4/7/2017 Denver v. New Orleans Game Preview

New Orleans Pelicans (33-46, 12-26 away)
Denver Nuggets (38-41, 22-18 home)
April 7, 2017 at 9:00 PM ET
Regular Season

Ball Arena
Denver, Colorado

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Season Series - Denver won 3-1

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Oct 26, 2016 Denver New Orleans 107 - 102 Denver Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 26, 2017 New Orleans Denver 115 - 90 New Orleans Regular Season Ball Arena
Apr 4, 2017 Denver New Orleans 134 - 131 Denver Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Apr 7, 2017 New Orleans Denver 106 - 122 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena

2016-2017 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
New Orleans8248.5104.339.187.0.4509.426.8.35016.722.3.7508.635.143.722.87.85.512.918.2
Denver8248.2111.741.287.7.46910.628.8.36818.724.2.77411.834.646.425.36.93.915.019.1
NOP Opponents8248.5106.440.189.0.45010.529.8.35315.820.7.76210.637.748.323.47.44.213.919.3
DEN Opponents8248.2111.242.188.4.4779.926.3.37517.121.9.7829.431.440.824.08.34.912.020.2


Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Apr 4, 2017 Denver New Orleans 134 - 131 Denver Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 26, 2017 New Orleans Denver 115 - 90 New Orleans Regular Season Ball Arena
Oct 26, 2016 Denver New Orleans 107 - 102 Denver Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 31, 2016 Denver New Orleans 95 - 101 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 20, 2015 New Orleans Denver 130 - 125 New Orleans Regular Season Ball Arena
Nov 17, 2015 Denver New Orleans 115 - 98 Denver Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 15, 2015 Denver New Orleans 118 - 111 Denver Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 1, 2015 New Orleans Denver 99 - 92 New Orleans Regular Season Ball Arena
Jan 28, 2015 Denver New Orleans 93 - 85 Denver Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Nov 21, 2014 New Orleans Denver 97 - 117 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Apr 2, 2014 New Orleans Denver 107 - 137 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Mar 9, 2014 Denver New Orleans 107 - 111 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 27, 2013 Denver New Orleans 89 - 105 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 15, 2013 New Orleans Denver 93 - 102 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Mar 25, 2013 Denver New Orleans 86 - 110 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 1, 2013 New Orleans Denver 98 - 113 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Nov 25, 2012 New Orleans Denver 84 - 102 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Apr 4, 2012 Denver New Orleans 92 - 94 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 9, 2012 New Orleans Denver 97 - 110 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Jan 9, 2012 New Orleans Denver 94 - 81 New Orleans Regular Season Ball Arena
Jan 6, 2012 Denver New Orleans 96 - 88 Denver Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 14, 2011 Denver New Orleans 114 - 103 Denver Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 9, 2011 New Orleans Denver 96 - 87 New Orleans Regular Season Ball Arena
Oct 29, 2010 Denver New Orleans 95 - 101 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 18, 2010 New Orleans Denver 80 - 93 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Mar 12, 2010 Denver New Orleans 102 - 95 Denver Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 23, 2010 New Orleans Denver 110 - 116 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Dec 18, 2009 Denver New Orleans 92 - 98 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Apr 29, 2009 New Orleans Denver 86 - 107 Denver Playoffs Ball Arena
Apr 27, 2009 Denver New Orleans 121 - 63 Denver Playoffs Smoothie King Center
Apr 25, 2009 Denver New Orleans 93 - 95 New Orleans Playoffs Smoothie King Center
Apr 22, 2009 New Orleans Denver 93 - 108 Denver Playoffs Ball Arena
Apr 19, 2009 New Orleans Denver 84 - 113 Denver Playoffs Ball Arena
Mar 25, 2009 Denver New Orleans 101 - 88 Denver Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 28, 2009 Denver New Orleans 81 - 94 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 3, 2009 New Orleans Denver 100 - 105 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Nov 27, 2008 New Orleans Denver 105 - 101 New Orleans Regular Season Ball Arena
Jan 28, 2008 Denver New Orleans 93 - 117 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 12, 2007 New Orleans Denver 99 - 105 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Nov 4, 2007 New Orleans Denver 93 - 88 New Orleans Regular Season Ball Arena
Apr 13, 2007 Denver New Orleans 107 - 105 Denver Regular Season Paycom Center
Mar 6, 2007 New Orleans Denver 91 - 106 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Feb 7, 2007 New Orleans Denver 114 - 112 New Orleans Regular Season Ball Arena
Dec 29, 2006 Denver New Orleans 89 - 99 New Orleans Regular Season Paycom Center
Mar 18, 2006 Denver New Orleans 109 - 94 Denver Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Nov 30, 2005 New Orleans Denver 102 - 95 New Orleans Regular Season Ball Arena
Nov 16, 2005 Denver New Orleans 91 - 81 Denver Regular Season Paycom Center
Apr 13, 2005 New Orleans Denver 102 - 116 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Apr 6, 2005 Denver New Orleans 94 - 83 Denver Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 27, 2005 Denver New Orleans 94 - 93 Denver Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Nov 29, 2004 New Orleans Denver 67 - 76 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Jan 23, 2004 Denver New Orleans 91 - 97 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 16, 2003 New Orleans Denver 94 - 116 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Feb 28, 2003 New Orleans Denver 94 - 88 New Orleans Regular Season Ball Arena
Feb 16, 2003 Denver New Orleans 92 - 100 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center

2016-2017 New Orleans Pelicans Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters J. Holiday S. Hill A. Davis D. Cunningham A. Ajinca
Rotation Q. Cook J. Crawford A. Toupane C. Diallo D. Cousins
Rotation   E. Moore     D. Motiejunas
Lim PT     Q. Pondexter   O. Asik

2016-2017 Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters J. Murray G. Harris D. Gallinari W. Chandler N. Jokic
Rotation J. Nelson M. Beasley M. Miller D. Arthur M. Plumlee
Rotation E. Mudiay     J. Hernangomez  
Rotation       K. Faried  
Lim PT   W. Barton   T. Lyles R. Hibbert

New Orleans Pelicans Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
42 Alexis Ajinca C 39 15.0 5.3 2.3 4.6 .500 0.0 0.1 .000 0.7 1.0 .725 1.2 3.4 4.5 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.8 2.0
3 Omer Asik C 31 15.6 2.7 1.0 2.1 .477 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.3 .590 1.5 3.7 5.3 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.5 1.6
22 Quinn Cook PG 9 12.3 5.8 2.4 4.6 .537 0.7 1.3 .500 0.2 0.3 .667 0.1 0.3 0.4 1.6 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.8
0 DeMarcus Cousins C 17 33.8 24.4 8.4 18.5 .452 2.1 5.6 .375 5.5 7.1 .777 2.2 10.2 12.4 3.9 1.5 1.1 3.6 4.4
27 Jordan Crawford G 19 23.3 14.1 5.5 11.5 .482 1.9 5.0 .389 1.1 1.4 .769 0.2 1.6 1.8 3.0 0.6 0.1 1.3 1.6
33 Dante Cunningham F 66 25.0 6.6 2.6 5.4 .485 1.1 2.7 .392 0.2 0.4 .593 0.8 3.3 4.2 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 1.5
23 Anthony Davis PF 75 36.1 28.0 10.3 20.3 .505 0.5 1.8 .299 6.9 8.6 .802 2.3 9.5 11.8 2.1 1.3 2.2 2.4 2.2
13 Cheick Diallo PF 17 11.7 5.1 2.1 4.5 .474 0.0 0.0 .000 0.9 1.2 .714 1.4 2.9 4.3 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 1.0
10 Tim Frazier G 65 23.5 7.1 2.5 6.2 .403 0.6 2.0 .312 1.5 2.0 .760 0.5 2.1 2.7 5.2 0.9 0.1 1.6 2.0
44 Solomon Hill SF 80 29.7 7.0 2.3 6.0 .383 1.2 3.4 .348 1.3 1.6 .805 0.6 3.2 3.8 1.8 0.9 0.4 1.0 2.3
11 Jrue Holiday G 67 32.7 15.4 6.0 13.3 .454 1.5 4.2 .356 1.8 2.5 .708 0.7 3.3 3.9 7.3 1.5 0.7 2.9 2.0
55 E'Twaun Moore SG 73 24.9 9.6 3.9 8.5 .457 1.1 2.8 .370 0.8 1.0 .770 0.5 1.6 2.1 2.2 0.7 0.4 0.8 1.8
12 Donatas Motiejunas C 34 14.1 4.4 1.7 4.1 .413 0.3 1.4 .234 0.7 1.4 .510 0.8 2.2 3.0 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.9 1.6
20 Quincy Pondexter F - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Denver Nuggets Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
00 Darrell Arthur PF 41 15.6 6.4 2.3 5.2 .442 1.3 2.9 .453 0.5 0.5 .864 0.6 2.1 2.7 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.9 1.9
5 Will Barton GF 60 28.4 13.7 4.9 11.1 .443 1.4 3.9 .370 2.4 3.2 .753 1.0 3.4 4.3 3.4 0.8 0.5 1.6 1.8
25 Malik Beasley SG 22 7.5 3.8 1.5 3.3 .452 0.4 1.3 .321 0.4 0.5 .800 0.2 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.5
21 Wilson Chandler SF 71 30.9 15.7 6.1 13.2 .461 1.5 4.6 .337 2.0 2.7 .727 1.5 5.0 6.5 2.0 0.7 0.4 1.6 2.4
35 Kenneth Faried F 61 21.2 9.6 3.7 6.8 .548 0.0 0.1 .000 2.1 3.1 .693 3.0 4.6 7.6 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.0 2.0
8 Danilo Gallinari SF 63 33.9 18.2 5.3 11.9 .447 2.0 5.1 .389 5.5 6.1 .902 0.6 4.5 5.2 2.1 0.6 0.2 1.3 1.5
14 Gary Harris SG 57 31.3 14.9 5.6 11.2 .502 1.9 4.5 .420 1.8 2.4 .776 0.8 2.3 3.1 2.9 1.2 0.1 1.3 1.6
41 Juancho Hernangomez F 62 13.6 4.9 1.6 3.6 .451 0.7 1.8 .407 0.9 1.2 .750 0.7 2.3 3.0 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.5 1.0
34 Roy Hibbert C 6 1.8 0.7 0.3 0.5 .667 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.5
15 Nikola Jokic C 73 27.9 16.7 6.8 11.7 .578 0.6 1.9 .324 2.6 3.1 .825 2.9 6.9 9.8 4.9 0.8 0.8 2.3 2.9
3 Mike Miller GF 20 7.5 1.4 0.5 1.1 .391 0.4 1.0 .400 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.1 1.8 1.9 1.1 0.1 0.0 0.7 0.5
0 Emmanuel Mudiay SG 55 25.6 11.0 3.8 10.0 .377 1.0 3.2 .315 2.4 3.0 .784 0.5 2.7 3.2 3.9 0.7 0.2 2.2 1.7
27 Jamal Murray SG 82 21.5 9.9 3.6 8.9 .404 1.4 4.2 .334 1.3 1.5 .883 0.5 2.1 2.6 2.1 0.6 0.3 1.4 1.5
1 Jameer Nelson G 75 27.3 9.2 3.6 8.1 .444 1.4 3.6 .388 0.6 0.8 .714 0.4 2.2 2.6 5.1 0.7 0.1 1.7 2.6
7 Mason Plumlee PF 27 23.4 9.1 3.7 6.7 .547 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 2.8 .618 1.9 4.6 6.4 2.6 0.7 1.1 1.7 2.9

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