New Orleans Pelicans visit Denver Nuggets early in the season. Neither team has a regular-season result yet, so our read leans on last season's games: Pelicans went L-L-W-L-L and Nuggets went L-L-L-W-L over their last five.
Tip Off Live ratings give the edge to Nuggets: about 83% to win, with a projected score of New Orleans Pelicans 109, Denver Nuggets 119. A win for Pelicans would count as a real upset. These are model estimates built from past results, not guarantees.
The teams have met 7 times in our recent records. Nuggets lead 6-1, and the average margin has been 11.4 points in favor of Nuggets.
On the injury report, Julian Strawther (DEN) is listed as out.