Nuggets 121,
Hornets 63
8:30 PM ET, April 27, 2009
New Orleans Arena
New Orleans, LA
| DENVER NUGGETS | ||||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| Carmelo Anthony, SF | 36 | 9-17 | 2-3 | 6-7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | +36 | 26 |
| Kenyon Martin, PF | 33 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +37 | 6 |
| Nene, C | 16 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | +25 | 13 |
| Dahntay Jones, SG | 26 | 5-9 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +34 | 12 |
| Chauncey Billups, PG | 30 | 5-11 | 2-4 | 5-5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +39 | 17 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| Chris Andersen, FC | 23 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +22 | 11 |
| Anthony Carter, PG | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +13 | 0 |
| J.R. Smith, SG | 21 | 5-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | +19 | 12 |
| Linas Kleiza, SF | 15 | 4-7 | 3-6 | 3-4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +24 | 14 |
| Renaldo Balkman, PF | 11 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +21 | 4 |
| Johan Petro, C | 8 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +12 | 4 |
| Jason Hart, PG | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +8 | 2 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | ||
| 43-76 | 10-20 | 25-30 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 121 | |||
| 56.6% | 50.0% | 83.3% | ||||||||||||
Fast break points: 8 Points in the paint: 34 Team TO ( points off ): 11 (12) +/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court. | ||||||||||||||
| NEW ORLEANS HORNETS | ||||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| Peja Stojakovic, SF | 30 | 2-9 | 0-5 | 6-6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -39 | 10 |
| David West, PF | 30 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -38 | 14 |
| Tyson Chandler, C | 13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -16 | 0 |
| Rasual Butler, SG | 25 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -18 | 9 |
| Chris Paul, PG | 36 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | -38 | 4 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| James Posey, SF | 23 | 4-8 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -21 | 12 |
| Sean Marks, PF | 17 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -20 | 0 |
| Antonio Daniels, PG | 18 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -20 | 5 |
| Hilton Armstrong, C | 12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -20 | 2 |
| Devin Brown, SG | 12 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -20 | 2 |
| Morris Peterson, SG | 12 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -20 | 1 |
| Julian Wright, SF | 12 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -20 | 4 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | ||
| 17-54 | 2-15 | 27-32 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 26 | 23 | 63 | |||
| 31.5% | 13.3% | 84.4% | ||||||||||||
Fast break points: 15 Points in the paint: 18 Team TO ( points off ): 27 (41) +/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court. | ||||||||||||||
Technical Fouls: PLAYERS: 5 NEWORLEANS ( R Butler 1, C Paul 1, J Posey 1 ) DENVER ( K Martin 1, C Anthony 1 ) - TEAMS (def3sec): NEWORLEANS (1) - COACHES: None
Officials: David Jones , Mike Callahan , Scott Foster
Attendance: 17,236
Time of Game: 02:24