Denver Nuggets @ New Orleans Pelicans
37-40, 16-22 Away
134
37-40, 16-22 Away
33-45, 21-20 Home
131
33-45, 21-20 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Tim Frazier assists)
- Danilo Gallinari makes 15-foot two point shot
- DeMarcus Cousins makes two point shot
- Jrue Holiday misses 16-foot jumper
- Anthony Davis misses 13-foot jumper
- Danilo Gallinari makes 20-foot two point shot
- Anthony Davis misses 6-foot jumper
- Nikola Jokic misses layup
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
- DeMarcus Cousins makes driving layup
- Gary Harris makes jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Jrue Holiday makes two point shot (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 18-foot jumper (Gary Harris assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kenneth Faried assists)
- Tim Frazier makes driving layup
- Kenneth Faried blocks DeMarcus Cousins 's 8-foot jumper
- Tim Frazier misses 19-foot jumper
- Solomon Hill misses layup
- Danilo Gallinari misses 25-foot three point jumper
- DeMarcus Cousins misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Danilo Gallinari misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis misses 9-foot jumper
- Anthony Davis blocks Nikola Jokic 's 8-foot jumper
- Anthony Davis blocks Nikola Jokic 's 7-foot shot
- DeMarcus Cousins misses layup
- Tim Frazier misses 22-foot jumper
- Kenneth Faried misses 11-foot jumper
- Jrue Holiday makes two point shot
- Anthony Davis misses 8-foot jumper
- Jrue Holiday misses 2-foot two point shot
- Wilson Chandler makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Mason Plumlee misses 12-foot jumper
- Solomon Hill makes 27-foot three point jumper (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes layup (Emmanuel Mudiay assists)
- Anthony Davis makes 2-foot two point shot
- Emmanuel Mudiay misses 25-foot three point jumper
- E'Twaun Moore misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Alexis Ajinca misses 3-foot jumper
- Wilson Chandler misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic misses jumper
- Anthony Davis makes 7-foot Driving Floating Jump Shot (Jrue Holiday assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses layup
- Anthony Davis misses 16-foot jumper
- Gary Harris misses layup
- Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Mason Plumlee misses 3-foot two point shot
- Gary Harris makes 4-foot jumper
- Dante Cunningham makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
- Wilson Chandler makes driving layup
- Jrue Holiday makes 23-foot jumper
- Emmanuel Mudiay misses layup
- Wilson Chandler makes 25-foot three point jumper (Emmanuel Mudiay assists)
- Anthony Davis misses 6-foot jumper
- Anthony Davis makes 4-foot two point shot
- Gary Harris misses 13-foot jumper
- Wilson Chandler makes 15-foot jumper (Mason Plumlee assists)
- DeMarcus Cousins makes layup
- DeMarcus Cousins blocks Mason Plumlee 's 2-foot layup
- Danilo Gallinari makes 25-foot three point jumper (Wilson Chandler assists)
- DeMarcus Cousins misses 13-foot jumper
- Wilson Chandler makes layup
- Jordan Crawford makes layup
- E'Twaun Moore makes layup
- Wilson Chandler makes layup
- Anthony Davis makes 17-foot jumper (E'Twaun Moore assists)
- Emmanuel Mudiay makes 11-foot jumper
- Anthony Davis misses 19-foot jumper
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Solomon Hill makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jordan Crawford assists)
- Danilo Gallinari makes 16-foot two point shot
- E'Twaun Moore makes layup
- Solomon Hill blocks Mason Plumlee 's 3-foot layup
- Mason Plumlee makes layup
- Solomon Hill misses 4-foot jumper
- Anthony Davis makes layup
- Danilo Gallinari makes 25-foot three point jumper (Emmanuel Mudiay assists)
- Jordan Crawford misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Emmanuel Mudiay misses layup
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Crawford makes 3-foot jumper (E'Twaun Moore assists)
- Mason Plumlee makes dunk (Emmanuel Mudiay assists)
- Jordan Crawford makes 12-foot two point shot
- E'Twaun Moore blocks Wilson Chandler 's 6-foot jumper
- Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Jrue Holiday assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes dunk (Gary Harris assists)
- Solomon Hill misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Emmanuel Mudiay makes driving layup
- Jrue Holiday makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Gary Harris makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jordan Crawford misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Danilo Gallinari makes 23-foot three point jumper (Gary Harris assists)
- Jrue Holiday makes 24-foot three point jumper
- Danilo Gallinari misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Jrue Holiday assists)
- Gary Harris makes dunk (Kenneth Faried assists)
- Solomon Hill makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
- Gary Harris makes 14-foot two point shot
- Solomon Hill makes 26-foot three point jumper (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
- Emmanuel Mudiay makes layup (Gary Harris assists)
- Anthony Davis makes driving dunk (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
- Emmanuel Mudiay misses layup
- Jrue Holiday misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Gary Harris makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jrue Holiday misses layup
- Wilson Chandler misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Jrue Holiday assists)
- Anthony Davis blocks Nikola Jokic 's 5-foot jumper
- Anthony Davis makes two point shot (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
- Danilo Gallinari misses 6-foot jumper
- Mason Plumlee makes jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Gary Harris makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Solomon Hill misses 16-foot jumper
- DeMarcus Cousins makes layup
- Mason Plumlee makes dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
- Solomon Hill makes 26-foot three point jumper (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 7-foot jumper
- Jamal Murray misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes layup
- Anthony Davis makes driving layup (Tim Frazier assists)
- Danilo Gallinari makes driving layup
- Jrue Holiday misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Solomon Hill misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes 9-foot jumper (Mason Plumlee assists)
- Anthony Davis misses 17-foot jumper
- Anthony Davis makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tim Frazier assists)
- Jrue Holiday misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Mason Plumlee makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes 12-foot two point shot
- DeMarcus Cousins misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Mason Plumlee makes 14-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- DeMarcus Cousins misses layup
- DeMarcus Cousins makes two point shot
- Gary Harris makes layup
- Anthony Davis misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jrue Holiday makes layup (Tim Frazier assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes layup (Gary Harris assists)
- E'Twaun Moore makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
- DeMarcus Cousins misses layup
- Jrue Holiday blocks Emmanuel Mudiay 's 2-foot layup
- Emmanuel Mudiay misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis makes 5-foot two point shot (E'Twaun Moore assists)
- Anthony Davis misses 18-foot jumper
- Danilo Gallinari misses three point jumper
- Anthony Davis makes 2-foot layup (Jrue Holiday assists)
- Emmanuel Mudiay misses 10-foot jumper
- Anthony Davis blocks Emmanuel Mudiay's layup
- Wilson Chandler misses 20-foot jumper
- Wilson Chandler misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Davis misses 3-foot jumper
- Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three point jumper (Wilson Chandler assists)
- Mason Plumlee misses 6-foot jumper
- E'Twaun Moore makes layup
- Danilo Gallinari makes 26-foot three point jumper (Emmanuel Mudiay assists)
- E'Twaun Moore misses 15-foot jumper
- DeMarcus Cousins misses 22-foot jumper
- Jamal Murray makes 16-foot two point shot
- Jordan Crawford misses 18-foot jumper
- Emmanuel Mudiay makes 26-foot three point jumper (Danilo Gallinari assists)
- Jordan Crawford misses 8-foot jumper
- Jamal Murray makes 19-foot jumper (Mason Plumlee assists)
- Jordan Crawford misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Emmanuel Mudiay misses 16-foot jumper
- Jordan Crawford makes two point shot (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
- Emmanuel Mudiay makes 27-foot three point jumper (Danilo Gallinari assists)
- DeMarcus Cousins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
- Gary Harris makes 19-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray makes 14-foot jumper (Emmanuel Mudiay assists)
- DeMarcus Cousins misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Mason Plumlee misses 12-foot jumper
- Mason Plumlee blocks DeMarcus Cousins 's 2-foot layup
- Danilo Gallinari makes 26-foot three point jumper (Emmanuel Mudiay assists)
- Anthony Davis makes two point shot (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
- DeMarcus Cousins blocks Emmanuel Mudiay's layup
- DeMarcus Cousins misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes driving layup
- Jamal Murray misses 11-foot two point shot
- E'Twaun Moore makes two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 15-foot jumper (Danilo Gallinari assists)
- E'Twaun Moore makes 20-foot jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes driving layup
- DeMarcus Cousins misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Danilo Gallinari misses 27-foot three point jumper
- E'Twaun Moore misses 7-foot jumper
- DeMarcus Cousins makes layup
- Nikola Jokic misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Gary Harris makes 25-foot
- DeMarcus Cousins makes layup
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Solomon Hill misses layup
- Anthony Davis misses 25-foot three point jumper
- DeMarcus Cousins makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 15-foot jumper
- Anthony Davis makes two point shot (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
- DeMarcus Cousins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists)
- Jrue Holiday misses 27-foot three point jumper
Shot Made
Shot Missed
| TIME | PLAY | DEN | NO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | | Nikola Jokic vs. Anthony Davis (DeMarcus Cousins gains possession) | 0 | 0 |
| 11:48 | | DeMarcus Cousins bad pass (Jamal Murray steals) | 0 | 0 |
| 11:38 | | Jamal Murray bad pass (Tim Frazier steals) | 0 | 0 |
| 11:33 | | Anthony Davis makes two point shot (Tim Frazier assists) | 0 | 2 |
| 11:17 | | Danilo Gallinari makes 15-foot two point shot | 2 | 2 |
| 10:52 | | DeMarcus Cousins makes two point shot | 2 | 4 |
| 10:41 | | Jamal Murray Out-of-Bounds Bad Pass Turnover | 2 | 4 |
| 10:36 | | Jrue Holiday misses 16-foot jumper | 2 | 4 |
| 10:33 | | Pelicans offensive team rebound | 2 | 4 |
| 10:33 | | Nikola Jokic loose ball foul (Anthony Davis draws the foul) | 2 | 4 |
| 10:27 | | Anthony Davis misses 13-foot jumper | 2 | 4 |
| 10:26 | | Kenneth Faried defensive rebound | 2 | 4 |
| 10:11 | | Danilo Gallinari makes 20-foot two point shot | 4 | 4 |
| 9:59 | | Anthony Davis misses 6-foot jumper | 4 | 4 |
| 9:57 | | Danilo Gallinari defensive rebound | 4 | 4 |
| 9:48 | | Nikola Jokic misses layup | 4 | 4 |
| 9:47 | | Nikola Jokic offensive rebound | 4 | 4 |
| 9:45 | | Nikola Jokic makes two point shot | 6 | 4 |
| 9:33 | | DeMarcus Cousins makes driving layup | 6 | 6 |
| 9:10 | | Gary Harris makes jumper (Jamal Murray assists) | 8 | 6 |
| 8:56 | | Jrue Holiday makes two point shot (DeMarcus Cousins assists) | 8 | 8 |
| 8:45 | | Nikola Jokic makes 18-foot jumper (Gary Harris assists) | 10 | 8 |
| 8:32 | | Anthony Davis makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists) | 10 | 11 |
| 8:08 | | Jamal Murray makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kenneth Faried assists) | 13 | 11 |
| 7:54 | | Tim Frazier makes driving layup | 13 | 13 |
| 7:52 | | Nuggets Full timeout | 13 | 13 |
| 7:41 | | Solomon Hill shooting foul (Danilo Gallinari draws the foul) | 13 | 13 |
| 7:41 | | Danilo Gallinari makes free throw 1 of 2 | 14 | 13 |
| 7:41 | | Danilo Gallinari makes free throw 2 of 2 | 15 | 13 |
| 7:31 | | Kenneth Faried blocks DeMarcus Cousins 's 8-foot jumper | 15 | 13 |
| 7:30 | | Pelicans offensive team rebound | 15 | 13 |
| 7:20 | | Tim Frazier misses 19-foot jumper | 15 | 13 |
| 7:18 | | DeMarcus Cousins offensive rebound | 15 | 13 |
| 7:18 | | Kenneth Faried loose ball foul (DeMarcus Cousins draws the foul) | 15 | 13 |
| 7:09 | | Solomon Hill misses layup | 15 | 13 |
| 7:09 | | Nikola Jokic defensive rebound | 15 | 13 |
| 7:05 | | Danilo Gallinari misses 25-foot three point jumper | 15 | 13 |
| 7:03 | | Tim Frazier defensive rebound | 15 | 13 |
| 6:54 | | DeMarcus Cousins misses 25-foot three point jumper | 15 | 13 |
| 6:52 | | Kenneth Faried defensive rebound | 15 | 13 |
| 6:43 | | DeMarcus Cousins personal foul (Nikola Jokic draws the foul) | 15 | 13 |
| 6:37 | | Danilo Gallinari misses 27-foot three point jumper | 15 | 13 |
| 6:35 | | DeMarcus Cousins defensive rebound | 15 | 13 |
| 6:20 | | Anthony Davis misses 9-foot jumper | 15 | 13 |
| 6:20 | | Nikola Jokic defensive rebound | 15 | 13 |
| 6:09 | | Anthony Davis blocks Nikola Jokic 's 8-foot jumper | 15 | 13 |
| 6:09 | | Nikola Jokic offensive rebound | 15 | 13 |
| 6:07 | | Anthony Davis blocks Nikola Jokic 's 7-foot shot | 15 | 13 |
| 6:07 | | Tim Frazier defensive rebound | 15 | 13 |
| 5:56 | | DeMarcus Cousins misses layup | 15 | 13 |
| 5:56 | | Nikola Jokic vs. Anthony Davis (Tim Frazier gains possession) | 15 | 13 |
| 5:56 | | Pelicans offensive team rebound | 15 | 13 |
| 5:52 | | Tim Frazier misses 22-foot jumper | 15 | 13 |
| 5:50 | | Jamal Murray defensive rebound | 15 | 13 |
| 5:41 | | Kenneth Faried misses 11-foot jumper | 15 | 13 |
| 5:39 | | DeMarcus Cousins defensive rebound | 15 | 13 |
| 5:31 | | Kenneth Faried personal block (DeMarcus Cousins draws the foul) | 15 | 13 |
| 5:31 | | Mason Plumlee enters the game for Kenneth Faried | 15 | 13 |
| 5:31 | | Wilson Chandler enters the game for Danilo Gallinari | 15 | 13 |
| 5:28 | | Jrue Holiday makes two point shot | 15 | 15 |
| 5:13 | | Nikola Jokic lost ball turnover (Solomon Hill steals) | 15 | 15 |
| 5:03 | | Anthony Davis misses 8-foot jumper | 15 | 15 |
| 5:01 | | Solomon Hill offensive rebound | 15 | 15 |
| 4:54 | | Jrue Holiday misses 2-foot two point shot | 15 | 15 |
| 4:52 | | Jamal Murray defensive rebound | 15 | 15 |
| 4:45 | | Wilson Chandler makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists) | 18 | 15 |
| 4:26 | | Mason Plumlee shooting foul (DeMarcus Cousins draws the foul) | 18 | 15 |
| 4:26 | | DeMarcus Cousins makes free throw 1 of 2 | 18 | 16 |
| 4:26 | | Emmanuel Mudiay enters the game for Jamal Murray | 18 | 16 |
| 4:26 | | E'Twaun Moore enters the game for Tim Frazier | 18 | 16 |
| 4:26 | | DeMarcus Cousins makes free throw 2 of 2 | 18 | 17 |
| 4:09 | | Mason Plumlee misses 12-foot jumper | 18 | 17 |
| 4:07 | | DeMarcus Cousins defensive rebound | 18 | 17 |
| 3:57 | | Solomon Hill makes 27-foot three point jumper (DeMarcus Cousins assists) | 18 | 20 |
| 3:46 | | Nikola Jokic makes layup (Emmanuel Mudiay assists) | 20 | 20 |
| 3:31 | | Anthony Davis makes 2-foot two point shot | 20 | 22 |
| 3:15 | | Emmanuel Mudiay misses 25-foot three point jumper | 20 | 22 |
| 3:12 | | Pelicans defensive team rebound | 20 | 22 |
| 3:12 | | Alexis Ajinca enters the game for DeMarcus Cousins | 20 | 22 |
| 3:05 | | E'Twaun Moore misses 25-foot three point jumper | 20 | 22 |
| 3:03 | | Alexis Ajinca offensive rebound | 20 | 22 |
| 3:02 | | Alexis Ajinca misses 3-foot jumper | 20 | 22 |
| 3:01 | | Gary Harris defensive rebound | 20 | 22 |
| 2:43 | | Wilson Chandler misses 27-foot three point jumper | 20 | 22 |
| 2:39 | | Nuggets offensive team rebound | 20 | 22 |
| 2:39 | | Pelicans Full timeout | 20 | 22 |
| 2:39 | | Dante Cunningham enters the game for Solomon Hill | 20 | 22 |
| 2:34 | | Nikola Jokic misses jumper | 20 | 22 |
| 2:32 | | Alexis Ajinca defensive rebound | 20 | 22 |
| 2:20 | | Anthony Davis makes 7-foot Driving Floating Jump Shot (Jrue Holiday assists) | 20 | 24 |
| 2:10 | | Nikola Jokic misses layup | 20 | 24 |
| 2:09 | | Anthony Davis defensive rebound | 20 | 24 |
| 2:01 | | Anthony Davis misses 16-foot jumper | 20 | 24 |
| 1:58 | | Wilson Chandler defensive rebound | 20 | 24 |
| 1:39 | | Gary Harris misses layup | 20 | 24 |
| 1:37 | | Nikola Jokic offensive rebound | 20 | 24 |
| 1:35 | | Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper | 20 | 24 |
| 1:31 | | Mason Plumlee offensive rebound | 20 | 24 |
| 1:31 | | Mason Plumlee misses 3-foot two point shot | 20 | 24 |
| 1:30 | | Gary Harris offensive rebound | 20 | 24 |
| 1:29 | | Gary Harris makes 4-foot jumper | 22 | 24 |
| 1:15 | | Dante Cunningham makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists) | 22 | 27 |
| 56.0 | | Wilson Chandler makes driving layup | 24 | 27 |
| 55.0 | | Nuggets delay of game violation | 24 | 27 |
| 45.0 | | Jrue Holiday makes 23-foot jumper | 24 | 29 |
| 36.0 | | Emmanuel Mudiay misses layup | 24 | 29 |
| 34.0 | | Gary Harris offensive rebound | 24 | 29 |
| 29.0 | | Wilson Chandler makes 25-foot three point jumper (Emmanuel Mudiay assists) | 27 | 29 |
| 8.0 | | Anthony Davis misses 6-foot jumper | 27 | 29 |
| 7.0 | | Anthony Davis offensive rebound | 27 | 29 |
| 6.0 | | Anthony Davis makes 4-foot two point shot | 27 | 31 |
| 1.0 | | Gary Harris misses 13-foot jumper | 27 | 31 |
| 0.0 | | Nuggets offensive team rebound | 27 | 31 |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 27 | 31 | |
Matchups
Game Information
New Orleans, LA
Referee:Brent Barnaky
Referee:Marat Kogut
Referee:Dan Crawford
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 35 | 8 | .814 | - | L1 |
| Denver | 29 | 14 | .674 | 6 | L1 |
| Minnesota | 27 | 16 | .628 | 8 | L2 |
| Portland | 22 | 22 | .500 | 13.5 | W3 |
| Utah | 14 | 28 | .333 | 20.5 | L3 |
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 29 | 13 | .690 | - | W2 |
| Houston | 25 | 15 | .625 | 3 | W2 |
| Memphis | 18 | 23 | .439 | 10.5 | W1 |
| Dallas | 17 | 26 | .395 | 12.5 | W2 |
| New Orleans | 10 | 35 | .222 | 20.5 | L2 |
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