Denver Nuggets 125, New Orleans Pelicans 118 — Recap

November 19, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 125, New Orleans Pelicans 118. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 26-30 NOP; Q2 DEN 36-28 NOP; Q3 DEN 35-25 NOP; Q4 DEN 28-35 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Peyton Watson (DEN) 32 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 13-of-19 shooting; Derik Queen (NOP) 30 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 12-of-18 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 28 points, 11 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-18 shooting; Trey Murphy III (NOP) 23 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Jeremiah Fears (NOP) 16 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists on 7-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Peyton Watson

32 PTS, 12 REB, 3 AST, 5 3PM · 13-19 FG

Scoring · NOP

Derik Queen

30 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM · 12-18 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

28 PTS, 11 REB, 12 AST, 2 3PM · 10-18 FG

Season highs

Peyton Watson · Season-high 32 pointsDerik Queen · Season-high 30 pointsPeyton Watson · Season-high 12 reboundsPeyton Watson · Season-high 5 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DEN	26	36	35	28		125
NOP	30	28	25	35		118

🧮 How They Scored

DENNOP

62Points in the paint60

19Fast-break points20

11Second-chance points18

20Points off turnovers24

33Bench points26

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

62.0%Effective FG%48.5%

17.4%Turnover %9.7%

25.0%Offensive rebound %34.7%

0.325Free-throw rate0.316

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray G	36	16	0	8	0	0	3	5-14	2-7	4-5	-2
Peyton Watson G	34	32	12	3	1	0	4	13-19	5-9	1-1	+3
Nikola Jokic C	34	28	11	12	0	0	9	10-18	2-4	6-7	+9
Cameron Johnson F	32	14	3	5	1	0	2	6-8	1-3	1-2	+2
Bruce Brown G	27	12	3	4	3	0	2	5-7	0-1	2-4	+22
Zeke Nnaji F-C	27	2	4	0	2	1	0	0-3	0-2	2-2	-18
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	23	7	1	1	0	0	0	3-9	1-5	0-0	+11
Jonas Valanciunas C	16	14	7	0	0	0	0	4-5	0-0	6-6	+2
Spencer Jones F	11	0	0	2	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+6

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III F	36	23	2	3	5	1	3	7-14	5-12	4-4	-4
Derik Queen C	30	30	9	4	2	2	4	12-18	1-2	5-8	0
Zion Williamson F	29	14	6	5	1	1	3	6-13	0-0	2-4	+14
Herbert Jones F	29	9	2	3	2	0	0	3-8	1-4	2-2	+8
Jeremiah Fears G	25	16	3	1	0	1	0	7-15	0-4	2-2	-3
Jose Alvarado G	19	2	4	2	1	0	0	1-6	0-4	0-0	-13
Saddiq Bey F	19	2	2	2	1	0	1	0-3	0-3	2-4	-21
Jordan Hawkins G	18	6	1	1	0	0	1	3-7	0-2	0-0	-9
Micah Peavy G-F	17	9	3	1	0	0	0	3-8	0-3	3-3	0
Yves Missi C	12	7	8	2	0	0	0	2-5	0-0	3-4	-3
Kevon Looney F	5	0	4	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-4

🔬 Advanced Stats

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Peyton Watson	Starter	34	32	82.3	26.1	+3.8	20.4
Nikola Jokic	Starter	34	28	66.4	34.5	+12.7	15.4
Jamal Murray	Starter	36	16	49.4	22.1	-1.2	5.0
Cameron Johnson	Starter	32	14	78.8	13.4	-0.5	9.6
Zeke Nnaji	Starter	27	2	25.8	6.5	-26.2	2.9
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	16	14	91.6	23.5	+6.3	28.0
Bruce Brown	Bench	27	12	68.5	16.7	+38.2	11.0
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	23	7	38.9	16.7	+26.0	3.5
Jalen Pickett	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hunter Tyson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Spencer Jones	Bench	11	0	0.0	0.0	+36.6	1.9

New Orleans PelicansTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Derik Queen	Starter	30	30	69.7	30.5	0.0	17.2
Trey Murphy III	Starter	36	23	73.0	19.4	-6.1	13.8
Jeremiah Fears	Starter	25	16	50.4	21.9	-9.2	10.1
Zion Williamson	Starter	29	14	47.4	22.8	+21.9	6.8
Herbert Jones	Starter	29	9	50.7	11.4	+11.9	3.1
Micah Peavy	Bench	17	9	48.3	20.5	+8.5	8.2
Yves Missi	Bench	12	7	51.8	21.2	-2.9	13.8
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	18	6	42.9	20.0	-26.7	3.0
Saddiq Bey	Bench	19	2	21.0	12.5	-49.4	0.0
Jose Alvarado	Bench	19	2	16.7	12.5	-36.4	5.3
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kevon Looney	Bench	5	0	0.0	8.3	-45.5	13.0
Bryce McGowens	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0