	3	0
10:25	Kenneth Faried shooting foul (Omer Asik draws the foul)	4	0
10:25	Omer Asik makes free throw 1 of 2	4	0
10:25	Omer Asik misses free throw 2 of 2	4	0
10:23	Danilo Gallinari defensive rebound	4	0
10:11	Kenneth Faried misses 5-foot jumper	4	0
10:11	Kenneth Faried offensive rebound	4	0
10:11	Alonzo Gee shooting foul (Kenneth Faried draws the foul)	4	0
10:11	Kenneth Faried makes free throw 1 of 2	4	1
10:11	Kenneth Faried makes free throw 2 of 2	4	2
10:02	Joffrey Lauvergne defensive 3-seconds (Technical Foul)	4	2
10:02	Anthony Davis makes technical free throw	5	2
9:52	Tyreke Evans misses layup	5	2
9:49	Omer Asik offensive rebound	5	2
9:34	Joffrey Lauvergne makes three point jumper (Gary Harris assists)	7	5
9:22	Anthony Davis makes layup (Eric Gordon assists)	9	5
9:22	Kenneth Faried defensive goaltending violation	9	5
9:12	Joffrey Lauvergne misses 25-foot three point jumper	9	5
9:11	Omer Asik defensive rebound	9	5
9:02	Joffrey Lauvergne shooting foul (Anthony Davis draws the foul)	9	5
9:02	Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2	10	5
9:02	Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2	11	5
8:44	Danilo Gallinari misses layup	11	5
8:41	Kenneth Faried makes layup	11	7
8:41	Kenneth Faried offensive rebound	11	7
8:23	Alonzo Gee makes 16-foot jumper	13	7
8:11	Alonzo Gee personal foul (Joffrey Lauvergne draws the foul)	13	7
8:11	Dante Cunningham enters the game for Alonzo Gee	13	7
7:56	Jameer Nelson misses 26-foot three point jumper	13	7
7:56	Tyreke Evans defensive rebound	13	7
7:48	Dante Cunningham makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tyreke Evans assists)	16	7
7:47	Nuggets Full timeout	16	7
7:24	Omer Asik shooting foul (Danilo Gallinari draws the foul)	16	7
7:24	Danilo Gallinari makes free throw 1 of 2	16	8
7:24	Danilo Gallinari makes free throw 2 of 2	16	9
7:03	Omer Asik personal foul (Kenneth Faried draws the foul)	18	9
7:03	Kenneth Faried makes free throw 1 of 2	18	10
7:03	Kenneth Faried misses free throw 2 of 2	18	10
7:01	Pelicans defensive team rebound	18	10
7:01	Joffrey Lauvergne loose ball foul (Omer Asik draws the foul)	18	10
6:48	Anthony Davis makes 4-foot two point shot	20	10
6:33	Joffrey Lauvergne makes driving dunk (Jameer Nelson assists)	20	12
6:13	Anthony Davis misses 16-foot jumper	20	12
6:11	Kenneth Faried defensive rebound	20	12
6:03	Dante Cunningham shooting foul (Danilo Gallinari draws the foul)	20	12
6:03	Danilo Gallinari makes free throw 1 of 2	20	13
6:03	Ryan Anderson enters the game for Omer Asik	20	13
6:03	Darrell Arthur enters the game for Kenneth Faried	20	13
6:03	Nikola Jokic enters the game for Joffrey Lauvergne	20	13
6:03	Danilo Gallinari makes free throw 2 of 2	20	14
5:41	Tyreke Evans makes driving layup	22	14
5:16	Nikola Jokic makes jumper	22	16
5:00	Gary Harris blocks Ryan Anderson 's 16-foot jumper	22	16
4:58	Jameer Nelson defensive rebound	22	16
4:54	Jameer Nelson misses 24-foot three point jumper	22	16
4:54	Gary Harris offensive rebound	22	16
4:39	Gary Harris misses driving layup	22	16
4:39	Anthony Davis defensive rebound	22	16
4:30	Anthony Davis makes jumper (Tyreke Evans assists)	24	16
4:15	Gary Harris misses driving layup	24	16
4:15	Dante Cunningham defensive rebound	24	16
4:07	Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Tyreke Evans assists)	26	16
3:59	Tyreke Evans personal foul (Danilo Gallinari draws the foul)	26	16
3:59	Danilo Gallinari makes free throw 1 of 2	26	17
3:59	Will Barton enters the game for Gary Harris	26	17
3:59	Jrue Holiday enters the game for Eric Gordon	26	17
3:59	Danilo Gallinari makes free throw 2 of 2	26	18
3:43	Anthony Davis traveling	26	18
3:27	Tyreke Evans shooting foul (Danilo Gallinari draws the foul)	26	18
3:27	Danilo Gallinari makes free throw 1 of 2	26	19
3:27	Norris Cole enters the game for Tyreke Evans	26	19
3:27	Randy Foye enters the game for Jameer Nelson	26	19
3:27	Danilo Gallinari makes free throw 2 of 2	26	20
3:10	Norris Cole makes 20-foot jumper (Ryan Anderson assists)	28	20
3:00	Dante Cunningham personal foul (Danilo Gallinari draws the foul)	28	20
3:00	Danilo Gallinari makes free throw 1 of 2	28	21
3:00	Danilo Gallinari makes free throw 2 of 2	28	22
2:48	Anthony Davis misses 12-foot jumper	28	22
2:48	Will Barton defensive rebound	28	22
2:43	Randy Foye makes 24-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)	28	25
2:31	Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Jrue Holiday assists)	30	25
2:11	Randy Foye makes three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)	30	28
1:53	Dante Cunningham misses 23-foot three point jumper	30	28
1:52	Pelicans offensive team rebound	30	28
1:52	Nikola Jokic loose ball foul (Anthony Davis draws the foul)	30	28
1:52	Pelicans Full timeout	30	28
1:52	Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2	31	28
1:52	Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2	32	28
1:35	Darrell Arthur makes dunk (Danilo Gallinari assists)	32	30
1:17	Anthony Davis makes 15-foot two point shot (Norris Cole assists)	34	30
55.0	Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper	34	30
54.0	Dante Cunningham defensive rebound	34	30
40.0	Ryan Anderson misses layup	34	30
39.0	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	34	30
36.0	Dante Cunningham blocks Randy Foye's layup	34	30
36.0	Nuggets offensive team rebound	34	30
36.0	Kendrick Perkins enters the game for Anthony Davis	34	30
29.0	Will Barton misses 21-foot jumper	34	30
29.0	Ryan Anderson defensive rebound	34	30
23.0	Nikola Jokic blocks Jrue Holiday 's 2-foot layup	34	30
23.0	Danilo Gallinari defensive rebound	34	30
23.0	Jrue Holiday personal foul (Danilo Gallinari draws the foul)	34	30
23.0	Danilo Gallinari misses free throw 1 of 2	34	30
23.0	Nuggets offensive team rebound	34	30
23.0	Kostas Papanikolaou enters the game for Darrell Arthur	34	30
23.0	Danilo Gallinari makes free throw 2 of 2	34	31
4.0	Norris Cole makes 10-foot two point shot	36	31
1.0	Jrue Holiday blocks Will Barton 's 27-foot three point jumper	36	31
0.0	Will Barton offensive rebound	36	31
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	36	31

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Nuggets
115
Pelicans
98

Game 1

18/11

Pelicans
130
Nuggets
125

Game 2

21/12

Nuggets
95
Pelicans
101

Game 3

1/4

Ball Arena

1:00 AM, 21 December 2015

Denver, CO

Attendance: 13,857

Referees:
Kane Fitzgerald
Marc Davis
Karl Lane

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	5	3	.625	-	W2
Dallas	5	3	.625	-	W1
Memphis	5	4	.556	0.5	W1
San Antonio	4	5	.444	1.5	W1
New Orleans	3	6	.333	2.5	L3

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	7	1	.875	-	L1
Minnesota	5	3	.625	2	W2
Denver	5	3	.625	2	W3
Portland	3	6	.333	4.5	L1
Utah	1	7	.125	6	L1

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