In Jokic's absence, New Orleans out-rebounded Denver 56-38, including 17-5 in offensive rebounds. Rookie center Yves Missi led the way for the Pelicans with a game-high and season-high 12 rebounds.

The Denver Nuggets were without star center Nikola Jokic and coach Michael Malone for their NBA Cup opener Friday night ...

The Denver Nuggets lost their first NBA Cup matchup of the 2024-25 season against the New Orleans Pelicans tonight, falling ...

The shorthanded New Orleans Pelicans desperately needed a win after suffering a six-game losing streak. With the Denver ...

Donovan Mitchell scored a season-high 37 points, Darius Garland had 29 and the Cleveland Cavaliers continued one of the best ...

Brandon Ingram scored 29 points to lift the New Orleans Pelicans to a 101-94 victory over the Denver Nuggets, who played ...

The upper deck of Smoothie King Center was almost as sparse as the Nuggets’ and Pelicans’ active rosters for their first NBA Cup game. New Orleans was missing six ...

Three-time league MVP Nikola Jokic will miss the Denver Nuggets' NBA Cup game at New Orleans on Friday night due to personal ...

Nuggets lead assistant David Adelman took over for Malone and said the most difficult challenge of stepping in was that ...

The Denver Nuggets unexpectedly announced on Thursday that superstar center Nikola Jokic was questionable for Friday’s game ...

We’re not fully there yet, but going onto Nikola Jokic ‘s basketball-reference page is getting to a similarly very silly ...