Nuggets 119-115 Hornets (Dec 18, 2022) Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

7-23, 3-12 away

115

	1	2	3	4	T
CHA	25	27	28	35	115
DEN	20	35	39	25	119

Denver Nuggets

18-11, 9-3 home

119

Charlotte Hornets

starters
P.J. WashingtonP.J. Washington#25
Gordon HaywardG. Hayward#20
Mason PlumleeM. Plumlee#24
LaMelo BallL. Ball#1
Terry RozierT. Rozier#3
bench
Jalen McDanielsJ. McDaniels#6
Kai JonesK. Jones#23
JT ThorJ. Thor#21
Nick RichardsN. Richards#4
Theo MaledonT. Maledon#9
Kelly Oubre Jr.K. Oubre Jr.#12
James BouknightJ. Bouknight#2
Bryce McGowensB. McGowens#7
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
31	4-12	2-6	0-0	0	6	6	1	1	1	1	2	-13	10
35	5-11	2-4	3-4	2	8	10	4	0	0	2	2	+7	15
19	3-7	0-0	5-6	5	4	9	4	0	2	2	5	-4	11
36	10-21	4-9	7-7	1	4	5	5	1	0	2	2	-14	31
14	1-5	0-2	0-0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	-5	2
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
20	5-8	2-4	2-2	1	4	5	2	1	1	1	4	+12	14
3	1-1	0-0	1-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	-2	3
11	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
24	5-8	0-0	1-1	2	4	6	1	0	3	0	4	+5	11
12	0-3	0-3	2-2	1	2	3	4	0	0	1	1	+10	2
35	7-18	2-8	0-0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	2	-16	16
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	41-96	12-38	21-23	12	36	48	26	7	7	11	26		115
	42.7%	31.6%	91.3%

Denver Nuggets

starters
Aaron GordonA. Gordon#50
Bruce BrownB. Brown#11
Nikola JokicN. Jokic#15
Jamal MurrayJ. Murray#27
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeK. Caldwell-Pope#5
bench
Jeff GreenJ. Green#32
Vlatko CancarV. Cancar#31
DeAndre JordanD. Jordan#6
Bones HylandB. Hyland#3
Christian BraunC. Braun#0
Zeke NnajiZ. Nnaji#22
Ish SmithI. Smith#14
Davon ReedD. Reed#9
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
28	6-9	2-2	5-7	3	7	10	1	3	1	2	3	+15	19
37	7-11	2-4	0-1	0	1	1	4	0	2	3	4	+18	16
40	13-26	2-4	12-17	7	20	27	10	2	0	5	4	+20	40
35	2-11	0-6	2-4	0	1	1	11	0	0	3	0	+12	6
32	8-15	4-9	0-0	1	3	4	5	0	0	0	3	+12	20
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
20	3-8	0-0	2-3	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	-11	8
3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-4	0
8	0-0	0-0	1-2	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	-16	1
17	3-11	1-6	0-0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	-15	7
21	1-3	0-2	0-0	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	-11	2
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	43-94	11-33	22-34	15	40	55	33	6	3	14	17		119
	45.7%	33.3%	64.7%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

DEN leads 1-0

Hornets
115
Nuggets
119

Game 1

12/18

Nuggets
119
Hornets
105

Game 2

2/11

Ball Arena

8:00 PM, December 18, 2022

Denver, CO

Line: DEN -8.5

Over/Under: 235.5

Attendance: 19,235

Referees:
Brian Forte
Leon Wood
Brandon Adair

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Orlando	18	12	.600	-	W1
Miami	13	13	.500	3	L3
Atlanta	14	15	.483	3.5	L3
Charlotte	7	21	.250	10	L4
Washington	4	22	.154	12	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	22	5	.815	-	W7
Denver	15	11	.577	6.5	W1
Minnesota	14	13	.519	8	L2
Portland	9	19	.321	13.5	L1
Utah	7	20	.259	15	W2

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