Denver Nuggets @ New Orleans Pelicans

37-40, 16-22 Away

134

37-40, 16-22 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Nuggets DEN	27	42	33	32	134
Pelicans NO	31	44	30	26	131

New Orleans PelicansPelicansNO

33-45, 21-20 Home

131

33-45, 21-20 Home

Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Tim Frazier assists)
DeMarcus Cousins makes two point shot
Jrue Holiday misses 16-foot jumper
Anthony Davis misses 13-foot jumper
Anthony Davis misses 6-foot jumper
DeMarcus Cousins makes driving layup
Jrue Holiday makes two point shot (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
Anthony Davis makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
Tim Frazier makes driving layup
Kenneth Faried blocks DeMarcus Cousins 's 8-foot jumper
Tim Frazier misses 19-foot jumper
Solomon Hill misses layup
DeMarcus Cousins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis misses 9-foot jumper
DeMarcus Cousins misses layup
Tim Frazier misses 22-foot jumper
Jrue Holiday makes two point shot
Anthony Davis misses 8-foot jumper
Jrue Holiday misses 2-foot two point shot
Solomon Hill makes 27-foot three point jumper (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
Anthony Davis makes 2-foot two point shot
E'Twaun Moore misses 25-foot three point jumper
Alexis Ajinca misses 3-foot jumper
Anthony Davis makes 7-foot Driving Floating Jump Shot (Jrue Holiday assists)
Anthony Davis misses 16-foot jumper
Dante Cunningham makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
Jrue Holiday makes 23-foot jumper
Anthony Davis misses 6-foot jumper
Anthony Davis makes 4-foot two point shot
DeMarcus Cousins makes layup
DeMarcus Cousins misses 13-foot jumper
Jordan Crawford makes layup
E'Twaun Moore makes layup
Anthony Davis makes 17-foot jumper (E'Twaun Moore assists)
Anthony Davis misses 19-foot jumper
Solomon Hill makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jordan Crawford assists)
E'Twaun Moore makes layup
Solomon Hill misses 4-foot jumper
Anthony Davis makes layup
Jordan Crawford misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jordan Crawford makes 3-foot jumper (E'Twaun Moore assists)
Jordan Crawford makes 12-foot two point shot
Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Jrue Holiday assists)
Solomon Hill misses 28-foot three point jumper
Jrue Holiday makes 25-foot three point jumper
Jordan Crawford misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jrue Holiday makes 24-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Jrue Holiday assists)
Solomon Hill makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
Solomon Hill makes 26-foot three point jumper (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
Anthony Davis makes driving dunk (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
Jrue Holiday misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jrue Holiday misses layup
Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Jrue Holiday assists)
Anthony Davis makes two point shot (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
Solomon Hill misses 16-foot jumper
DeMarcus Cousins makes layup
Solomon Hill makes 26-foot three point jumper (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
Anthony Davis makes driving layup (Tim Frazier assists)
Jrue Holiday misses 24-foot three point jumper
Solomon Hill misses 25-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis misses 17-foot jumper
Anthony Davis makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tim Frazier assists)
Jrue Holiday misses 25-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis misses 23-foot three point jumper
DeMarcus Cousins misses 26-foot three point jumper
DeMarcus Cousins misses layup
DeMarcus Cousins makes two point shot
Anthony Davis misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jrue Holiday makes layup (Tim Frazier assists)
E'Twaun Moore makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
DeMarcus Cousins misses layup
Anthony Davis makes 5-foot two point shot (E'Twaun Moore assists)
Anthony Davis misses 18-foot jumper
Anthony Davis makes 2-foot layup (Jrue Holiday assists)
Anthony Davis misses 3-foot jumper
E'Twaun Moore makes layup
E'Twaun Moore misses 15-foot jumper
DeMarcus Cousins misses 22-foot jumper
Jordan Crawford misses 18-foot jumper
Jordan Crawford misses 8-foot jumper
Jordan Crawford misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jordan Crawford makes two point shot (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
DeMarcus Cousins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
DeMarcus Cousins misses 26-foot three point jumper
Mason Plumlee blocks DeMarcus Cousins 's 2-foot layup
Anthony Davis makes two point shot (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
DeMarcus Cousins misses 25-foot three point jumper
E'Twaun Moore makes two point shot
E'Twaun Moore makes 20-foot jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
DeMarcus Cousins misses 25-foot three point jumper
E'Twaun Moore misses 7-foot jumper
DeMarcus Cousins makes layup
DeMarcus Cousins makes layup
Solomon Hill misses layup
Anthony Davis misses 25-foot three point jumper
DeMarcus Cousins makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
Anthony Davis makes two point shot (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
DeMarcus Cousins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
Jrue Holiday misses 27-foot three point jumper
Danilo Gallinari makes 15-foot two point shot
Danilo Gallinari makes 20-foot two point shot
Nikola Jokic misses layup
Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
Gary Harris makes jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
Nikola Jokic makes 18-foot jumper (Gary Harris assists)
Jamal Murray makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kenneth Faried assists)
Danilo Gallinari misses 25-foot three point jumper
Danilo Gallinari misses 27-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis blocks Nikola Jokic 's 8-foot jumper
Anthony Davis blocks Nikola Jokic 's 7-foot shot
Kenneth Faried misses 11-foot jumper
Wilson Chandler makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
Mason Plumlee misses 12-foot jumper
Nikola Jokic makes layup (Emmanuel Mudiay assists)
Emmanuel Mudiay misses 25-foot three point jumper
Wilson Chandler misses 27-foot three point jumper
Nikola Jokic misses jumper
Nikola Jokic misses layup
Gary Harris misses layup
Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Mason Plumlee misses 3-foot two point shot
Gary Harris makes 4-foot jumper
Wilson Chandler makes driving layup
Emmanuel Mudiay misses layup
Wilson Chandler makes 25-foot three point jumper (Emmanuel Mudiay assists)
Gary Harris misses 13-foot jumper
Wilson Chandler makes 15-foot jumper (Mason Plumlee assists)
DeMarcus Cousins blocks Mason Plumlee 's 2-foot layup
Danilo Gallinari makes 25-foot three point jumper (Wilson Chandler assists)
Wilson Chandler makes layup
Wilson Chandler makes layup
Emmanuel Mudiay makes 11-foot jumper
Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
Danilo Gallinari makes 16-foot two point shot
Solomon Hill blocks Mason Plumlee 's 3-foot layup
Mason Plumlee makes layup
Danilo Gallinari makes 25-foot three point jumper (Emmanuel Mudiay assists)
Emmanuel Mudiay misses layup
Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
Mason Plumlee makes dunk (Emmanuel Mudiay assists)
E'Twaun Moore blocks Wilson Chandler 's 6-foot jumper
Nikola Jokic makes dunk (Gary Harris assists)
Emmanuel Mudiay makes driving layup
Gary Harris makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
Danilo Gallinari makes 23-foot three point jumper (Gary Harris assists)
Danilo Gallinari misses 26-foot three point jumper
Gary Harris makes dunk (Kenneth Faried assists)
Gary Harris makes 14-foot two point shot
Emmanuel Mudiay makes layup (Gary Harris assists)
Emmanuel Mudiay misses layup
Gary Harris makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
Wilson Chandler misses 23-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis blocks Nikola Jokic 's 5-foot jumper
Danilo Gallinari misses 6-foot jumper
Mason Plumlee makes jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
Gary Harris makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
Mason Plumlee makes dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
Jamal Murray misses 7-foot jumper
Jamal Murray misses 23-foot three point jumper
Nikola Jokic makes layup
Danilo Gallinari makes driving layup
Jamal Murray makes 9-foot jumper (Mason Plumlee assists)
Mason Plumlee makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper
Nikola Jokic makes 12-foot two point shot
Mason Plumlee makes 14-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
Gary Harris makes layup
Nikola Jokic makes layup (Gary Harris assists)
Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
Jrue Holiday blocks Emmanuel Mudiay 's 2-foot layup
Emmanuel Mudiay misses 23-foot three point jumper
Danilo Gallinari misses three point jumper
Emmanuel Mudiay misses 10-foot jumper
Anthony Davis blocks Emmanuel Mudiay's layup
Wilson Chandler misses 20-foot jumper
Wilson Chandler misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three point jumper (Wilson Chandler assists)
Mason Plumlee misses 6-foot jumper
Danilo Gallinari makes 26-foot three point jumper (Emmanuel Mudiay assists)
Jamal Murray makes 16-foot two point shot
Emmanuel Mudiay makes 26-foot three point jumper (Danilo Gallinari assists)
Jamal Murray makes 19-foot jumper (Mason Plumlee assists)
Emmanuel Mudiay misses 16-foot jumper
Emmanuel Mudiay makes 27-foot three point jumper (Danilo Gallinari assists)
Gary Harris makes 19-foot two point shot
Jamal Murray makes 14-foot jumper (Emmanuel Mudiay assists)
Mason Plumlee misses 12-foot jumper
Danilo Gallinari makes 26-foot three point jumper (Emmanuel Mudiay assists)
DeMarcus Cousins blocks Emmanuel Mudiay's layup
Jamal Murray makes driving layup
Jamal Murray misses 11-foot two point shot
Nikola Jokic makes 15-foot jumper (Danilo Gallinari assists)
Nikola Jokic makes driving layup
Danilo Gallinari misses 27-foot three point jumper
Nikola Jokic misses 24-foot three point jumper
Gary Harris makes 25-foot
Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jamal Murray misses 15-foot jumper

NUGGETS

PELICANS

TIME		DEN	NO
12:00	Nikola Jokic vs. Anthony Davis (DeMarcus Cousins gains possession)	0	0
11:48	DeMarcus Cousins bad pass (Jamal Murray steals)	0	0
11:38	Jamal Murray bad pass (Tim Frazier steals)	0	0
11:33	Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Tim Frazier assists)	0	2
11:17	Danilo Gallinari makes 15-foot two point shot	2	2
10:52	DeMarcus Cousins makes two point shot	2	4
10:41	Jamal Murray Out-of-Bounds Bad Pass Turnover	2	4
10:36	Jrue Holiday misses 16-foot jumper	2	4
10:33	Pelicans offensive team rebound	2	4
10:33	Nikola Jokic loose ball foul (Anthony Davis draws the foul)	2	4
10:27	Anthony Davis misses 13-foot jumper	2	4
10:26	Kenneth Faried defensive rebound	2	4
10:11	Danilo Gallinari makes 20-foot two point shot	4	4
9:59	Anthony Davis misses 6-foot jumper	4	4
9:57	Danilo Gallinari defensive rebound	4	4
9:48	Nikola Jokic misses layup	4	4
9:47	Nikola Jokic offensive rebound	4	4
9:45	Nikola Jokic makes two point shot	6	4
9:33	DeMarcus Cousins makes driving layup	6	6
9:10	Gary Harris makes jumper (Jamal Murray assists)	8	6
8:56	Jrue Holiday makes two point shot (DeMarcus Cousins assists)	8	8
8:45	Nikola Jokic makes 18-foot jumper (Gary Harris assists)	10	8
8:32	Anthony Davis makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)	10	11
8:08	Jamal Murray makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kenneth Faried assists)	13	11
7:54	Tim Frazier makes driving layup	13	13
7:52	Nuggets Full timeout	13	13
7:41	Solomon Hill shooting foul (Danilo Gallinari draws the foul)	13	13
7:41	Danilo Gallinari makes free throw 1 of 2	14	13
7:41	Danilo Gallinari makes free throw 2 of 2	15	13
7:31	Kenneth Faried blocks DeMarcus Cousins 's 8-foot jumper	15	13
7:30	Pelicans offensive team rebound	15	13
7:20	Tim Frazier misses 19-foot jumper	15	13
7:18	DeMarcus Cousins offensive rebound	15	13
7:18	Kenneth Faried loose ball foul (DeMarcus Cousins draws the foul)	15	13
7:09	Solomon Hill misses layup	15	13
7:09	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	15	13
7:05	Danilo Gallinari misses 25-foot three point jumper	15	13
7:03	Tim Frazier defensive rebound	15	13
6:54	DeMarcus Cousins misses 25-foot three point jumper	15	13
6:52	Kenneth Faried defensive rebound	15	13
6:43	DeMarcus Cousins personal foul (Nikola Jokic draws the foul)	15	13
6:37	Danilo Gallinari misses 27-foot three point jumper	15	13
6:35	DeMarcus Cousins defensive rebound	15	13
6:20	Anthony Davis misses 9-foot jumper	15	13
6:20	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	15	13
6:09	Anthony Davis blocks Nikola Jokic 's 8-foot jumper	15	13
6:09	Nikola Jokic offensive rebound	15	13
6:07	Anthony Davis blocks Nikola Jokic 's 7-foot shot	15	13
6:07	Tim Frazier defensive rebound	15	13
5:56	DeMarcus Cousins misses layup	15	13
5:56	Nikola Jokic vs. Anthony Davis (Tim Frazier gains possession)	15	13
5:56	Pelicans offensive team rebound	15	13
5:52	Tim Frazier misses 22-foot jumper	15	13
5:50	Jamal Murray defensive rebound	15	13
5:41	Kenneth Faried misses 11-foot jumper	15	13
5:39	DeMarcus Cousins defensive rebound	15	13
5:31	Kenneth Faried personal block (DeMarcus Cousins draws the foul)	15	13
5:31	Mason Plumlee enters the game for Kenneth Faried	15	13
5:31	Wilson Chandler enters the game for Danilo Gallinari	15	13
5:28	Jrue Holiday makes two point shot	15	15
5:13	Nikola Jokic lost ball turnover (Solomon Hill steals)	15	15
5:03	Anthony Davis misses 8-foot jumper	15	15
5:01	Solomon Hill offensive rebound	15	15
4:54	Jrue Holiday misses 2-foot two point shot	15	15
4:52	Jamal Murray defensive rebound	15	15
4:45	Wilson Chandler makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)	18	15
4:26	Mason Plumlee shooting foul (DeMarcus Cousins draws the foul)	18	15
4:26	DeMarcus Cousins makes free throw 1 of 2	18	16
4:26	Emmanuel Mudiay enters the game for Jamal Murray	18	16
4:26	E'Twaun Moore enters the game for Tim Frazier	18	16
4:26	DeMarcus Cousins makes free throw 2 of 2	18	17
4:09	Mason Plumlee misses 12-foot jumper	18	17
4:07	DeMarcus Cousins defensive rebound	18	17
3:57	Solomon Hill makes 27-foot three point jumper (DeMarcus Cousins assists)	18	20
3:46	Nikola Jokic makes layup (Emmanuel Mudiay assists)	20	20
3:31	Anthony Davis makes 2-foot two point shot	20	22
3:15	Emmanuel Mudiay misses 25-foot three point jumper	20	22
3:12	Pelicans defensive team rebound	20	22
3:12	Alexis Ajinca enters the game for DeMarcus Cousins	20	22
3:05	E'Twaun Moore misses 25-foot three point jumper	20	22
3:03	Alexis Ajinca offensive rebound	20	22
3:02	Alexis Ajinca misses 3-foot jumper	20	22
3:01	Gary Harris defensive rebound	20	22
2:43	Wilson Chandler misses 27-foot three point jumper	20	22
2:39	Nuggets offensive team rebound	20	22
2:39	Pelicans Full timeout	20	22
2:39	Dante Cunningham enters the game for Solomon Hill	20	22
2:34	Nikola Jokic misses jumper	20	22
2:32	Alexis Ajinca defensive rebound	20	22
2:20	Anthony Davis makes 7-foot Driving Floating Jump Shot (Jrue Holiday assists)	20	24
2:10	Nikola Jokic misses layup	20	24
2:09	Anthony Davis defensive rebound	20	24
2:01	Anthony Davis misses 16-foot jumper	20	24
1:58	Wilson Chandler defensive rebound	20	24
1:39	Gary Harris misses layup	20	24
1:37	Nikola Jokic offensive rebound	20	24
1:35	Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper	20	24
1:31	Mason Plumlee offensive rebound	20	24
1:31	Mason Plumlee misses 3-foot two point shot	20	24
1:30	Gary Harris offensive rebound	20	24
1:29	Gary Harris makes 4-foot jumper	22	24
1:15	Dante Cunningham makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)	22	27
56.0	Wilson Chandler makes driving layup	24	27
55.0	Nuggets delay of game violation	24	27
45.0	Jrue Holiday makes 23-foot jumper	24	29
36.0	Emmanuel Mudiay misses layup	24	29
34.0	Gary Harris offensive rebound	24	29
29.0	Wilson Chandler makes 25-foot three point jumper (Emmanuel Mudiay assists)	27	29
8.0	Anthony Davis misses 6-foot jumper	27	29
7.0	Anthony Davis offensive rebound	27	29
6.0	Anthony Davis makes 4-foot two point shot	27	31
1.0	Gary Harris misses 13-foot jumper	27	31
0.0	Nuggets offensive team rebound	27	31
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	27	31

Regular Season Series

DEN leads 2-1

Nuggets
107
Pelicans
102

Game 1

10/26

Pelicans
115
Nuggets
90

Game 2

3/26

Nuggets
134
Pelicans
131

Game 3

4/4

Pelicans
106
Nuggets
122

Game 4

4/7

Smoothie King Center

8:00 PM, April 4, 2017

New Orleans, LA

Attendance: 16,050

Referees:
Brent Barnaky
Marat Kogut
Dan Crawford

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	10	1	.909	-	W2
Denver	7	2	.778	2	W4
Minnesota	7	4	.636	3	W3
Portland	5	5	.500	4.5	L2
Utah	3	7	.300	6.5	L3

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	8	2	.800	-	W3
Houston	6	3	.667	1.5	W1
Memphis	4	7	.364	4.5	L1
Dallas	3	8	.273	5.5	L1
New Orleans	2	8	.200	6	L2

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Denver Nuggets @ New Orleans Pelicans

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