Denver Nuggets @ New Orleans Pelicans
Friday, November 15, 2024 at 8:00 PM ET
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA | Game ID: 22400017
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
NOP 32 27 19 23 101DEN 22 32 18 22 94
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Ingram leads Pelicans past Jokic-less Nuggets, 101-94
NEW ORLEANS -- — Brandon Ingram scored 29 points to lift the New Orleans Pelicans to a 101-94 victory Friday night over the Denver Nuggets , who played without three-time MVP Nikola Jokic .
Ingram twisted his left ankle in the second half but stayed in the game to help the injury-riddled Pelicans snap a six-game skid and end the Nuggets' five-game winning streak.
Brandon Boston Jr . scored 19 points and Trey Murphy III had 17 points for New Orleans.
Michael Porter Jr . led Denver with 24 points and Peyton Watson added 18. Jamal Murray scored 16 points for the Nuggets but struggled from long range, making 2 of 8 from beyond the arc.
Takeaways Nuggets: Denver entered the game shooting 40.4% from 3-point range but made only 10 of 37. With Jokic out for personal reasons, the Pelicans double-teamed Murray and slowed down Denver’s high-powered offense. Assistant coach David Adelman took over head coaching duties while Michael Malone remained in Colorado to watch his daughter, Bridget, compete in the state volleyball playoffs.
Pelicans: New Orleans had scored only 88 points in two of its previous three losses but had much better spacing and outshot the Nuggets from the perimeter. Ingram, Murphy and Boston combined to shoot 26 of 54 from the floor.
Key moment Denver closed within 87-86 on Russell Westbrook 's 3-pointer with 6:19 left, but the Pelicans scored the next eight points, including 3s by Javonte Green and Boston.
Key stat Boston, a third-year player from Kentucky, has averaged 19.9 points in his last four games.
Up next Nuggets: At Memphis on Sunday.
Pelicans: Host the Los Angeles Lakers Saturday night.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
DENCB C. Braun
DŠ D. Šarić
HT H. Tyson
JM J. Murray
JS J. Strawther
MP M. Porter Jr.
PW P. Watson
RW R. Westbrook
VČ V. Čančar
ZN Z. Nnaji
NOPBB B. Boston
BI B. Ingram
BJ Boston Jr.
JC J. Cain
JG J. Green
JN J. Nowell
JR J. Robinson-Earl
JE Jemison
TJ T. Jemison III
TM T. Murphy III
YM Y. Missi
DEN/NOP the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur