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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hornets | 27 | 25 | 25 | 38 | 115 |
 Nuggets | 26 | 39 | 29 | 13 | 107 |
CHATeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHA | 39-9441.5% | 16-4734.0% | 21-2487.5% | 50 | 28 | 11 |
| DEN | 40-9641.7% | 14-4035.0% | 13-1776.5% | 54 | 23 | 15 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Charlotte Hornets115| 35 | 17 | 5-15 | 4-10 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +15 | −0.7 | |||||
| 30 | 6 | 1-10 | 1-5 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | −8 | −6.9 | ||||||
| 26 | 16 | 6-14 | 1-7 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −2.0 | ||||||
| 25 | 16 | 5-11 | 1-5 | 5-5 | 0 | −1 | +3.8 | |||||||
| 20 | 3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-1 | −8 | −0.3 | |||||||
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| 32 | 23 | 7-15 | 5-11 | 4-4 | 0 | +6 | +6.5 | |||||||
| 28 | 12 | 6-13 | 0-4 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | +13 | −2.1 | ||||||
| 27 | 13 | 5-6 | 3-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +12 | +8.1 | ||||||
| 15 | 9 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +27 | +3.1 | ||||||
| 2 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +0.5 | ||||
| Team | 115 | 39-9441.5% | 16-4734.0% | 50 | 28 | 11 | 21 | 21-2487.5% | 12 | 10 | 8 | |||
Bench 57 points on 21 for 41 shooting
Did not play: James Bouknight (coach’s decision).
Denver Nuggets107| 35 | 29 | 13-34 | 1-6 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | +2 | −0.3 | ||||||
| 34 | 11 | 4-10 | 2-6 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −1.7 | |||||
| 28 | 3 | 1-7 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −7.4 | ||||
| 25 | 11 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | −9 | +0.1 | |||||
| 19 | 11 | 5-6 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +4.8 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 33 | 12 | 3-12 | 3-10 | 3-4 | 0 | −1 | −1.4 | |||||||
| 21 | 11 | 4-7 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +0.4 | ||||||
| 17 | 6 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −3.7 | |||||
| 14 | 3 | 1-8 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −8.5 | |||||
| 13 | 10 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | +3.2 | ||||
| Team | 107 | 40-9641.7% | 14-4035.0% | 54 | 23 | 15 | 22 | 13-1776.5% | 10 | 7 | 2 | |||
Bench 42 points on 12 for 33 shooting
Did not play: Davon Reed and Petr Cornelie (coach’s decision).
Hornets115Nuggets107ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
The Charlotte Hornets rallied from 19 points down in the third quarter to beat the Denver Nuggets 115-107.
The Hornets trailed 65-52 at halftime and 90-71 with 3:13 left in the third quarter. Their chance to win fell to 2.1% with 1:56 left in the third quarter, and they outscored the Nuggets 44-17 the rest of the way.
Jalen McDaniels’ dunk with 1:00 left made it 110-107, and Ish Smith’s corner 3-pointer with 39.1 seconds left put it away at 113-107.
During clutch time, the Hornets outscored the Nuggets 14-8. P.J. Washington scored 6 of the Hornets’ 14 on 2 for 2 shooting. Early in the fourth quarter, Kelly Oubre Jr. had 3 of his 4 steals, and the Hornets scored 7 points off them.
Oubre had 23 points and 4 steals off the bench, and Washington added 13 points and 9 rebounds off the bench. Oubre scored 14 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter.
For the Nuggets, Nikola Jokić had 29 points (24 in the paint) and 21 rebounds. The Nuggets had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
The Hornets went 21 for 24 at the line to the Nuggets’ 13 for 17. The Nuggets outscored the Hornets 24-6 on the fast break. The Hornets outscored the Nuggets 31-11 in 9 minutes with Smith, Oubre, Rozier, Washington and McDaniels on the floor together.
Charlotte HornetsDenver NuggetsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Hornets’ chance bottomed out at 2.1% (3rd quarter, 1:56 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
94 points from the field on 93 shots: 7.5 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 16-26 | 61.5% | 65% |
| In the paint | 6-16 | 37.5% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 1-5 | 20.0% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 6-18 | 33.3% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-29 | 34.5% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Barton | 19 | 3 | 1-3 | −2 |
| Facundo Campazzo | 10 | 2 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Vlatko Čančar | 7 | 6 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Bones Hyland | 7 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 22 | 9 | 3-8 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 66 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Barton | 20 | 3 | 1-1 | −2 |
| Monte Morris | 16 | 2 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Facundo Campazzo | 9 | 3 | 1-4 | +1 |
| Nikola Jokić | 8 | 5 | 2-5 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 23 | 7 | 2-5 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 19 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Green | 18 | 6 | 2-4 | +1 |
| Monte Morris | 7 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Vlatko Čančar | 7 | 4 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Zeke Nnaji | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 2 | 0-3 | −3 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 57 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
DEN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
CHA
50/50
DEN
Highest Leverage Moments
Washington 26' 3PT Jump Shot (13 PTS) (Rozier 4 AST)
Q4 1:20
37.5%
58→21
Washington 27' 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Oubre Jr. 1 AST)
Q4 3:16
25.7%
55→29
McDaniels 2' Cutting Dunk Shot (12 PTS) (Washington 4 AST)
Q4 1:00
23.0%
37→14
Je. Green Tip Layup Shot (11 PTS)
Q4 2:10
22.7%
34→56
Jokic 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (27 PTS) (Campazzo 5 AST)
Q4 2:53
16.5%
29→46
