Denver Nuggets 117, Charlotte Hornets 112 — Recap

May 11, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 117, Charlotte Hornets 112. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 38-26 CHA; Q2 DEN 25-34 CHA; Q3 DEN 28-26 CHA; Q4 DEN 26-26 CHA.

Top performers (box score): Devonte' Graham (CHA) 31 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 7 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 30 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists on 7-of-16 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 30 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 6 threes on 12-of-18 shooting; Terry Rozier (CHA) 21 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-18 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 17 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHA

Devonte' Graham

31 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 7 3PM · 10-19 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

30 PTS, 11 REB, 6 AST · 7-16 FG

Scoring · DEN

Michael Porter Jr.

30 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 6 3PM · 12-18 FG

Season highs

Devonte' Graham · Season-high 31 pointsDevonte' Graham · Season-high 7 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
DEN	38	25	28	26		117
CHA	26	34	26	26		112

🧮 How They Scored

DENCHA

42Points in the paint60

19Fast-break points18

10Second-chance points19

18Points off turnovers21

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

57.2%Effective FG%52.2%

15.3%Turnover %14.6%

22.7%Offensive rebound %34.9%

0.313Free-throw rate0.220

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Facundo Campazzo G	37	8	4	6	3	0	3	3-9	2-7	0-0	+14
Michael Porter Jr. F	35	30	6	1	2	0	5	12-18	6-10	0-0	+23
Nikola Jokic C	33	30	11	6	0	0	2	7-16	0-2	16-17	+12
Austin Rivers G	31	9	1	3	2	0	0	3-8	2-5	1-2	+12
Aaron Gordon F	29	17	6	3	2	0	0	8-14	1-2	0-0	+11
JaMychal Green F	22	11	3	2	0	1	1	3-5	1-3	4-4	-9
Shaquille Harrison G	18	1	4	2	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	1-2	-6
Paul Millsap F	15	6	1	1	1	1	3	3-6	0-1	0-1	-7
Monte Morris G	10	5	1	2	1	0	1	2-5	1-2	0-0	-12
Vlatko Cancar F	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-13
Markus Howard G	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Terry Rozier G	41	21	3	5	2	1	2	8-18	2-8	3-3	-12
P.J. Washington F	40	13	11	4	4	3	2	4-16	0-9	5-6	-16
Devonte' Graham G	33	31	4	5	0	0	1	10-19	7-14	4-4	+17
LaMelo Ball G	31	5	12	7	0	0	5	1-9	0-3	3-4	-1
Cody Zeller C	29	15	10	3	2	0	1	7-9	0-0	1-2	+23
Jalen McDaniels F	25	15	4	2	1	0	1	7-9	1-2	0-0	-4
Malik Monk G	18	8	4	3	0	0	3	3-6	1-3	1-1	-4
Bismack Biyombo C	16	4	1	1	0	1	2	2-4	0-0	0-0	-24
Caleb Martin F	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-4

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	33	30	63.9	31.6	+18.4	19.2
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	35	30	83.3	27.7	+28.0	15.2
Aaron Gordon	Bench	29	17	60.7	20.0	+19.5	13.9
JaMychal Green	Bench	22	11	81.4	16.3	-19.6	11.0
Austin Rivers	Bench	31	9	50.7	12.0	+19.5	4.1
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	37	8	44.4	13.6	+21.8	5.8
Paul Millsap	Bench	15	6	46.6	25.0	-23.6	2.0
Monte Morris	Bench	10	5	50.0	26.1	-54.5	6.1
Shaquille Harrison	Bench	18	1	26.6	7.1	-12.3	1.6
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	7	0	0.0	5.9	-81.3	0.0
Markus Howard	Bench	3	0	0.0	14.3	+10.7	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Devonte' Graham	Bench	33	31	74.7	25.6	+19.3	20.2
Terry Rozier	Bench	41	21	54.3	21.4	-16.4	8.7
Cody Zeller	Bench	29	15	75.9	13.8	+29.2	16.7
Jalen McDaniels	Bench	25	15	83.3	15.6	-10.9	16.5
P.J. Washington	Bench	40	13	34.9	22.1	-18.8	6.7
Malik Monk	Bench	18	8	62.1	20.5	-10.3	13.5
LaMelo Ball	Bench	31	5	23.2	19.0	-4.6	5.2
Bismack Biyombo	Bench	16	4	50.0	16.7	-64.3	-0.6
Caleb Martin	Bench	7	0	0.0	6.7	-18.6	-2.3