Denver Nuggets vs New Orleans Pelicans Preview & Odds — October 28, 2026
DENOffenseFull 2025-26 regular season (last season)NO
DENDefenseNODENTeamNODENLast 10 gamesNOInjuries & restkey injuries · rest and travel
DENRest & travelNODENKey injuriesNOAbout these numbers
Full 2025-26 regular season (last season), captured before kickoff. League rank in small type (30 teams); the gold side ranks higher. Bars show rank, longest = 1st. Source: Gridiron & Wine public Analytics tables.
Margin of each of the last 10 games this season, oldest to newest (gold = won). Hover a bar for the score margin.
Distance is straight-line from each team's home arena; time-zone change is at game time. Rest counts days since each team's previous game.
No key players listed.
Key players only. Injury report as of October 28, 9:40 a.m. ET.
Matchup preview
The Nuggets visit the Pelicans on Wednesday, October 28 at 8:10 PM ET.
Last season (2025-26), the Nuggets scored 122.0 points per game (1st of 30) and allowed 116.8 (21st). The Pelicans scored 115.5 points per game (16th of 30) and allowed 120.0 (24th).
Offensive rating, the points scored per 100 possessions: Nuggets 120.2 (1st), Pelicans 112.0 (20th). Defensive rating, the points allowed per 100 possessions: Nuggets 115.1 (21st), Pelicans 116.4 (24th). Net rating, the offensive minus defensive rating: Nuggets +5.1 (6th), Pelicans −4.4 (21st). These are last season's full-season numbers because the new season's sample is still small; rosters change over the offseason.
The Nuggets are 4.5-point road favorites, with the Pelicans getting the points at home. The spread has not moved since it opened. The total is 241.5, up from 239.5 at the open. After removing the vig, the moneyline (Nuggets -190, Pelicans +160) prices the Nuggets at 63% and the Pelicans at 37%.
Built from public team and player data; ranks are league-wide and update daily until kickoff.
Market
Odds and line movement
Nuggets -4.5 (-114)
Nuggets -4.5 (-115)
Pelicans +158 37%
Pelicans +160 37%
Consensus of US sportsbooks. The Now column updates from our odds board. Percentages are the moneyline's no-vig market-implied chances.
Best available prices on Oct 28
- Nuggets -4.5-104Novig
- Pelicans +4.5+102Novig
- Over 241.5+104Kalshi
- Under 241.5-102Novig
- Nuggets-182Novig
- Pelicans+178Novig
Members
G&W Line
G&W’s own number for this game, next to the market. Analytics
Matchup
Players to watch
- Points per game27.78th
- Rebounds per game12.91st
- Assists per game10.71st
- Minutes per game34.8
- Points per game25.416th
- Rebounds per game4.4145th
- Assists per game7.113th
- Minutes per game35.4
- Points per game21.528th
- Rebounds per game5.775th
- Assists per game3.872nd
- Minutes per game35.5
- Points per game21.032nd
- Rebounds per game5.776th
- Assists per game3.2106th
- Minutes per game29.7
Last season's (2025-26) regular-season per-game averages; players listed with their current team, top two scorers per team, from season player stats captured before game time. Ranks among the 391 players with at least 20 games.
Head-to-head
The teams have met 20 times since 2022: the Nuggets won 16 and the Pelicans 4.
| Date | Score | Line | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2026 | Pelicans 135, Nuggets 141 Nuggets won | ||
| Oct 24, 2026 | Pelicans 135, Nuggets 141 Nuggets won | ||
| Oct 24, 2026 | Pelicans 135, Nuggets 141 Nuggets won | ||
| Oct 24, 2026 | Pelicans 135, Nuggets 141 Nuggets won | ||
| Oct 24, 2026 | Pelicans 135, Nuggets 141 Nuggets won |
Meetings since 2022, most recent first. Line and total are the consensus closing numbers where line history is available.
Result
After the final: score vs the closing line, the box score vs the close and the graded official play, if there was one, appear here on this same page.
Teams
Denver Nuggets
- Denver Nuggets team stats
- Golden State Warriors 134, Denver Nuggets 114 (Oct 26)
- New Orleans Pelicans 135, Denver Nuggets 141 (Oct 24)
- Denver Nuggets 84, Oklahoma City Thunder 96 (Oct 22)
New Orleans Pelicans
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