New Orleans Pelicans vs Denver Nuggets: player stats
Regular seasonFinal/OT
New Orleans Pelicans 135, Denver Nuggets 141
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The Denver Nuggets beat the New Orleans Pelicans 141-135 in overtime on October 24, 2026 at Ball Arena. Trey Murphy III scored 26 for the New Orleans Pelicans, while Jamal Murray had 42 for the Denver Nuggets.
How it happened
- FinalDenver beats New Orleans 141-135 in overtime. Jamal Murray scored 42, and the Nuggets made 14 of 45 threes while the Pelicans made 9 of 33.
- OT 2:36Nikola Jokic hits a 6-foot turnaround jumper to reach 30 points, finishing his line at 31 points on 11-of-22 shooting with 10 rebounds and 10 assists as Denver leads New Orleans 130-128 with 2:36 left in overtime.
- OT 4:23Nikola Jokic hits the first of two free throws to put Denver ahead 127-126 with 4:23 left in overtime. Jamal Murray leads all scorers with 42 points.
- Q4Regulation ends tied at 126 and the game heads to overtime. Jamal Murray leads all scorers with 42 points, and Denver made 13-of-41 threes.
- Q4 1:09Jamal Murray hits a 26-foot step-back three with 1:09 left, reaching 40 points on 12-of-23 shooting and 7-of-13 from three. Denver trails New Orleans 126-122.
- Q3New Orleans leads Denver 108-89 after three, shooting 45-of-72 from the field while the Nuggets go 32-of-70. Trey Murphy III has 21 for the Pelicans, and Jamal Murray has 32 for Denver.
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| Trey Murphy IIIF | 36:56 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 10-17 | 4-8 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -17 |
| Dejounte MurrayG | 34:32 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 9-18 | 1-6 | 3-4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -16 |
| Zion WilliamsonF | 32:32 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 7-11 | 0-1 | 3-5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 |
| Jeremiah FearsG | 23:29 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4-12 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +8 |
| DeAndre JordanC | 20:16 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Saddiq BeyF | 25:29 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3-9 | 2-7 | 6-8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 |
| Derik QueenC | 24:31 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 6-10 | 0-1 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | +2 |
| Jordan PooleG | 22:30 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 |
| Bennedict MathurinG-F | 20:28 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4-9 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -5 |
| Herbert JonesF | 16:29 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | +7 |
| Karlo MatkovicF-C | 7:47 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -3 |
| Team | 265 | 135 | 50 | 33 | 50-99 | 11-38 | 24-30 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 29 |
DNP: Trendon Watford, Bryce McGowens, AJ Johnson, Julian Reese
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| Nikola JokicC | 43:37 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 12-23 | 3-10 | 8-8 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | +11 |
| Jamal MurrayG | 42:55 | 42 | 3 | 6 | 12-25 | 8-16 | 10-13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | +14 |
| Christian BraunG | 40:25 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 7-11 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +15 |
| Aaron GordonF | 36:47 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2-9 | 1-6 | 2-4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +10 |
| Bryce HopkinsF | 18:59 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -9 |
| Trevon BrazileF | 28:05 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 6-11 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +10 |
| DeMar DeRozanG | 23:34 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4-10 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -3 |
| Cam WhitmoreF | 11:18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -10 |
| Tyus JonesG | 9:55 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 |
| Marvin Bagley IIIF | 9:22 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -5 |
| Team | 265 | 141 | 51 | 26 | 48-99 | 15-47 | 30-39 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 28 |
Recap
Jamal Murray scored 42 points, and the Denver Nuggets rallied from 23 down to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 141-135 in overtime on Saturday, October 24.
Murray made 8 of 16 threes and 10 of 13 free throws in 43 minutes, and he did not turn the ball over.
Keel projection
How the projections do →Made before tip-off from the players available and the season so far; frozen at tip-off.
NOP 18%DEN 82%
- Expected margin
- DEN by 11.7
- Result: DEN by 6
- The projection called it.
Season series
NOP 0, DEN 2- Oct 24 · this gameNew Orleans Pelicans 135, Denver Nuggets 141
- Oct 28Denver Nuggets 104, New Orleans Pelicans 91
- Nov 14Denver Nuggets at New Orleans Pelicans
- Apr 6New Orleans Pelicans at Denver Nuggets
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