Final · Sat, Oct 24, 9:00 PM ET

New Orleans Pelicans at Denver Nuggets:NOP 26-56@DEN 54-28

stats from the 2025-26 regular seasonNOP2nd night of a back-to-back · 3 games in 4 nights4–11 on back-to-backs in 2025-26, net −7.8DEN1 day of rest

Final on Oct 24, 2026, at Ball Arena: Pelicans 135, Nuggets 141. Before this game, since 2015-16 the Nuggets were 24-14 against the Pelicans in the regular season, and their meetings averaged 228.5 total points. Their previous meeting was on Jan 13, 2026: Pelicans 116, Nuggets 122.

Team comparison

Each line runs from the #30 team to the #1. The tick is the league middle. Hover a stat to see what it means.

StatNOP#30#1DEN

#2331.7%65.9%#5

#21−4.7+5.2#7

#21114.4122.6#1

#25119.1117.5#21

#16115.5122.1#1

#24120.0116.9#21

#6235.5239.0#3

#11100.398.3#21

#2752.8%57.8%#1

#812.2%11.5%#3

#826.7%23.6%#23

#70.2240.240#4

#1812.4%10.4%#30

#2635.7%40.7%#17

Points allowed by position

Per game in 2025-26, each position combined · #1 gives up the least

Defense	vs Guards	vs Forwards	vs Centers
NOP	58.4 #21 +1.2 vs league	44.0 #22 +1.2 vs league	19.3 #24 +1.5 vs league
DEN	56.8 #14 −0.4 vs league	45.4 #24 +2.6 vs league	17.3 #11 −0.5 vs league

Blue = gives up more than an average defense, orange = less. No defense data for minutes.

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Who is out and who gets the minutesWho sat out each team’s last game, and whose minutes rise without them

New Orleans Pelicans	PTS	REB	AST	MIN
Trey Murphy III F	26	6	4	37
Dejounte Murray G	22	6	6	35
Zion Williamson F	17	1	2	33

Denver Nuggets	PTS	REB	AST	MIN
Nikola Jokić C	35	15	10	44
Jamal Murray G	42	3	6	43
Christian Braun G	15	8	2	40

New Orleans Pelicans at Denver Nuggets:NOP 26-56@DEN 54-28

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Points allowed by position

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