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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Denver Nuggets

October 28, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Nuggets beat the Pelicans 104-91 on 2026-10-28 on the road against the Pelicans. The Pelicans started DeAndre Jordan, Dejounte Murray, Zion Williamson, Trey Murphy III, and Jeremiah Fears. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Christian Braun, and Trevon Brazile. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 23 points (8/16) in his matchups, with Derik Queen as his primary defender. Jeremiah Fears (Pelicans) scored 15 points (4/11) in his matchups, with Tyus Jones as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 91

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Zion Williamson GS	31:39	25	5	2	3	0	1	3	10-14	1-1	4-6	-15
Trey Murphy III GS	30:27	6	1	3	2	0	2	3	2-7	2-7	0-1	-12
Dejounte Murray GS	30:12	10	8	5	1	0	2	1	4-11	0-2	2-2	-12
Jeremiah Fears GS	23:33	11	4	3	1	0	3	3	5-14	1-5	0-0	-8
DeAndre Jordan GS	13:06	3	4	0	0	1	1	2	1-1	0-0	1-2	-16
Saddiq Bey	25:56	9	0	3	2	0	0	0	3-10	1-6	2-2	-22
Derik Queen	24:54	11	12	1	0	1	5	3	3-6	0-0	5-7	-5
Herbert Jones	18:32	4	2	0	2	1	1	1	1-5	0-1	2-2	+2
Karlo Matković	17:42	5	3	1	0	0	1	2	2-6	1-4	0-0	+16
Bennedict Mathurin	13:59	5	1	2	1	0	3	2	2-5	1-3	0-0	-1
Jordan Poole	7:14	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	+8
Bryce McGowens	2:46	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		91	41	20	14	3	19	21	34-82	7-30	16-22

Did not play: AJ Johnson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Julian Reese (DNP - Coach's Decision), Trendon Watford (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DEN

Denver Nuggets 104

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray GS	38:18	23	1	6	0	2	1	3	9-19	5-11	0-0	+11
Christian Braun GS	35:57	15	0	4	3	1	2	4	6-13	3-8	0-0	+15
Nikola Jokić GS	34:17	21	13	10	1	0	7	4	8-13	0-0	5-5	+17
Trevon Brazile GS	31:37	11	8	0	1	1	1	1	5-9	1-3	0-0	+14
Aaron Gordon GS	30:57	15	11	3	1	0	0	1	3-10	2-6	7-8	+15
DeMar DeRozan	25:39	6	2	5	2	0	1	3	1-6	0-0	4-4	+2
Marvin Bagley III	18:39	8	5	1	1	1	1	2	3-6	0-1	2-2	-3
Bryce Hopkins	13:50	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-6
Tyus Jones	10:46	5	0	1	2	0	1	0	2-4	1-2	0-0	0
Totals		104	42	30	11	5	17	19	37-80	12-31	18-19

Did not play: DaRon Holmes II (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ryan Nembhard (DNP - Coach's Decision), Zeke Nnaji (DNP - Coach's Decision), Cam Whitmore (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

DeAndre Jordan · Dejounte Murray · Zion Williamson · Trey Murphy III · Jeremiah Fears Starter 5.8 min
Dejounte Murray · Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Derik Queen 8.4 min
DeAndre Jordan · Dejounte Murray · Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III 7.4 min
Herbert Jones · Bennedict Mathurin · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 7.4 min
Dejounte Murray · Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Trey Murphy III · Karlo Matković 7.2 min

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Christian Braun · Trevon Brazile Starter 18.0 min
DeMar DeRozan · Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Christian Braun 7.0 min
DeMar DeRozan · Tyus Jones · Marvin Bagley III · Trevon Brazile · Bryce Hopkins 4.8 min
DeMar DeRozan · Jamal Murray · Marvin Bagley III · Trevon Brazile · Bryce Hopkins 4.3 min
DeMar DeRozan · Nikola Jokić · Tyus Jones · Marvin Bagley III · Christian Braun 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pelicans defense

Nikola Jokić 23 pts (8/16) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Derik Queen (24 %, 6 pts) · DeAndre Jordan (23 %, 0 pts) · Zion Williamson (11 %, 1 pts)
Jamal Murray 15 pts (6/18) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Dejounte Murray (30 %, 8 pts) · Trey Murphy III (15 %, 3 pts) · Zion Williamson (8 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Zion Williamson	Aaron Gordon: 40 poss., 12 pts (5/7) · Nikola Jokić: 8 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Trey Murphy III	Trevon Brazile: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Christian Braun: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dejounte Murray	Jamal Murray: 22 poss., 8 pts (3/6) · Christian Braun: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Saddiq Bey	Trevon Brazile: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · DeMar DeRozan: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Derik Queen	Nikola Jokić: 16 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Marvin Bagley III: 12 poss., 1 pts (0/2)
Jeremiah Fears	Tyus Jones: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Christian Braun: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/5)
Herbert Jones	DeMar DeRozan: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Trevon Brazile: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Karlo Matković	Marvin Bagley III: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jamal Murray: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
DeAndre Jordan	Nikola Jokić: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Aaron Gordon: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Poole	Jamal Murray: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Aaron Gordon: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bennedict Mathurin	Christian Braun: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jamal Murray: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bryce McGowens	Bryce Hopkins: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tyus Jones: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nuggets defense

Jeremiah Fears 15 pts (4/11) in 46 possessions

Guarded by: Tyus Jones (27 %, 3 pts) · Christian Braun (22 %, 0 pts) · Bryce Hopkins (17 %, 0 pts)
Derik Queen 20 pts (7/13) in 48 possessions

Guarded by: Nikola Jokić (23 %, 6 pts) · Marvin Bagley III (22 %, 2 pts) · Aaron Gordon (12 %, 1 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jamal Murray	Dejounte Murray: 29 poss., 2 pts (1/6) · Herbert Jones: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Christian Braun	Trey Murphy III: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Dejounte Murray: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Nikola Jokić	Zion Williamson: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · DeAndre Jordan: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Trevon Brazile	Saddiq Bey: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Trey Murphy III: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Aaron Gordon	Zion Williamson: 26 poss., 10 pts (2/4) · Dejounte Murray: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
DeMar DeRozan	Herbert Jones: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Trey Murphy III: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Marvin Bagley III	Derik Queen: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Karlo Matković: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Bryce Hopkins	Jeremiah Fears: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bryce McGowens: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyus Jones	Jeremiah Fears: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Herbert Jones: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)