Nuggets 129-115 Hornets (21 Feb, 2025) Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

14-40, 5-20 away

115

	1	2	3	4	T
CHA	30	28	38	19	115
DEN	38	28	33	30	129

Denver Nuggets

37-19, 20-8 home

129

Charlotte Hornets

starters
Miles BridgesM. Bridges#0
Jusuf NurkicJ. Nurkic#11
Josh GreenJ. Green#10
Elfrid PaytonE. Payton#22
Nick Smith Jr.N. Smith Jr.#8
bench
Moussa DiabateM. Diabate#14
Tidjane SalaunT. Salaun#31
Seth CurryS. Curry#30
Damion BaughD. Baugh#7
Wendell Moore Jr.W. Moore Jr.#9
Grant WilliamsG. Williams#2
Taj GibsonT. Gibson#67
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
34	12-23	5-10	7-7	4	9	13	7	3	1	0	1	+1	36
19	4-11	0-4	1-1	4	6	10	7	1	1	2	3	+4	9
27	7-13	5-8	0-0	0	3	3	2	1	0	1	2	+1	19
16	0-3	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	3	2	0	1	3	+8	0
33	7-16	2-6	0-0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	1	-15	16
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
29	3-10	0-0	5-7	2	4	6	0	0	0	0	4	-18	11
24	1-6	0-2	1-2	3	5	8	0	0	0	2	2	-6	3
13	3-6	1-3	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	-7	7
32	6-7	2-3	0-0	0	0	0	6	2	0	2	3	-22	14
13	0-4	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	-16	0
DNP-RIGHT ACL
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	43-99	15-37	14-17	14	31	45	28	10	2	10	21		115
	43.4%	40.5%	82.4%

Denver Nuggets

starters
Aaron GordonA. Gordon#32
Michael Porter Jr.M. Porter Jr.#1
Nikola JokicN. Jokic#15
Jamal MurrayJ. Murray#27
Christian BraunC. Braun#0
bench
Zeke NnajiZ. Nnaji#22
DeAndre JordanD. Jordan#6
Russell WestbrookR. Westbrook#4
Julian StrawtherJ. Strawther#3
Dario SaricD. Saric#9
Hunter TysonH. Tyson#5
Spencer JonesS. Jones#21
PJ HallP. Hall#13
Jalen PickettJ. Pickett#24
Trey AlexanderT. Alexander#23
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
32	8-13	1-2	1-2	4	3	7	2	0	0	0	0	+8	18
29	2-11	0-3	2-2	5	6	11	3	0	0	1	0	-8	6
37	11-22	6-14	1-2	4	13	17	9	1	1	2	1	+14	29
35	12-18	7-10	3-4	0	1	1	4	0	2	2	5	-5	34
33	4-9	0-2	2-3	0	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	+23	10
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
16	2-3	0-1	0-0	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	2	+6	4
11	2-2	0-0	0-0	2	5	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	4
26	3-10	1-4	1-1	0	3	3	7	0	0	5	2	+17	8
22	5-10	4-7	2-2	0	4	4	2	0	0	1	2	+15	16
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	49-98	19-43	12-16	16	39	55	29	3	3	13	14		129
	50.0%	44.2%	75.0%

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

0:17

Michael Porter Jr. rocks the rim with slam

0:17

Miles Bridges somehow gets the and-1 to fall

0:26

Moussa Diabate fights off defender for and-1

0:15

Regular Season Series

DEN wins 2-0

Nuggets
107
Hornets
104

Game 1

2/2

Hornets
115
Nuggets
129

Game 2

21/2

Ball Arena

2:00 AM, 21 February 2025

Denver, CO

Attendance: 19,870

Referees:
Mark Lindsay
Kevin Cutler
Che Flores

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Orlando	41	41	.500	-	L1
Atlanta	40	42	.488	1	W3
Miami	37	45	.451	4	L1
Charlotte	19	63	.232	22	L7
Washington	18	64	.220	23	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	68	14	.829	-	W4
Denver	50	32	.610	18	W3
Minnesota	49	33	.598	19	W3
Portland	36	46	.439	32	W1
Utah	17	65	.207	51	L2

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Michael Porter Jr. rocks the rim with slam

Regular Season Series

DEN wins 2-0

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