The Denver Nuggets beat the Charlotte Hornets 119-115 on Dec 18, 2022 at Ball Arena.
Final · Ball Arena
Top performers
- LaMelo Ball led the Hornets with 31 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.
- Nikola Jokic led the Nuggets with 40 points, 27 rebounds and 10 assists.
Charlotte Hornets box score
| MIN: Minutes on the floor. | PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | TO: Possessions handed to the opponent by a bad pass, a lost dribble or an offensive foul — lower is better. | FG: Shots from the floor made and attempted, written made-attempted. | 3PT: Three-pointers made and attempted, written made-attempted. | FT: Free throws made and attempted, written made-attempted. | PF: Fouls committed. Six in one game and the player is disqualified — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaMelo Ball | 36 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10-21 | 4-9 | 7-7 | 2 |
| Kelly Oubre Jr. | 35 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7-18 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Gordon Hayward | 35 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5-11 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 2 |
| Mason Plumlee | 19 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 5 |
| Nick Richards | 24 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 4 |
| P.J. Washington | 31 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4-12 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Terry Rozier | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 194 | 96 | 39 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 35-82 | 10-29 | 16-18 | 17 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Denver Nuggets box score
| MIN: Minutes on the floor. | PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | TO: Possessions handed to the opponent by a bad pass, a lost dribble or an offensive foul — lower is better. | FG: Shots from the floor made and attempted, written made-attempted. | 3PT: Three-pointers made and attempted, written made-attempted. | FT: Free throws made and attempted, written made-attempted. | PF: Fouls committed. Six in one game and the player is disqualified — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Jokic | 40 | 40 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13-26 | 2-4 | 12-17 | 4 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 32 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8-15 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Aaron Gordon | 28 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6-9 | 2-2 | 5-7 | 3 |
| Jeff Green | 20 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 |
| Bones Hyland | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-11 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Jamal Murray | 35 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2-11 | 0-6 | 2-4 | 0 |
| Christian Braun | 21 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| DeAndre Jordan | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 |
| Team | 201 | 103 | 54 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 36-83 | 9-29 | 22-33 | 13 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Before and after
- Hornets · 2022-23 season · Previous Dec 16, 2022: ATL 125, CHA 106 · Next Dec 19, 2022: CHA 125, SAC 119
- Nuggets · 2022-23 season · Previous Dec 16, 2022: DEN 108, LAL 126 · Next Dec 20, 2022: MEM 91, DEN 105