New Orleans Pelicans at Denver Nuggets
· National Basketball AssociationJokic has triple-double, Murray scores 42 points in Nuggets' OT victory over Pelicans
Jokic had his 199th career triple-double in the regular season, second to Russell Westbrook, who retired with 209.
Jamal Murray scored 42 points and rookie Trevon Brazille had seven of his 17 points in overtime in his home debut for Denver, which took an early lead in overtime. His corner 3-pointer with 1:25 left in overtime gave the Nuggets a 133-129 lead.
Denver played without Cam Johnson (ankle) and Alpha Diallo (sprained wrist) and continued to be without Julian Strawther and Spencer Jones.
Trey Murphy III led New Orleans with 26 points, Dejounte Murray had 22 points and Derik Queen and Zion Williamson scored 17 each. The Pelicans have dropped their first three games under first-year coach Jamahl Mosley.
The Pelicans got some welcome news when center Yves Messi’s knee injury suffered Friday night in Utah is a contusion and not something more severe.
New Orleans shot 65.9% in the first half and led by 23. Denver rallied to cut it to 16, and Jokic and Murray combined to score 22 of the Nuggets' 32 points in the third quarter but the Pelicans extended the lead to 19 heading into the fourth.
Denver erased the deficit on 3-pointers from Murray and Jokic, a reverse dunk from Aaron Gordon, and then had a chance to go ahead with 17 seconds left but Murray made two of three free throws to tie it.
Nuggets: Host Golden State on Monday night.
Regular Season Series
DEN leads series 1-0
Recent Plays
| 5th 0.0 |  |
End of Game | 135 - 141 |
| 5th 0.0 | |
End of the 1st Overtime | 135 - 141 |
| 5th 3.5 |  |
Nikola Jokic defensive rebound | 135 - 141 |
| 5th 3.5 |  |
Trey Murphy III misses two point shot | 135 - 141 |
| 5th 7.3 | |
Trey Murphy III offensive rebound | 135 - 141 |
Statistics
 NO |
 DEN |
|
|---|---|---|
| 50-99 | FG | 48-99 |
| 51 | Field Goal % | 48 |
| 11-38 | 3PT | 15-47 |
| 29 | Three Point % | 32 |
| 24-30 | FT | 30-39 |
| 80 | Free Throw % | 77 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 14 | Offensive Rebounds | 14 |
| 36 | Defensive Rebounds | 37 |
| 33 | Assists | 26 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
| 18 | Total Turnovers | 12 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 15 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 17 |
| 23 | Fast Break Points | 14 |
| 70 | Points in Paint | 56 |
| 29 | Fouls | 28 |
| 23 | Largest Lead | 6 |
| 2 | Lead Changes | 2 |
| 83 | Percent Led | 11 |
Denver Nuggets Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Julian Strawther, G | Out | Oct 16 |
New Orleans Pelicans Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Trendon Watford, F | Day-To-Day | Nov 9 |
| Trey Murphy III, F | Day-To-Day | Nov 9 |
| Zion Williamson, F | Day-To-Day | Nov 9 |
| Yves Missi, C | Out | Nov 5 |
Game Information
Location: Denver, CO
Attendance: 19,905 · Capacity:
2026-27 Southwest Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 San Antonio |
9 | 2 | .818 | - | W9 |
 Houston |
8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | W1 |
 Memphis |
7 | 3 | .700 | 1.5 | W1 |
 Dallas |
7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | W3 |
 New Orleans |
4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | L3 |
2026-27 Northwest Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Oklahoma City |
- | 2 | W4 | 0.8 | 8 |
 Minnesota |
0.5 | 3 | W4 | 0.72727275 | 8 |
 Portland |
1.5 | 3 | L2 | 0.6666667 | 6 |
 Denver |
2.5 | 4 | L1 | 0.5555556 | 5 |
 Utah |
7 | 9 | L8 | 0.1 | 1 |
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