Apr 28, 2021 - New Orleans Pelicans at Denver Nuggets

The explosion of individual scoring has actually highlighted the importance of lineup cohesion. The surplus of scoring has made the most valuable players those who reconfigure the geometry and geography of the court, opening corridors of space on offense while bolting them shut on defense.

The Title Chase Denver Has Had To Put On Ice

by Colin McGowan

If Jamal Murray returns right, and nothing too drastic changes during this spell he's forced to miss, they can pick up right where they left off: in the thick of a championship hunt they just might come out of on top.

Isaiah Thomas And The Struggle To Let Go

by Micah Wimmer

It does not appear likely that Isaiah Thomas will be a vital cog on a winning team again, but knowing something and accepting it are two different things. The awareness that all athletic glory is inherently fleeting does make its passing any easier to bear.

The Reshuffling Bulls, And Their Fans' Search For Coherence

by John Wilmes

Because Bulls fans have become so literate in losing, and are so removed from success, it is hard for them to see the seeds of something better.

4/28/2021 Denver v. New Orleans Game Preview

	New Orleans Pelicans	(25-31, 9-17 away)
	Denver Nuggets	(36-20, 19-10 home)

April 28, 2021 at 9:00 PM ET
Regular Season

Pepsi Center
Denver, Colorado

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Season Series - Tied 1-1

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

2020-2021 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
New Orleans	56	48.4	42.4	88.1	.481	10.8	30.8	.349	19.1	25.9	.737	14.5	17.8	11.6	35.3	46.9	26.0	7.4	4.4	114.5
Denver	56	48.5	43.5	89.1	.488	13.0	33.7	.385	15.2	19.2	.791	13.4	18.9	10.8	33.8	44.6	27.1	8.1	4.4	115.3
NOP Opponents	56	48.4	41.8	88.6	.472	14.8	38.0	.389	16.5	20.9	.790	13.2	21.3	8.7	31.9	40.7	26.0	7.6	5.7	115.0
DEN Opponents	56	48.5	40.1	85.7	.468	12.8	35.4	.360	16.8	21.5	.779	14.0	19.2	9.3	31.5	40.8	26.1	7.3	4.4	109.8

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Mar 26, 2021	Denver	New Orleans	113 - 108	Denver	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Mar 21, 2021	New Orleans	Denver	113 - 108	New Orleans	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
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	Pepsi Center
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	Pepsi Center
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	Pepsi Center
Dec 15, 2017	New Orleans	Denver	111 - 117	Denver	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
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	Pepsi Center
Apr 7, 2017	New Orleans	Denver	106 - 122	Denver	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
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	Pepsi Center
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	Pepsi Center
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	Pepsi Center
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	Pepsi Center
Apr 2, 2014	New Orleans	Denver	107 - 137	Denver	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
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	Pepsi Center
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	Pepsi Center
Nov 25, 2012	New Orleans	Denver	84 - 102	Denver	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
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	Pepsi Center
Jan 9, 2012	New Orleans	Denver	94 - 81	New Orleans	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
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	Pepsi Center
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	Pepsi Center
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	Pepsi Center
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	Pepsi Center
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	Pepsi Center
Apr 19, 2009	New Orleans	Denver	84 - 113	Denver	Playoffs	Pepsi Center
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	Pepsi Center
Nov 27, 2008	New Orleans	Denver	105 - 101	New Orleans	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
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	Pepsi Center
Nov 4, 2007	New Orleans	Denver	93 - 88	New Orleans	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
Apr 13, 2007	Denver	New Orleans	107 - 105	Denver	Regular Season	Chesapeake Energy Arena
Mar 6, 2007	New Orleans	Denver	91 - 106	Denver	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
Feb 7, 2007	New Orleans	Denver	114 - 112	New Orleans	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
Dec 29, 2006	Denver	New Orleans	89 - 99	New Orleans	Regular Season	Chesapeake Energy Arena
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	Pepsi Center
Nov 16, 2005	Denver	New Orleans	91 - 81	Denver	Regular Season	Chesapeake Energy Arena
Apr 13, 2005	New Orleans	Denver	102 - 116	Denver	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
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	Pepsi Center
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	Pepsi Center
Feb 28, 2003	New Orleans	Denver	94 - 88	New Orleans	Regular Season	Pepsi Center
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			N. Marshall		J. Hayes
Rotation			W. Iwundu
Lim PT		J. Nunnally		W. Gabriel

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	P. Dozier		P. Millsap
Rotation	F. Campazzo			J. Green
Lim PT	M. Howard		V. Cancar	Z. Nnaji	J. McGee
Lim PT	S. Harrison				B. Bol

New Orleans Pelicans Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
12	Steven Adams	C	52	28.0	3.3	5.4	.618	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	2.4	.448	1.4	2.0	3.8	5.2	9.0	2.0	0.9	0.7	7.7
6	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	SG	41	20.7	3.9	9.2	.418	1.6	4.6	.348	1.0	1.3	.750	1.4	1.9	0.2	2.8	3.1	2.0	1.0	0.5	10.2
2	Lonzo Ball	PG	42	31.4	5.1	12.3	.419	3.0	8.0	.376	0.9	1.1	.792	2.0	2.0	0.6	3.5	4.1	5.6	1.4	0.6	14.2
5	Eric Bledsoe	PG	55	30.2	4.1	10.0	.408	1.7	5.1	.345	1.8	2.5	.728	1.6	1.6	0.4	3.1	3.5	3.7	0.7	0.3	11.7
32	Wenyen Gabriel	PF	9	4.7	0.2	1.2	.182	0.1	0.6	.200	0.2	0.4	.500	0.8	0.2	0.8	0.8	1.6	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.8
3	Josh Hart	SG	47	28.7	3.2	7.3	.439	1.3	4.1	.326	1.5	1.9	.775	1.0	2.4	1.1	6.9	8.0	2.3	0.8	0.3	9.2
10	Jaxson Hayes	PF	44	14.7	2.5	3.8	.657	0.1	0.1	.500	1.3	1.7	.757	0.7	1.8	1.3	2.5	3.8	0.6	0.4	0.5	6.3
9	Willy Hernangomez	C	33	15.8	2.7	5.1	.539	0.0	0.2	.125	0.9	1.5	.604	0.5	1.1	2.4	4.0	6.4	0.9	0.3	0.5	6.4
14	Brandon Ingram	SF	51	34.6	8.5	18.2	.469	2.4	6.3	.384	4.7	5.3	.886	2.5	2.0	0.6	4.4	5.0	4.8	0.7	0.7	24.3
25	Wesley Iwundu	F	9	15.3	1.2	3.1	.393	0.2	1.4	.154	1.2	1.4	.846	1.1	1.6	0.4	2.3	2.8	0.4	0.4	0.1	3.9
16	James Johnson	F	10	27.6	3.9	8.8	.443	1.0	3.3	.303	1.7	2.4	.708	1.6	3.0	0.7	3.1	3.8	2.9	1.0	1.3	10.5
13	Kira Lewis, Jr.	PG	38	16.1	2.6	6.3	.408	0.7	2.2	.341	0.6	0.8	.774	0.6	1.6	0.2	1.0	1.2	2.3	0.8	0.2	6.5
8	Naji Marshall	SF	16	16.8	1.5	4.0	.375	0.6	1.7	.333	1.8	2.4	.737	0.6	1.6	0.2	3.2	3.4	2.2	0.6	0.4	5.3
21	James Nunnally	F	1	9.1	0.0	3.0	.000	0.0	3.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1	Zion Williamson	PF	51	32.9	10.3	16.7	.615	0.2	0.5	.333	6.0	8.6	.699	2.6	2.3	2.5	4.6	7.1	3.6	0.9	0.7	26.7

Denver Nuggets Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
5	Will Barton	GF	53	31.3	4.6	10.9	.427	1.7	4.6	.374	1.6	2.1	.782	1.7	1.7	0.7	3.3	4.0	3.2	0.9	0.4	12.6
10	Bol Bol	C	24	5.0	0.9	1.8	.512	0.4	0.8	.474	0.3	0.5	.583	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.2	0.1	0.4	2.5
7	Facundo Campazzo	PG	50	19.0	1.6	4.1	.390	1.1	2.9	.385	0.8	1.0	.824	1.0	1.9	0.3	1.3	1.6	2.9	1.0	0.2	5.1
31	Vlatko Cancar	SF	30	5.4	0.5	1.3	.421	0.2	0.6	.263	0.2	0.3	.875	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.1	1.5
35	P.J. Dozier	PG	41	20.2	2.7	6.3	.419	0.9	2.6	.343	0.9	1.4	.614	0.9	1.7	0.7	2.9	3.6	1.6	0.6	0.4	7.1
50	Aaron Gordon	F	11	27.2	4.6	8.1	.573	0.7	2.5	.286	1.5	2.0	.727	1.1	1.6	1.3	3.3	4.5	2.5	0.8	0.6	11.5
0	JaMychal Green	PF	43	18.5	3.1	6.5	.471	1.4	3.4	.408	0.8	1.0	.837	1.0	2.6	1.5	3.5	5.0	0.8	0.5	0.3	8.4
8	Shaquille Harrison	G	1	3.2	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
00	Markus Howard	SG	27	3.3	0.4	1.7	.239	0.2	1.2	.156	0.0	0.1	.500	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.0	1.0
15	Nikola Jokic	C	56	35.2	10.2	18.1	.567	1.4	3.3	.422	4.2	4.9	.855	3.1	2.7	2.9	8.1	11.0	8.8	1.5	0.6	26.1
6	JaVale McGee	C	4	9.9	1.8	3.2	.538	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	1.0	.500	1.5	2.8	1.5	3.5	5.0	0.2	0.5	0.5	4.0
4	Paul Millsap	FC	44	21.8	3.4	6.9	.487	1.0	2.6	.372	1.2	1.8	.714	0.9	2.1	1.4	3.4	4.8	1.6	0.8	0.7	8.9
11	Monte Morris	G	44	26.1	4.0	8.3	.477	1.1	3.0	.377	1.3	1.6	.789	0.7	1.0	0.2	1.9	2.2	3.2	0.7	0.3	10.3
27	Jamal Murray	SG	48	35.5	7.9	16.5	.477	2.7	6.6	.408	2.8	3.2	.869	2.2	2.0	0.8	3.3	4.0	4.8	1.3	0.3	21.2
22	Zeke Nnaji	PF	36	9.7	1.2	2.5	.489	0.6	1.4	.392	0.3	0.4	.800	0.2	0.7	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.2	0.2	0.1	3.3
1	Michael Porter, Jr.	PF	46	30.6	6.8	12.6	.538	2.4	5.7	.427	1.7	2.2	.768	1.1	2.0	1.8	6.0	7.7	1.0	0.6	0.9	17.6

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