Nuggets vs. Hornets Box Score, December 23, 2023

Line Score

	1H	2H	T
DEN	54	48	102
CHA	60	35	95

Four Factors

	Pace	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	ORtg
DEN	97.1	.500	12.7	26.1	.133	105.0
CHA	97.1	.432	14.8	26.5	.216	97.8

Game Info

Start: 7:00 PM ET

Betting

Records: DEN 1-0 · CHA 0-1going into the game
Rest: DEN 0 (back-to-back) · CHA 2 days
Spread: DEN -11CHA covered by 4
Total: 223.5Under by 26.5

Team Stats

	Basic																			Advanced													Four Factors
Team	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	ORtg
DEN	240	39	90	.433	12	30	.400	12	14	.857	12	36	48	25	11	13	14	21	102	.530	.500	.333	.156	26.1	73.5	50.5	64.1	11.3	21.7	12.7	105.0	97.8	97.1	.500	12.7	26.1	.133	105.0
CHA	240	34	88	.386	8	28	.286	19	23	.826	13	34	47	23	8	11	17	15	95	.484	.432	.318	.261	26.5	73.9	49.5	67.6	8.2	18.3	14.8	97.8	105.0	97.1	.432	14.8	26.5	.216	97.8

Stat	DEN	CHA
Basic
MP	240	240
FG	39	34
FGA	90	88
FG%	.433	.386
3P	12	8
3PA	30	28
3P%	.400	.286
FT	12	19
FTA	14	23
FT%	.857	.826
ORB	12	13
DRB	36	34
TRB	48	47
AST	25	23
STL	11	8
BLK	13	11
TOV	14	17
PF	21	15
PTS	102	95
Advanced
TS%	.530	.484
eFG%	.500	.432
3PAr	.333	.318
FTr	.156	.261
ORB%	26.1	26.5
DRB%	73.5	73.9
TRB%	50.5	49.5
AST%	64.1	67.6
STL%	11.3	8.2
BLK%	21.7	18.3
TOV%	12.7	14.8
ORtg	105.0	97.8
DRtg	97.8	105.0
Four Factors
Pace	97.1	97.1
eFG%	.500	.432
TOV%	12.7	14.8
ORB%	26.1	26.5
FT/FGA	.133	.216
ORtg	105.0	97.8

Nuggets

Starters	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc	+/-
Nikola Jokic	35:38	8	14	.571	0	2	.000	2	2	1.000	2	8	10	9	1	1	3	6	18	17.8	+12
Jamal Murray	33:16	8	19	.421	2	6	.333	2	2	1.000	2	10	12	5	3	0	1	1	20	19.4	+7
Aaron Gordon	31:50	5	11	.455	0	0		4	5	.800	2	0	2	1	1	1	2	1	14	9.3	+12
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	31:40	1	3	.333	1	2	.500	0	0		0	3	3	2	2	4	0	1	3	8.0	+11
Michael Porter Jr.	30:32	8	14	.571	5	8	.625	1	2	.500	1	4	5	1	1	2	1	2	22	18.2	+15
Reserves	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc	+/-
Christian Braun	17:43	3	7	.429	2	3	.667	3	3	1.000	2	5	7	1	0	2	1	1	11	10.9	-8
Peyton Watson	16:46	1	2	.500	0	1	.000	0	0		0	3	3	0	1	1	1	2	2	1.8	-3
Julian Strawther	16:05	4	10	.400	2	5	.400	0	0		1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	10	6.0	-4
Reggie Jackson	14:49	1	9	.111	0	3	.000	0	0		0	3	3	4	1	0	2	3	2	-2.4	0
Zeke Nnaji	11:41	0	1	.000	0	0		0	0		2	0	2	1	0	2	2	4	0	-0.8	-7
Collin Gillespie	Did Not Play
Justin Holiday	Did Not Play
Jay Huff	Did Not Play
DeAndre Jordan	Did Not Play
Hunter Tyson	Did Not Play
Team Totals	240	39	90	.433	12	30	.400	12	14	.857	12	36	48	25	11	13	14	21	102

Starters	MP	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg
Nikola Jokic	35:38	.605	.571	.143	.143	5.9	22.0	14.2	43.0	1.4	2.2	16.8	21.9	105.5	89.0
Jamal Murray	33:16	.503	.474	.316	.105	6.3	29.4	18.2	26.3	4.5	0.0	4.8	27.3	107.5	97.0
Aaron Gordon	31:50	.530	.455	.000	.455	6.6	0.0	3.2	4.8	1.6	2.5	13.2	20.8	110.8	95.2
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	31:40	.500	.500	.667	.000	0.0	9.3	4.8	8.1	3.1	10.1	0.0	4.1	110.9	95.2
Michael Porter Jr.	30:32	.739	.750	.571	.143	3.4	12.8	8.3	6.0	1.6	5.2	6.3	22.7	113.1	88.5
Reserves	MP	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg
Christian Braun	17:43	.661	.571	.429	.429	11.8	27.6	20.0	8.8	0.0	9.0	10.7	22.9	86.8	110.8
Peyton Watson	16:46	.500	.500	.500	.000	0.0	17.5	9.0	0.0	2.9	4.8	33.3	7.8	91.4	100.0
Julian Strawther	16:05	.500	.500	.500	.000	6.5	0.0	3.1	11.0	3.1	0.0	9.1	29.8	93.9	106.1
Reggie Jackson	14:49	.111	.111	.333	.000	0.0	19.8	10.2	36.2	3.3	0.0	18.2	32.3	96.8	90.9
Zeke Nnaji	11:41	.000	.000	.000	.000	17.9	0.0	8.7	10.5	0.0	13.7	66.7	11.2	100.0	125.0
Collin Gillespie	Did Not Play
Justin Holiday	Did Not Play
Jay Huff	Did Not Play
DeAndre Jordan	Did Not Play
Hunter Tyson	Did Not Play
Team Totals	240	.530	.500	.333	.156	26.1	73.5	50.5	64.1	11.3	21.7	12.7	100.0	105.0	97.8

Hornets

Starters	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc	+/-
Nick Richards	38:08	4	8	.500	0	0		4	6	.667	6	9	15	3	1	3	3	1	12	15.9	-4
Miles Bridges	37:38	8	23	.348	2	12	.167	4	4	1.000	2	5	7	2	2	3	1	2	22	15.7	-5
Gordon Hayward	31:18	4	7	.571	0	0		0	0		0	6	6	4	1	2	4	2	8	6.9	-3
Ish Smith	26:29	1	4	.250	0	0		2	2	1.000	1	2	3	8	0	0	2	2	4	5.7	-12
Brandon Miller	10:45	2	5	.400	0	2	.000	0	0		0	1	1	2	0	0	3	1	4	-0.4	-4
Reserves	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc	+/-
P.J. Washington	28:18	6	20	.300	1	7	.143	7	9	.778	1	7	8	2	4	2	2	1	20	14.8	-10
Nick Smith Jr.	25:24	6	12	.500	5	7	.714	2	2	1.000	1	2	3	2	0	0	1	2	19	13.9	+6
Bryce McGowens	18:23	0	4	.000	0	0		0	0		2	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1.5	-4
Cody Martin	17:03	3	5	.600	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	2.3	+5
Nathan Mensah	6:34	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0.2	-4
Amari Bailey	Did Not Play
Leaky Black	Did Not Play
James Bouknight	Did Not Play
Terry Rozier	Did Not Dress
JT Thor	Did Not Play
Team Totals	240	34	88	.386	8	28	.286	19	23	.826	13	34	47	23	8	11	17	15	95

Starters	MP	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg
Nick Richards	38:08	.564	.500	.000	.750	15.4	24.6	19.9	13.0	1.3	6.3	22.0	14.9	97.4	103.9
Miles Bridges	37:38	.444	.391	.522	.174	5.2	13.9	9.4	10.7	2.6	6.4	3.9	28.5	96.1	98.7
Gordon Hayward	31:18	.571	.571	.000	.000	0.0	20.0	9.7	22.0	1.6	5.1	36.4	14.7	90.6	96.8
Ish Smith	26:29	.410	.250	.000	.500	3.7	7.9	5.7	45.1	0.0	0.0	29.1	10.8	89.1	110.9
Brandon Miller	10:45	.400	.400	.400	.000	0.0	9.7	4.7	35.6	0.0	0.0	37.5	31.0	95.5	113.6
Reserves	MP	TS%	eFG%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%	ORtg	DRtg
P.J. Washington	28:18	.417	.325	.350	.450	3.5	25.8	14.3	14.2	7.0	5.7	7.7	38.2	93.1	112.3
Nick Smith Jr.	25:24	.738	.708	.583	.167	3.9	8.2	6.0	16.7	0.0	0.0	7.2	22.8	108.0	94.1
Bryce McGowens	18:23	.000	.000	.000	.000	10.7	5.7	8.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.1	100.0	107.7
Cody Martin	17:03	.600	.600	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	16.7	14.7	111.4	94.4
Nathan Mensah	6:34					0.0	15.9	7.7	0.0	0.0	12.2		0.0	100.0	120.0
Amari Bailey	Did Not Play
Leaky Black	Did Not Play
James Bouknight	Did Not Play
Terry Rozier	Did Not Dress
JT Thor	Did Not Play
Team Totals	240	.484	.432	.318	.261	26.5	73.9	49.5	67.6	8.2	18.3	14.8	100.0	97.8	105.0

Inactive: DEN Vlatko Cancar, Braxton Key, Jalen Pickett CHA LaMelo Ball, Frank Ntilikina, Mark Williams

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