3/21/2021 Denver v. New Orleans Game Preview

New Orleans Pelicans (18-24, 6-14 away)
Denver Nuggets (25-17, 12-9 home)
March 21, 2021 at 3:00 PM ET
Regular Season

Ball Arena
Denver, Colorado

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Season Series - Denver won 2-1

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Mar 21, 2021 New Orleans Denver 113 - 108 New Orleans Regular Season Ball Arena
Mar 26, 2021 Denver New Orleans 113 - 108 Denver Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Apr 28, 2021 New Orleans Denver 112 - 114 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena

2020-2021 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
New Orleans7248.4114.642.589.1.47710.630.4.34819.026.1.72911.735.747.426.07.64.414.618.0
Denver7248.6115.143.389.2.48512.934.2.37715.719.5.80310.533.944.426.88.14.513.519.1
NOP Opponents7248.4114.941.989.3.46914.538.1.38016.621.1.7908.932.941.825.97.75.913.521.3
DEN Opponents7248.6110.140.085.4.46913.035.7.36317.122.1.7739.132.141.225.97.54.514.219.2


Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Jan 24, 2020 Denver New Orleans 113 - 106 Denver Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 25, 2019 New Orleans Denver 112 - 100 New Orleans Regular Season Ball Arena
Oct 31, 2019 Denver New Orleans 107 - 122 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 2, 2019 New Orleans Denver 120 - 112 New Orleans Regular Season Ball Arena
Jan 30, 2019 Denver New Orleans 105 - 99 Denver Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Nov 17, 2018 Denver New Orleans 115 - 125 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Oct 29, 2018 New Orleans Denver 111 - 116 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Dec 15, 2017 New Orleans Denver 111 - 117 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Dec 6, 2017 Denver New Orleans 114 - 123 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Nov 17, 2017 New Orleans Denver 114 - 146 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
Apr 7, 2017 New Orleans Denver 106 - 122 Denver Regular Season Ball Arena
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

2020-2021 New Orleans Pelicans Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters L. Ball E. Bledsoe B. Ingram Z. Williamson S. Adams
Rotation K. Lewis, Jr. N. Alexander-Walker J. Hart J. Johnson W. Hernangomez
Rotation   D. Louzada N. Marshall W. Gabriel J. Hayes
Rotation     W. Iwundu    
Lim PT   J. Nunnally      

2020-2021 Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters J. Murray W. Barton M. Porter, Jr. A. Gordon N. Jokic
Rotation M. Morris A. Rivers   P. Millsap J. McGee
Rotation F. Campazzo P. Dozier   J. Green  
Rotation S. Harrison        
Lim PT M. Howard   V. Cancar Z. Nnaji B. Bol

New Orleans Pelicans Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
12 Steven Adams C 58 27.7 7.6 3.3 5.3 .614 0.0 0.1 .000 1.0 2.3 .444 3.7 5.2 8.9 1.9 0.9 0.7 1.3 1.9
6 Nickeil Alexander-Walker SG 46 21.9 11.0 4.2 10.0 .419 1.7 4.8 .347 1.0 1.4 .727 0.3 2.8 3.1 2.2 1.0 0.5 1.5 1.9
2 Lonzo Ball PG 55 31.8 14.6 5.3 12.7 .414 3.1 8.3 .378 0.9 1.2 .781 0.6 4.2 4.8 5.7 1.5 0.6 2.2 1.9
5 Eric Bledsoe PG 71 29.7 12.2 4.3 10.3 .421 1.7 5.0 .341 1.9 2.7 .687 0.4 3.0 3.4 3.8 0.8 0.3 1.6 1.6
32 Wenyen Gabriel PF 21 11.5 3.4 1.1 2.9 .400 0.6 1.5 .406 0.5 0.8 .647 1.0 1.6 2.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.7 1.5
3 Josh Hart SG 47 28.7 9.2 3.2 7.3 .439 1.3 4.1 .326 1.5 1.9 .775 1.1 6.9 8.0 2.3 0.8 0.3 1.0 2.4
10 Jaxson Hayes PF 60 16.1 7.5 2.9 4.7 .625 0.1 0.2 .429 1.6 2.0 .775 1.5 2.8 4.3 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.7 1.7
9 Willy Hernangomez C 47 18.0 7.8 3.2 5.7 .563 0.0 0.2 .100 1.3 2.0 .667 2.5 4.6 7.1 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.7 1.4
14 Brandon Ingram SF 61 34.3 23.8 8.4 18.0 .466 2.3 6.1 .381 4.6 5.2 .878 0.6 4.3 4.9 4.9 0.7 0.6 2.5 2.0
13 Kira Lewis, Jr. PG 54 16.7 6.4 2.4 6.2 .386 0.7 2.2 .333 0.8 0.9 .843 0.2 1.1 1.3 2.3 0.7 0.2 0.6 1.6
25 Will Magnay C 1 3.3 0.0 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
8 Naji Marshall SF 32 21.9 7.7 2.6 6.5 .392 0.9 2.6 .349 1.7 2.3 .707 0.5 4.2 4.6 2.8 0.8 0.3 1.2 1.8
20 Nicolo Melli PF 22 11.0 2.0 0.7 2.7 .254 0.3 1.7 .189 0.3 0.3 .857 0.5 2.0 2.6 1.1 0.4 0.0 0.3 1.3
4 J.J. Redick G 31 18.6 8.7 2.8 6.9 .407 1.6 4.5 .364 1.5 1.5 .957 0.1 1.6 1.7 1.3 0.3 0.1 0.8 1.2
1 Zion Williamson PF 61 33.2 27.0 10.4 17.0 .611 0.2 0.6 .294 6.0 8.7 .698 2.7 4.5 7.2 3.7 0.9 0.6 2.7 2.2

Denver Nuggets Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
5 Will Barton GF 56 31.0 12.7 4.6 10.9 .426 1.8 4.6 .381 1.7 2.2 .785 0.7 3.3 4.0 3.2 0.9 0.4 1.7 1.7
10 Bol Bol C 32 5.0 2.2 0.8 1.8 .431 0.3 0.8 .375 0.3 0.5 .667 0.0 0.8 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.4
7 Facundo Campazzo PG 65 21.9 6.1 1.8 4.8 .381 1.2 3.3 .352 1.2 1.4 .879 0.3 1.7 2.1 3.6 1.2 0.2 1.1 2.0
31 Vlatko Cancar SF 41 6.9 2.1 0.8 1.8 .458 0.2 0.8 .273 0.2 0.3 .769 0.3 1.0 1.2 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.4
35 P.J. Dozier PG 50 21.8 7.7 3.0 7.1 .417 0.9 3.0 .315 0.8 1.3 .636 0.7 2.9 3.6 1.8 0.6 0.4 0.9 1.7
0 JaMychal Green PF 58 19.3 8.1 3.0 6.4 .463 1.4 3.4 .399 0.8 1.0 .807 1.5 3.3 4.8 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.9 2.5
13 R.J. Hampton G 25 9.3 2.6 1.0 2.4 .417 0.2 0.7 .278 0.4 0.5 .750 0.4 1.6 2.0 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.9
14 Gary Harris SG 19 30.6 9.7 3.6 8.2 .442 1.3 3.9 .320 1.2 1.6 .733 0.7 1.8 2.5 1.7 0.9 0.2 0.7 1.9
25 Isaiah Hartenstein PF 30 9.1 3.5 1.4 2.7 .512 0.0 0.0 .000 0.7 1.2 .611 1.3 1.5 2.8 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.7 2.0
00 Markus Howard SG 37 5.5 2.8 1.1 2.9 .377 0.5 1.8 .277 0.2 0.2 .778 0.0 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.6
15 Nikola Jokic C 72 34.6 26.4 10.2 18.0 .566 1.3 3.3 .388 4.8 5.5 .868 2.8 8.0 10.8 8.3 1.3 0.7 3.1 2.7
4 Paul Millsap FC 56 20.8 9.0 3.4 7.2 .476 0.9 2.6 .343 1.3 1.8 .724 1.4 3.3 4.7 1.8 0.9 0.6 0.9 2.0
11 Monte Morris G 47 25.4 10.2 4.0 8.2 .481 1.1 2.9 .381 1.2 1.6 .795 0.2 1.8 2.0 3.2 0.7 0.3 0.7 1.0
27 Jamal Murray SG 48 35.5 21.2 7.9 16.5 .477 2.7 6.6 .408 2.8 3.2 .869 0.8 3.3 4.0 4.8 1.3 0.3 2.2 2.0
22 Zeke Nnaji PF 42 9.5 3.2 1.2 2.5 .481 0.6 1.4 .407 0.3 0.4 .800 0.3 1.2 1.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.7
1 Michael Porter, Jr. PF 61 31.3 19.0 7.3 13.4 .542 2.8 6.3 .445 1.7 2.2 .791 1.5 5.8 7.3 1.1 0.7 0.9 1.3 2.1
3 Greg Whittington PF 4 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 .000 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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