Nuggets 117-111 Pelicans (16 Dec, 2017) Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

15-15, 7-8 away

111

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
NO	33	25	28	18	7	111
DEN	20	26	30	28	13	117

Denver Nuggets

16-13, 11-2 home

117

New Orleans Pelicans

starters
A. Davis PF
D. Cousins C
R. Rondo PG
J. Holiday PG
E. Moore G
bench
D. Cunningham F
D. Miller SF
J. Nelson G
C. Diallo F
O. Asik C
T. Allen SG
I. Clark G
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
44	12-22	0-1	4-4	2	10	12	1	1	5	3	0	+1	28
33	9-17	5-8	6-10	2	2	4	4	1	1	9	5	-9	29
29	4-5	1-2	0-0	1	3	4	6	1	1	1	2	-13	9
43	10-21	5-9	0-0	1	7	8	6	3	0	3	1	-2	25
40	2-8	0-2	0-0	0	4	4	1	1	0	1	3	-20	4
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
29	2-7	1-4	0-0	1	5	6	1	0	1	0	1	-4	5
24	3-7	2-5	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	+10	8
24	1-4	1-3	0-0	0	3	3	7	1	0	1	1	+7	3
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-LEFT KNEE INJURY
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	43-91	15-34	10-14	7	35	42	8	19	15	1	0		111
	71.4%	44.1%	44.1%

Denver Nuggets

starters
W. Chandler F
T. Craig SF
M. Plumlee C
J. Murray PG
G. Harris SG
bench
T. Lyles PF
K. Faried F
N. Jokic C
M. Beasley SG
W. Barton G
E. Mudiay G
R. Jefferson F
D. Arthur F
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
26	3-9	3-5	0-0	2	3	5	1	0	0	2	2	+7	9
18	2-6	1-4	1-2	0	4	4	2	1	2	1	2	+2	6
31	4-8	0-0	1-2	2	7	9	2	1	2	1	5	+10	9
39	5-14	3-6	2-2	0	5	5	3	3	0	1	0	+4	15
43	9-16	2-6	1-2	0	2	2	5	2	0	2	0	+4	21
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
30	6-12	4-7	3-4	1	6	7	3	3	0	1	2	+2	19
6	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	+2	2
22	6-13	1-2	0-0	3	8	11	4	0	0	1	2	-4	13
10	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2	0
32	8-14	2-4	1-2	2	2	4	6	2	0	4	2	+2	19
8	2-4	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	-1	4
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	46-100	16-36	9-14	11	37	48	4	15	17	0	0		117
	64.3%	44.4%	44.4%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

DEN wins 2-1

Pelicans
114
Nuggets
146

Game 1

18/11

Nuggets
114
Pelicans
123

Game 2

7/12

Pelicans
111
Nuggets
117

Game 3

16/12

Ball Arena

2:00 AM, 16 December 2017

Denver, CO

Attendance: 17,584

Referees:
Gary Zielinski
Rodney Mott
Leon Wood

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Dallas	50	32	.610	-	L2
New Orleans	49	33	.598	1	L1
Houston	41	41	.500	9	W2
Memphis	27	55	.329	23	L5
San Antonio	22	60	.268	28	W2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	57	25	.695	-	W5
Denver	57	25	.695	-	W1
Minnesota	56	26	.683	1	L1
Utah	31	51	.378	26	L1
Portland	21	61	.256	36	L5

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DEN wins 2-1

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