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Denver Nuggets vs. New Orleans Pelicans

October 29, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Pelicans 122-88 on 2025-10-29 at home. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, and Christian Braun. The Pelicans started DeAndre Jordan, Zion Williamson, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III, and Jeremiah Fears. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 10 points (3/10) in his matchups, with Aaron Gordon as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 14 points (6/10) in his matchups, with Yves Missi as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

DEN

Denver Nuggets 122

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokić GS	27:33	21	12	10	2	0	2	4	10-15	1-2	0-0	+25
Cameron Johnson GS	27:15	7	1	1	0	0	1	2	2-4	2-4	1-2	+22
Christian Braun GS	27:09	17	6	4	0	1	1	1	8-13	1-3	0-0	+22
Jamal Murray GS	25:16	17	2	6	1	0	1	0	5-14	3-8	4-4	+29
Aaron Gordon GS	22:31	9	9	3	0	0	2	2	2-5	1-4	4-4	+19
Peyton Watson	22:41	5	5	5	1	3	0	0	2-2	0-0	1-1	+28
Bruce Brown	18:34	5	4	2	2	0	1	2	2-3	1-2	0-0	+13
Tim Hardaway Jr.	14:25	11	1	1	0	0	0	3	4-6	3-5	0-0	+9
Jonas Valančiūnas	14:20	10	6	3	0	0	2	1	5-7	0-0	0-0	+14
Jalen Pickett	12:00	8	2	3	0	0	1	1	3-6	1-4	1-1	0
Julian Strawther	10:43	6	2	2	0	0	0	1	2-7	1-5	1-2	+4
Zeke Nnaji	6:07	4	1	0	0	0	1	3	2-3	0-1	0-0	-5
Hunter Tyson	5:43	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-2	0-0	-5
Spencer Jones	5:43	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	-5
Totals		122	56	40	6	4	14	23	48-90	14-42	12-14

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 88

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III GS	31:43	7	7	0	1	0	1	1	1-8	1-5	4-4	-32
Jeremiah Fears GS	30:21	21	1	6	2	0	1	3	10-15	1-3	0-2	-12
Zion Williamson GS	26:14	11	0	2	1	1	3	2	4-8	0-0	3-4	-12
Herbert Jones GS	20:36	5	1	1	0	0	2	3	2-7	1-4	0-0	-3
DeAndre Jordan GS	12:20	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-21
Yves Missi	23:57	10	4	0	0	2	0	1	5-6	0-0	0-5	-13
Jordan Poole	21:54	9	1	2	0	0	1	2	2-11	1-7	4-4	-35
Saddiq Bey	19:08	7	3	2	2	0	0	0	2-9	2-6	1-2	-28
Derik Queen	14:26	4	8	0	1	0	3	2	2-5	0-0	0-2	-5
Jose Alvarado	13:57	3	2	1	1	0	1	1	1-5	1-4	0-0	-25
Jordan Hawkins	7:48	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0-5	0-4	2-2	+4
Micah Peavy	7:48	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	1-2	+4
Bryce McGowens	6:07	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	2-2	+5
Karlo Matković	3:42	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	+3
Totals		88	36	17	9	3	13	15	32-85	7-34	17-29

Lineups

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun Starter 14.8 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Peyton Watson 5.9 min
Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji · Julian Strawther · Hunter Tyson · Spencer Jones 5.7 min
Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun · Peyton Watson 5.7 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Aaron Gordon · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Julian Strawther 2.6 min

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

DeAndre Jordan · Zion Williamson · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Jeremiah Fears Starter 7.8 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Saddiq Bey · Jose Alvarado · Yves Missi 7.8 min
Zion Williamson · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears 4.6 min
Bryce McGowens · Karlo Matković · Jordan Hawkins · Derik Queen · Micah Peavy 3.7 min
DeAndre Jordan · Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Trey Murphy III · Jose Alvarado 3.7 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Nuggets defense

Zion Williamson 10 pts (3/10) in 52 possessions

Guarded by: Aaron Gordon (43 %, 2 pts) · Nikola Jokić (15 %, 4 pts) · Peyton Watson (11 %, 2 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 12 pts (5/11) in 57 possessions

Guarded by: Cameron Johnson (33 %, 1 pts) · Christian Braun (12 %, 2 pts) · Bruce Brown (11 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Jokić	Yves Missi: 22 poss., 6 pts (3/7) · DeAndre Jordan: 11 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
Christian Braun	Trey Murphy III: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Herbert Jones: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Cameron Johnson	Jeremiah Fears: 19 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Trey Murphy III: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Peyton Watson	Jordan Poole: 10 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Saddiq Bey: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jamal Murray	Herbert Jones: 15 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Jose Alvarado: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Aaron Gordon	Zion Williamson: 22 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Trey Murphy III: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Bruce Brown	Jordan Poole: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jose Alvarado: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Saddiq Bey: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Trey Murphy III: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jonas Valanciunas	Derik Queen: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Zion Williamson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jalen Pickett	Jeremiah Fears: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Derik Queen: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Julian Strawther	Micah Peavy: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Trey Murphy III: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zeke Nnaji	Derik Queen: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Karlo Matković: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hunter Tyson	Bryce McGowens: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Hawkins: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Spencer Jones	Micah Peavy: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derik Queen: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)

Pelicans defense

Nikola Jokić 14 pts (6/10) in 53 possessions

Guarded by: Yves Missi (52 %, 6 pts) · DeAndre Jordan (15 %, 0 pts) · Zion Williamson (7 %, 4 pts)
Jamal Murray 5 pts (2/6) in 47 possessions

Guarded by: Herbert Jones (26 %, 3 pts) · Saddiq Bey (14 %, 0 pts) · Jose Alvarado (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trey Murphy III	Cameron Johnson: 19 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Peyton Watson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeremiah Fears	Christian Braun: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Peyton Watson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zion Williamson	Aaron Gordon: 23 poss., 1 pts (0/3) · Peyton Watson: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Yves Missi	Nikola Jokić: 28 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Jonas Valanciunas: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jordan Poole	Peyton Watson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Bruce Brown: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Saddiq Bey	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 8 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Jamal Murray: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Herbert Jones	Jamal Murray: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Christian Braun: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jose Alvarado	Jamal Murray: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bruce Brown: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Derik Queen	Zeke Nnaji: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jonas Valanciunas: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
DeAndre Jordan	Nikola Jokić: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jonas Valanciunas: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Micah Peavy	Jalen Pickett: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Julian Strawther: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jordan Hawkins	Jalen Pickett: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Spencer Jones: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bryce McGowens	Jalen Pickett: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Spencer Jones: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Karlo Matković	Hunter Tyson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Spencer Jones: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)