New Orleans Pelicans vs Denver Nuggets 135-141 (OT) — Oct 24, 2026 Box Score & Stats

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Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026Ball ArenaAttendance 19,905

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Final/OT
New Orleans Pelicans	38	35	35	18	9	135
PelicansNOP aheadNuggetsDEN ahead	+23+6
Denver Nuggets	24	33	32	37	15	141

Regular season · Nuggets 1-1, Pelicans 0-3

Nuggets rally from 23 down in the second quarter to beat Pelicans in overtime

Jamal Murray scored 42 points, and the Denver Nuggets rallied from 23 points down in the second quarter to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 141-135 in overtime in their home opener at Ball Arena.

The Nuggets trailed 53-30 with 7:00 left in the second quarter and 73-57 at halftime. They were still down 124-116 with 1:31 left in the fourth quarter, with a 2.5% chance to win, and outscored the Pelicans 25-11 the rest of the way.

During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Pelicans 19-13. Nikola Jokić (No. 3 in clutch points, 2025-26) scored eight of the Nuggets’ 19 on 2-of-3 shooting and 4 of 4 at the line.

Jokić had 35 points, 15 rebounds, 10 assists and three blocks, his 199th career triple-double. The Nuggets had two 30-point scorers.

For the Pelicans, Trey Murphy III scored 26 points, and Dejounte Murray added 22 points and six assists.

The Pelicans committed 18 turnovers to the Nuggets’ 12.

Best performances

Denver Nuggets

Jamal Murray+10.9 PS

42 PTS3 REB6 AST

12-25 FG, 8-16 3P, 10-13 FTTop 3% since 2015-16+0.09 wins

Nikola Jokić+10.8 PS

35 PTS15 REB10 AST2 STL3 BLK

12-23 FG, 3-10 3P, 8-8 FT


	35	15	4	10	12-23	3-10	8-8	+11	43:38	2	3	6	5	+10.8
	42	3	0	6	12-25	8-16	10-13	+14	42:55	1	1	0	3	+10.9
	15	8	2	2	7-11	0-3	1-2	+15	40:25	2	0	1	3	−0.2
	7	5	2	4	2-9	1-6	2-4	+10	36:47	2	0	1	3	−5.9
	2	2	0	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	−9	18:59	0	0	0	3	−4.3
Bench
	17	9	3	0	6-11	3-7	2-4	+10	28:06	1	2	2	4	+2.2
	12	3	1	3	4-10	0-2	4-4	−3	23:34	0	0	1	4	−3.1
	4	2	1	0	2-5	0-2	0-0	−10	11:18	1	0	0	1	−1.1
	2	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	2-2	−3	9:56	0	0	0	0	−2.0
	5	4	1	0	2-2	0-0	1-2	−5	9:22	0	0	0	2	+1.2
Team	141	51	14	26	48-9948.5%	15-4731.9%	30-3976.9%		265	9	6	11	28


	26	6	3	4	10-17	4-8	2-2	−17	36:56	1	0	4	2	+4.0
	22	6	1	6	9-18	1-6	3-4	−16	34:32	2	1	2	2	+3.5
	17	1	1	2	7-11	0-1	3-5	−1	32:32	2	2	3	5	−1.5
	10	6	2	2	4-12	0-2	2-2	+8	23:29	1	0	3	3	−5.7
	9	9	1	2	3-3	0-0	3-4	−1	20:16	0	1	0	0	+5.4
Bench
	14	4	0	3	3-9	2-7	6-8	−2	25:29	1	0	1	1	+0.2
	17	8	2	2	6-10	0-1	5-5	+2	24:32	0	0	0	3	+4.5
	6	3	1	7	2-6	2-5	0-0	−2	22:30	1	1	2	3	+0.2
	9	4	2	4	4-9	1-5	0-0	−5	20:28	0	0	0	2	+0.8
	2	3	1	1	1-3	0-2	0-0	+7	16:29	1	0	2	5	−5.5
	3	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	−3	7:47	0	0	1	3	−2.1
Team	135	50	14	33	50-9950.5%	11-3828.9%	24-3080.0%		265	9	5	18	29

Stat	Nuggets	Pelicans
Field goals	48-9948.5%	50-9950.5%
3-pointers	15-4731.9%	11-3828.9%
Free throws	30-3976.9%	24-3080.0%
Rebounds	51	50
Offensive	14	14
Defensive	37	36
Assists	26	33
Steals	9	9
Blocks	6	5
Turnovers	11	18
Fouls	28	29
Bench points	40	51

Zone	FG	%	League
At the rim	22-27	81.5%	67%
In the paint	6-14	42.9%	45%
Mid-range	5-11	45.5%	42%
Corner 3	5-12	41.7%	39%
Above-the-break 3	10-35	28.6%	35%

Nuggets rally from 23 down in the second quarter to beat Pelicans in overtime

Best performances

Box score

Denver Nuggets141

New Orleans Pelicans135

Team stats

The plays that decided it

Shot chart

Game flow

Game Flow

New Orleans Pelicans 135 @ Denver Nuggets 141 (OT) — October 24, 2026 Box Score

Nuggets rally from 23 down in the second quarter to beat Pelicans in overtime

Best performances

Box score

Denver Nuggets141

New Orleans Pelicans135

Team stats

The plays that decided it

Shot chart

Game flow

Game Flow