Nuggets 125-113 Pelicans (3rd February 2025) Game Recap

Denver-Michael Porter Jr. Scored a season high 36 points, Nikola Jokic added 27 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists, and Denver Nuggets defeated a career mound 41 points from Trey Murphy III to defeat New Orleans Pelican’s 125 -113 Monday night.

Jamal Murray had 20 points and eight assists, while Julian Strawther scored 15 points from the bench for Denver. In his first start of the season, Zeke Nnaji, who filled the wounded Aaron Gordon, had a season high 12 points.

Triple double was Jokics NBA-Best 23. Season and ninth in his last 11 games.

Murphy scored 39 of New Orleans’ first 85 points and helped the pelicans who pulled with as many as 20 points in the second half come within eight into the fourth quarter. Murphy made 13 of his 21 shots, including eight of his 12 3s, while the rest of his team shot only 37.3% off the field.

CJ McCollum scored 30 points and Zion Williamson added 14 to the Pelicans.

Takeaways

NUGGETS: Denver continued his rebound from a three-match’s losing row and picked up his third win in a row and 11 victory in his last 15 games to stay in fourth place at the Western Conference.

Pelicans: After a seasonal four-game victory trait offered some signs of hope, New Orleans had its sixth loss in a row in an injury that was plagued season.

Keying moment

After a Murphy 3 tied game at

Key State

With his career performance on Monday, Murphy has an average of 37.7 points in his last three games, shooting 70.7% off the field and 63.6% from 3.

Up next

Nuggets and Pelicans will have a repeat Wednesday in Denver.

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