Nuggets (102) vs Hornets (95) · Dec 23, 2023 · NBA Scores

FINAL

Dec 23, 2023

Game Recap

The Nuggets won their fourth straight game as they defeated the Hornets, 102-95. Michael Porter Jr. led the Nuggets with 22 points as Jamal Murray (20 points, 12 rebounds, five assists) and Nikola Jokic (18 points, 10 rebounds, nine assists) totaled 38 points. Miles Bridges (22 points, eight rebounds) and P.J. Washington (20 points, eight rebounds) led the Hornets as Nick Smith Jr. totaled 19 points (5-7 3PT). The Nuggets improve to 21-10 as the Hornets move to 7-20.

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	25	29	30	18	102
CHA	27	33	9	26	95

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
1Michael Porter Jr.SF	30	8-14	5-8	1-2	5	1	1	2	1	2	22	+15
50Aaron GordonPF	31	5-11	0-0	4-5	2	1	1	1	2	1	14	+12
15Nikola JokicC	35	8-14	0-2	2-2	10	9	1	1	3	6	18	+12
5Kentavious Caldwell-PopeSG	31	1-3	1-2	0-0	3	2	2	4	0	1	3	+11
27Jamal MurrayPG	33	8-19	2-6	2-2	12	5	3	0	1	1	20	+7
7Reggie Jackson	14	1-9	0-3	0-0	3	4	1	0	2	3	2	0
0Christian Braun	17	3-7	2-3	3-3	7	1	0	2	1	1	11	-8
8Peyton Watson	16	1-2	0-1	0-0	3	0	1	1	1	2	2	-3
3Julian Strawther	16	4-10	2-5	0-0	1	1	1	0	1	0	10	-4
22Zeke Nnaji	11	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	2	2	4	0	-7
21Collin Gillespie	— did not play —												— did not play —
9Justin Holiday	— did not play —												— did not play —
30Jay Huff	— did not play —												— did not play —
6DeAndre Jordan	— did not play —												— did not play —
4Hunter Tyson	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL		39-9043.3%	12-3040.0%	12-1485.7%	48	25	11	13	14	21	102

HORNETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
20Gordon HaywardSF	31	4-7	0-0	0-0	6	4	1	2	4	2	8	-3
0Miles BridgesPF	37	8-23	2-12	4-4	7	2	2	3	1	2	22	-5
4Nick RichardsC	38	4-8	0-0	4-6	15	3	1	3	3	1	12	-4
24Brandon MillerSG	10	2-5	0-2	0-0	1	2	0	0	3	1	4	-4
14Ish SmithPG	26	1-4	0-0	2-2	3	8	0	0	2	2	4	-12
25P.J. Washington	28	6-20	1-7	7-9	8	2	4	2	2	1	20	-10
8Nick Smith Jr.	25	6-12	5-7	2-2	3	2	0	0	1	2	19	+6
11Cody Martin	17	3-5	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	+5
7Bryce McGowens	18	0-4	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-4
31Nathan Mensah	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	-4
10Amari Bailey	— did not play —												— did not play —
12Leaky Black	— did not play —												— did not play —
2James Bouknight	— did not play —												— did not play —
3Terry Rozier	— did not play —												— did not play —
21JT Thor	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL		34-8838.6%	8-2828.6%	19-2382.6%	47	23	8	11	17	15	95

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterdencha

(11:57) Jump Ball Richards vs. Jokic: Tip to Hayward
+2 (11:41) Hayward 2' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
02
(11:22) MISS Caldwell-Pope 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup
(11:22) Richards BLOCK (1 BLK)
(11:20) Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(11:17) Nuggets Turnover: Shot Clock (T#1)
+2 (10:54) Bridges 3' Driving Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS) (Hayward 1 AST)
04
(10:30) MISS Gordon 12' Jump Shot
(10:26) Hayward REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (10:10) Richards 3' Layup (2 PTS) (Smith 1 AST)
06
(9:50) Murray Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(9:50) Richards STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (9:44) Miller 1' Running Dunk (2 PTS) (Smith 2 AST)
08
+2 (9:31) Murray 1' Layup (2 PTS) (Gordon 1 AST)
28
(9:15) MISS Miller 28' 3PT Jump Shot
(9:12) Caldwell-Pope REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:08) MISS Porter Jr. 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(9:05) Bridges REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:00) Gordon P.FOUL (P1.T1) (B.Barnaky)
(8:47) Murray S.FOUL (P1.T2) (N.Green)
+1 (8:47) Richards Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
29
+1 (8:47) Richards Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
210
(8:37) MISS Murray 12' Pullup Jump Shot
(8:35) Richards REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:30) MISS Bridges 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(8:27) Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(8:23) MISS Gordon 3' Fadeaway Jumper
(8:23) Hayward BLOCK (1 BLK)
(8:22) Miller REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (8:14) Bridges 1' Driving Layup (4 PTS) (Miller 1 AST)
212
(8:14) Nuggets Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
+2 (7:51) Gordon 1' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Murray 1 AST)
412
+2 (7:34) Hayward 3' Driving Layup (4 PTS) (Miller 2 AST)
414
(7:23) MISS Jokic 3' Cutting Layup Shot
(7:23) Richards BLOCK (2 BLK)
(7:21) Hayward REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(7:13) MISS Bridges 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(7:09) Richards REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(7:06) Miller OFF.Foul (P1) (N.Green)
(7:06) Miller Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T1)
+2 (6:53) Murray 2' Cutting Layup Shot (4 PTS) (Jokic 1 AST)
614
(6:38) Porter Jr. P.FOUL (P1.T3) (B.Barnaky)
(6:27) MISS Miller 29' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:24) Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+3 (6:11) Murray 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Jokic 2 AST)
914
(6:01) MISS Smith 4' Driving Reverse Layup
(6:00) Bridges REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(6:00) MISS Bridges Tip Layup Shot
(5:55) Bridges REBOUND (Off:2 Def:1)
(5:52) Bridges Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(5:52) Gordon STEAL (1 STL)
(5:48) MISS Gordon 3' Running Dunk
(5:48) Hayward BLOCK (2 BLK)
(5:44) Smith REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (5:40) Richards 3' Running Alley Oop Dunk Shot (6 PTS) (Smith 3 AST)
916
+2 (5:24) Gordon 2' Driving Layup (4 PTS)
1116
(5:24) Bridges S.FOUL (P1.T1) (B.Barnaky)
+1 (5:24) Gordon Free Throw 1 of 1 (5 PTS)
1216
(5:08) Miller Step Out of Bounds Turnover (P2.T3)
+3 (4:53) Porter Jr. 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Jokic 3 AST)
1516
+2 (4:39) Miller 16' Step Back Jump Shot (4 PTS)
1518
+3 (4:15) Porter Jr. 26' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Jokic 4 AST)
1818
(4:05) Miller Bad Pass Turnover (P3.T4)
(4:05) Murray STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (3:55) Porter Jr. Alley Oop Dunk (8 PTS) (Jokic 5 AST)
2018
+3 (3:34) Washington 27' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Richards 1 AST)
2021
(3:09) MISS Gordon 5' Layup
(3:09) Richards BLOCK (3 BLK)
(3:07) Murray REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(3:07) MISS Murray 32' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:07) Nuggets Rebound
(3:07) Nuggets Turnover: Shot Clock (T#3)
(2:58) MISS Washington 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:55) Jackson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:52) Jackson Offensive Charge Foul (P1) (M.Lindsay)
(2:52) Jackson Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T4)
(2:52) HORNETS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(2:40) MISS Martin 16' Jump Shot
(2:38) Jackson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(2:30) MISS Jackson 2' Driving Layup
(2:28) Bridges REBOUND (Off:2 Def:2)
(2:17) MISS Smith Jr. 18' Step Back Jump Shot
(2:14) Braun REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:07) MISS Braun 2' Driving Layup
(2:07) Washington BLOCK (1 BLK)
(2:07) Nuggets Rebound
+2 (1:55) Jokic 8' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS)
2221
(1:46) MISS Miller 3' Driving Layup
(1:46) Watson BLOCK (1 BLK)
(1:44) Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(1:38) MISS Jackson 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(1:36) Braun REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+3 (1:32) Strawther 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Braun 1 AST)
2521
(1:20) MISS Bridges 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:18) Watson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:15) Watson Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T5)
+2 (1:03) Bridges 2' Driving Layup (6 PTS)
2523
(1:03) Watson S.FOUL (P1.T4) (M.Lindsay)
+1 (1:03) Bridges Free Throw 1 of 1 (7 PTS)
2524
(0:49) MISS Strawther 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:46) Nnaji REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(0:43) Martin P.FOUL (P1.T2) (N.Green)
(0:31) MISS Jackson 21' Pullup Jump Shot
(0:27) Washington REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (0:05) Bridges 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Smith Jr. 1 AST)
2527
(0:00) MISS Jackson 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(0:00) Nuggets Rebound

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3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

DEN

CHA

102Points95

39-90(43.3%)Field Goal(%)34-88(38.6%)

12-30(40.0%)3-Point(%)8-28(28.6%)

12-14(85.7%)Free Throw(%)19-23(82.6%)

48(12)Rebounds(Offensive)47(13)

25Assists23

11Steals8

13Blocks11

14Turnovers17

21Fouls15

48Pts In The Paint44

12Fast Break Pts13

23Pts Off Turnovers26

25Bench Pts45

18Largest Lead10

Game Details

Saturday, December 23, 2023 · 7:00 PM

Spectrum Center · Charlotte, NC

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