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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Denver Nuggets

November 19, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Pelicans 125-118 on 2025-11-19 on the road against the Pelicans. The Pelicans started Zion Williamson, Herbert Jones, Trey Murphy III, Jeremiah Fears, and Derik Queen. The Nuggets started Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, Zeke Nnaji, and Peyton Watson. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 28 points (11/19) in his matchups, with Derik Queen as his primary defender. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 13 points (3/6) in his matchups, with Zeke Nnaji as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 118

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III GS	35:57	23	2	3	5	1	3	0	7-14	5-12	4-4	-4
Derik Queen GS	30:25	30	9	4	2	2	4	4	12-18	1-2	5-8	0
Zion Williamson GS	29:06	14	6	5	1	1	3	4	6-13	0-0	2-4	+14
Herbert Jones GS	29:00	9	2	3	2	0	0	6	3-8	1-4	2-2	+8
Jeremiah Fears GS	25:28	16	3	1	0	1	0	0	7-15	0-4	2-2	-3
Saddiq Bey	18:54	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	0-3	0-3	2-4	-21
Jose Alvarado	18:54	2	4	2	1	0	0	0	1-6	0-4	0-0	-13
Jordan Hawkins	17:37	6	1	1	0	0	1	1	3-7	0-2	0-0	-9
Micah Peavy	17:04	9	3	1	0	0	0	2	3-8	0-3	3-3	0
Yves Missi	12:21	7	8	2	0	0	0	4	2-5	0-0	3-4	-3
Kevon Looney	5:14	0	4	1	0	0	0	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	-4
Totals		118	44	25	12	5	12	24	44-98	7-34	23-31

Did not play: DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bryce McGowens (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DEN

Denver Nuggets 125

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray GS	35:33	16	0	8	0	0	3	4	5-14	2-7	4-5	-2
Nikola Jokić GS	34:26	28	11	12	0	0	9	6	10-18	2-4	6-7	+9
Peyton Watson GS	34:21	32	12	3	1	0	4	4	13-19	5-9	1-1	+3
Cameron Johnson GS	32:28	14	3	5	1	0	2	2	6-8	1-3	1-2	+2
Zeke Nnaji GS	26:36	2	4	0	2	1	0	2	0-3	0-2	2-2	-18
Bruce Brown	27:01	12	3	4	3	0	2	3	5-7	0-1	2-4	+22
Tim Hardaway Jr.	23:04	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	3-9	1-5	0-0	+11
Jonas Valančiūnas	16:00	14	7	0	0	0	0	3	4-5	0-0	6-6	+2
Spencer Jones	10:31	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	+6
Totals		125	41	35	8	1	20	26	46-83	11-31	22-27

Did not play: Jalen Pickett (DNP - Coach's Decision), Hunter Tyson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Zion Williamson · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen Starter 10.2 min
Saddiq Bey · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 5.5 min
Zion Williamson · Herbert Jones · Trey Murphy III · Derik Queen · Micah Peavy 4.3 min
Kevon Looney · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Jose Alvarado · Jordan Hawkins 4.1 min
Zion Williamson · Herbert Jones · Yves Missi · Jeremiah Fears · Micah Peavy 2.7 min

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Zeke Nnaji · Peyton Watson Starter 15.2 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Zeke Nnaji 4.7 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Zeke Nnaji · Peyton Watson 3.4 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Nikola Jokić · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Peyton Watson 3.0 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Peyton Watson 2.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pelicans defense

Nikola Jokić 28 pts (11/19) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Derik Queen (43 %, 9 pts) · Yves Missi (10 %, 4 pts) · Herbert Jones (9 %, 0 pts)
Jamal Murray 8 pts (2/10) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Herbert Jones (26 %, 2 pts) · Trey Murphy III (18 %, 0 pts) · Micah Peavy (14 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trey Murphy III	Peyton Watson: 21 poss., 10 pts (3/5) · Cameron Johnson: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Derik Queen	Nikola Jokić: 33 poss., 9 pts (4/7) · Cameron Johnson: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Herbert Jones	Jamal Murray: 18 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Cameron Johnson: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Zion Williamson	Zeke Nnaji: 32 poss., 6 pts (3/7) · Cameron Johnson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jeremiah Fears	Peyton Watson: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Cameron Johnson: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Saddiq Bey	Bruce Brown: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jose Alvarado	Bruce Brown: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Peyton Watson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Micah Peavy	Jamal Murray: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Cameron Johnson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Hawkins	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Bruce Brown: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Yves Missi	Nikola Jokić: 8 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Jonas Valanciunas: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kevon Looney	Jonas Valanciunas: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nuggets defense

Zion Williamson 13 pts (3/6) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Zeke Nnaji (62 %, 0 pts) · Nikola Jokić (13 %, 2 pts) · Cameron Johnson (6 %, 5 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 13 pts (6/8) in 56 possessions

Guarded by: Cameron Johnson (36 %, 4 pts) · Peyton Watson (25 %, 9 pts) · Bruce Brown (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Jokić	Derik Queen: 37 poss., 8 pts (4/9) · Yves Missi: 11 poss., 11 pts (4/4)
Jamal Murray	Herbert Jones: 23 poss., 6 pts (1/3) · Micah Peavy: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Cameron Johnson	Jeremiah Fears: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Herbert Jones: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Peyton Watson	Trey Murphy III: 25 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Jeremiah Fears: 14 poss., 9 pts (4/6)
Bruce Brown	Trey Murphy III: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jordan Hawkins: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Zeke Nnaji	Zion Williamson: 38 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Herbert Jones: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Jordan Hawkins: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Saddiq Bey: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jonas Valanciunas	Derik Queen: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Yves Missi: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Spencer Jones	Saddiq Bey: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Trey Murphy III: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)