CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Nikola Jokic had 30 issues, 16 rebounds and 10 assists for his twentieth triple-double within the league, and the undermanned Denver Nuggets passed the Charlotte Hornets their 7th directly 119-105 loss on Saturday evening.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 15 issues and Bruce Brown and Michael Porter Jr. had 14 each and every for the Nuggets, who suffered a string of 4 directly losses at the street.
Denver performed with out Aaron Gordon (bruised ribs) and Jamaal Murray (knee disease), however beat the Hornets 62-45 in the second one part.
PJ Washington had 22 issues and Gordon Hayward added 21 for Charlotte. LaMelo Ball completed the event with 18 issues, 12 assists and 9 rebounds. The Hornets persevered every other difficult evening from the foul series, changing simply 17 of 29 tries. Charlotte is twenty eighth of 52 of their ultimate two house video games.
Jokic, the NBA’s maximum significance participant for the generation two seasons, made simple paintings of Hornets rookie Mark Williams and sophomore Nick Richards, the usage of his immense body to put himself at the low forbid to reputedly upcoming Scoring at will with overwhelming actions at the monitor. When the Hornets doubled him, Jokic discovered visible avid gamers.
This was once his 2d main recreation of the season towards Charlotte.
Jokic had 40 issues, 27 rebounds and 10 assists in Denver’s 119-115 win in December.
The Hornets took a 26-12 supremacy within the first quarter, in the back of 13 issues from Hayward, who was once 6-of-7 from the grassland. Hayward, the workforce’s highest-paid participant, had eclipsed simply 13 issues in 5 of his earlier 13 video games however had two dunks and a fallaway jumper to set Charlotte off with a proper foundation.
However the Nuggets short the supremacy to 3 at halftime when the Hornets went 2-of-11 off the foul series prior to the crack.
Denver (39-18) began to drag away within the 3rd quarter in the back of Jokic, Caldwell-Pope and Porter, who blended for 26 issues. Porter, stored scoreless within the first part, threw a three left at 2:11 within the 3rd quarter to offer the Nuggets a 14-point supremacy and the Hornets by no means threatened once more.
The Hornets (15-43), who misplaced in Boston on Friday evening, perceived to put on themselves down as the sport stepped forward.
Denver prolonged the supremacy to twenty with 4 mins left upcoming Terry Rozier’s turnover resulted in a breakaway layup by way of Brown.
TIP INS
Nuggets: Handed the Hornets 51-37. …Gained in spite of capturing 5 of 23 from 3-point length.
Hornets: Handiest 8 of 32 shot from past the three level arc.
NEXT
Nuggets: Monday evening in Miami.
Hornets: host Atlanta on Monday evening.
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