Charlotte Hornets 115, Denver Nuggets 129 — Recap

February 20, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Charlotte Hornets 115, Denver Nuggets 129. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHA 30-38 DEN; Q2 CHA 28-28 DEN; Q3 CHA 38-33 DEN; Q4 CHA 19-30 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Miles Bridges (CHA) 36 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 threes on 12-of-23 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 34 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists, 7 threes on 12-of-18 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 29 points, 17 rebounds, 9 assists, 6 threes on 11-of-22 shooting; Josh Green (CHA) 19 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 18 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHA

Miles Bridges

36 PTS, 13 REB, 7 AST, 5 3PM · 12-23 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

34 PTS, 1 REB, 4 AST, 7 3PM · 12-18 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

29 PTS, 17 REB, 9 AST, 6 3PM · 11-22 FG

Season highs

Miles Bridges · Season-high 36 pointsJosh Green · Season-high 5 threes

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	30	28	38	19		115
DEN	38	28	33	30		129

🧮 How They Scored

CHADEN

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

48.9%Effective FG%59.7%

6.8%Turnover %11.0%

26.4%Offensive rebound %35.6%

0.191Free-throw rate0.163

Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Miles Bridges F	34	36	13	7	3	1	—	12-23	5-10	7-7	+1
Nick Smith Jr. G	33	16	1	3	—	—	—	7-16	2-6	—	-15
Moussa Diabate F	29	11	6	—	—	—	—	3-10	—	5-7	-18
Josh Green G	27	19	3	2	1	—	1	7-13	5-8	—	+1
Tidjane Salaun F	24	3	8	—	—	—	2	1-6	0-2	1-2	-6
Jusuf Nurkic C	19	9	10	7	1	1	2	4-11	0-4	1-1	+4
Seth Curry G	13	7	1	—	1	—	1	3-6	1-3	—	-7
Wendell Moore Jr. G	13	—	1	—	—	—	1	0-4	0-1	—	-16

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	37	29	17	9	1	1	2	11-22	6-14	1-2	+14
Jamal Murray G	35	34	1	4	—	2	2	12-18	7-10	3-4	-5
Christian Braun G	33	10	2	2	1	—	1	4-9	0-2	2-3	+23
Aaron Gordon F	32	18	7	2	—	—	—	8-13	1-2	1-2	+8
Michael Porter Jr. F	29	6	11	3	—	—	1	2-11	0-3	2-2	-8
Russell Westbrook G	26	8	3	7	—	—	5	3-10	1-4	1-1	+17
Julian Strawther G	22	16	4	2	—	—	1	5-10	4-7	2-2	+15
Zeke Nnaji F-C	16	4	3	—	1	—	—	2-3	0-1	—	+6
DeAndre Jordan C	11	4	7	—	—	—	1	2-2	—	—	—

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Miles Bridges	Bench	34	36	69.0	31.7	+3.4	23.3
Josh Green	Bench	27	19	73.1	21.5	+4.2	10.1
Nick Smith Jr.	Bench	33	16	50.0	19.5	-21.1	5.9
Moussa Diabate	Bench	29	11	42.0	18.1	-21.9	1.9
Jusuf Nurkic	Bench	19	9	39.3	28.9	+13.0	18.6
Seth Curry	Bench	13	7	58.3	23.3	-22.9	12.3
Tidjane Salaun	Bench	24	3	21.8	15.0	-9.7	-0.5
Grant Williams	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Wendell Moore Jr.	Bench	13	—	0.0	14.3	-55.2	-13.8

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jamal Murray	Bench	35	34	86.0	25.3	-8.5	14.9
Nikola Jokic	Bench	37	29	63.4	25.8	+14.3	18.7
Aaron Gordon	Bench	32	18	64.8	15.7	+7.6	9.9
Julian Strawther	Bench	22	16	73.5	21.8	+29.6	18.3
Christian Braun	Bench	33	10	48.4	12.6	+29.3	4.4
Russell Westbrook	Bench	26	8	38.3	22.7	+25.8	3.2
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	29	6	25.3	18.1	-11.2	4.8
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	11	4	100.0	12.0	0.0	41.0
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	16	4	66.7	7.5	+15.5	11.5
Dario Saric	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jalen Pickett	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hunter Tyson	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Trey Alexander	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
PJ Hall	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Spencer Jones	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0