15-32, 8-17 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Hornets NO	26	22	30	20	98
Nuggets DEN	26	25	34	28	113

Denver NuggetsNuggetsDEN

30-18, 20-3 Home

113

30-18, 20-3 Home

New Orleans Hornets @ Denver Nuggets

Matchups

DEN leads season

2-0

DEN

Game 1@ DEN

Final

102

Game 2@ DEN

Final

113

110

Game 3@ NO

Final

Western Conference

Northwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Utah	3	1	.750	-	W2
Portland	3	1	.750	-	L1
Denver	3	2	.600	0.5	W1
Minnesota	3	3	.500	1	L2
Oklahoma City	1	4	.200	2.5	L1

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