Charlotte Hornets @ Denver Nuggets

7-24, 3-13 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Hornets CHA	18	31	17	27	93
Nuggets DEN	24	25	40	22	111

Denver NuggetsNuggetsDEN

24-11, 14-3 Home

111

24-11, 14-3 Home

Charlotte Hornets

starters
Miles BridgesM. Bridges#0
Brandon MillerB. Miller#24
Nick RichardsN. Richards#4
Ish SmithI. Smith#14
Bryce McGowensB. McGowens#7
bench
P.J. WashingtonP.J. Washington#25
JT ThorJ. Thor#21
Cody MartinC. Martin#11
Nate MensahN. Mensah#31
James BouknightJ. Bouknight#2
Nick Smith Jr.N. Smith Jr.#8
Frank NtilikinaF. Ntilikina#44
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
36	26	10-14	3-5	3-5	9	5	2	1	0	0	9	1	-23
32	15	5-17	3-9	2-2	5	1	2	0	0	0	5	1	-31
30	15	7-12	0-0	1-2	8	1	0	1	1	2	6	2	-29
29	10	5-12	0-0	0-0	3	4	4	0	0	1	2	2	-28
23	10	4-8	2-3	0-0	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	4	-16
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
26	6	2-5	1-3	1-1	6	0	2	0	0	1	5	2	+3
4	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	+6
25	2	0-6	0-3	2-4	3	6	0	2	2	1	2	0	-2
12	2	0-1	0-0	2-2	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	+14
4	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	+6
19	5	2-8	1-3	0-0	3	2	2	0	1	2	1	2	+10
DNP-LEFT TIBIA
	93	36-86	10-26	11-16	45	24	12	4	5	8	37	15
		42%	38%	69%

Denver Nuggets

starters
Aaron GordonA. Gordon#50
Michael Porter Jr.M. Porter Jr.#1
Nikola JokicN. Jokic#15
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeK. Caldwell-Pope#5
Jamal MurrayJ. Murray#27
bench
Braxton KeyB. Key#11
Zeke NnajiZ. Nnaji#22
Reggie JacksonR. Jackson#7
Jalen PickettJ. Pickett#24
Christian BraunC. Braun#0
Julian StrawtherJ. Strawther#3
Peyton WatsonP. Watson#8
Justin HolidayJ. Holiday#9
DeAndre JordanD. Jordan#6
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
25	10	4-5	1-1	1-2	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	+29
31	22	8-17	4-11	2-2	8	1	1	0	0	1	7	1	+33
28	13	6-7	0-0	1-1	11	6	3	1	1	0	11	2	+27
29	5	2-6	0-3	1-1	3	4	0	1	0	0	3	3	+28
27	25	7-16	5-9	6-7	3	7	2	2	1	0	3	1	+26
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
4	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	-6
21	2	1-5	0-2	0-0	3	1	2	0	3	1	2	2	-9
17	15	6-11	2-3	1-2	4	4	0	1	0	0	4	2	-2
4	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
24	9	3-6	1-3	2-3	4	2	1	1	2	1	3	1	-11
13	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	-14
19	8	3-6	2-4	0-0	4	1	0	1	1	0	4	2	-5
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	111	41-83	15-38	14-18	44	27	10	9	9	4	40	15
		49%	39%	78%

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

Matchups

CHA

DEN wins season

2-0

DEN

Game 1@ CHA

Final

102

Game 2@ DEN

Final

111

Game Information

Denver, CO

Altitude SportsFanDuel SN SE

Referee:Marat Kogut

Referee:David Guthrie

Referee:Tyler Mirkovich

Eastern Conference

Southeast	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Atlanta	46	36	.561	-	L1
Orlando	45	37	.549	1	L1
Charlotte	44	38	.537	2	W1
Miami	43	39	.524	3	W2
Washington	17	65	.207	29	L10

Western Conference

Northwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	64	18	.780	-	L2
Denver	54	28	.659	10	W12
Minnesota	49	33	.598	15	W2
Portland	42	40	.512	22	W2
Utah	22	60	.268	42	L1

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