Denver Nuggets 102, Charlotte Hornets 95 — Recap

December 23, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 102, Charlotte Hornets 95. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 25-27 CHA; Q2 DEN 29-33 CHA; Q3 DEN 30-9 CHA; Q4 DEN 18-26 CHA.

Top performers (box score): Miles Bridges (CHA) 22 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-23 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 22 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 20 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-19 shooting; P.J. Washington (CHA) 20 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-20 shooting; Nick Smith Jr. (CHA) 19 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHA

Miles Bridges

22 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 8-23 FG

Scoring · DEN

Michael Porter Jr.

22 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 5 3PM · 8-14 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

20 PTS, 12 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 8-19 FG

Season highs

Nick Richards · Season-high 15 reboundsJamal Murray · Season-high 12 reboundsNick Smith Jr. · 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
DEN	25	29	30	18		102
CHA	27	33	9	26		95

🧮 How They Scored

DENCHA

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.3%Effective FG%41.7%

12.1%Turnover %11.0%

32.4%Offensive rebound %26.7%

0.173Free-throw rate0.292

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	36	18	10	9	1	1	3	8-14	0-2	2-2	+12
Jamal Murray G	33	20	12	5	3	—	1	8-19	2-6	2-2	+7
Aaron Gordon F	32	14	2	1	1	1	2	5-11	—	4-5	+12
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	32	3	3	2	2	4	—	1-3	1-2	—	+11
Michael Porter Jr. F	31	22	5	1	1	2	1	8-14	5-8	1-2	+15
Christian Braun G	18	11	7	1	—	2	1	3-7	2-3	3-3	-8
Peyton Watson G	17	2	3	—	1	1	1	1-2	0-1	—	-3
Julian Strawther G	16	10	1	1	1	—	1	4-10	2-5	—	-4
Zeke Nnaji F-C	12	—	2	1	—	2	2	0-1	—	—	-7

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Miles Bridges F	38	22	7	2	2	3	1	8-23	2-12	4-4	-5
Nick Richards C	38	12	15	3	1	3	3	4-8	—	4-6	-4
P.J. Washington F	28	20	8	2	4	2	2	6-20	1-7	7-9	-10
Nick Smith Jr. G	25	19	3	2	—	—	1	6-12	5-7	2-2	+6
Bryce McGowens G	18	—	3	—	—	—	—	0-4	—	—	-4
Brandon Miller F	11	4	1	2	—	—	3	2-5	0-2	—	-4

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	31	22	73.9	23.9	+24.6	17.0
Jamal Murray	Bench	33	20	50.3	28.0	+10.4	19.5
Nikola Jokic	Bench	36	18	60.5	21.7	+16.4	16.9
Aaron Gordon	Bench	32	14	53.0	20.5	+15.5	6.0
Christian Braun	Bench	18	11	66.1	18.4	-24.0	21.8
Julian Strawther	Bench	16	10	50.0	25.6	-12.1	10.5
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	32	3	50.0	4.2	+15.7	7.1
Peyton Watson	Bench	17	2	50.0	6.8	-8.6	4.8
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	12	—	0.0	10.0	-25.0	-9.4
Jay Huff	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Collin Gillespie	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hunter Tyson	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Miles Bridges	Bench	38	22	44.4	27.2	-2.7	11.0
P.J. Washington	Bench	28	20	41.7	36.1	-19.2	16.8
Nick Smith Jr.	Bench	25	19	73.8	21.9	+13.9	17.4
Nick Richards	Bench	38	12	56.4	15.1	-6.5	14.0
Brandon Miller	Bench	11	4	40.0	32.0	-18.2	0.0
Terry Rozier	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bryce McGowens	Bench	18	—	0.0	8.7	-7.7	-4.4