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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final/OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 28 | 31 | 22 | 38 | 13 | 132 |
 Pelicans | 29 | 38 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 129 |
DENTeam statsNOP| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 49-9750.5% | 10-3330.3% | 24-3275.0% | 54 | 34 | 22 |
| NOP | 50-10846.3% | 12-4030.0% | 17-2373.9% | 43 | 37 | 13 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Denver Nuggets132| 43 | 27 | 11-20 | 2-3 | 3-5 | +6 | +5.5 | ||||||||
| 41 | 27 | 9-19 | 2-9 | 7-8 | −5 | −0.6 | ||||||||
| 39 | 10 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | +2 | +0.4 | |||||||
| 35 | 17 | 6-12 | 2-4 | 3-6 | 0 | −6 | +0.9 | |||||||
| 23 | 8 | 2-8 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −7.6 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 36 | 21 | 9-14 | 1-4 | 2-4 | +6 | +2.3 | ||||||||
| 20 | 13 | 4-8 | 1-5 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +20 | +0.5 | |||||
| 18 | 5 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +0.7 | ||||||
| 10 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −0.4 | |||
| Team | 132 | 49-9750.5% | 10-3330.3% | 54 | 34 | 22 | 19 | 24-3275.0% | 14 | 10 | 8 | |||
Bench 43 points on 17 for 30 shooting
Did not play: Jalen Pickett, Dario Saric, Hunter Tyson, Zeke Nnaji, Spencer Jones and PJ Hall (coach’s decision).
New Orleans Pelicans129| 44 | 17 | 7-24 | 0-6 | 3-5 | −8 | +2.1 | ||||||||
| 40 | 21 | 9-12 | 0-1 | 0 | 3-5 | +4 | +7.9 | |||||||
| 39 | 8 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 2-2 | +3 | −2.9 | ||||||||
| 39 | 24 | 8-21 | 4-10 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | +1.8 | |||||||
| 27 | 21 | 9-16 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0 | +8 | +5.9 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 34 | 25 | 9-18 | 5-13 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +3.1 | |||||
| 15 | 8 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −1.8 | ||||
| 14 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −4.5 | |||||
| 13 | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −1.0 | |||||
| Team | 129 | 50-10846.3% | 12-4030.0% | 43 | 37 | 13 | 23 | 17-2373.9% | 9 | 16 | 9 | |||
Bench 38 points on 14 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Jose Alvarado (injury/illness); Antonio Reeves and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl (coach’s decision).
Nuggets132Pelicans129ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Nikola Jokić had 27 points (16 in the paint), 13 rebounds and 10 assists, his 141st career triple-double, and the Denver Nuggets rallied from 17 points down in the third quarter to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 132-129 in overtime.
The Nuggets trailed 91-74 with 1:32 left in the third quarter. They outscored the Pelicans 58-38 the rest of the way.
The Pelicans had the ball down 2 with 1:06 left, but Jamal Murray stole the ball from Dejounte Murray, lifting the Nuggets’ chance to win from 63% to 71%. A basket would have tied the game.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Pelicans 23-20. Jamal Murray (No. 6 in clutch wins added, 2024-25) scored 7 of the Nuggets’ 23 on 2 for 5 shooting and 3 for 4 at the line. In the fourth quarter and overtime, Dejounte Murray had 4 of his 6 steals, one of them leading to Yves Missi’s tip dunk that put the Pelicans ahead 125-123, and the Pelicans scored 4 points off them.
Jamal Murray had 27 points, 8 rebounds and 3 steals, and Russell Westbrook added 21 points (16 in the paint) and 3 steals off the bench. The Nuggets had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Pelicans, Jordan Hawkins had 25 points and 3 blocks off the bench, and CJ McCollum added 24 points and 9 assists. Missi had 21 points, 9 rebounds and 3 blocks on 9 for 12 shooting. Trey Murphy III had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Dejounte Murray had 17 points, 8 rebounds, 15 assists and 6 steals but shot 7 for 24. The Pelicans had 4 20-point scorers.
The Nuggets shot 50.5% from the field and 30.3% from 3 to the Pelicans’ 46.3% and 30.0%. The Pelicans got 9 offensive rebounds, about 5 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Nuggets outscored the Pelicans 17-7 in 5 minutes with Westbrook, Jokić, Strawther, Braun and Watson on the floor together.
Denver NuggetsNew Orleans PelicansPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Nuggets’ chance bottomed out at 4.3% (3rd quarter, 2:59 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
108 points from the field on 97 shots: 3.4 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 29-44 | 65.9% | 66% |
| In the paint | 6-14 | 42.9% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 4-6 | 66.7% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-6 | 50.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 7-27 | 25.9% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yves Missi | 51 | 16 | 6-13 | −5 |
| Dejounte Murray | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Daniel Theis | 5 | 5 | 2-2 | +3 |
| CJ McCollum | 4 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 2 | 1-1 | −3 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 32 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dejounte Murray | 35 | 2 | 1-3 | −8 |
| Jordan Hawkins | 10 | 2 | 1-5 | −1 |
| Javonte Green | 7 | 5 | 1-1 | +3 |
| CJ McCollum | 7 | 2 | 0-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 16 | 6-9 | +11 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CJ McCollum | 15 | 2 | 1-2 | −2 |
| Dejounte Murray | 10 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Jordan Hawkins | 10 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Brandon Boston | 10 | 2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 29 | 15 | 7-10 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 17 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
NOP win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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50/50
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Highest Leverage Moments
Murray 20' Step Back Jump Shot (22 PTS)
Q4 0:09
35.9%
89→53
McCollum 29' 3PT Jump Shot (22 PTS) (Murray 15 AST)
Q4 0:53
35.4%
37→73
Murray 3' Putback Layup (24 PTS)
OT 1:32
19.3%
34→14
Jones 1' Driving Layup (8 PTS) (Missi 1 AST)
OT 1:29
19.3%
14→34
Jokic 9' Driving Hook Shot (23 PTS) (Braun 4 AST)
OT 4:25
17.3%
66→49
