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Denver Nuggets at New Orleans Pelicans

Regular season7:00 PM

Denver Nuggets at New Orleans Pelicans

Denver Nuggets
New Orleans Pelicans

Smoothie King Center · New Orleans, LA

Matchup preview

Last season: too early in this one to read much from it

Matchup odds

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Who wins?

DEN

Season leaders, per game

NOP
The teams side by side: Denver Nuggets and New Orleans Pelicans compared, with league ranks
DENStatNOP
54–28Record26–56
Offense
5.1(better), 7th in the leagueNet rating21st in the league, -4.4
120.3(better), 1st in the leagueOffensive rating20th in the league, 112.1
100.2, 20th in the leaguePace11th in the league, 102.4
57.7(better), 1st in the leagueeFG%28th in the league, 52.7
10.9(better), 3rd in the leagueTOV%10th in the league, 11.7
23.6, 25th in the leagueOREB%8th in the league, 27.0(better)
0.294(better), 4th in the leagueFT rate8th in the league, 0.284
Defense
115.3(better), 21st in the leagueDefensive rating24th in the league, 116.5
54.3(better), 15th in the leagueOpp. eFG%23rd in the league, 55.5
10.0, 30th in the leagueOpp. TOV%20th in the league, 11.8(better)
75.3(better), 7th in the leagueDREB%28th in the league, 71.4
0.254(better), 12th in the leagueOpp. FT rate13th in the league, 0.258

This season's meetings

They have not met this season.

Injury report

Denver Nuggets

New Orleans Pelicans

Key players · DEN: Denver Nuggets key players: season averages and the last 5 games
PlayerMINPTSREBASTLast 5Impact
Jamal Murray35.425.44.47.123.6 / 4.6 / 6.82.8
Nikola Jokic34.827.712.910.725.4 / 12.6 / 9.87.2
Christian Braun31.812.04.82.714.6 / 5.0 / 2.00.8
DeMar DeRozan31.318.42.94.121.2 / 2.6 / 4.6-1.0
Cameron Johnson30.512.23.82.415.4 / 5.2 / 3.82.0
Key players · NOP: New Orleans Pelicans key players: season averages and the last 5 games
PlayerMINPTSREBASTLast 5Impact
Trey Murphy III35.421.55.73.817.0 / 5.8 / 2.01.3
Saddiq Bey31.317.75.62.520.8 / 4.6 / 1.61.0
Bennedict Mathurin30.017.65.42.48.8 / 4.6 / 3.8-1.2
Zion Williamson29.721.05.73.217.0 / 5.0 / 3.00.7
Herbert Jones28.48.93.42.85.8 / 2.6 / 1.81.5

Last five games

Denver Nuggets: Denver Nuggets: last five games
DateOpponentResultSpreadTotal
Apr 30 @ MINLost 98–110––
Apr 27 vs MINWon 125–113––
Apr 25 @ MINLost 96–112––
Apr 23 @ MINLost 96–113––
Apr 20 vs MINLost 114–119––
New Orleans Pelicans: New Orleans Pelicans: last five games
DateOpponentResultSpreadTotal
Apr 12 @ MINLost 126–132––
Apr 10 @ BOSLost 118–144––
Apr 7 vs UTAWon 156–137––
Apr 5 vs ORLLost 108–112––
Apr 3 @ SACLost 113–117––

Standings

Full standings
Western Conference
#TeamWLPCTGBL10
1OKC6418.780–7-3
2SAS6220.75628-2
3DEN5428.6591010-0
4LAL5329.646117-3
5HOU5230.634129-1
9LAC4240.512226-4
10GSW3745.451273-7
11NOP2656.317381-9
12DAL2656.317383-7
13MEM2557.305391-9

Matchups by position

What each defense allows per game to guards, forwards and centers, against the league average. Rank 1 allows the most.

DEN attack against NOP defense
PlayerPTSREBAST
Guards51.2 (lg 49.8) , 9th in the league13.0 (lg 13.6) , 23rd in the league14.3 (lg 14.2) , 14th in the league
Forwards36.3 (lg 37.4) , 19th in the league15.6 (lg 15.3) , 11th in the league7.7 (lg 7.0) , 4th in the league
Centers12.3 (lg 10.7) , 5th in the league8.7 (lg 7.5) , 2nd in the league2.0 (lg 1.9) , 9th in the league
NOP attack against DEN defense
PlayerPTSREBAST
Guards48.2 (lg 49.8) , 20th in the league13.2 (lg 13.6) , 19th in the league14.1 (lg 14.2) , 18th in the league
Forwards39.3 (lg 37.4) , 7th in the league15.1 (lg 15.3) , 17th in the league7.9 (lg 7.0) , 2nd in the league
Centers10.0 (lg 10.7) , 20th in the league7.1 (lg 7.5) , 24th in the league1.3 (lg 1.9) , 29th in the league

The box score appears at tip-off.

Season series

DEN 0, NOP 0
  1. Oct 24New Orleans Pelicans at Denver Nuggets
  2. Oct 28Denver Nuggets at New Orleans Pelicans
  3. Nov 14 · this gameDenver Nuggets at New Orleans Pelicans
  4. Apr 6New Orleans Pelicans at Denver Nuggets

Before and after

Denver Nuggets
New Orleans Pelicans