Denver Nuggets vs. New Orleans Pelicans

Nov 19, 2025

FINAL

11-3DenverNuggets

125

2-13New OrleansPelicans

118

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	26	36	35	28	125
NOP	30	28	25	35	118

Game Recap

Nuggets win 8th of their last 9 and climb to 11-3 by defeating the Pelicans, 125-118. New Orleans drops to 2-13 with the loss.

Player Stats

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
8Peyton WatsonSF	34	13-19	5-9	1-1	12	3	1	0	4	4	+3	32
22Zeke NnajiPF	26	0-3	0-2	2-2	4	0	2	1	0	2	-18	2
15Nikola JokicC	34	10-18	2-4	6-7	11	12	0	0	9	6	+9	28
23Cameron JohnsonSG	32	6-8	1-3	1-2	3	5	1	0	2	2	+2	14
27Jamal MurrayPG	35	5-14	2-7	4-5	0	8	0	0	3	4	-2	16
10Tim Hardaway Jr.	23	3-9	1-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	+11	7
11Bruce Brown	27	5-7	0-1	2-4	3	4	3	0	2	3	+22	12
21Spencer Jones	10	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	1	0	0	2	+6	0
17Jonas Valanciūnas	16	4-5	0-0	6-6	7	0	0	0	0	3	+2	14
24Jalen Pickett	— did not play —												— did not play —
5Hunter Tyson	— did not play —												— did not play —


TOTAL	-	46-8355.4%	11-3135.5%	22-2781.5%	41	35	8	1	20	26	-	125

PELICANS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
25Trey Murphy IIISF	35	7-14	5-12	4-4	2	3	5	1	3	0	-4	23
1Zion WilliamsonPF	29	6-13	0-0	2-4	6	5	1	1	3	4	+14	14
22Derik QueenC	30	12-18	1-2	5-8	9	4	2	2	4	4	0	30
2Herbert JonesSG	29	3-8	1-4	2-2	2	3	2	0	0	6	+8	9
0Jeremiah FearsPG	25	7-15	0-4	2-2	3	1	0	1	0	0	-3	16
21Yves Missi	12	2-5	0-0	3-4	8	2	0	0	0	4	-3	7
41Saddiq Bey	18	0-3	0-3	2-4	2	2	1	0	1	1	-21	2
15Jose Alvarado	18	1-6	0-4	0-0	4	2	1	0	0	0	-13	2
24Jordan Hawkins	17	3-7	0-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	1	-9	6
14Micah Peavy	17	3-8	0-3	3-3	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	9
55Kevon Looney	5	0-1	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	0	0	2	-4	0
9DeAndre Jordan	— did not play —												— did not play —
11Bryce McGowens	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	44-9844.9%	7-3420.6%	23-3174.2%	44	25	12	5	12	24	-	118

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterDENNOP

(11:57)
(11:50) Queen P.FOUL (P1.T1) (R.Acosta)
(11:44) Jokic Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(11:44) Jones STEAL (1 STL)
(11:37) MISS Queen 10' Turnaround Jump Shot
(11:30) Watson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:27) Jokic Lost Ball Turnover (P2.T2)
(11:27) Jones STEAL (2 STL)
+2 (11:21) Fears 2' Running Reverse Layup (2 PTS) (Queen 1 AST)
02
+2 (10:54) Watson 3' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Murray 1 AST)
22
(10:34) MISS Queen 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(10:28) Watson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (10:22) Watson 25' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Jokic 1 AST)
52
+2 (10:09) Williamson 1' Cutting Dunk Shot (2 PTS) (Jones 1 AST)
54
(9:52) Murray Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T3)
(9:52) Williamson STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (9:49) Williamson 2' Running Layup (4 PTS)
56
(9:43) MISS Watson 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(9:43) PELICANS Rebound
(9:29) MISS Queen 2' Driving Layup
(9:28) Queen REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(9:24) Queen Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(9:24) Nnaji STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (9:20) Murray 25' 3PT Running Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Jokic 2 AST)
86
(9:09) Watson S.FOUL (P1.T1) (P.O'Connell)
+1 (9:09) Murphy III Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
87
+1 (9:09) Murphy III Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
88
(8:52) MISS Watson 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:46) Queen REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (8:41) Murphy III 2' Reverse Layup (4 PTS) (Queen 2 AST)
810
(8:28) Jokic Bad Pass Turnover (P3.T4)
(8:28) Murphy III STEAL (1 STL)
(8:23) MISS Fears 26' 3PT Running Jump Shot
(8:20) Nuggets Rebound
(8:20) Jones L.B.FOUL (P1.T2) (J.Capers)
(8:08) MISS Murray 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(8:06) Williamson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (8:01) Williamson 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (6 PTS)
812
(7:42) MISS Nnaji 3PT Jump Shot
(7:38) Watson REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(7:36) MISS Watson 3' Putback Layup
(7:34) Fears REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (7:31) Fears 1' Running Layup (4 PTS)
814
(7:31) Nuggets Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
+2 (7:22) Johnson 2' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
1014
+2 (6:57) Fears 7' Driving Floating Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Missi 1 AST)
1016
(6:39) Watson Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T5)
(6:39) Murphy III STEAL (2 STL)
(6:33) MISS Williamson 3' Running Layup
(6:32) Missi REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (6:32) Missi Tip Layup Shot (2 PTS)
1018
(6:18) Murray Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T6)
(6:18) Murphy III STEAL (3 STL)
(6:16) MISS Fears 2' Running Layup
(6:15) Missi REBOUND (Off:2 Def:0)
+2 (6:15) Missi Tip Dunk Shot (4 PTS)
1020
(5:57) MISS Watson 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(5:54) Missi REBOUND (Off:2 Def:1)
(5:37) MISS Williamson 2' Driving Layup
(5:36) Missi REBOUND (Off:3 Def:1)
+3 (5:34) Jones 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Missi 2 AST)
1023
+3 (5:20) Jokic 27' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Murray 2 AST)
1323
(5:09) MISS Jones 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(5:05) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(5:01) Jokic Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P4.T7)
(4:41) MISS Fears 16' Pullup Jump Shot
(4:38) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (4:29) Jokic 4' Driving Floating Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Brown 1 AST)
1523
(4:23) PELICANS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
+2 (4:10) Jones 21' Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Alvarado 1 AST)
1525
+2 (3:54) Jokic 6' Turnaround Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Hardaway Jr. 1 AST)
1725
(3:36) MISS Missi 2' Driving Layup
(3:34) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+2 (3:31) Johnson 1' Running Layup (4 PTS) (Jokic 3 AST)
1925
(3:31) Missi Violation:Defensive Goaltending (R.Acosta)
+2 (3:17) Hawkins 17' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Jones 2 AST)
1927
(3:04) Missi S.FOUL (P1.T3) (J.Capers)
+1 (3:04) Jokic Free Throw 1 of 2 (8 PTS)
2027
(3:04) MISS Jokic Free Throw 2 of 2
(3:00) Queen REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(2:51) MISS Alvarado 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:50) Nuggets Rebound
(2:37) MISS Jokic 2' Driving Dunk
(2:37) Queen BLOCK (1 BLK)
(2:33) Bey REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (2:30) Hawkins 22' Running Pull-Up Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Bey 1 AST)
2029
+2 (2:07) Jokic 3' Driving Layup (10 PTS)
2229
(1:56) Queen Lost Ball Turnover (P2.T2)
(1:56) Jones STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (1:51) Brown 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS) (Jones 1 AST)
2429
(1:51) PELICANS Timeout: Regular (Full 2 Short 0)
(1:39) Jones P.FOUL (P1.T2) (J.Capers)
(1:26) MISS Hawkins 19' Pullup Jump Shot
(1:22) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
+2 (1:19) Brown 3' Running Finger Roll Layup (4 PTS) (Jokic 4 AST)
2629
(1:12) Queen Lost Ball Turnover (P3.T3)
(1:12) Brown STEAL (1 STL)
(1:10) Jokic Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P5.T8)
(1:09) Jones S.FOUL (P2.PN) (R.Acosta)
(1:09) MISS Bey Free Throw 1 of 2
(1:09) PELICANS Rebound
+1 (1:09) Bey Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
2630
(0:51) MISS Murray 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:48) Alvarado REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:28) Bey Offensive Charge Foul (P1) (J.Capers)
(0:28) Bey Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T4)
(0:13) MISS Jokic 10' Floating Jump Shot
(0:10) Alvarado REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(0:00) MISS Bey 3PT Jump Shot
(0:00) PELICANS Rebound

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

DEN

NOP

125Points118

46-83(55.4%)Field Goal(%)44-98(44.9%)

11-31(35.5%)3-Point(%)7-34(20.6%)

22-27(81.5%)Free Throw(%)23-31(74.2%)

41(9)Rebounds(Offensive)44(17)

35Assists25

8Steals12

1Blocks5

20Turnovers12

26Fouls24

62Pts In The Paint60

19Fast Break Pts20

20Pts Off Turnovers24

33Bench Pts26

19Largest Lead13

Game Details

Wednesday, November 19, 2025 · 8:00 PM

Smoothie King Center · New Orleans, LA

attendance: 16,484 (92.7%)