Denver Nuggets vs. New Orleans Hornets - Box Score - December 18, 2009

Scores for Dec 18, 2009

Final

Series (Game 1 of 4)

Series starts 12/18

Game 1: Friday, December 18th
Nuggets	92	Final
Hornets	98	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, January 23rd
Hornets	110	Final OT
Nuggets	116	Final OT
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Game 3: Friday, March 12th
Nuggets	102	Final
Hornets	95	Final
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Game 4: Thursday, March 18th
Hornets	80	Final
Nuggets	93	Final
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Nuggets 92

(19-8, 7-7 away)

Hornets 98

(12-13, 10-3 home)

Alerts

Coverage: COX

8:00 PM ET, December 18, 2009

New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, LA

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	23	29	19	21	92
NO	25	21	33	19	98

Top Performers

Denver: J. Smith 25 Pts, 3 Reb, 1 Ast, 1 Stl

New Orleans: C. Paul 30 Pts, 9 Reb, 19 Ast, 1 Stl

Denver Nuggets
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
Kenyon Martin, PF	38	1-4	0-0	0-0	3	10	13	1	1	0	2	4	-14	2
Carmelo Anthony, SF	37	5-16	0-1	7-9	2	4	6	4	1	0	2	2	-19	17
Nenê , C	37	6-11	0-0	3-5	1	9	10	0	0	3	0	3	-10	15
Anthony Carter, PG	23	3-7	1-2	2-2	1	0	1	5	1	0	2	1	-18	9
Arron Afflalo, SG	29	2-9	0-6	2-2	0	6	6	3	1	2	1	1	+4	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
Chris Andersen, PF	21	2-3	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	2	1	1	0	1	+12	4
J.R. Smith, SG	30	11-17	0-3	3-5	1	2	3	1	1	0	1	1	+3	25
Ty Lawson, PG	26	6-10	2-4	0-0	0	3	3	2	0	0	2	2	+12	14
Malik Allen, PF	DNP COACH'S DECISION
Joey Graham, SF	DNP COACH'S DECISION
Renaldo Balkman, SF	DNP COACH'S DECISION
Johan Petro, C	DNP COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS		FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF		PTS
		36-77	3-16	17-23	8	37	45	18	6	6	10	15		92
		46.8%	18.8%	73.9%
Fast break points: 14 Points in the paint: 40 Team TO ( points off ): 11 (19) +/- 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	35	9-14	4-8	2-2	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	3	+14	24
David West, PF	40	6-16	0-0	0-0	1	7	8	1	1	0	0	2	-3	12
Emeka Okafor, C	29	4-9	0-0	1-3	3	9	12	0	0	5	0	1	+22	9
Devin Brown, SG	36	3-10	2-5	2-4	0	3	3	1	1	0	1	2	+14	10
Chris Paul, PG	42	13-20	1-2	3-3	1	8	9	19	1	0	4	2	+18	30
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
James Posey, SF	24	2-4	1-2	2-3	2	5	7	0	0	0	0	3	-10	7
Darius Songaila, PF	19	3-6	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	4	-11	6
Darren Collison, PG	6	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	-12	0
Marcus Thornton, SG	9	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	-2	0
Morris Peterson, SG	DNP COACH'S DECISION
Hilton Armstrong, C	DNP COACH'S DECISION
Julian Wright, SF	DNP COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS		FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF		PTS
		40-83	8-19	10-15	8	35	43	23	5	6	9	17		98
		48.2%	42.1%	66.7%
Fast break points: 20 Points in the paint: 32 Team TO ( points off ): 10 (14) +/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court.

Flagrant Fouls: None
Technical Fouls: PLAYERS: None - TEAMS (def3sec): NEWORLEANS (1) - COACHES: None
Officials: Dan Crawford , Sean Wright , Sean Corbin
Attendance: 14,453
Time of Game: 02:08

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Nuggets 92

Hornets 98