Miles Bridges score 27 while LaMelo Ball tallied 22 points and 11 assists, but it wasn’t enough to overcome Nikola Jokic’s triple double as the Charlotte Hornets lost to the Denver Nuggets, 113-109.
The Hornets had to withstand an offensive onslaught from Aaron Gordon in the first quarter. He scored 17 points that came almost exclusively in the paint. The Hornets played with poor focus and turned the ball over a handful of times and all had to withstand an unfortunate run of officiating decisions. It resulted in a deficit as large as nine at a couple of points.