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DENVER (AP) Danilo Gallinari scored 27 points, rookie Emmanuel Mudiay added 11 in his first game in a month and the Denver Nuggets held off Charlotte 95-92 on Sunday night, extending the Hornets' losing streak to seven games.
The Nuggets didn't score over the final 4:17 but squeaked out the win after Nicolas Batum's shot at the buzzer clanged off the side of the rim.
Mudiay was back on the court after missing 14 games with a sprained right ankle. The Nuggets needed him, too, with Jameer Nelson out after straining his left hip flexor.