New Orleans Hornets @ Denver Nuggets

20-10, 9-6 Away

100

20-10, 9-6 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Hornets NO	23	17	31	29	100
Nuggets DEN	28	30	25	22	105

Denver NuggetsNuggetsDEN

23-12, 12-4 Home

105

23-12, 12-4 Home

New Orleans Hornets

starters
Hilton ArmstrongH. Armstrong
David WestD. West
Peja StojakovicP. Stojakovic
Rasual ButlerR. Butler
Chris PaulC. Paul
bench
Sean MarksS. Marks
Ryan BowenR. Bowen
James PoseyJ. Posey
Julian WrightJ. Wright
Tyson ChandlerT. Chandler
Melvin ElyM. Ely
Antonio DanielsA. Daniels
Morris PetersonM. Peterson
Devin BrownD. Brown
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
31	17	6-8	0-0	5-5	5	0	1	0	0	3	2	5	+3
43	21	8-15	0-0	5-6	8	1	3	2	3	1	7	5	-1
40	19	7-14	4-9	1-2	6	2	1	0	1	0	6	5	-8
30	2	0-3	0-2	2-2	3	0	2	1	1	0	3	3	-10
42	30	12-18	0-1	6-9	5	11	7	3	0	3	2	4	+3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	+2
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	6	2-12	2-8	0-0	4	3	1	1	0	1	3	3	-6
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	5	2-2	1-1	0-0	1	5	2	0	0	0	1	1	-1
7	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	-7
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	100	37-74	7-22	19-24	34	22	19	7	5	8	26	28
		50%	32%	79%

Denver Nuggets

starters
Carmelo AnthonyC. Anthony
Kenyon MartinK. Martin
Nene N. Hilario
Chauncey BillupsC. Billups
Dahntay JonesD. Jones
bench
Chris AndersenC. Andersen
Linas KleizaL. Kleiza
Renaldo BalkmanR. Balkman
Steven HunterS. Hunter
Chucky AtkinsC. Atkins
Anthony CarterA. Carter
JR SmithJ. Smith
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
40	22	10-17	0-0	2-4	7	4	2	1	0	1	6	4	+18
33	13	4-9	1-2	4-8	6	4	1	2	0	4	2	4	-6
32	14	5-9	0-0	4-7	6	3	1	2	2	2	4	3	+11
36	14	2-9	1-5	9-9	4	6	4	2	1	0	4	2	0
17	10	4-5	0-0	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	+3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
21	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	2	1	0	3	0	3	1	+2
11	9	3-5	2-4	1-2	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	+4
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	4	1-5	0-0	2-2	2	5	1	3	0	0	2	3	+4
27	17	6-11	2-4	3-4	4	3	0	0	0	1	3	0	+4
	105	36-72	6-15	27-38	33	28	12	10	7	8	25	22
		50%	40%	71%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

Season tied

1-1

DEN

105

Game 1@ DEN

Final

101

100

Game 2@ DEN

Final

105

Game 3@ NO

Final

Game 4@ NO

Final

101

Game Information

Denver, CO

Altitude HDCOX

Referee:Bennett Salvatore

Referee:Jason Phillips

Referee:Pat Fraher

Western Conference

Northwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	64	18	.780	-	L2
Denver	54	28	.659	10	W12
Minnesota	49	33	.598	15	W2
Portland	42	40	.512	22	W2
Utah	22	60	.268	42	L1

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