The Denver Nuggets hope to pick up their first win of the season when they host the New Orleans Pelicans in their home opener. The game is set to tip off at 9:30 PM ET and will air on ALT, KTVD, ALT+, Gulf Coast Sports, and Pelicans+.

The Nuggets dropped their season opener to the Oklahoma City Thunder, 96-84. The game was a defensive slog with Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray struggling to generate any offense. The Pelicans and Nuggets will meet twice in the next three games for Denver.

The Pelicans have played two competitive games, but are 0-2 on the season with losses to the Indiana Pacers and Utah Jazz by a combined four points. They lost to the Jazz, 120-119, on Friday night. Their next two games will be against Denver.

This is the first meeting of the season between the two squads.

Alpha Diallo is QUESTIONABLE with a right wrist sprain. Diallo played 22 minutes against the Thunder, finishing with four points, two rebounds, and three assists. He started the second half in place of Cameron Johnson, who left early due to injury.

Cameron Johnson is OUT with a right ankle sprain. He left the game against OKC early on Thursday, logging just 11 minutes. He finished with five points, two rebounds, and one assist.

Spencer Jones is OUT with bilateral hamstring injury management. He did not play in the season opener, but was listed as questionable going into the game.

Julian Strawther is OUT with a left knee sprain. On October 16, it was reported that he would be out for six weeks.

The Nuggets will start Jamal Murray, Christian Braun, Nikola Jokic, and Aaron Gordon. The fifth starting spot is up for grabs with Johnson out and Diallo questionable. DeMar DeRozan played 28 minutes off the bench for Denver on opening night. Rookie Trevon Brazile logged 18 minutes, the third most behind DeRozan and Diallo.

Yves Missi is OUT with a left knee contusion and bone bruise. He suffered the injury on Friday against the Utah Jazz, playing just nine minutes before having to be subbed out. He started both games for the Pelicans, finishing with 13 points, 14 rebounds, five assists, two steals, and three blocks in the home opener against the Pacers.

Malik Dia and Jaron Pierre Jr are OUT on G-League two-way deals. Julian Reese is PROBABLE on a G-League two-way deal.

The Pelicans started Zion Williamson, Trey Murphy III, Dejounte Murray, Jeremiah Fears, and Missi against the Jazz. Derik Queen logged 29 minutes off the bench with Missi injured and could be inserted into the starting lineup. Saddiq Bey, Jordan Poole, Herbert Jones, Bennedict Mathurin, and Karl Matkovic all played more than nine minutes off the bench.