Charlotte Hornets 110, Denver Nuggets 87 — Recap

January 18, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Charlotte Hornets 110, Denver Nuggets 87. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHA 33-18 DEN; Q2 CHA 27-16 DEN; Q3 CHA 27-23 DEN; Q4 CHA 23-30 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Brandon Miller (CHA) 23 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Ryan Kalkbrenner (CHA) 17 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists on 8-of-10 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 16 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists on 7-of-12 shooting; Julian Strawther (DEN) 15 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-7 shooting; Kon Knueppel (CHA) 14 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHA

Brandon Miller

23 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 4 3PM · 8-15 FG

Scoring · CHA

Ryan Kalkbrenner

17 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST · 8-10 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

16 PTS, 1 REB, 2 AST · 7-12 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

CHA 33 largest lead Q4 10:56 (CHA 92, DEN 59) · 10-0 run, Q2 7:44–Q2 5:18

DEN 0 largest lead Never led · 12-0 run, Q4 3:05–Q4 0:59

Swings 0 lead changes Tied 0 times

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CHA	33	27	27	23		110
DEN	18	16	23	30		87

🧮 How They Scored

CHADEN

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

52Bench points39

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.6%Effective FG%45.6%

11.2%Turnover %8.4%

43.2%Offensive rebound %18.2%

0.146Free-throw rate0.228

Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel G-F	27	14	4	3	0	1	2	5-11	2-4	2-2	+18
Sion James G	26	0	5	5	0	0	1	0-4	0-2	0-0	0
Moussa Diabate F	25	4	9	2	0	1	0	2-6	0-0	0-0	+6
Brandon Miller F	24	23	4	1	0	0	1	8-15	4-9	3-4	+16
Ryan Kalkbrenner C	23	17	6	1	0	0	1	8-10	0-0	1-1	+17
Miles Bridges F	23	7	4	1	0	0	1	3-6	0-2	1-1	+19
Tidjane Salaun F	22	13	11	2	0	1	1	6-8	1-2	0-1	+6
Collin Sexton G	20	14	2	5	1	0	2	5-10	0-4	4-4	+13
LaMelo Ball G	19	10	1	6	3	0	1	4-11	2-7	0-0	+22
Josh Green G	13	3	3	0	0	0	1	1-3	1-2	0-0	+5
Tre Mann G	12	2	2	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	-7
Pat Connaughton G	6	3	1	3	0	0	0	1-2	1-1	0-0	0

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Pickett G	34	12	5	7	0	0	2	4-7	2-4	2-2	-8
Spencer Jones F	31	2	6	0	1	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	-27
Peyton Watson G	29	11	4	0	1	3	2	4-12	0-4	3-4	-29
DaRon Holmes II F	26	7	3	2	0	0	1	2-7	2-7	1-2	-11
Jamal Murray G	25	16	1	2	1	0	1	7-12	0-2	2-2	-22
Zeke Nnaji F-C	23	8	5	1	0	0	1	4-10	0-2	0-0	+9
Hunter Tyson F	21	1	2	2	0	0	0	0-9	0-8	1-2	-12
Julian Strawther G	20	15	2	2	2	0	0	5-7	2-3	3-3	-3
Bruce Brown G	18	9	0	3	2	2	0	4-7	1-2	0-0	-3
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	13	6	1	2	0	0	1	1-5	1-5	3-3	-9

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Brandon Miller	Starter	24	23	68.6	34.6	+36.4	21.4
Kon Knueppel	Starter	27	14	58.9	24.1	+39.7	9.2
LaMelo Ball	Starter	19	10	45.5	26.1	+62.9	14.2
Miles Bridges	Starter	23	7	54.3	14.3	+45.2	9.2
Moussa Diabate	Starter	25	4	33.3	11.3	+18.2	8.7
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Bench	23	17	81.4	19.6	+34.2	20.3
Collin Sexton	Bench	20	14	59.5	26.5	+40.5	18.3
Tidjane Salaun	Bench	22	13	77.0	17.3	+12.6	23.8
Pat Connaughton	Bench	06	3	75.0	15.4	-11.8	21.4
Josh Green	Bench	13	3	50.0	12.9	+19.2	4.9
Tre Mann	Bench	12	2	33.3	14.8	-40.5	-0.9
Sion James	Bench	26	0	0.0	8.8	-2.4	2.7

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jamal Murray	Starter	25	16	62.1	27.5	-50.9	12.8
Jalen Pickett	Starter	34	12	76.1	14.7	-9.6	14.4
Peyton Watson	Starter	29	11	40.0	27.6	-57.3	5.7
DaRon Holmes II	Starter	26	7	44.4	18.0	-18.9	0.9
Spencer Jones	Starter	31	2	33.3	4.7	-46.6	4.9
Julian Strawther	Bench	20	15	90.1	20.0	-4.9	19.1
Bruce Brown	Bench	18	9	64.3	19.4	-5.6	14.8
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	23	8	40.0	22.4	+18.9	2.3
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	13	6	47.5	25.0	-43.9	12.7
Hunter Tyson	Bench	21	1	5.1	23.3	-25.5	-9.8
Aaron Gordon	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0