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CHA 3-5
115 – 119
FINAL
DEN 3-3

Charlotte Hornets 115, Denver Nuggets 119 — Recap

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📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Charlotte Hornets 115, Denver Nuggets 119. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHA 25-20 DEN; Q2 CHA 27-35 DEN; Q3 CHA 28-39 DEN; Q4 CHA 35-25 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 40 points, 27 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 threes on 13-of-26 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 31 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-21 shooting; Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (DEN) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 19 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-9 shooting; Bruce Brown (DEN) 16 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN
Nikola Jokic
40 PTS, 27 REB, 10 AST, 2 3PM · 13-26 FG
Scoring · CHA
LaMelo Ball
31 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 10-21 FG
Scoring · DEN
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
20 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 8-15 FG
Season highs
LaMelo Ball · Season-high 31 pointsNikola Jokic · Season-high 27 reboundsJamal Murray · Season-high 11 assistsGordon Hayward · Season-high 10 rebounds

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

Linescore

1234 T
CHA 25272835 115
DEN 20353925 119

🧮 How They Scored

CHADEN
54Points in the paint60
18Fast-break points20
10Second-chance points14
18Points off turnovers7
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
49.0%Effective FG%51.6%
9.4%Turnover %11.4%
23.1%Offensive rebound %29.4%
0.240Free-throw rate0.362

Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
LaMelo Ball G 36315510210-214-97-7-14
Kelly Oubre Jr. F 3516122007-182-80-0-16
Gordon Hayward F 35151040025-112-43-4+7
P.J. Washington F 3110611114-122-60-0-13
Nick Richards C 2411610305-80-01-1+5
Jalen McDaniels F 2014521115-82-42-2+12
Mason Plumlee F-C 1911940223-70-05-6-4
Terry Rozier G 142220001-50-20-0-5
Theo Maledon G 122340010-30-32-2+10
JT Thor F 110111010-20-20-00
Kai Jones F-C 33001011-10-01-1-2

Denver Nuggets

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Nikola Jokic C 4040271020513-262-412-17+20
Bruce Brown G 3716140237-112-40-1+18
Jamal Murray G 3561110032-110-62-4+12
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G 3220450008-154-90-0+12
Aaron Gordon F 28191013126-92-25-7+15
Christian Braun G 212500001-30-20-0-11
Jeff Green F 208300003-80-02-3-11
Nah'Shon Hyland G 177111003-111-60-0-15
DeAndre Jordan C 81310000-00-01-2-16
Vlatko Cancar F 30000010-00-00-0-4

🔬 Advanced Stats

Charlotte HornetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
LaMelo Ball Bench 363164.427.5-14.216.3
Kelly Oubre Jr. Bench 351644.419.8-15.14.3
Gordon Hayward Bench 351558.817.6+12.011.9
Jalen McDaniels Bench 201478.823.3+35.115.2
Mason Plumlee Bench 191157.123.5-8.911.2
Nick Richards Bench 241165.214.3+13.911.7
P.J. Washington Bench 311041.715.9-17.85.4
Kai Jones Bench 33104.225.0-25.00.0
Terry Rozier Bench 14220.014.3-15.24.3
Theo Maledon Bench 12225.818.5+41.77.0
Bryce McGowens Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
James Bouknight Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
JT Thor Bench 1100.013.60.0-2.9
Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Nikola Jokic Bench 404059.735.2+19.526.2
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Bench 322066.717.6+13.212.5
Aaron Gordon Bench 281978.618.9+21.017.7
Bruce Brown Bench 371669.914.3+17.46.2
Jeff Green Bench 20842.917.3-24.34.5
Nah'Shon Hyland Bench 17731.825.0-46.71.4
Jamal Murray Bench 35623.516.7+13.92.5
Christian Braun Bench 21233.35.7-27.75.4
DeAndre Jordan Bench 8156.85.0-94.15.5
Zeke Nnaji Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Ish Smith Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Vlatko Cancar Bench 300.014.3-57.1-7.1
Davon Reed Bench 0000.00.00.00.0

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

2022-23 season series CHA 0 – 1 DEN
Last 5 meetings · since 2020-21 CHA 1 – 4 DEN
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
Charlotte Hornets 7-23 L8 L10 1-9 Next game recap: @ SAC · Mon, Dec 19
Denver Nuggets 18-11 W1 L10 6-4 Next game recap: vs MEM · Tue, Dec 20

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