Denver Nuggets @ New Orleans Pelicans — Nov 20, 2025

NBA Smoothie King Center, New Orleans·November 20, 2025
Denver Nuggets DEN 11-3, 5-2 Away
125
Final
118
New Orleans Pelicans NOP 2-13, 1-7 Home
1 2 3 4 T
DEN 26 36 35 28 125
NOP 30 28 25 35 118
Leaders
Points
P.
P. Watson F DEN
32 PTS
D.
D. Queen C NOP
30 PTS
Rebounds
P.
P. Watson F DEN
12 REB
D.
D. Queen C NOP
9 REB
Assists
N.
N. Jokić C DEN
12 AST
Z.
Z. Williamson F NOP
5 AST
Box Scores
Nuggets
Pelicans
MIN — Minutes · PTS — Points · FG — Field Goals · 3PT — 3-Point Field Goals · FT — Free Throws · REB — Rebounds · AST — Assists · STL — Steals · BLK — Blocks · TO — Turnovers · PF — Personal Fouls · +/- — Plus-Minus
Team Statistics
Nuggets
Pelicans
55.4% Field Goals 44.9%
35.5% 3-Point FG 20.6%
81.5% Free Throws 74.2%
41 Rebounds 44
9 OFF 17
32 DEF 27
35 Assists 25
8 Steals 12
1 Blocks 5
20 Turnovers 12
26 Fouls 24
19 Biggest Lead 13
29:33 Time in Lead 14:57
7 Max Pts in Row 10
Four Factors
62% eFG% 48.5%
17.4% TOV% 9.7%
25% ORB% 34.7%
26.5% FT Rate 23.5%
Play-by-Play
Q4 28 - 35 125 - 118
125 - 118 0:02
J. Fears 2PT
FT J. Murray
125 - 116 0:06
FT J. Murray
124 - 116 0:06
123 - 116 0:09
M. Peavy 2PT
FT C. Johnson
123 - 114 0:20
FT J. Murray
122 - 114 0:31
FT J. Murray
121 - 114 0:31
120 - 114 0:48
D. Queen 2PT
120 - 112 1:03
D. Queen FT
2PT J. Valančiūnas
120 - 111 1:09
118 - 111 1:31
Z. Williamson 2PT
118 - 109 2:01
D. Queen 2PT
2PT J. Valančiūnas
118 - 107 2:16
116 - 107 2:34
M. Peavy FT
116 - 106 2:34
M. Peavy FT
116 - 105 3:00
H. Jones FT
116 - 104 3:00
H. Jones FT
116 - 103 3:25
H. Jones 2PT
116 - 101 3:35
D. Queen 2PT
116 - 99 4:08
D. Queen FT
116 - 98 4:08
D. Queen FT
2PT C. Johnson
116 - 97 4:24
2PT P. Watson
114 - 97 4:42
112 - 97 4:57
S. Bey FT
112 - 96 5:43
D. Queen FT
2PT P. Watson
112 - 95 6:18
110 - 95 6:35
J. Fears 2PT
3PT T. Hardaway Jr.
110 - 93 6:44
2PT B. Brown
107 - 93 7:04
105 - 93 7:20
J. Fears 2PT
105 - 91 7:57
D. Queen 3PT
FT J. Valančiūnas
105 - 88 8:23
FT J. Valančiūnas
104 - 88 8:23
103 - 88 8:37
Z. Williamson 2PT
FT J. Valančiūnas
103 - 86 9:07
FT J. Valančiūnas
102 - 86 9:07
101 - 86 9:27
D. Queen 2PT
FT Z. Nnaji
101 - 84 9:47
FT Z. Nnaji
100 - 84 9:47
2PT T. Hardaway Jr.
99 - 84 10:15
97 - 84 11:01
Z. Williamson FT
Q3 35 - 25 97 - 83
97 - 83 0:30
Y. Missi FT
97 - 82 0:30
Y. Missi FT
2PT B. Brown
97 - 81 0:40
2PT B. Brown
95 - 81 0:55
93 - 81 1:14
M. Peavy FT
93 - 80 1:14
M. Peavy 2PT
93 - 78 1:51
M. Peavy 2PT
3PT N. Jokić
93 - 76 2:04
2PT T. Hardaway Jr.
90 - 76 2:33
88 - 76 3:07
D. Queen 2PT
2PT N. Jokić
88 - 74 3:19
2PT N. Jokić
86 - 74 3:39
84 - 74 4:10
J. Alvarado 2PT
3PT J. Murray
84 - 72 4:55
81 - 72 5:29
D. Queen 2PT
3PT P. Watson
81 - 70 5:57
78 - 70 6:19
T. Murphy 3PT
2PT N. Jokić
78 - 67 6:31
76 - 67 6:56
T. Murphy 3PT
3PT P. Watson
76 - 64 7:34
2PT C. Johnson
73 - 64 7:53
71 - 64 8:28
T. Murphy FT
71 - 63 8:28
T. Murphy FT
71 - 62 8:50
T. Murphy 2PT
2PT P. Watson
71 - 60 9:00
FT P. Watson
69 - 60 9:38
2PT P. Watson
68 - 60 9:38
2PT N. Jokić
66 - 60 10:29
64 - 60 10:45
D. Queen 2PT
2PT J. Murray
64 - 58 11:22
Q2 36 - 28 62 - 58
2PT P. Watson
62 - 58 0:01
60 - 58 0:11
T. Murphy 3PT
2PT N. Jokić
60 - 55 0:29
58 - 55 0:38
J. Fears FT
58 - 54 0:38
J. Fears FT
2PT C. Johnson
58 - 53 0:44
56 - 53 0:58
D. Queen 2PT
FT N. Jokić
56 - 51 1:36
FT N. Jokić
55 - 51 1:36
54 - 51 2:20
D. Queen 2PT
FT B. Brown
54 - 49 2:35
FT B. Brown
53 - 49 2:35
FT N. Jokić
52 - 49 2:53
3PT P. Watson
51 - 49 3:02
48 - 49 3:29
T. Murphy 3PT
3PT C. Johnson
48 - 46 3:40
45 - 46 3:53
D. Queen FT
45 - 45 3:53
D. Queen 2PT
FT N. Jokić
45 - 43 4:11
FT N. Jokić
44 - 43 4:11
43 - 43 4:18
D. Queen 2PT
3PT P. Watson
43 - 41 5:19
40 - 41 5:40
Y. Missi FT
2PT J. Valančiūnas
40 - 40 6:01
38 - 40 6:20
Z. Williamson 2PT
2PT P. Watson
38 - 38 6:34
36 - 38 6:55
J. Fears 2PT
36 - 36 7:38
Z. Williamson FT
FT J. Valančiūnas
36 - 35 7:55
FT J. Valančiūnas
35 - 35 7:55
2PT P. Watson
34 - 35 8:28
32 - 35 9:46
T. Murphy 3PT
2PT J. Murray
32 - 32 10:12
2PT J. Murray
30 - 32 10:37
2PT J. Valančiūnas
28 - 32 11:11
26 - 32 11:36
J. Hawkins 2PT
Q1 26 - 30 26 - 30
26 - 30 1:09
S. Bey FT
2PT B. Brown
26 - 29 1:19
2PT B. Brown
24 - 29 1:51
2PT N. Jokić
22 - 29 2:07
20 - 29 2:30
J. Hawkins 2PT
FT N. Jokić
20 - 27 3:04
19 - 27 3:17
J. Hawkins 2PT
2PT C. Johnson
19 - 25 3:31
2PT N. Jokić
17 - 25 3:54
15 - 25 4:10
H. Jones 2PT
2PT N. Jokić
15 - 23 4:29
3PT N. Jokić
13 - 23 5:20
10 - 23 5:34
H. Jones 3PT
10 - 20 6:15
Y. Missi 2PT
10 - 18 6:32
Y. Missi 2PT
10 - 16 6:57
J. Fears 2PT
2PT C. Johnson
10 - 14 7:22
8 - 14 7:31
J. Fears 2PT
8 - 12 8:01
Z. Williamson 2PT
8 - 10 8:41
T. Murphy 2PT
8 - 8 9:09
T. Murphy FT
8 - 7 9:09
T. Murphy FT
3PT J. Murray
8 - 6 9:20
5 - 6 9:49
Z. Williamson 2PT
5 - 4 10:09
Z. Williamson 2PT
3PT P. Watson
5 - 2 10:22
2PT P. Watson
2 - 2 10:54
0 - 2 11:21
J. Fears 2PT
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 6 Biggest Lead: DEN +19 Times Tied: 9
Head-to-Head
Series tied 1-1
Final/OT
DEN Nuggets
2831223813
132
NOP Pelicans
2938262610
129
Final
DEN Nuggets
22321822
94
NOP Pelicans
32271923
101
Highlights
Nuggets 125 - 118 Pelicans
November 20, 2025
Nuggets 125 - 118 Pelicans
November 20, 2025
Nuggets 125 - 118 Pelicans
November 20, 2025
Smoothie King Center
New Orleans, US · 16,867 capacity
League
NBA
Season
NBA 25/26
Date
November 20, 2025
Time
1:00 am
Duration
48 min