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Denver Nuggets vs. Charlotte Hornets

January 18, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Nuggets 110-87 on 2026-01-18 on the road against the Nuggets. The Nuggets started Jamal Murray, Jalen Pickett, Peyton Watson, DaRon Holmes II, and Spencer Jones. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 6 points (1/5) in his matchups, with Jalen Pickett as his primary defender. Jamal Murray (Nuggets) scored 17 points (5/11) in his matchups, with Kon Knueppel as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DEN

Denver Nuggets 87

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Pickett GS	33:59	12	5	7	0	0	2	1	4-7	2-4	2-2	-8
Spencer Jones GS	31:23	2	6	0	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	-27
Peyton Watson GS	28:50	11	4	0	1	3	2	1	4-12	0-4	3-4	-29
DaRon Holmes II GS	25:51	7	3	2	0	0	1	3	2-7	2-7	1-2	-11
Jamal Murray GS	25:11	16	1	2	1	0	1	2	7-12	0-2	2-2	-22
Zeke Nnaji	22:52	8	5	1	0	0	1	4	4-10	0-2	0-0	+9
Hunter Tyson	20:54	1	2	2	0	0	0	2	0-9	0-8	1-2	-12
Julian Strawther	19:56	15	2	2	2	0	0	2	5-7	2-3	3-3	-3
Bruce Brown	17:45	9	0	3	2	2	0	2	4-7	1-2	0-0	-3
Tim Hardaway Jr.	13:19	6	1	2	0	0	1	0	1-5	1-5	3-3	-9
Totals		87	29	21	7	5	8	18	32-79	8-38	15-18

Did not play: Aaron Gordon (DND - Injury/Illness)

CHA

Charlotte Hornets 110

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel GS	26:40	14	4	3	0	1	2	2	5-11	2-4	2-2	+18
Moussa Diabaté GS	24:42	4	9	2	0	1	0	3	2-6	0-0	0-0	+6
Brandon Miller GS	23:47	23	4	1	0	0	1	3	8-15	4-9	3-4	+16
Miles Bridges GS	22:52	7	4	1	0	0	1	0	3-6	0-2	1-1	+19
LaMelo Ball GS	19:27	10	1	6	3	0	1	3	4-11	2-7	0-0	+22
Sion James	25:33	0	5	5	0	0	1	2	0-4	0-2	0-0	0
Ryan Kalkbrenner	23:18	17	6	1	0	0	1	1	8-10	0-0	1-1	+17
Tidjane Salaün	21:59	13	11	2	0	1	1	3	6-8	1-2	0-1	+6
Collin Sexton	20:23	14	2	5	1	0	2	0	5-10	0-4	4-4	+13
Josh Green	13:05	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	1-3	1-2	0-0	+5
Tre Mann	12:00	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	-7
Pat Connaughton	6:15	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-1	0-0	0
Totals		110	52	30	4	3	12	19	44-89	11-34	11-13

Lineups

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jamal Murray · Jalen Pickett · Peyton Watson · DaRon Holmes II · Spencer Jones Starter 5.4 min
Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji · Julian Strawther · DaRon Holmes II · Hunter Tyson 6.3 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Jamal Murray · Zeke Nnaji · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones 5.4 min
Jamal Murray · Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones 5.1 min
Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji · Julian Strawther · DaRon Holmes II 3.4 min

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Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel Starter 10.5 min
Pat Connaughton · Tre Mann · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Tidjane Salaün · Sion James 6.3 min
Miles Bridges · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 3.4 min
Collin Sexton · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Tidjane Salaün · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 3.3 min
Collin Sexton · Josh Green · Tre Mann · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Sion James 3.2 min

Who guarded whom

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

Nuggets defense

LaMelo Ball 6 pts (1/5) in 31 possessions

Guarded by: Jalen Pickett (45 %, 2 pts) · Jamal Murray (17 %, 2 pts) · Peyton Watson (13 %, 0 pts)
Brandon Miller 10 pts (3/8) in 38 possessions

Guarded by: Jamal Murray (34 %, 4 pts) · Peyton Watson (23 %, 3 pts) · Spencer Jones (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Pickett	LaMelo Ball: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Sion James: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Spencer Jones	Miles Bridges: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Brandon Miller: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Peyton Watson	Kon Knueppel: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Miles Bridges: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jamal Murray	Brandon Miller: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Sion James: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
DaRon Holmes II	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Moussa Diabaté: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zeke Nnaji	Moussa Diabaté: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Hunter Tyson	Tidjane Salaün: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/5)
Bruce Brown	Tidjane Salaün: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Collin Sexton: 6 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Julian Strawther	Sion James: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tre Mann: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Kon Knueppel: 6 poss., 3 pts (0/1) · Sion James: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)

Hornets defense

Jamal Murray 17 pts (5/11) in 47 possessions

Guarded by: Kon Knueppel (21 %, 7 pts) · Brandon Miller (20 %, 0 pts) · Sion James (17 %, 0 pts)
Peyton Watson 11 pts (4/10) in 54 possessions

Guarded by: Brandon Miller (24 %, 4 pts) · LaMelo Ball (19 %, 0 pts) · Miles Bridges (17 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kon Knueppel	Jalen Pickett: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jamal Murray: 10 poss., 7 pts (2/2)
Sion James	Julian Strawther: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jamal Murray: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	DaRon Holmes II: 20 poss., 10 pts (5/6) · Hunter Tyson: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Miles Bridges	Spencer Jones: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Peyton Watson: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Brandon Miller	Peyton Watson: 13 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Jamal Murray: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Moussa Diabaté	Zeke Nnaji: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · DaRon Holmes II: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Collin Sexton	Jalen Pickett: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jamal Murray: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Tidjane Salaün	Zeke Nnaji: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jalen Pickett: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
LaMelo Ball	Peyton Watson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jamal Murray: 6 poss., 8 pts (3/4)
Josh Green	Julian Strawther: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Hunter Tyson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Mann	Jalen Pickett: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Julian Strawther: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pat Connaughton	Hunter Tyson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Pickett: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1)