After winning five consecutive games, all at home, the Denver Nuggets hit the road to take on the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday for an NBA Cup Group Play matchup. The Nuggets had to head into New Orleans without superstar center Nikola Jokic,

The Denver Nuggets recovered from a shaky start to the season by winning five games in a row behind Nikola Jokic's MVP play. Since Jokic has missed the last two games for personal reasons, the Nuggets were uncompetitive in losses against the Memphis Grizzlies (90-105) and New Orleans Pelicans (94-101).

With Jokic out, the Nuggets have needed more from Jamal Murray than they’ve gotten. Scoring 16 points in 43 minutes in a loss to the New Orleans Pelicans, Murray followed that with just 13 points in 37 minutes vs.