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Charlotte Hornets vs. Denver Nuggets

December 7, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Hornets 115-106 on 2025-12-07 on the road against the Hornets. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, Brandon Miller, Ryan Kalkbrenner, KJ Simpson, and Kon Knueppel. The Nuggets started Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, Peyton Watson, and Spencer Jones. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 17 points (6/6) in his matchups, with Ryan Kalkbrenner as his primary defender. Brandon Miller (Hornets) scored 13 points (5/11) in his matchups, with Cameron Johnson as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

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Charlotte Hornets 106

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Miles Bridges GS	36:54	24	9	8	1	0	3	1	10-19	0-6	4-6	-11
Kon Knueppel GS	33:28	14	4	4	1	0	2	3	5-13	2-10	2-2	-14
Brandon Miller GS	29:32	17	5	5	1	1	5	2	5-19	4-10	3-3	-12
KJ Simpson GS	29:18	16	5	1	1	0	0	0	6-14	2-8	2-4	-14
Ryan Kalkbrenner GS	24:31	6	6	0	0	2	1	6	3-4	0-0	0-0	-10
Sion James	25:52	7	2	1	1	0	1	3	2-6	1-5	2-2	+1
Mason Plumlee	21:55	4	6	2	1	0	1	4	1-2	0-0	2-2	+3
Liam McNeeley	19:33	13	4	2	1	0	0	1	4-5	4-5	1-2	+4
Tidjane Salaün	15:51	5	6	1	0	0	0	2	2-3	1-2	0-0	0
Antonio Reeves	3:07	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+8
Totals		106	47	24	7	3	13	22	38-85	14-46	16-21

Did not play: Drew Peterson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Collin Sexton (DND - Injury/Illness)

DEN

Denver Nuggets 115

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cameron Johnson GS	38:38	8	4	3	0	0	0	4	2-7	1-5	3-4	+9
Jamal Murray GS	35:28	34	3	5	1	0	0	1	14-25	2-9	4-4	+14
Nikola Jokić GS	34:50	28	9	11	1	0	4	2	11-16	4-8	2-3	+6
Peyton Watson GS	30:25	10	8	1	0	1	4	0	4-9	1-2	1-5	+10
Spencer Jones GS	24:37	8	2	1	2	0	1	5	3-5	2-4	0-0	+14
Tim Hardaway Jr.	26:55	14	1	2	2	0	0	1	3-6	2-4	6-6	+7
Bruce Brown	19:54	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0-3	0-1	0-0	-12
Jalen Pickett	16:03	5	4	3	1	0	0	2	2-3	1-2	0-0	-6
Jonas Valančiūnas	13:10	8	4	3	1	1	1	2	4-9	0-0	0-0	+3
Totals		115	35	29	8	2	10	19	43-83	13-35	16-22

Did not play: Curtis Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Zeke Nnaji (DNP - Coach's Decision), Hunter Tyson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

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Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · KJ Simpson · Kon Knueppel Starter 9.5 min
Mason Plumlee · Miles Bridges · KJ Simpson · Liam McNeeley · Sion James 4.8 min
Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Tidjane Salaün · KJ Simpson · Kon Knueppel 4.3 min
Mason Plumlee · Miles Bridges · Kon Knueppel · Liam McNeeley · Sion James 3.9 min
Mason Plumlee · Brandon Miller · Tidjane Salaün · Liam McNeeley · Sion James 3.7 min

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Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones Starter 19.9 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Cameron Johnson 8.7 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Peyton Watson 4.7 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Peyton Watson 3.9 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Cameron Johnson 2.7 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Hornets defense

Nikola Jokić 17 pts (6/6) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Ryan Kalkbrenner (39 %, 4 pts) · Mason Plumlee (30 %, 2 pts) · Miles Bridges (8 %, 3 pts)
Jamal Murray 22 pts (9/22) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Sion James (28 %, 0 pts) · Miles Bridges (17 %, 8 pts) · KJ Simpson (16 %, 8 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Miles Bridges	Peyton Watson: 24 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Cameron Johnson: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Kon Knueppel	Spencer Jones: 19 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Cameron Johnson: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Brandon Miller	Cameron Johnson: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
KJ Simpson	Jamal Murray: 11 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Peyton Watson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Nikola Jokić: 27 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Jonas Valanciunas: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Sion James	Jamal Murray: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nikola Jokić: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Mason Plumlee	Nikola Jokić: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jonas Valanciunas: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Liam McNeeley	Cameron Johnson: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Tidjane Salaün	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cameron Johnson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Antonio Reeves	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bruce Brown: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nuggets defense

Brandon Miller 13 pts (5/11) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Cameron Johnson (25 %, 2 pts) · Jamal Murray (24 %, 9 pts) · Tim Hardaway Jr. (14 %, 0 pts)
Miles Bridges 11 pts (4/6) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Spencer Jones (28 %, 2 pts) · Peyton Watson (22 %, 5 pts) · Cameron Johnson (15 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Cameron Johnson	Kon Knueppel: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandon Miller: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Jamal Murray	Sion James: 27 poss., 8 pts (4/8) · Brandon Miller: 14 poss., 9 pts (4/6)
Nikola Jokić	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 22 poss., 12 pts (5/6) · Mason Plumlee: 22 poss., 12 pts (5/8)
Peyton Watson	Miles Bridges: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · KJ Simpson: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Kon Knueppel: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Brandon Miller: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Spencer Jones	Miles Bridges: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · KJ Simpson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bruce Brown	Tidjane Salaün: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kon Knueppel: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jalen Pickett	Liam McNeeley: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · KJ Simpson: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jonas Valanciunas	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Mason Plumlee: 6 poss., 4 pts (2/3)