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Denver Nuggets vs. New Orleans Pelicans

October 24, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Nuggets beat the Pelicans 141-135 on 2026-10-24 at home. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Christian Braun, and Bryce Hopkins. The Pelicans started DeAndre Jordan, Dejounte Murray, Zion Williamson, Trey Murphy III, and Jeremiah Fears. Jeremiah Fears (Pelicans) scored 16 points (6/6) in his matchups, with Christian Braun as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 27 points (11/14) in his matchups, with DeAndre Jordan as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Denver Nuggets 141

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Nikola Jokić GS 43:38 35 15 10 2 3 6 5 12-23 3-10 8-8 +11
Jamal Murray GS 42:55 42 3 6 1 1 0 3 12-25 8-16 10-13 +14
Christian Braun GS 40:25 15 8 2 2 0 1 3 7-11 0-3 1-2 +15
Aaron Gordon GS 36:47 7 5 4 2 0 1 3 2-9 1-6 2-4 +10
Bryce Hopkins GS 18:59 2 2 1 0 0 0 3 1-2 0-1 0-0 -9
Trevon Brazile 28:06 17 9 0 1 2 2 4 6-11 3-7 2-4 +10
DeMar DeRozan 23:34 12 3 3 0 0 1 4 4-10 0-2 4-4 -3
Cam Whitmore 11:18 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 2-5 0-2 0-0 -10
Tyus Jones 9:56 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 2-2 -3
Marvin Bagley III 9:22 5 4 0 0 0 0 2 2-2 0-0 1-2 -5
Totals 141 51 26 9 6 11 28 48-99 15-47 30-39

Did not play: Alpha Diallo (Inactive - Injury/Illness), DaRon Holmes II (DNP - Coach's Decision), Cameron Johnson (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Spencer Jones (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Ryan Nembhard (DNP - Coach's Decision), Zeke Nnaji (DNP - Coach's Decision), Julian Strawther (Inactive - Injury/Illness)

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New Orleans Pelicans 135

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Trey Murphy III GS 36:56 26 6 4 1 0 4 2 10-17 4-8 2-2 -17
Dejounte Murray GS 34:32 22 6 6 2 1 2 2 9-18 1-6 3-4 -16
Zion Williamson GS 32:32 17 1 2 2 2 3 5 7-11 0-1 3-5 -1
Jeremiah Fears GS 23:29 10 6 2 1 0 3 3 4-12 0-2 2-2 +8
DeAndre Jordan GS 20:16 9 9 2 0 1 0 0 3-3 0-0 3-4 -1
Saddiq Bey 25:29 14 4 3 1 0 1 1 3-9 2-7 6-8 -2
Derik Queen 24:32 17 8 2 0 0 0 3 6-10 0-1 5-5 +2
Jordan Poole 22:30 6 3 7 1 1 2 3 2-6 2-5 0-0 -2
Bennedict Mathurin 20:28 9 4 4 0 0 0 2 4-9 1-5 0-0 -5
Herbert Jones 16:29 2 3 1 1 0 2 5 1-3 0-2 0-0 +7
Karlo Matković 7:47 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 1-1 1-1 0-0 -3
Totals 135 50 33 9 5 18 29 50-99 11-38 24-30

Did not play: Malik Dia (Inactive - G League - Two-Way), AJ Johnson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bryce McGowens (DNP - Coach's Decision), Yves Missi (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Jaron Pierre Jr. (Inactive - G League - Two-Way), Julian Reese (DNP - Coach's Decision), Trendon Watford (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

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Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

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Starting lineup

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Who guarded whom

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

Nuggets defense

Defender Guarded most
Nikola Jokić Derik Queen: 30 poss., 12 pts (5/10) · DeAndre Jordan: 28 poss., 5 pts (2/6)
Jamal Murray Dejounte Murray: 34 poss., 14 pts (4/9) · Jeremiah Fears: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Christian Braun Trey Murphy III: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Dejounte Murray: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Aaron Gordon Zion Williamson: 42 poss., 4 pts (1/8) · Trey Murphy III: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Trevon Brazile Saddiq Bey: 21 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Trey Murphy III: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
DeMar DeRozan Herbert Jones: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/4) · Saddiq Bey: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Bryce Hopkins Trey Murphy III: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeremiah Fears: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Cam Whitmore Bennedict Mathurin: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Trey Murphy III: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyus Jones Jordan Poole: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jeremiah Fears: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Marvin Bagley III Derik Queen: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Karlo Matković: 3 poss., 1 pts (0/0)

Pelicans defense

Defender Guarded most
Trey Murphy III Bryce Hopkins: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jamal Murray: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dejounte Murray Christian Braun: 34 poss., 11 pts (5/9) · Jamal Murray: 22 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Zion Williamson Aaron Gordon: 49 poss., 12 pts (5/7) · Trevon Brazile: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Saddiq Bey Trevon Brazile: 17 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · DeMar DeRozan: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Derik Queen Nikola Jokić: 23 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Marvin Bagley III: 6 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Jeremiah Fears Jamal Murray: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Christian Braun: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jordan Poole Jamal Murray: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tyus Jones: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Bennedict Mathurin DeMar DeRozan: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Cam Whitmore: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
DeAndre Jordan Nikola Jokić: 31 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Aaron Gordon: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Herbert Jones DeMar DeRozan: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jamal Murray: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Karlo Matković Marvin Bagley III: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Trevon Brazile: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)