Final

Charlotte Hornets14-40115atDenver Nuggets37-19129 winner

Thu, Feb 20, 9:00 PM ESTBall Arena, Denver, COALT/KTVD · FanDuel Sports Network - Southeast - Charlotte

The box score

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
CHA	30	28	38	19	115
DEN	38	28	33	30	129

Charlotte Hornets

115

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh GreenF	27	19	3	2	1	0	1	7-13	5-8	0-0	+1
Miles BridgesF	34	36	13	7	3	1	0	12-23	5-10	7-7	+1
Jusuf NurkićC	19	9	10	7	1	1	2	4-11	0-4	1-1	+4
Nick Smith Jr.G	33	16	1	3	0	0	0	7-16	2-6	0-0	-15
Elfrid PaytonG	16	0	2	3	2	0	1	0-3	0-0	0-0	+8
Damion Baugh	32	14	0	6	2	0	2	6-7	2-3	0-0	-22
Tidjane Salaün	24	3	8	0	0	0	2	1-6	0-2	1-2	-6
Moussa Diabaté	29	11	6	0	0	0	0	3-10	0-0	5-7	-18
Seth Curry	13	7	1	0	1	0	1	3-6	1-3	0-0	-7
Wendell Moore Jr.	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-4	0-1	0-0	-16
Team		115	45	28	10	2	10	43-99	15-37	14-17

DNP: Taj Gibson (coach's decision), Grant Williams (injury/illness)

Denver Nuggets

129

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Michael Porter Jr.F	29	6	11	3	0	0	1	2-11	0-3	2-2	-8
Aaron GordonF	32	18	7	2	0	0	0	8-13	1-2	1-2	+8
Nikola JokićC	37	29	17	9	1	1	2	11-22	6-14	1-2	+14
Christian BraunG	33	10	2	2	1	0	1	4-9	0-2	2-3	+23
Jamal MurrayG	35	34	1	4	0	2	2	12-18	7-10	3-4	-5
Russell Westbrook	26	8	3	7	0	0	5	3-10	1-4	1-1	+17
Julian Strawther	22	16	4	2	0	0	1	5-10	4-7	2-2	+15
Zeke Nnaji	16	4	3	0	1	0	0	2-3	0-1	0-0	+6
DeAndre Jordan	11	4	7	0	0	0	1	2-2	0-0	0-0	0
Team		129	55	29	3	3	13	49-98	19-43	12-16

DNP: Trey Alexander (coach's decision), PJ Hall (coach's decision), Spencer Jones (coach's decision), Jalen Pickett (coach's decision), Dario Šarić (coach's decision), Hunter Tyson (coach's decision)

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Lead tracker

Biggest lead · DEN: 14
Biggest lead · CHA: 5
Times tied: 4
Lead changes: 3
Longest run · DEN: 10

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How they entered this matchup

Rest edge: DENTravel tax: CHABody clock: CHAB2B: CHA

DEN has the rest edge with 192h between tipoffs, 169h more than CHA.
CHA is carrying the heavier travel load at 831 mi from its previous stop.
CHA is dealing with east-to-west pressure: -2h on the body clock and +1h of zone shift.
CHA is playing into a b2b schedule window, which matters even before the ball goes up.
CHA is in game 2 of 6 on the road with 2,117 mi already logged before tip.

Reading the setup…

Rest, travel, and body clock

Schedule spot	CHA	DEN
Record	14-40	37-19
Days rest	B2B	7 days edge
Hours rest	23h	192h
Rest swing	-169h	+169h
Travel in	831 mi	0 mi edge
Zone change	+1h	0h
Body clock	-2h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 2 of 6	Homestand · 3 of 4
Miles before tip	2,117 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	B2B	—
Fatigue Index	7	0 edge

marks the side with the edge in that row.

CHA carries the heavier fatigue load tonight — 7 vs. DEN's 0.

How each side got here831 mi vs 0 mi

How each side got here

CHA

831 mi

Los Angeles, CADenver, CO

CHA came from Los Angeles, CA with 831 mi of travel and +1h of time-zone change.

Los Angeles, CA to Denver, CO

DEN

0 mi

Denver, CONo travel

DEN stayed in Denver, CO between games, so travel is not a real factor in this setup.

Stayed in Denver, CO

Where this game sitsroad 2 of 6 vs homestand 3 of 4

Where this game sits in the run

CHA

Road trip

CHA is on game 2 of 6 on the road, with 2,117 mi already behind it.

Game in segment2 of 6

Miles before tip2,117 mi

Segment miles5,963 mi

DEN

Homestand

DEN is in game 3 of 4 on this homestand.

Game in segment3 of 4

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

Local TV: DENALT/KTVDCHAFanDuel Sports Network - Southeast - Charlottein-market
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Radio: DENAltitude Sports Radio 92.5 FMSiriusXMCHAWFNZ 92.7 FM

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