Denver Nuggets @ Charlotte Hornets
Game Leaders
Team Stats
51% (50-99)
Field Goal %
47% (40-85)
22% (5-23)
Three Point %
25% (8-32)
82% (14-17)
Free Throw %
59% (17-29)
14
Turnovers
14
51
Rebounds
37
20
Largest Lead
15
Game Information
Charlotte, NC

Referee:Ed Malloy
Referee:Brent Barnaky
Referee:Jason Goldenberg

Shot Chart
- Terry Rozier makes 13-foot two point shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses pullup jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
- Mark Williams makes dunk (Gordon Hayward assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 16-foot two point shot
- LaMelo Ball makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic misses driving layup
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
- Mark Williams misses 8-foot two point shot
- P.J. Washington makes hook shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses pullup jump shot
- Gordon Hayward makes alley oop dunk shot (Terry Rozier assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses three point jumper
- Gordon Hayward makes 2-foot dunk (Terry Rozier assists)
- Vlatko Cancar misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Mark Williams misses free throw 1 of 2
- Mark Williams misses free throw 2 of 2
- Vlatko Cancar misses driving layup
- Nikola Jokic makes 4-foot two point shot (Bruce Brown assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses free throw 1 of 1
- P.J. Washington makes tip shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Terry Rozier misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 24-foot three point jumper
- LaMelo Ball misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Vlatko Cancar makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Gordon Hayward makes 9-foot pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Gordon Hayward makes 25-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 8-foot pullup jump shot
- Gordon Hayward makes two point shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 2 of 2
- LaMelo Ball misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Vlatko Cancar makes 2-foot two point shot (Ish Smith assists)
- Terry Rozier misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Vlatko Cancar misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Gordon Hayward makes 11-foot two point shot
- Terry Rozier makes 3-foot two point shot
- Terry Rozier misses free throw 1 of 2
- Terry Rozier makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes 4-foot two point shot (Ish Smith assists)
- Bryce McGowens makes driving layup (Dennis Smith Jr. assists)
- Terry Rozier misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Jeff Green makes layup (Ish Smith assists)
- Terry Rozier misses 11-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes driving layup
- Bryce McGowens misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Bruce Brown makes three point jumper (Ish Smith assists)
- Dennis Smith Jr. makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Nick Richards assists)
- Christian Braun makes 2-foot driving dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- P.J. Washington makes two point shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
- DeAndre Jordan makes free throw 1 of 2
- DeAndre Jordan misses free throw 2 of 2
- Christian Braun misses free throw 1 of 2
- Christian Braun makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nick Richards makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nick Richards misses free throw 2 of 2
- Ish Smith misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Christian Braun makes two point shot
- DeAndre Jordan makes alley oop dunk shot (Ish Smith assists)
- P.J. Washington misses free throw 1 of 2
- P.J. Washington misses free throw 2 of 2
- Ish Smith misses 7-foot pullup jump shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
- P.J. Washington makes 26-foot three point jumper (Dennis Smith Jr. assists)
- P.J. Washington makes 1-foot dunk (LaMelo Ball assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Nick Richards makes two point shot (P.J. Washington assists)
- Jeff Green misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Gordon Hayward makes driving layup (LaMelo Ball assists)
- LaMelo Ball misses technical free throw
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Dennis Smith Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
- Christian Braun misses layup
- Ish Smith misses 14-foot jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 26-foot three point jumper
- LaMelo Ball misses 29-foot three point jumper
- JT Thor misses free throw 1 of 2
- JT Thor misses free throw 2 of 2
- Bruce Brown misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Dennis Smith Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jeff Green makes 1-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Gordon Hayward misses driving layup
- Christian Braun makes driving layup (Bruce Brown assists)
- LaMelo Ball makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Jeff Green misses 27-foot three point jumper
- LaMelo Ball makes 28-foot three pointer
- Jeff Green makes 1-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- LaMelo Ball misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Terry Rozier misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Terry Rozier misses 10-foot jump bank shot
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- LaMelo Ball misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Nikola Jokic makes driving layup (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
- Terry Rozier misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Bruce Brown makes driving layup
- Nikola Jokic makes 2-foot layup (Vlatko Cancar assists)
- P.J. Washington makes two point shot (Terry Rozier assists)
- Vlatko Cancar makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Vlatko Cancar makes free throw 1 of 1
- Gordon Hayward makes 12-foot jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Dennis Smith Jr. misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
- Nick Richards makes 2-foot dunk (Gordon Hayward assists)
- Terry Rozier makes driving layup
- Vlatko Cancar makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bruce Brown assists)
- P.J. Washington misses layup
- Nikola Jokic misses hook shot
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
- Gordon Hayward makes free throw 1 of 2
- Gordon Hayward makes free throw 2 of 2
- Michael Porter Jr. makes driving dunk (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- P.J. Washington misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes layup (Bruce Brown assists)
- LaMelo Ball misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Bruce Brown makes layup
- P.J. Washington misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Vlatko Cancar makes two point shot
- P.J. Washington misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. makes driving layup (Bruce Brown assists)
- Terry Rozier misses 7-foot pullup jump shot
- Bruce Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper
- P.J. Washington makes two point shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes driving layup (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- LaMelo Ball makes 15-foot two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Gordon Hayward misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes driving layup
- Mark Williams makes 4-foot two point shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses layup
- Nikola Jokic misses tip shot
- Nikola Jokic misses tip shot
- LaMelo Ball misses free throw 1 of 2
- LaMelo Ball makes free throw 2 of 2
- Gordon Hayward makes 10-foot two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes driving floating jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 1 of 1
- Gordon Hayward misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Vlatko Cancar misses 15-foot step back jumpshot
- Nikola Jokic misses layup
- Gordon Hayward misses 22-foot step back jumpshot
- Bruce Brown makes 24-foot three point jumper (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. makes pullup jump shot
- Gordon Hayward misses 18-foot two point shot
- Terry Rozier makes 27-foot three point jumper (Dennis Smith Jr. assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Nick Richards makes 13-foot jumper (Terry Rozier assists)
- Gordon Hayward misses jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes driving layup (Vlatko Cancar assists)
- Dennis Smith Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. makes three point jumper (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- P.J. Washington makes free throw 1 of 2
- P.J. Washington makes free throw 2 of 2
- Christian Braun makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- P.J. Washington makes free throw 1 of 2
- P.J. Washington misses free throw 2 of 2
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Dennis Smith Jr. makes driving layup
- Ish Smith makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
- P.J. Washington makes free throw 1 of 2
- P.J. Washington makes free throw 2 of 2
- LaMelo Ball misses 29-foot jump bank shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 82-foot three point jumper
- P.J. Washington makes 6-foot hook shot
- Ish Smith misses layup
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (DeAndre Jordan assists)
- LaMelo Ball makes technical free throw
- Jeff Green makes 8-foot hook shot
- DeAndre Jordan makes driving dunk (Ish Smith assists)
- LaMelo Ball misses three point jumper
- Dennis Smith Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2
- Dennis Smith Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Christian Braun misses 7-foot two point shot
- Dennis Smith Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Gordon Hayward assists)
- DeAndre Jordan makes 1-foot dunk (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Dennis Smith Jr. makes two point shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
- DeAndre Jordan makes alley oop dunk shot (Ish Smith assists)
- LaMelo Ball misses two point shot
- Dennis Smith Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Ish Smith misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
- Nick Richards misses 7-foot two point shot
- P.J. Washington misses 26-foot jump bank shot
- Jeff Green makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Gordon Hayward misses 25-foot jump bank shot
- Bruce Brown misses 9-foot two point shot
- Christian Braun makes dunk
- Terry Rozier misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Bruce Brown makes two point shot
- Bruce Brown makes dunk (Jeff Green assists)
- LaMelo Ball makes two point shot
- Christian Braun misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Gordon Hayward misses three point jumper
- LaMelo Ball makes free throw 1 of 1
- LaMelo Ball makes layup
- Jeff Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
- LaMelo Ball misses driving layup
- Michael Porter Jr. makes three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Terry Rozier makes free throw 1 of 2
- Terry Rozier makes free throw 2 of 2
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 20-foot pullup jump shot (Jeff Green assists)
- Mark Williams makes 6-foot two point shot (Bryce McGowens assists)
- JT Thor misses jumper
- Nick Richards makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nick Richards makes free throw 2 of 2
- Thomas Bryant misses 19-foot jumper
- Jack White misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Peyton Watson makes layup (Ish Smith assists)
- Dennis Smith Jr. makes two point shot
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Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 46 | 15 | .754 | - | W1 |
| Denver | 37 | 23 | .617 | 8.5 | L1 |
| Minnesota | 37 | 23 | .617 | 8.5 | W2 |
| Portland | 29 | 32 | .475 | 17 | L1 |
| Utah | 18 | 42 | .300 | 27.5 | L5 |
Eastern Conference
| Southeast | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando | 31 | 27 | .534 | - | L1 |
| Miami | 32 | 29 | .525 | 0.5 | W1 |
| Charlotte | 30 | 31 | .492 | 2.5 | W4 |
| Atlanta | 30 | 31 | .492 | 2.5 | W3 |
| Washington | 16 | 43 | .271 | 15.5 | L4 |
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