Hornets 100, 
Nuggets 105
9:00 PM ET, January 3, 2009
Pepsi Center
Denver, CO
| NEW ORLEANS HORNETS | ||||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| Peja Stojakovic, SF | 40 | 7-14 | 4-9 | 1-2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -8 | 19 |
| David West, PF | 43 | 8-15 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 21 |
| Hilton Armstrong, C | 31 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | +3 | 17 |
| Rasual Butler, SG | 30 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -10 | 2 |
| Chris Paul, PG | 42 | 12-18 | 0-1 | 6-9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 30 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| James Posey, SF | 29 | 2-12 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -6 | 6 |
| Morris Peterson, SG | 7 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -7 | 0 |
| Antonio Daniels, PG | 13 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| Sean Marks, PF | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 |
| Ryan Bowen, SF | DNP COACH'S DECISION | |||||||||||||
| Tyson Chandler, C | DNP NBA ONE GAME SUSPENSION | |||||||||||||
| Devin Brown, SG | DNP COACH'S DECISION | |||||||||||||
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | ||
| 37-74 | 7-22 | 19-24 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 28 | 100 | |||
| 50.0% | 31.8% | 79.2% | ||||||||||||
Fast break points: 7 Points in the paint: 36 Team TO ( points off ): 19 (24) +/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court. | ||||||||||||||
| DENVER NUGGETS | ||||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| Carmelo Anthony, SF | 40 | 10-17 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | +18 | 22 |
| Kenyon Martin, PF | 33 | 4-9 | 1-2 | 4-8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 13 |
| Nene, C | 32 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 4-7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +11 | 14 |
| Dahntay Jones, SG | 17 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +3 | 10 |
| Chauncey Billups, PG | 36 | 2-9 | 1-5 | 9-9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | N/A | 14 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | PTS |
| Linas Kleiza, SF | 11 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 9 |
| Anthony Carter, PG | 24 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 4 |
| Chris Andersen, FC | 21 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 |
| J.R. Smith, SG | 27 | 6-11 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 17 |
| Chucky Atkins, PG | DNP COACH'S DECISION | |||||||||||||
| Renaldo Balkman, PF | DNP COACH'S DECISION | |||||||||||||
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | ||
| 36-72 | 6-15 | 27-38 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 105 | |||
| 50.0% | 40.0% | 71.1% | ||||||||||||
Fast break points: 18 Points in the paint: 38 Team TO ( points off ): 12 (22) +/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court. | ||||||||||||||
Technical Fouls: PLAYERS: 2 DENVER ( K Martin 1 ) NEWORLEANS ( C Paul 1 ) - TEAMS (def3sec): DENVER (1) - COACHES: None
Officials: Bennett Salvatore , Jason Phillips , Pat Fraher
Attendance: 19,614
Time of Game: 02:18