Denver Nuggets @ New Orleans Pelicans
11-3, 5-2 Away
125
11-3, 5-2 Away
2-13, 1-7 Home
118
2-13, 1-7 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Derik Queen misses 9-foot two point shot
- Jeremiah Fears makes two point shot (Derik Queen assists)
- Peyton Watson makes 3-foot layup (Jamal Murray assists)
- Derik Queen misses driving floating jump shot
- Peyton Watson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Zion Williamson makes 1-foot dunk (Herbert Jones assists)
- Zion Williamson makes two point shot
- Peyton Watson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Derik Queen misses driving layup
- Jamal Murray makes 24-foot three point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Trey Murphy III makes free throw 1 of 2
- Trey Murphy III makes free throw 2 of 2
- Peyton Watson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Trey Murphy III makes 1-foot two point shot (Derik Queen assists)
- Jeremiah Fears misses 26-foot three point shot
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Zion Williamson makes 2-foot two point shot
- Zeke Nnaji misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Peyton Watson misses two point shot
- Jeremiah Fears makes two point shot
- Cameron Johnson makes driving layup
- Jeremiah Fears makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Yves Missi assists)
- Zion Williamson misses two point shot
- Yves Missi makes tip shot
- Jeremiah Fears misses two point shot
- Yves Missi makes dunk
- Peyton Watson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Zion Williamson misses driving layup
- Herbert Jones makes 26-foot three point jumper (Yves Missi assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Herbert Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jeremiah Fears misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot (Bruce Brown assists)
- Herbert Jones makes 20-foot jumper (Jose Alvarado assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot two point shot (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)
- Yves Missi misses driving layup
- Cameron Johnson makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jordan Hawkins makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Herbert Jones assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic misses free throw 2 of 2
- Jose Alvarado misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Hawkins makes 21-foot running pullup jump shot (Saddiq Bey assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes driving layup
- Bruce Brown makes 2-foot two point shot (Spencer Jones assists)
- Jordan Hawkins misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Bruce Brown makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Saddiq Bey misses free throw 1 of 2
- Saddiq Bey makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic misses 10-foot two point shot
- Saddiq Bey misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jose Alvarado misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Hawkins makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Kevon Looney assists)
- Jonas Valanciunas makes 14-foot jumper
- Jordan Hawkins misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot
- Jamal Murray misses free throw 1 of 1
- Kevon Looney misses 15-foot jumper
- Jamal Murray makes 2-foot layup (Bruce Brown assists)
- Trey Murphy III makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jordan Hawkins assists)
- Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Hawkins misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
- Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 23-foot three point shot
- Trey Murphy III misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Peyton Watson makes two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Jose Alvarado misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jonas Valanciunas makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jonas Valanciunas makes free throw 2 of 2
- Zion Williamson misses driving layup
- Jose Alvarado misses driving layup
- Yves Missi misses tip shot
- Zion Williamson misses free throw 1 of 2
- Zion Williamson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray misses driving layup
- Herbert Jones misses 23-foot jumper
- Jeremiah Fears makes 8-foot two point shot
- Peyton Watson makes dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
- Zion Williamson makes driving layup
- Jonas Valanciunas makes 10-foot two point shot
- Zion Williamson misses driving layup
- Yves Missi misses dunk
- Yves Missi misses free throw 1 of 2
- Yves Missi makes free throw 2 of 2
- Peyton Watson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Micah Peavy misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jonas Valanciunas misses 7-foot two point shot
- Bruce Brown misses free throw 1 of 2
- Bruce Brown misses free throw 2 of 2
- Derik Queen makes 1-foot dunk (Zion Williamson assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Derik Queen makes driving dunk
- Derik Queen makes free throw 1 of 1
- Cameron Johnson makes 22-foot three point jumper (Peyton Watson assists)
- Trey Murphy III makes 30-foot three point jumper (Derik Queen assists)
- Cameron Johnson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Peyton Watson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes technical free throw
- Bruce Brown makes free throw 1 of 2
- Bruce Brown makes free throw 2 of 2
- Derik Queen makes driving layup
- Jeremiah Fears misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot
- Trey Murphy III misses 25-foot three point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Saddiq Bey misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Derik Queen makes 11-foot two point shot
- Cameron Johnson makes 1-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jeremiah Fears makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jeremiah Fears makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes 11-foot jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Trey Murphy III makes 28-foot three pointer
- Peyton Watson makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Herbert Jones misses driving layup
- Zion Williamson misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray makes 13-foot two point shot
- Jeremiah Fears misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray misses layup
- Derik Queen makes two point shot (Herbert Jones assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 4-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Trey Murphy III misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Trey Murphy III misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Peyton Watson misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Zion Williamson misses two point shot
- Peyton Watson makes two point shot (Cameron Johnson assists)
- Peyton Watson makes free throw 1 of 1
- Jeremiah Fears misses two point shot
- Peyton Watson makes 4-foot layup (Jamal Murray assists)
- Trey Murphy III makes 19-foot step back jumpshot
- Trey Murphy III makes free throw 1 of 2
- Trey Murphy III makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Cameron Johnson makes 2-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jeremiah Fears misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Peyton Watson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Cameron Johnson assists)
- Micah Peavy misses driving floating jump shot
- Micah Peavy misses 23-foot three point shot
- Trey Murphy III makes 26-foot three point jumper (Zion Williamson assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 16-foot jumper
- Trey Murphy III makes 25-foot three point jumper (Zion Williamson assists)
- Peyton Watson makes 22-foot three point jumper (Cameron Johnson assists)
- Micah Peavy misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Derik Queen makes 3-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Jose Alvarado misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
- Jose Alvarado makes driving layup (Saddiq Bey assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot
- Nikola Jokic misses tip shot
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
- Derik Queen makes 17-foot step back jumpshot
- Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 2-foot layup (Peyton Watson assists)
- Saddiq Bey misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Micah Peavy misses tip shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Peyton Watson assists)
- Micah Peavy makes alley oop dunk shot (Jose Alvarado assists)
- Bruce Brown misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Micah Peavy makes 2-foot layup (Zion Williamson assists)
- Micah Peavy makes free throw 1 of 1
- Bruce Brown makes 7-foot two point shot (Spencer Jones assists)
- Bruce Brown makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Yves Missi makes free throw 1 of 2
- Yves Missi makes free throw 2 of 2
- Cameron Johnson misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Trey Murphy III misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Bruce Brown misses driving floating jump shot
- Zion Williamson misses free throw 1 of 2
- Zion Williamson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Zeke Nnaji misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Hawkins misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 13-foot driving floating jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Trey Murphy III misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Zeke Nnaji makes free throw 1 of 2
- Zeke Nnaji makes free throw 2 of 2
- Derik Queen makes 14-foot jumper (Jeremiah Fears assists)
- Jonas Valanciunas makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jonas Valanciunas makes free throw 2 of 2
- Herbert Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Tim Hardaway Jr. misses running pullup jump shot
- Zion Williamson makes alley oop layup (Derik Queen assists)
- Jonas Valanciunas makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jonas Valanciunas makes free throw 2 of 2
- Derik Queen makes 24-foot three point jumper (Zion Williamson assists)
- Jeremiah Fears makes two point shot
- Bruce Brown makes 1-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Derik Queen misses driving layup
- Derik Queen misses tip shot
- Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 25-foot three point shot (Bruce Brown assists)
- Jeremiah Fears makes 13-foot driving floating jump shot
- Peyton Watson makes 9-foot jumper (Bruce Brown assists)
- Herbert Jones misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Derik Queen misses free throw 1 of 2
- Derik Queen makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jeremiah Fears misses two point shot
- Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Saddiq Bey misses free throw 1 of 2
- Saddiq Bey makes free throw 2 of 2
- Peyton Watson makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Cameron Johnson makes dunk
- Derik Queen makes free throw 1 of 2
- Derik Queen makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Derik Queen makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot
- Derik Queen misses free throw 1 of 1
- Herbert Jones makes dunk (Trey Murphy III assists)
- Herbert Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
- Herbert Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
- Micah Peavy makes free throw 1 of 2
- Micah Peavy makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jonas Valanciunas makes 14-foot jumper (Cameron Johnson assists)
- Derik Queen makes 6-foot two point shot
- Zion Williamson makes driving layup (Trey Murphy III assists)
- Jonas Valanciunas makes 15-foot jumper (Cameron Johnson assists)
- Derik Queen misses free throw 1 of 2
- Derik Queen makes free throw 2 of 2
- Zeke Nnaji misses layup
- Derik Queen makes dunk (Micah Peavy assists)
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
- Derik Queen misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Cameron Johnson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Cameron Johnson misses free throw 2 of 2
- Trey Murphy III misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Micah Peavy makes 9-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jeremiah Fears makes 1-foot layup (Trey Murphy III assists)
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: DEN, 78.2
Win %: DEN, 78.2
Win %: DEN, 76.6
Win %: DEN, 77.7
Win %: DEN, 78.1
Win %: DEN, 76.4
Win %: DEN, 74.3
Win %: DEN, 76.1
Win %: DEN, 77.2
Win %: DEN, 77.6
Win %: DEN, 81.1
Win %: DEN, 79.5
Win %: DEN, 77.4
Win %: DEN, 75.6
Win %: DEN, 74.1
Win %: DEN, 73.6
Win %: DEN, 74.9
Win %: DEN, 73.4
Win %: DEN, 75.4
Win %: DEN, 79
Win %: DEN, 76.2
Win %: DEN, 75.7
Win %: DEN, 77.2
Win %: DEN, 75.6
Win %: DEN, 75
DEN @ NO Videos
Derik Queen rocks the rim with slam
Peyton Watson skies for big slam
Derik Queen gets the basket plus the foul
Matchups
Game Information
New Orleans, LA
Referee:James Capers
Referee:Ray Acosta
Referee:Pat O'Connell
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 64 | 18 | .780 | - | L2 |
| Denver | 54 | 28 | .659 | 10 | W12 |
| Minnesota | 49 | 33 | .598 | 15 | W2 |
| Portland | 42 | 40 | .512 | 22 | W2 |
| Utah | 22 | 60 | .268 | 42 | L1 |
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 62 | 20 | .756 | - | L1 |
| Houston | 52 | 30 | .634 | 10 | W1 |
| New Orleans | 26 | 56 | .317 | 36 | L2 |
| Dallas | 26 | 56 | .317 | 36 | W1 |
| Memphis | 25 | 57 | .305 | 37 | L8 |
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