New Orleans Hornets @ Denver Nuggets

3-9, 1-5 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Hornets NO	23	18	20	23	84
Nuggets DEN	26	25	32	19	102

Denver NuggetsNuggetsDEN

8-6, 4-1 Home

102

8-6, 4-1 Home

Matchups

DEN leads season

1-0

DEN

Game 1@ DEN

Final

102

Game 2@ DEN

Final

113

110

Game 3@ NO

Final

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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