Nikola Jokić says Nuggets fans who booed during comeback win over Pelicans are 'not welcome anymore'

Denver’s home fans shared their displeasure as the Nuggets fell behind by more than 20 points to the Pelicans

An NBA season hasn't truly begun until the Denver Nuggets have played with their food for three-and-a-half quarters, fallen behind by double digits, and then furiously rallied back for a comeback against an inferior opponent. It is among the most common game-style archetypes in the NBA, a quirk of Denver's that has lasted more or less Nikola Jokić's entire career. You'd think by now that the fans in Denver would understand that after watching it for more than a decade. Alas, Nuggets fans shared quite a bit of displeasure with the team when they fell behind by more than 20 in the first half against the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday.

They rained boos down on their team, which was already winless after a tough loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the opener in which they were held to their fewest points in a regular-season game (84) since January 2024. Thereafter, the Nuggets did what they've so often done during the Jokić era. The Pelicans led by as many as 23, and were even up 16 with 7:24 remaining, but the Nuggets stormed back. They managed to force overtime by holding the Pelicans without a field goal attempt in the last 80 seconds of the game, and once they got to the extra period, they didn't look back in