Denver Nuggets vs New Orleans Pelicans Prediction, 11/15/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Denver Nuggets vs New Orleans Pelicans

Date: Friday, November 15, 2024

Location: Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, LA

TV: Gulf Coast Sports

The New Orleans Pelicans (3-9) will compete against the Denver Nuggets (7-3) at Smoothie King Center on Friday.

The Nuggets took the court against the Mavericks and walked away with a win by a score of 122-120 in their last contest. In reference to fouls, the Nuggets finished with 16 while the Mavericks recorded 17 fouls. They also knocked down 10 of 33 shots from downtown. Dallas finished the game at 73.7% when shooting free throws by making 14 of 19 tries. Moreover, Dallas had 42 rebounds (10 offensive, 32 defensive) and added 5 rejections. Dallas earned 29 dimes and had 7 steals for the contest. In terms of defense, Denver allowed the other team to go 53.3% from the floor on 48 of 90 shooting. They also recorded 35 assists in this contest in addition to forcing 10 turnovers and earning 6 steals. When talking about hauling in boards, they compiled 45 with 13 of them being of the offensive variety. When they shot from the free throw line, the Nuggets buried 18 of their 26 tries for a rate of 69.2%. Denver finished the game having earned a 50.6% field goal percentage (45 of 89) and made 14 of 29 three-point shots.

Nikola Jokic is a guy who had an impact for the matchup. Jokic walked away from this one shooting 61.9% from the field and earned 15 dimes. He was on the court for 38 minutes played and collected 18 boards. He scored 37 points on 13 out of 21 shooting.

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Denver heads into this contest with a mark of 7-3 so far this year. They average 120.9 pts per contest (5th in the NBA) while going 47.6% from the field. The Nuggets are hitting 40.4% from downtown (128 of 317) and 78.1% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Denver is grabbing 47.0 rebounds per contest and has tallied 307 dimes this year, which has them ranked 14th in the NBA in terms of passing the ball. They turn it over 14.3 times per game and as a squad are committing 19.1 fouls every game.

Defensively, the Nuggets have forced 14.6 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 23.3 personal fouls. They are ranked 15th in the NBA in allowing assists to the opposition with 307 surrendered on the campaign. The Nuggets defensively are giving up a FG percentage of 47.2% (441 of 935) and they surrender 42.8 rebounds per game as a squad. They give up 35.4% on 3-point shots and they are 25th in the league in PPG allowed (118.0).

When they last played, the Pelicans walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 106-88 when they played the Thunder. The Pelicans corralled 37 defensive boards and 21 offensive boards totaling 58 for this game. They gave up possession 24 times, while recording 3 steals for the matchup. The Thunder were called for 17 fouls in the matchup which took the Pelicans to the free throw line for 17 attempts. They were able to convert 11 of the free throw tries for a clip of 64.7%. When it comes to shots from 3-point land, New Orleans buried 9 of 37 tries (24.3%). When the final whistle was blown, the Pelicans finished 34 out of 86 from the floor which gave them a rate of 39.5%. The Pelicans allowed the Thunder to bury 39 out of 88 tries from the floor which left them with a rate of 44.3% in this contest. They finished the game shooting 38.5% from beyond the perimeter by going 15 of 39 and ended up going 13 of 16 at the free throw line (81.3%). In the matter of rebounding, New Orleans allowed Oklahoma City to snag 31 overall (5 on the offensive side).

Brandon Ingram ended up having an impact for the Pelicans in this contest. Ingram earned 18 points in his 35 mins on the hardwood and accumulated 6 dimes in this matchup. He buried 7 out of 18 for this game for a field goal rate of 38.9%, and accounted for 6 rebounds.

New Orleans has a mark of 3-9 this season. In terms of offensive execution, the Pelicans are shooting 44.1% from the floor, which is ranked 24th in the NBA. New Orleans has earned 1,265 points for the year (105.4 per contest) and they pull in 42.3 rebounds per contest. They are dishing out assists 24.2 times per contest (25th in the NBA) and they are turning it over 15.4 times per contest. The Pelicans commit 17.1 fouls per contest and they connect on 78.3% from the free throw line.

The New Orleans defense concedes 38.8% on shots from 3-point land (171 of 441) and their opposition knocks down 77.4% of their free throw shots. They have relinquished 27.8 assists and 42.2 boards every game, which is 26th and 10th in basketball. The Pelicans on the defensive end are ranked 22nd in basketball in points allowed per game with 115.7. They are forcing 14.4 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 49.0% from the field (29th in basketball).

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Denver

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