Denver Nuggets @ Charlotte Hornets
45-31, 23-16 Away
113
45-31, 23-16 Away
39-37, 20-19 Home
109
39-37, 20-19 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- LaMelo Ball misses driving floating jump shot
- Aaron Gordon makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Miles Bridges makes 26-foot three point jumper (P.J. Washington assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
- LaMelo Ball misses 24-foot three point shot
- Will Barton misses three point jumper
- Miles Bridges misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Gordon makes 2-foot dunk (Monte Morris assists)
- Will Barton misses two point shot
- Miles Bridges makes driving layup (Terry Rozier assists)
- Miles Bridges makes free throw 1 of 1
- Jeff Green makes three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Mason Plumlee makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- LaMelo Ball makes 24-foot three point shot (Miles Bridges assists)
- Jeff Green makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jeff Green makes free throw 2 of 2
- LaMelo Ball misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Will Barton misses driving layup
- LaMelo Ball makes 27-foot three pointer (P.J. Washington assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
- Will Barton makes tip shot
- Aaron Gordon misses layup
- Aaron Gordon makes tip shot
- Will Barton misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Monte Morris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Cody Martin misses 7-foot two point shot
- Aaron Gordon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Monte Morris assists)
- Montrezl Harrell makes 6-foot two point shot (Terry Rozier assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes 1-foot dunk
- Miles Bridges makes 2-foot two point shot (Terry Rozier assists)
- Aaron Gordon misses layup
- Aaron Gordon misses tip shot
- Terry Rozier misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic misses free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic misses free throw 2 of 2
- Terry Rozier makes two point shot
- Terry Rozier misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Gordon makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Bryn Forbes misses three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes layup (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Kelly Oubre Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Terry Rozier makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Montrezl Harrell assists)
- Aaron Gordon misses layup
- Isaiah Thomas makes jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
- Bones Hyland misses free throw 1 of 2
- Bones Hyland makes free throw 2 of 2
- P.J. Washington makes 3-foot layup (LaMelo Ball assists)
- Bones Hyland misses 26-foot three point jumper
- LaMelo Ball misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Bones Hyland makes free throw 1 of 2
- Bones Hyland makes free throw 2 of 2
- Isaiah Thomas misses free throw 1 of 2
- Isaiah Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2
- LaMelo Ball makes free throw 1 of 2
- LaMelo Ball makes free throw 2 of 2
- Isaiah Thomas misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Bryn Forbes misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Montrezl Harrell misses free throw 1 of 2
- Montrezl Harrell makes free throw 2 of 2
- Bones Hyland misses 26-foot three point jumper
- LaMelo Ball makes two point shot (Montrezl Harrell assists)
- Davon Reed misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kelly Oubre Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
- Kelly Oubre Jr. misses free throw 1 of 1
- Will Barton misses 23-foot three point jumper
- LaMelo Ball misses two point shot
- Montrezl Harrell makes tip shot
- Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
- Austin Rivers makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Montrezl Harrell makes 4-foot dunk (LaMelo Ball assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 15-foot jumper
- Kelly Oubre Jr. misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- LaMelo Ball misses three point jumper
- Kelly Oubre Jr. makes tip shot
- Monte Morris makes 9-foot two point shot
- Isaiah Thomas misses 12-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 2-foot hook shot
- Isaiah Thomas makes two point shot
- Isaiah Thomas misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jeff Green makes 3-foot alley oop dunk shot (Monte Morris assists)
- Aaron Gordon misses three point jumper
- Terry Rozier misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Montrezl Harrell makes free throw 1 of 2
- Montrezl Harrell makes free throw 2 of 2
- Isaiah Thomas misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Will Barton misses 18-foot jumper
- Miles Bridges makes 2-foot driving dunk (Isaiah Thomas assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot two point shot (Monte Morris assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes 1-foot dunk (Jeff Green assists)
- Miles Bridges misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Monte Morris misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Isaiah Thomas makes 8-foot two point shot
- Will Barton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Isaiah Thomas makes 7-foot two point shot (Cody Martin assists)
- Monte Morris makes layup (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Cody Martin misses 3-foot two point shot
- Jeff Green makes alley oop dunk shot (Monte Morris assists)
- Will Barton makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Miles Bridges misses driving layup
- Kelly Oubre Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Will Barton makes 20-foot two point shot
- Mason Plumlee makes driving layup (LaMelo Ball assists)
- Mason Plumlee makes free throw 1 of 1
- P.J. Washington makes 27-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
- Miles Bridges misses 45-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes 3-foot layup (Monte Morris assists)
- LaMelo Ball makes finger roll layup (Terry Rozier assists)
- Miles Bridges makes alley oop dunk shot (Terry Rozier assists)
- LaMelo Ball misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Monte Morris misses 7-foot two point shot
- Will Barton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Monte Morris assists)
- Terry Rozier makes two point shot (Mason Plumlee assists)
- Monte Morris makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Terry Rozier makes 23-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes hook shot (Monte Morris assists)
- Miles Bridges misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Gordon misses three point jumper
- Miles Bridges misses alley oop dunk shot
- LaMelo Ball makes two point shot
- Jeff Green misses three point jumper
- Terry Rozier misses 6-foot two point shot
- Aaron Gordon makes alley oop dunk shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- P.J. Washington makes 25-foot three point jumper (Terry Rozier assists)
- Jeff Green misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Monte Morris misses layup
- Nikola Jokic makes tip shot
- LaMelo Ball misses layup
- Monte Morris makes 24-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
- Terry Rozier misses 26-foot three point jumper
- LaMelo Ball misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Gordon misses driving layup
- Nikola Jokic makes layup
- Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot two point shot (Monte Morris assists)
- Terry Rozier misses 7-foot two point shot
- Will Barton makes 27-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Austin Rivers misses 23-foot three point jumper
- P.J. Washington misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes technical free throw
- Kelly Oubre Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
- LaMelo Ball makes 23-foot three point jumper
- Bones Hyland misses 14-foot two point shot
- Bones Hyland makes 28-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
- Kelly Oubre Jr. makes layup (Mason Plumlee assists)
- Will Barton makes 27-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Kelly Oubre Jr. makes layup (LaMelo Ball assists)
- Kelly Oubre Jr. misses free throw 1 of 1
- Miles Bridges misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Miles Bridges makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
- Jeff Green misses layup
- DeMarcus Cousins makes dunk
- Miles Bridges makes driving layup
- Will Barton misses 27-foot three point jumper
- DeMarcus Cousins makes tip shot
- Miles Bridges makes 3-foot two point shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
- Bones Hyland makes 28-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
- LaMelo Ball misses layup
- Miles Bridges misses three point shot
- Austin Rivers makes free throw 1 of 2
- Austin Rivers makes free throw 2 of 2
- P.J. Washington misses 2-foot hook shot
- Jeff Green makes 15-foot two point shot (Bones Hyland assists)
- Miles Bridges makes driving layup
- P.J. Washington makes driving dunk (LaMelo Ball assists)
- Bones Hyland misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Isaiah Thomas misses three point jumper
- Austin Rivers misses 26-foot three point jumper
- DeMarcus Cousins makes free throw 1 of 2
- DeMarcus Cousins makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kelly Oubre Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (P.J. Washington assists)
- Jeff Green makes 24-foot three point shot (Bones Hyland assists)
- P.J. Washington misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Monte Morris misses two point shot
- DeMarcus Cousins misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Miles Bridges makes 1-foot layup (Kelly Oubre Jr. assists)
- Isaiah Thomas makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kelly Oubre Jr. assists)
- Will Barton misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Miles Bridges makes three point jumper (Terry Rozier assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses hook shot
- Terry Rozier misses 16-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic misses hook shot
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
- Isaiah Thomas misses 7-foot two point shot
- Miles Bridges makes finger roll layup
- Nikola Jokic misses free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- LaMelo Ball makes 26-foot three point jumper (Terry Rozier assists)
- Will Barton misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes layup
- Nikola Jokic misses free throw 1 of 1
- Terry Rozier misses three point jumper
- Aaron Gordon misses free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Gordon misses free throw 2 of 2
- Terry Rozier misses running pullup jump shot
- Austin Rivers misses two point shot
- LaMelo Ball misses 13-foot two point shot
- Monte Morris misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Miles Bridges misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Miles Bridges misses 26-foot three point shot
- LaMelo Ball makes layup (P.J. Washington assists)
- Monte Morris makes free throw 1 of 2
- Monte Morris makes free throw 2 of 2
- Terry Rozier makes 25-foot three point shot (Isaiah Thomas assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- LaMelo Ball misses 28-foot three point shot
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: DEN, 55
Win %: DEN, 56.5
Win %: DEN, 57
Win %: DEN, 59.8
Win %: DEN, 54.7
Win %: DEN, 58.3
Win %: DEN, 59.1
Win %: DEN, 57
Win %: DEN, 59.1
Win %: DEN, 59.8
Win %: DEN, 59.5
Win %: DEN, 57.6
Win %: DEN, 56.9
Win %: DEN, 58.9
Win %: DEN, 59.6
Win %: DEN, 62.1
Win %: DEN, 63.7
Win %: DEN, 64.2
Win %: DEN, 62.6
Win %: DEN, 62.1
Win %: DEN, 59.6
Win %: DEN, 55.1
Win %: DEN, 57
Win %: DEN, 62
Win %: DEN, 59.3
Matchups
Game Information
Charlotte, NC
Referee:Bill Kennedy
Referee:Mark Lindsay
Referee:Lauren Holtkamp
2025-26 Standings
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 |
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 |
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