Overview
- Tip-off is 6:00 p.m. ET at Spectrum Center, with Denver 16-6 overall and 10-2 on the road against Charlotte at 7-16.
- Nikola Jokic scored 40 in a 134-133 comeback at Atlanta, where Denver posted 80 second-half points.
- The Nuggets have topped 130 points in four of their past five games, with either Jokic or Jamal Murray leading the team in scoring across the last eight.
- Ball is out with a left ankle bone bruise; Charlotte leaned on KJ Simpson in Toronto as Kon Knueppel and Miles Bridges handled more playmaking and Tidjane Salaun added 21 off the bench.
- The Hornets’ 111-86 win at Toronto marked their first opponent under 100 this season; Denver lists Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray available, with Aaron Gordon, Christian Braun and Julian Strawther out.