Nuggets
Denver
Western Conference
Northwest
11
16
27
1652
1941
35
17
49
96
45
47
22
18
82
26
13
39
4
26
5
5
25
125
4
87
36
41
2026
717
35
164
143
87
76
45
121
30
510
02
01
3143
6060
1010
35
3
2525
912
36
20
10
50
49
31
80
01
56
21
22
2229
6060
8
3
38
20
7
35
16
14
88
7
4
11
3
5
0
0
31
60
7
6
86
26
17
65
4
3
75
6
5
11
0
10
2
1
43
60
10
3
30
25
9
36
2
1
50
4
3
7
0
5
2
2
22
60
10
5
50
25
12
48
0
0
0
9
1
10
1
6
1
2
29
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Jameer
Nelson
Jameer Nelson
True
36
6
12
50
3
6
50
0
0
0
0
2
2
6
0
0
2
4
15
-13
none
Gary
Harris
Gary Harris
True
26
1
8
12
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
3
1
0
2
2
-19
none
Kenneth
Faried
Kenneth Faried
True
24
8
14
57
0
1
0
5
7
71
9
4
13
0
0
0
1
5
21
-13
double
Danilo
Gallinari
Danilo Gallinari
True
22
3
10
30
1
2
50
11
12
92
0
2
2
3
0
0
0
0
18
1
none
Joffrey
Lauvergne
Joffrey Lauvergne
True
12
2
4
50
1
2
50
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
1
0
2
5
-17
none
Will
Barton
Will Barton
False
36
12
25
48
7
11
64
1
1
100
2
8
10
6
0
0
1
2
32
7
double
Nikola
Jokić
Nikola Jokić
False
22
6
8
75
0
1
0
1
2
50
1
2
3
2
0
1
0
2
13
11
none
Randy
Foye
Randy Foye
False
21
6
10
60
5
7
71
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
1
0
1
3
17
12
none
Kostas
Papanikolaou
Kostas Papanikolaou
False
20
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
none
Mike
Miller
Mike Miller
False
11
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
3
0
3
none
Darrell
Arthur
Darrell Arthur
False
5
1
1
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
none
J.J.
Hickson
J.J. Hickson
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Jusuf
Nurkić
Jusuf Nurkić
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
22
December
2015
Tuesday
Pepsi Center
Denver
Lakers
Los Angeles
True
Pelicans
New Orleans
Western Conference
Southwest
8
19
27
2228
2021
24
11
46
78
44
56
39
31
79
29
7
36
11
24
4
10
22
130
4
38
14
37
2318
148
6
914
711
78
83
32
115
23
95
00
13
3631
6060
85
42
49
2017
139
7
214
211
99
99
20
119
24
55
22
42
3231
6060
3
1
33
23
14
61
9
7
78
8
3
11
2
9
0
1
36
60
8
4
50
18
8
44
14
11
79
3
2
5
3
5
0
3
31
60
8
4
50
20
13
65
2
2
100
9
2
11
2
5
2
4
32
60
5
2
40
17
9
53
14
11
79
9
0
9
4
5
2
2
31
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Tyreke
Evans
Tyreke Evans
True
32
7
13
54
1
2
50
6
8
75
1
7
8
10
1
1
2
3
21
14
double
Eric
Gordon
Eric Gordon
True
31
6
11
55
4
7
57
4
5
80
1
2
3
3
0
1
1
1
20
19
none
Anthony
Davis
Anthony Davis
True
19
9
12
75
0
0
0
9
9
100
0
6
6
1
0
4
1
1
27
11
none
Ömer
Aşık
Ömer Aşık
True
17
2
2
100
0
0
0
1
2
50
2
2
4
1
0
0
1
3
5
16
none
Alonzo
Gee
Alonzo Gee
True
16
2
4
50
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
0
0
3
4
16
none
Ryan
Anderson
Ryan Anderson
False
31
6
12
50
2
3
67
2
3
67
2
3
5
1
0
1
2
1
16
7
none
Jrue
Holiday
Jrue Holiday
False
24
7
13
54
2
5
40
5
8
62
0
3
3
5
2
1
1
3
21
-11
none
Norris
Cole
Norris Cole
False
20
3
6
50
0
0
0
4
4
100
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
10
-11
none
Dante
Cunningham
Dante Cunningham
False
19
1
2
50
1
2
50
0
0
0
0
3
3
0
0
2
0
3
3
-12
none
Kendrick
Perkins
Kendrick Perkins
False
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
1
2
2
0
-16
none
Luke
Babbitt
Luke Babbitt
False
6
1
3
33
1
3
33
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
-6
none
Ish
Smith
Ish Smith
False
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-2
none
Toney
Douglas
Toney Douglas
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
23
December
2015
Wednesday
Smoothie King Center
New Orleans
Trail Blazers
Portland
True
The New Orleans Pelicans ( 8 - 19 ) defeated the Denver Nuggets ( 11 - 16 ) 130 - 125 on Sunday . The high scoring affair between the Pelicans and Nuggets was drowned out by a lengthy first half resulting in multiple trips to the foul line for both squads . In total , 47 fouls were called , resulting in a 74 - 67 halftime score in favor of the Nuggets . New Orleans was led by , Anthony Davis , who turned in an impressive showing with 27 points , six rebounds , one assist and four blocks , all while battling illness that kept him from playing more than 20 minutes . Sunday 's performance may have sparked some life into Alvin Gentry 's unit , as he received 20 points from Eric Gordon , 21 from Tyreke Evans and 21 from Jrue Holiday , totalling four Pelicans with 20+ points performances . Eric Gordon did most of his damage from behind the arc , nailing 4 - of - 7 from deep , as part of a 46 percent deep ball night from his teammates . Ryan Anderson played key minutes off the bench adding 16 points and five rebounds in 31 minutes . The Nuggets lost starting forward Danilo Gallinari ( ankle ) in the 3rd quarter after departing with an ankle sprain . Initial reports noted he would attempt to come back , as he was getting his ankle taped in the locker room , however , no such return came to fruition . Before the injury , Gallinari contributed 18 points in 22 minutes , to go along with two rebounds and three assists . Will Barton led all scorers with 32 points , in addition to 10 rebounds and six assists on 7 - of - 11 3 - point shooting in 36 minutes off the bench . The Nuggets were without Emmanuel Mudiay ( ankle ) , who is likely out for one more week . Jameer Nelson started in place of the rookie point guard , and contributed 15 points and six assists . Despite the loss , the Nuggets received positive showings from the four guard rotation of Gary Harris , Jameer Nelson , Will Barton and Randy Foye , and an always passionate production from Kenneth Faried , who finished with 21 points and 13 rebounds . The Pelicans will host the Portland Trail Blazers ( 11 - 18 ) on Wednesday , while the Nuggets will welcome Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers ( 4 - 23 ) on Tuesday .
The New Orleans Pelicans (8 - 19) defeated the Denver Nuggets (11 - 16) 130 - 125 on Sunday. The high scoring affair between the Pelicans and Nuggets was drowned out by a lengthy first half resulting in multiple trips to the foul line for both squads. In total, 47 fouls were called, resulting in a 74 - 67 halftime score in favor of the Nuggets. New Orleans was led by, Anthony Davis, who turned in an impressive showing with 27 points, six rebounds, one assist and four blocks, all while battling illness that kept him from playing more than 20 minutes. Sunday's performance may have sparked some life into Alvin Gentry's unit, as he received 20 points from Eric Gordon, 21 from Tyreke Evans and 21 from Jrue Holiday, totalling four Pelicans with 20+ points performances. Eric Gordon did most of his damage from behind the arc, nailing 4 - of - 7 from deep, as part of a 46 percent deep ball night from his teammates. Ryan Anderson played key minutes off the bench adding 16 points and five rebounds in 31 minutes. The Nuggets lost starting forward Danilo Gallinari (ankle) in the 3rd quarter after departing with an ankle sprain. Initial reports noted he would attempt to come back, as he was getting his ankle taped in the locker room, however, no such return came to fruition. Before the injury, Gallinari contributed 18 points in 22 minutes, to go along with two rebounds and three assists. Will Barton led all scorers with 32 points, in addition to 10 rebounds and six assists on 7 - of - 11 3 - point shooting in 36 minutes off the bench. The Nuggets were without Emmanuel Mudiay (ankle), who is likely out for one more week. Jameer Nelson started in place of the rookie point guard, and contributed 15 points and six assists. Despite the loss, the Nuggets received positive showings from the four guard rotation of Gary Harris, Jameer Nelson, Will Barton and Randy Foye, and an always passionate production from Kenneth Faried, who finished with 21 points and 13 rebounds. The Pelicans will host the Portland Trail Blazers (11 - 18) on Wednesday, while the Nuggets will welcome Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers (4 - 23) on Tuesday.
The New Orleans Pelicans (8 - 19) defeated the Denver Nuggets (11 - 16) 130 - 125 on Sunday. The high scoring affair between the Pelicans and Nuggets was drowned out by a lengthy first half resulting in multiple trips to the foul line for both squads. In total, 47 fouls were called, resulting in a 74 - 67 halftime score in favor of the Nuggets. New Orleans was led by, Anthony Davis, who turned in an impressive showing with 27 points, six rebounds, one assist and four blocks, all while battling illness that kept him from playing more than 20 minutes. Sunday's performance may have sparked some life into Alvin Gentry's unit, as he received 20 points from Eric Gordon, 21 from Tyreke Evans and 21 from Jrue Holiday, totalling four Pelicans with 20+ points performances. Eric Gordon did most of his damage from behind the arc, nailing 4 - of - 7 from deep, as part of a 46 percent deep ball night from his teammates. Ryan Anderson played key minutes off the bench adding 16 points and five rebounds in 31 minutes. The Nuggets lost starting forward Danilo Gallinari (ankle) in the 3rd quarter after departing with an ankle sprain. Initial reports noted he would attempt to come back, as he was getting his ankle taped in the locker room, however, no such return came to fruition. Before the injury, Gallinari contributed 18 points in 22 minutes, to go along with two rebounds and three assists. Will Barton led all scorers with 32 points, in addition to 10 rebounds and six assists on 7 - of - 11 3 - point shooting in 36 minutes off the bench. The Nuggets were without Emmanuel Mudiay (ankle), who is likely out for one more week. Jameer Nelson started in place of the rookie point guard, and contributed 15 points and six assists. Despite the loss, the Nuggets received positive showings from the four guard rotation of Gary Harris, Jameer Nelson, Will Barton and Randy Foye, and an always passionate production from Kenneth Faried, who finished with 21 points and 13 rebounds. The Pelicans will host the Portland Trail Blazers (11 - 18) on Wednesday, while the Nuggets will welcome Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers (4 - 23) on Tuesday.
<GAME> <DATE> 20 December 2015 <DAY> Sunday <STADIUM> Pepsi Center <CITY> Denver <HOME> <TEAM> Nuggets <CITY> Denver <TEAM-RESULT> lost <TEAM-PTS> 125 <WINS-LOSSES> 11 16 <QTRS> 31 43 22 29 <TEAM-AST> 26 <3PT> 17 <TEAM-FG> 45 <TEAM-FT> 18 <TEAM-REB> 39 <TEAM-TO> 5 <NEXT-HOME> <NEXT-DATE> 22 December 2015 <NEXT-DAY> Tuesday <NEXT-STADIUM> Pepsi Center <NEXT-CITY> Denver <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Los Angeles <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Lakers <NEXT-IS-HOME> yes <VIS> <TEAM> Pelicans <CITY> New Orleans <TEAM-RESULT> won <TEAM-PTS> 130 <WINS-LOSSES> 8 19 <QTRS> 36 31 32 31 <TEAM-AST> 24 <3PT> 11 <TEAM-FG> 44 <TEAM-FT> 31 <TEAM-REB> 36 <TEAM-TO> 10 <VIS-NEXT> <NEXT-DATE> 23 December 2015 <NEXT-DAY> Wednesday <NEXT-STADIUM> Smoothie King Center <NEXT-CITY> New Orleans <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Portland <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Trail Blazers <NEXT-IS-HOME> yes <PLAYER> Will Barton <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-0 <MIN> 36 <PTS> 32 <FG> 12 25 48 <FG3> 7 11 64 <FT> 1 1 100 <REB> 10 <AST> 6 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 8 <OREB> 2 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Kenneth Faried <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-1 <MIN> 24 <PTS> 21 <FG> 8 14 57 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 5 7 71 <REB> 13 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 9 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Danilo Gallinari <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-2 <MIN> 22 <PTS> 18 <FG> 3 10 30 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 11 12 92 <REB> 2 <AST> 3 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Randy Foye <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-3 <MIN> 21 <PTS> 17 <FG> 6 10 60 <FG3> 5 7 71 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 3 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jameer Nelson <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-4 <MIN> 36 <PTS> 15 <FG> 6 12 50 <FG3> 3 6 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 6 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Nikola Jokić <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-5 <MIN> 22 <PTS> 13 <FG> 6 8 75 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 3 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Joffrey Lauvergne <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-6 <MIN> 12 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 4 50 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Darrell Arthur <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-7 <MIN> 5 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 1 100 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Gary Harris <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-8 <MIN> 26 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 8 12 <FG3> 0 3 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 1 <STL> 3 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jusuf Nurkić <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> J. J. Hickson <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Mike Miller <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-11 <MIN> 11 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 1 0 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 2 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kostas Papanikolaou <TEAM> Denver Nuggets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-12 <MIN> 20 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 3 0 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Anthony Davis <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-0 <MIN> 19 <PTS> 27 <FG> 9 12 75 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 9 9 100 <REB> 6 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 4 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jrue Holiday <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-1 <MIN> 24 <PTS> 21 <FG> 7 13 54 <FG3> 2 5 40 <FT> 5 8 62 <REB> 3 <AST> 5 <STL> 2 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tyreke Evans <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-2 <MIN> 32 <PTS> 21 <FG> 7 13 54 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 6 8 75 <REB> 8 <AST> 10 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 7 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Eric Gordon <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-3 <MIN> 31 <PTS> 20 <FG> 6 11 55 <FG3> 4 7 57 <FT> 4 5 80 <REB> 3 <AST> 3 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Ryan Anderson <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-4 <MIN> 31 <PTS> 16 <FG> 6 12 50 <FG3> 2 3 67 <FT> 2 3 67 <REB> 5 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 2 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Norris Cole <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-5 <MIN> 20 <PTS> 10 <FG> 3 6 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 4 4 100 <REB> 0 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Ömer Aşık <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-6 <MIN> 17 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 2 100 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 4 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 2 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Alonzo Gee <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-7 <MIN> 16 <PTS> 4 <FG> 2 4 50 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Luke Babbitt <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-8 <MIN> 6 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 3 33 <FG3> 1 3 33 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Dante Cunningham <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-9 <MIN> 19 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 2 50 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Toney Douglas <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Ish Smith <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-11 <MIN> 2 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kendrick Perkins <TEAM> New Orleans Pelicans <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-12 <MIN> 16 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none