New Orleans Pelicans at Denver Nuggets
Final/OT
Recap
DENVER – Nikola Jokic scored eight of his 35 points in overtime and finished with 15 rebounds and 10 assists, and the short-handed Denver Nuggets rallied from down 23 to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 141-135 on Saturday night. 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.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteDEN -500 · 80% to win
WonSpreadDEN -11
NOP coveredTotalO/U 239.5 · 276 scored
OverAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
51%Field goal %48%
29%3-point %32%
80%Free throw %77%
50Rebounds51
14Offensive rebounds14
33Assists26
9Steals9
5Blocks7
18Turnovers11
29Fouls28
Box score
Players
| Players | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FGM | FGA | 3PM | 3PA | FTM | FTA | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert JonesF | 16 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Dejounte MurrayG | 35 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Derik QueenC | 25 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Jeremiah FearsG | 23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Saddiq BeyG | 25 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 |
| Zion WilliamsonF | 33 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Trey Murphy IIIF | 37 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Jordan PooleG | 23 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Karlo MatkovicF | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| DeAndre JordanC | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Bennedict MathurinG | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 265 | 135 | 50 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 50 | 99 | 11 | 38 | 24 | 30 | 29 |