Nuggets 129-104 Hornets (18 Mar, 2021) Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

20-19, 8-11 away

104

	1	2	3	4	T
CHA	25	20	22	37	104
DEN	26	31	38	34	129

Denver Nuggets

24-16, 11-8 home

129

Charlotte Hornets

starters
P.J. Washington PF
G. Hayward SF
C. Zeller C
L. Ball PG
T. Rozier SG
bench
J. McDaniels PF
Ca. Martin SF
Co. Martin SF
M. Bridges SF
B. Biyombo C
N. Richards C
V. Carey Jr. C
D. Graham PG
M. Monk SG
N. Darling G
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
24	3-6	2-2	0-0	3	3	6	0	0	1	2	1	-16	8
26	3-7	1-5	0-0	1	3	4	6	0	0	2	0	-14	7
18	3-8	0-1	0-0	1	2	3	2	2	0	1	2	-11	6
22	5-11	1-5	3-4	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	4	-12	14
27	7-13	3-9	4-5	0	5	5	4	2	0	2	2	-20	21
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
8	2-5	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1	5
11	2-6	1-4	3-4	0	2	2	1	3	0	1	3	+4	8
19	1-3	0-1	2-4	2	2	4	4	0	0	2	2	-8	4
20	3-6	0-1	0-0	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	1	-18	6
16	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	-17	0
5	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	+2	1
7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	+3	0
17	3-6	2-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	-14	8
18	4-9	1-3	7-9	0	3	3	2	2	0	2	0	-5	16
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	36-80	12-38	20-28	7	26	33	25	11	1	17	16		104
	45.0%	31.6%	71.4%

Denver Nuggets

starters
P. Millsap PF
M. Porter Jr. SF
N. Jokic C
J. Murray PG
W. Barton G
bench
Z. Nnaji PF
J. Green F
V. Cancar SF
I. Hartenstein C
B. Bol C
M. Howard PG
F. Campazzo G
P. Dozier G
G. Whittington SF
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
20	4-7	0-1	0-0	0	3	3	4	3	1	0	1	+14	8
29	11-17	3-6	3-4	2	11	13	1	0	0	2	1	+20	28
29	6-7	0-0	0-0	2	8	10	10	0	0	3	2	+27	12
29	7-13	5-11	0-0	0	2	2	5	4	0	0	1	+17	19
33	8-15	2-8	5-5	2	2	4	4	0	0	4	1	+23	23
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
19	2-5	0-1	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	2	-2	4
12	3-6	0-3	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	+8	6
7	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	-3	2
4	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	3	4	1	0	0	0	2	-4	0
5	2-4	1-3	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	-2	5
6	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	-3	3
25	2-4	1-3	1-2	0	2	2	10	4	0	2	5	+17	6
22	5-8	3-5	0-2	0	5	5	0	0	0	1	2	+13	13
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	52-90	16-44	9-13	8	40	48	37	12	3	15	22		129
	57.8%	36.4%	69.2%

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

Regular Season Series

DEN leads 1-0

Hornets
104
Nuggets
129

Game 1

18/3

Nuggets
117
Hornets
112

Game 2

12/5

Ball Arena

1:00 AM, 18 March 2021

Denver, CO

Referees:
Zach Zarba
Ben Taylor
Ray Acosta

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Orlando	47	35	.573	-	W1
Miami	46	36	.561	1	W2
Atlanta	36	46	.439	11	L6
Charlotte	21	61	.256	26	W1
Washington	15	67	.183	32	L6

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	57	25	.695	-	W5
Denver	57	25	.695	-	W1
Minnesota	56	26	.683	1	L1
Utah	31	51	.378	26	L1
Portland	21	61	.256	36	L5

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