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January 18, 2026 · Ball Arena
Charlotte Hornets vs Denver Nuggets · January 18, 2026
The Charlotte Hornets beat the Denver Nuggets 110-87 on Sunday, January 18, 2026 on the road. Brandon Miller led the Hornets with 23 points. Jamal Murray led the Nuggets with 16 points. The Hornets are 16-27 and the Nuggets 29-14.
Team 1 2 3 4 T
CHA 33 27 27 23 110 DEN 18 16 23 30 87
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Hornets · 44/89 FG
Q1 11:39 · Brandon Miller makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kon Knueppel assists)
Q1 10:27 · Brandon Miller misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q1 6:36 · Brandon Miller makes 24-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q1 6:13 · Brandon Miller misses 11-foot jumper
Q1 6:06 · Brandon Miller makes 25-foot three point jumper (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q2 7:15 · Brandon Miller makes 1-foot dunk (Collin Sexton assists)
Q2 5:18 · Brandon Miller makes 7-foot running pullup jump shot
Q2 4:44 · Brandon Miller misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q2 4:02 · Brandon Miller misses two point shot
Q2 3:28 · Brandon Miller makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kon Knueppel assists)
Q3 9:53 · Brandon Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q3 6:15 · Brandon Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q3 5:38 · Brandon Miller makes 10-foot pullup jump shot (Moussa Diabate assists)
Q3 4:52 · Brandon Miller makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
Q3 4:25 · Brandon Miller misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q1 10:57 · Miles Bridges makes 2-foot two point shot
Q1 6:10 · Miles Bridges misses 22-foot three point jumper
Q2 6:06 · Miles Bridges misses driving layup
Q2 2:40 · Miles Bridges misses 27-foot three point jumper
Q2 12.5 · Miles Bridges makes 5-foot layup (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q3 11:27 · Miles Bridges makes 2-foot layup (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q1 9:56 · Kon Knueppel makes 27-foot three point jumper (Brandon Miller assists)
Q1 8:45 · Kon Knueppel makes 23-foot running jump shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q1 7:58 · Kon Knueppel misses 12-foot jumper
Q1 2:16 · Kon Knueppel makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Collin Sexton assists)
Q1 1:15 · Kon Knueppel misses 7-foot pullup jump shot
Q1 0.0 · Kon Knueppel misses 13-foot floating jump shot
Q2 11:24 · Kon Knueppel misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q2 5:33 · Kon Knueppel misses driving layup
Q2 1:55 · Kon Knueppel makes 3-foot two point shot (Sion James assists)
Q3 8:53 · Kon Knueppel misses 27-foot three point jumper
Q3 2:00 · Kon Knueppel makes 10-foot two point shot
Q1 9:16 · LaMelo Ball misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q1 7:30 · LaMelo Ball makes 26-foot three point jumper (Moussa Diabate assists)
Q2 10:45 · LaMelo Ball misses 31-foot three point jumper
Q2 10:10 · LaMelo Ball misses driving floating jump shot
Q2 9:54 · LaMelo Ball misses 24-foot running jump shot
Q2 9:21 · LaMelo Ball makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot
Q2 7:59 · LaMelo Ball misses 15-foot fade away jump shot
Q3 10:51 · LaMelo Ball misses running pullup jump shot
Q3 10:33 · LaMelo Ball makes dunk
Q3 9:49 · LaMelo Ball makes 27-foot three point jumper (Miles Bridges assists)
Q3 9:18 · LaMelo Ball misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q1 5:31 · Peyton Watson blocks Josh Green 's 7-foot two point shot
Q1 3:36 · Josh Green misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q3 1:18 · Josh Green makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kon Knueppel assists)
Q1 4:40 · Moussa Diabate misses 3-foot two point shot
Q2 6:03 · Moussa Diabate makes tip shot
Q3 8:17 · Moussa Diabate makes dunk
Q3 7:39 · Peyton Watson blocks Moussa Diabate 's 4-foot layup
Q4 7:19 · Moussa Diabate misses 11-foot fade away jump shot
Q4 6:43 · Bruce Brown blocks Moussa Diabate 's 7-foot driving layup
Q1 2:59 · Tidjane Salaun makes 23-foot three point jumper (Collin Sexton assists)
Q1 2:31 · Tidjane Salaun makes 7-foot floating jump shot
Q2 10:32 · Tidjane Salaun makes tip in dunk
Q3 3:01 · Tidjane Salaun makes two point shot
Q3 5.7 · Tidjane Salaun makes dunk (Ryan Kalkbrenner assists)
Q4 8:22 · Tidjane Salaun makes alley oop layup (Sion James assists)
Q4 4:41 · Tidjane Salaun misses two point shot
Q4 3:10 · Tidjane Salaun misses 27-foot three point jumper
Q1 1:43 · Ryan Kalkbrenner makes dunk (Tidjane Salaun assists)
Q3 3:47 · Peyton Watson blocks Ryan Kalkbrenner 's 7-foot layup
Q3 42.6 · Ryan Kalkbrenner makes 4-foot layup (Collin Sexton assists)
Q4 11:48 · Ryan Kalkbrenner makes 5-foot hook shot (Collin Sexton assists)
Q4 9:40 · Ryan Kalkbrenner makes 4-foot two point shot (Tre Mann assists)
Q4 5:14 · Ryan Kalkbrenner makes 1-foot dunk (Pat Connaughton assists)
Q4 2:44 · Ryan Kalkbrenner makes two point shot
Q4 1:53 · Ryan Kalkbrenner makes 2-foot dunk (Pat Connaughton assists)
Q4 1:10 · Ryan Kalkbrenner misses 6-foot floating jump shot
Q4 37.0 · Ryan Kalkbrenner makes dunk (Sion James assists)
Q1 3.0 · Collin Sexton misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q2 11:37 · Collin Sexton misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q2 11:16 · Collin Sexton misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q2 11:08 · Collin Sexton makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot
Q2 10:35 · Collin Sexton misses driving layup
Q2 7:44 · Collin Sexton makes two point shot (LaMelo Ball assists)
Q2 1:18 · Collin Sexton makes two point shot (Sion James assists)
Q2 36.1 · Collin Sexton makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
Q4 10:56 · Collin Sexton makes driving layup (Sion James assists)
Q4 10:03 · Collin Sexton misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q3 3:12 · Sion James misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q4 8:28 · Sion James misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q4 7:23 · Sion James misses driving layup
Q4 2:20 · Sion James misses two point shot
Q4 10:28 · Tre Mann misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q4 9:03 · Bruce Brown blocks Tre Mann 's 6-foot driving floating jump shot
Q4 4:08 · Tre Mann makes 2-foot two point shot (Pat Connaughton assists)
Q4 6:00 · Pat Connaughton makes 30-foot three point jumper (Tidjane Salaun assists)
Q4 2:48 · Pat Connaughton misses two point shot
Paint 25/39 64% Mid-range 8/16 50% 3PT 11/34 32%
Nuggets · 32/79 FG
Q1 11:17 · Jamal Murray makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
Q1 10:10 · Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q1 8:25 · Jamal Murray makes 19-foot fade away jump shot
Q1 7:46 · Jamal Murray misses 16-foot two point shot
Q1 4:56 · Jamal Murray makes 4-foot two point shot (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)
Q1 4:16 · Jamal Murray misses 21-foot step back jumpshot
Q1 32.0 · Jamal Murray makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
Q2 5:42 · Jamal Murray makes 3-foot driving floating jump shot
Q2 3:01 · Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot
Q3 11:46 · Jamal Murray makes 21-foot pullup jump shot (Jalen Pickett assists)
Q3 10:08 · Kon Knueppel blocks Jamal Murray 's 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
Q3 9:33 · Jamal Murray makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Jalen Pickett assists)
Q1 10:41 · Peyton Watson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q1 7:01 · Peyton Watson misses 14-foot two point shot
Q1 6:52 · Peyton Watson makes 10-foot fade away jump shot (Jalen Pickett assists)
Q1 5:23 · Peyton Watson misses running pullup jump shot
Q1 3:11 · Peyton Watson misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Q1 1:57 · Peyton Watson makes two point shot
Q2 8:18 · Peyton Watson makes 1-foot dunk (Jalen Pickett assists)
Q2 6:48 · Peyton Watson misses 28-foot three point jumper
Q2 4:55 · Peyton Watson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q2 54.0 · Peyton Watson makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot
Q3 7:56 · Peyton Watson misses running pullup jump shot
Q3 4:34 · Peyton Watson misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
Q1 9:35 · Jalen Pickett makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
Q2 7:21 · Jalen Pickett misses 28-foot three point jumper
Q3 11:03 · Jalen Pickett misses driving floating jump shot
Q3 8:36 · Jalen Pickett makes 13-foot jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
Q4 3:33 · Jalen Pickett makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
Q4 2:29 · Jalen Pickett misses 24-foot three point jumper
Q4 24.4 · Jalen Pickett makes 26-foot three point jumper (Hunter Tyson assists)
Q1 8:53 · Spencer Jones misses 7-foot turnaround jump shot
Q3 7:20 · Spencer Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q3 5:11 · Spencer Jones makes 1-foot running dunk
Q1 5:43 · Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 22-foot three point jumper
Q1 1:10 · Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 25-foot running jump shot (Jalen Pickett assists)
Q1 39.8 · Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q2 6:17 · Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q2 5:24 · Tim Hardaway Jr. misses running pullup jump shot
Q1 3:58 · Zeke Nnaji misses layup
Q2 4:28 · Zeke Nnaji makes 1-foot dunk (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)
Q2 3:48 · Zeke Nnaji misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q2 2:59 · Zeke Nnaji makes tip shot
Q3 7:06 · Zeke Nnaji makes 21-foot jumper (Jalen Pickett assists)
Q4 5:34 · Zeke Nnaji makes 21-foot jumper (Jalen Pickett assists)
Q4 5:00 · Zeke Nnaji misses 20-foot jumper
Q4 3:52 · Zeke Nnaji misses driving layup
Q4 3:49 · Tidjane Salaun blocks Zeke Nnaji 's 6-foot tip shot
Q4 1:37 · Zeke Nnaji misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q1 2:43 · DaRon Holmes II misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q3 2:50 · DaRon Holmes II misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q3 59.9 · DaRon Holmes II makes 25-foot three point jumper (Hunter Tyson assists)
Q3 28.4 · DaRon Holmes II misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q4 9:17 · DaRon Holmes II makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bruce Brown assists)
Q4 7:58 · DaRon Holmes II misses 24-foot three point jumper
Q4 4:31 · DaRon Holmes II misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q2 10:21 · Hunter Tyson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q2 8:30 · Hunter Tyson misses 22-foot three point jumper
Q3 6:37 · Moussa Diabate blocks Hunter Tyson 's 7-foot driving layup
Q3 6:00 · Hunter Tyson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q3 4:12 · Hunter Tyson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Q3 3:31 · Hunter Tyson misses 27-foot three point jumper
Q3 0.6 · Hunter Tyson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Q4 11:25 · Hunter Tyson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Q4 10:45 · Hunter Tyson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Q2 9:39 · Bruce Brown misses 8-foot floating jump shot
Q2 9:02 · Bruce Brown misses driving floating jump shot
Q4 11:11 · Bruce Brown makes running dunk (DaRon Holmes II assists)
Q4 10:15 · Bruce Brown makes 24-foot three point jumper (Julian Strawther assists)
Q4 9:56 · Bruce Brown misses 26-foot running jump shot
Q4 8:51 · Bruce Brown makes running layup (Julian Strawther assists)
Q4 6:37 · Bruce Brown makes two point shot
Q2 1:26 · Julian Strawther misses 6-foot two point shot
Q3 2:19 · Julian Strawther makes 27-foot three point jumper (Bruce Brown assists)
Q3 1:39 · Julian Strawther makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (DaRon Holmes II assists)
Q4 7:00 · Julian Strawther makes 23-foot three point jumper (Bruce Brown assists)
Q4 3:01 · Julian Strawther misses running pullup jump shot
Q4 2:13 · Julian Strawther makes running layup
Q4 59.4 · Julian Strawther makes driving layup (Zeke Nnaji assists)
Paint 12/20 60% Mid-range 12/21 57% 3PT 8/38 21%
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