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January 13, 2026 · Smoothie King Center
Denver Nuggets vs New Orleans Pelicans · January 13, 2026
The Denver Nuggets beat the New Orleans Pelicans 122-116 on Tuesday, January 13, 2026 on the road. Jamal Murray led the Nuggets with 35 points, 9 assists and 3 steals. Trey Murphy III led the Pelicans with 31 points. The Nuggets are 27-13 and the Pelicans 9-33.
Team 1 2 3 4 T
DEN 32 28 29 33 122 NO 31 34 27 24 116
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Nuggets · 41/84 FG
Q1 11:46 · Jamal Murray makes 2-foot two point shot (Jalen Pickett assists)
Q1 10:05 · Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q1 8:44 · Jamal Murray makes 25-foot three pointer
Q1 6:15 · Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
Q1 5:27 · Jamal Murray makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
Q1 1.9 · Jamal Murray misses 16-foot turnaround jump shot
Q2 4:14 · Jamal Murray misses 18-foot fade away jump shot
Q2 3:23 · Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q3 11:03 · Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q3 10:22 · Jamal Murray misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
Q3 10:01 · Jamal Murray makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Peyton Watson assists)
Q3 4:19 · Jamal Murray makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
Q3 3:54 · Jamal Murray makes 24-foot three point jumper (Peyton Watson assists)
Q3 3:30 · Yves Missi blocks Jamal Murray 's 6-foot driving layup
Q3 1:46 · Jamal Murray makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Peyton Watson assists)
Q3 16.7 · Jamal Murray misses driving layup
Q4 7:05 · Jamal Murray makes 25-foot three pointer
Q4 3:45 · Jamal Murray makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q4 1:58 · Jamal Murray makes 15-foot floating jump shot
Q1 11:11 · Aaron Gordon makes 13-foot two point shot
Q1 9:40 · Aaron Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q2 2:38 · Aaron Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q2 1:46 · Aaron Gordon makes 1-foot layup (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)
Q2 14.5 · Aaron Gordon makes 2-foot layup (Jamal Murray assists)
Q3 11:24 · Aaron Gordon misses 2-foot hook shot
Q3 9:17 · Aaron Gordon makes 25-foot running jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)
Q3 7:54 · Jeremiah Fears blocks Aaron Gordon 's 3-foot driving layup
Q3 7:52 · Aaron Gordon misses two point shot
Q3 7:50 · Aaron Gordon misses 4-foot tip shot
Q3 7:49 · Aaron Gordon makes tip shot
Q3 5:05 · Aaron Gordon misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q4 7:30 · Aaron Gordon misses 12-foot fade away jump shot
Q4 5:29 · Aaron Gordon misses 25-foot running jump shot
Q4 10.8 · Aaron Gordon makes dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
Q1 10:33 · Jalen Pickett misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q1 8:12 · Jalen Pickett makes 26-foot three pointer
Q1 1:51 · Jalen Pickett makes 8-foot pullup jump shot
Q1 1:11 · Jalen Pickett makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot (Jamal Murray assists)
Q4 9:30 · Jalen Pickett makes 25-foot three point jumper (Peyton Watson assists)
Q4 8:05 · Jalen Pickett makes driving layup (Bruce Brown assists)
Q4 5:57 · Jalen Pickett misses 21-foot running jump shot
Q4 4:27 · Jalen Pickett misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q4 3:08 · Jalen Pickett makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)
Q1 9:12 · Peyton Watson misses driving floating jump shot
Q1 7:45 · Peyton Watson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q1 4:29 · Peyton Watson makes layup (Jamal Murray assists)
Q1 3:58 · Peyton Watson makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Zeke Nnaji assists)
Q2 8:04 · Peyton Watson makes 8-foot turnaround jump shot (Zeke Nnaji assists)
Q2 6:07 · Peyton Watson makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
Q2 5:38 · Peyton Watson makes driving layup
Q2 3:43 · Peyton Watson makes driving layup
Q2 2:13 · Peyton Watson makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
Q2 40.0 · Peyton Watson makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
Q3 8:42 · Peyton Watson misses 10-foot fade away jump shot
Q3 8:05 · Peyton Watson makes driving layup (Jalen Pickett assists)
Q3 6:44 · Peyton Watson makes 1-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
Q4 8:35 · Peyton Watson misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q4 1:22 · Peyton Watson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q4 39.4 · Peyton Watson makes 14-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
Q1 7:12 · Spencer Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q1 6:43 · Spencer Jones misses 2-foot two point shot
Q2 7:15 · Spencer Jones misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q2 6:49 · Spencer Jones misses driving layup
Q2 6:48 · Spencer Jones makes tip shot
Q1 3:40 · Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q1 2:42 · Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
Q3 5:43 · Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 22-foot three point jumper
Q3 3:58 · Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
Q3 1:14 · Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Peyton Watson assists)
Q4 11:46 · Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 26-foot three pointer
Q4 10:32 · Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q4 9:52 · Tim Hardaway Jr. misses driving layup
Q4 9:04 · Tim Hardaway Jr. makes running layup (Bruce Brown assists)
Q1 36.9 · Bruce Brown makes 2-foot layup (Jalen Pickett assists)
Q2 10:02 · Bruce Brown makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
Q3 3:08 · Bruce Brown misses 7-foot pullup jump shot
Q3 2:47 · Karlo Matkovic blocks Bruce Brown 's 3-foot driving layup
Q4 6:11 · Bruce Brown misses layup
Q2 10:58 · Hunter Tyson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q2 10:27 · Hunter Tyson misses 23-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q2 9:30 · Zeke Nnaji misses 15-foot jumper
Q2 8:34 · Zeke Nnaji misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q3 7:28 · Zeke Nnaji misses two point shot
Q4 10:53 · Jordan Hawkins blocks Zeke Nnaji 's 2-foot running layup
Paint 14/29 48% Mid-range 13/20 65% 3PT 14/35 40%
Pelicans · 39/87 FG
Q1 11:32 · Trey Murphy III makes alley oop dunk (Derik Queen assists)
Q1 10:21 · Trey Murphy III misses driving layup
Q1 7:34 · Trey Murphy III makes dunk (Derik Queen assists)
Q1 7:03 · Trey Murphy III makes 26-foot three pointer (Jeremiah Fears assists)
Q1 5:12 · Trey Murphy III misses 24-foot three point jumper
Q1 4:49 · Trey Murphy III misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q1 2:19 · Trey Murphy III makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jordan Poole assists)
Q2 3:58 · Trey Murphy III misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q2 2:55 · Trey Murphy III makes running dunk (Jordan Hawkins assists)
Q2 1:34 · Trey Murphy III makes 23-foot three point jumper (Zion Williamson assists)
Q2 34.6 · Trey Murphy III makes driving layup
Q3 7:01 · Trey Murphy III misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q3 5:58 · Trey Murphy III makes alley oop layup (Derik Queen assists)
Q4 6:37 · Jamal Murray blocks Trey Murphy III 's 6-foot driving floating jump shot
Q4 4:06 · Trey Murphy III makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot (Derik Queen assists)
Q4 1:02 · Trey Murphy III makes driving layup (Derik Queen assists)
Q4 26.1 · Trey Murphy III misses driving layup
Q4 3.1 · Trey Murphy III makes driving layup
Q1 10:55 · Spencer Jones blocks Derik Queen 's 5-foot driving layup
Q2 4:36 · Derik Queen makes 3-foot driving floating jump shot
Q2 3:15 · Derik Queen makes running layup (Trey Murphy III assists)
Q2 2:23 · Derik Queen misses 9-foot two point shot
Q3 11:45 · Derik Queen misses 6-foot floating jump shot
Q3 10:44 · Derik Queen misses 7-foot pullup jump shot
Q3 10:40 · Derik Queen makes layup
Q3 9:04 · Derik Queen makes tip in dunk
Q3 5:29 · Derik Queen misses 6-foot two point shot
Q4 6:35 · Derik Queen makes two point shot
Q1 9:55 · Jeremiah Fears misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q1 9:30 · Jeremiah Fears misses driving layup
Q1 9:29 · Jeremiah Fears makes tip shot
Q1 9:01 · Jeremiah Fears makes two point shot
Q1 5:17 · Jeremiah Fears misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Q1 4:16 · Jeremiah Fears misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q3 11:18 · Jeremiah Fears misses 27-foot running jump shot
Q3 9:24 · Jeremiah Fears misses 27-foot three point jumper
Q3 8:30 · Jeremiah Fears makes driving layup (Trey Murphy III assists)
Q1 8:36 · Saddiq Bey makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jeremiah Fears assists)
Q2 8:21 · Saddiq Bey makes driving layup
Q2 1:08 · Saddiq Bey misses driving floating jump shot
Q2 56.1 · Saddiq Bey misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q3 11:12 · Saddiq Bey misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q3 5:27 · Saddiq Bey makes tip shot
Q4 11:30 · Saddiq Bey misses 27-foot three point jumper
Q4 2:27 · Saddiq Bey makes 1-foot running dunk (Zion Williamson assists)
Q1 7:57 · Zion Williamson misses 1-foot hook shot
Q1 5:46 · Zion Williamson makes 1-foot layup (Saddiq Bey assists)
Q2 10:14 · Zion Williamson makes driving layup
Q2 7:52 · Zion Williamson makes driving layup
Q2 7:28 · Zion Williamson misses driving floating jump shot
Q3 11:44 · Zion Williamson makes tip in dunk
Q3 9:05 · Zion Williamson misses driving layup
Q4 9:46 · Zion Williamson makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot
Q4 9:09 · Zion Williamson misses driving layup
Q4 5:17 · Zion Williamson misses driving layup
Q4 1:42 · Zion Williamson misses driving layup
Q4 23.1 · Zion Williamson misses tip shot
Q1 1:29 · Micah Peavy makes 6-foot turnaround jump shot
Q1 59.3 · Micah Peavy misses 24-foot three point jumper
Q2 6:56 · Micah Peavy misses 2-foot reverse layup
Q2 4:55 · Micah Peavy misses 9-foot fade away jump shot
Q3 33.4 · Micah Peavy misses 22-foot three point jumper
Q1 55.7 · Karlo Matkovic makes tip shot
Q3 4:38 · Karlo Matkovic makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Jeremiah Fears assists)
Q3 2:30 · Karlo Matkovic misses driving layup
Q2 11:47 · Jordan Poole misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q2 11:41 · Jordan Poole misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Q2 6:31 · Jordan Poole makes 25-foot three pointer
Q2 5:51 · Jordan Poole misses driving floating jump shot
Q3 2:04 · Jordan Poole makes 30-foot three pointer (Jordan Hawkins assists)
Q3 1:28 · Jordan Poole makes 28-foot three point jumper (Karlo Matkovic assists)
Q3 1:00 · Jordan Poole misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q3 0.8 · Jordan Poole misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q4 10:09 · Jordan Poole makes 28-foot three point jumper (Zion Williamson assists)
Q2 11:14 · Jordan Hawkins makes 23-foot three point jumper (Saddiq Bey assists)
Q2 9:18 · Jordan Hawkins makes 24-foot three point jumper (Zion Williamson assists)
Q2 8:48 · Jordan Hawkins misses 24-foot three point jumper
Q3 2:20 · Jordan Hawkins misses tip in dunk
Q4 8:16 · Jordan Hawkins misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q2 9:48 · Yves Missi makes two point shot
Q2 5:50 · Yves Missi misses tip shot
Q2 5:40 · Yves Missi misses layup
Q2 5:40 · Yves Missi misses layup
Q3 2:21 · Yves Missi misses driving layup
Q4 10:40 · Yves Missi makes 2-foot two point shot (Jordan Poole assists)
Q4 8:49 · Peyton Watson blocks Yves Missi 's 1-foot layup
Q4 8:14 · Yves Missi misses 3-foot tip shot
Paint 28/52 54% Mid-range 0/6 0% 3PT 11/29 38%
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