Denver Nuggets 115, Charlotte Hornets 106 — Recap

December 7, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 115, Charlotte Hornets 106. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 34-34 CHA; Q2 DEN 23-24 CHA; Q3 DEN 30-23 CHA; Q4 DEN 28-25 CHA.

Top performers (box score): Jamal Murray (DEN) 34 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 14-of-25 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 28 points, 9 rebounds, 11 assists, 4 threes on 11-of-16 shooting; Miles Bridges (CHA) 24 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists on 10-of-19 shooting; Brandon Miller (CHA) 17 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 5-of-19 shooting; K.J. Simpson (CHA) 16 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Jamal Murray

34 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 14-25 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

28 PTS, 9 REB, 11 AST, 4 3PM · 11-16 FG

Scoring · CHA

Miles Bridges

24 PTS, 9 REB, 8 AST · 10-19 FG

Season highs

Miles Bridges · Season-high 8 assistsLiam McNeeley · Season-high 4 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	34	23	30	28		115
CHA	34	24	23	25		106

🧮 How They Scored

DENCHA

46Points in the paint46

11Fast-break points10

12Second-chance points11

15Points off turnovers13

27Bench points29

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

59.6%Effective FG%52.9%

9.7%Turnover %12.1%

11.9%Offensive rebound %25.0%

0.265Free-throw rate0.247

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cameron Johnson F	39	8	4	3	0	0	0	2-7	1-5	3-4	+9
Jamal Murray G	35	34	3	5	1	0	0	14-25	2-9	4-4	+14
Nikola Jokic C	35	28	9	11	1	0	4	11-16	4-8	2-3	+6
Peyton Watson G	30	10	8	1	0	1	4	4-9	1-2	1-5	+10
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	27	14	1	2	2	0	0	3-6	2-4	6-6	+7
Spencer Jones F	25	8	2	1	2	0	1	3-5	2-4	0-0	+14
Bruce Brown G	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	-12
Jalen Pickett G	16	5	4	3	1	0	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	-6
Jonas Valanciunas C	13	8	4	3	1	1	1	4-9	0-0	0-0	+3

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Miles Bridges F	37	24	9	8	1	0	3	10-19	0-6	4-6	-11
Kon Knueppel G-F	33	14	4	4	1	0	2	5-13	2-10	2-2	-14
Brandon Miller F	30	17	5	5	1	1	5	5-19	4-10	3-3	-12
K.J. Simpson G	29	16	5	1	1	0	0	6-14	2-8	2-4	-14
Sion James G	26	7	2	1	1	0	1	2-6	1-5	2-2	+1
Ryan Kalkbrenner C	25	6	6	0	0	2	1	3-4	0-0	0-0	-10
Mason Plumlee F-C	22	4	6	2	1	0	1	1-2	0-0	2-2	+3
Liam McNeeley F	20	13	4	2	1	0	0	4-5	4-5	1-2	+4
Tidjane Salaun F	16	5	6	1	0	0	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	0
Antonio Reeves G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+8

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jamal Murray	Starter	35	34	63.5	33.8	+16.0	19.5
Nikola Jokic	Starter	35	28	80.8	27.6	+6.7	22.9
Peyton Watson	Starter	30	10	44.6	22.4	+12.1	4.3
Cameron Johnson	Starter	39	8	45.7	10.8	+10.2	3.0
Spencer Jones	Starter	25	8	80.0	12.0	+28.6	4.2
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	27	14	81.0	15.0	+14.6	13.6
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	13	8	44.4	35.7	+12.0	19.3
Jalen Pickett	Bench	16	5	83.3	8.8	-12.1	15.4
Bruce Brown	Bench	20	0	0.0	7.0	-24.4	-6.2
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hunter Tyson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Curtis Jones	Bench	00	0	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	Starter	37	24	55.5	29.4	-10.0	16.0
Brandon Miller	Starter	30	17	41.8	35.7	-19.7	4.8
K.J. Simpson	Starter	29	16	50.8	21.7	-24.1	11.7
Kon Knueppel	Starter	33	14	50.4	20.3	-19.1	7.3
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Starter	25	6	75.0	9.1	-15.5	5.0
Liam McNeeley	Bench	20	13	110.5	14.0	+12.5	18.1
Sion James	Bench	26	7	50.9	13.6	-0.3	2.2
Tidjane Salaun	Bench	16	5	83.3	8.3	0.0	16.5
Mason Plumlee	Bench	22	4	69.4	8.0	+9.5	6.0
Collin Sexton	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Antonio Reeves	Bench	3	0	0.0	0.0	+133.3	0.0