Charlotte Hornets 115, Denver Nuggets 107 — Recap

December 23, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Charlotte Hornets 115, Denver Nuggets 107. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHA 27-26 DEN; Q2 CHA 25-39 DEN; Q3 CHA 25-29 DEN; Q4 CHA 38-13 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 29 points, 21 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 13-of-34 shooting; Kelly Oubre Jr. (CHA) 23 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Terry Rozier (CHA) 17 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 5-of-15 shooting; Miles Bridges (CHA) 16 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-14 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 16 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

29 PTS, 21 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 13-34 FG

Scoring · CHA

Kelly Oubre Jr.

23 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 5 3PM · 7-15 FG

Scoring · CHA

Terry Rozier

17 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 4 3PM · 5-15 FG

Season highs

Nikola Jokic · Season-high 21 rebounds

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CHA	27	25	25	38		115
DEN	26	39	29	13		107

🧮 How They Scored

CHADEN

44Points in the paint50

6Fast-break points24

13Second-chance points20

17Points off turnovers16

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.0%Effective FG%49.0%

9.5%Turnover %12.7%

21.4%Offensive rebound %20.8%

0.255Free-throw rate0.177

Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Terry Rozier G	35	17	7	4	0	0	2	5-15	4-10	3-4	+15
Kelly Oubre Jr. F	32	23	4	1	4	1	1	7-15	5-11	4-4	+6
Gordon Hayward F	30	6	4	3	1	0	2	1-10	1-5	3-3	-8
Jalen McDaniels F	28	12	6	2	0	1	0	6-13	0-4	0-1	+13
P.J. Washington F	27	13	9	5	0	2	0	5-6	3-4	0-0	+12
Miles Bridges F	26	16	5	3	0	0	2	6-14	1-7	3-4	-14
LaMelo Ball G	25	16	5	4	4	1	3	5-11	1-5	5-5	-1
Mason Plumlee F-C	20	3	6	1	1	1	0	1-3	0-0	1-1	-8
Ish Smith G	15	9	2	4	0	2	1	3-6	1-1	2-2	+27
Nick Richards C	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-2

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	35	29	21	5	2	0	6	13-34	1-6	2-3	+2
Will Barton G	34	11	9	4	1	0	2	4-10	2-6	1-2	-3
Facundo Campazzo G	33	12	2	5	3	1	1	3-12	3-10	3-4	-1
Monte Morris G	28	3	2	3	0	0	0	1-7	1-4	0-0	-4
Jeff Green F	25	11	5	0	0	1	0	5-6	0-0	1-2	-9
Austin Rivers G	21	11	5	1	1	0	2	4-7	3-5	0-0	-4
Vlatko Cancar F	19	11	4	2	0	0	0	5-6	1-1	0-0	-1
Zeke Nnaji F-C	17	6	2	0	0	0	1	2-4	0-1	2-2	-5
Nah'Shon Hyland G	14	3	1	3	0	0	2	1-8	1-5	0-0	-5
JaMychal Green F	13	10	3	0	0	0	1	2-2	2-2	4-4	-10

🔬 Advanced Stats

Charlotte HornetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kelly Oubre Jr.	Bench	32	23	68.6	21.8	+8.8	15.6
Terry Rozier	Bench	35	17	50.7	21.6	+18.0	8.3
Miles Bridges	Bench	26	16	50.8	27.7	-26.2	9.0
LaMelo Ball	Bench	25	16	60.6	25.8	-1.8	15.3
P.J. Washington	Bench	27	13	108.3	9.5	+19.5	19.6
Jalen McDaniels	Bench	28	12	44.6	19.1	+25.7	7.1
Ish Smith	Bench	15	9	65.4	25.0	+90.0	23.4
Gordon Hayward	Bench	30	6	26.5	17.3	-8.9	1.6
Mason Plumlee	Bench	20	3	43.6	8.2	-16.1	6.4
Nick Richards	Bench	2	0	0.0	14.3	-33.3	20.0

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	35	29	41.1	45.6	+2.7	16.9
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	33	12	43.6	17.6	-3.1	6.0
Jeff Green	Bench	25	11	79.9	10.9	-16.4	9.0
Will Barton	Bench	34	11	50.6	15.5	-2.7	11.1
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	19	11	91.7	12.0	+0.1	14.2
Austin Rivers	Bench	21	11	78.6	16.4	-14.0	13.2
JaMychal Green	Bench	13	10	133.0	16.1	-32.4	23.4
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	17	6	61.5	13.6	-17.2	0.9
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	14	3	18.8	27.0	-16.1	-10.6
Monte Morris	Bench	28	3	21.4	10.0	-4.9	0.0