NEW ORLEANS — Deja vu next door to the French Quarter? Nearly, but not quite.
The Nuggets lost to the Pelicans 115-110 on Friday night in an in-season tournament group-stage barn burner. They trailed 84-64 with 6:50 remaining in the third quarter after a 4-for-21 start from beyond the arc, but then three consecutive 3-pointers from Christian Braun, Nikola Jokic and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope ignited a furious comeback to pull within one possession several times in the fourth. The Nuggets never led.
Eleven days earlier, they rallied from down 20 at home to defeat Zion Williamson and the Pelicans.