The Denver Nuggets managed just their sixth home win of the season, defeating the Charlotte Hornets 95-92 despite allowing two 3-point attempts to tie at the end of the game. It was a back-and-forth affair with Danilo Gallinari leading all scorers with 27 points (nobody else for either team had more than 15). It was a strange evening all around. Denver's leading assist man was center Nikola Jokic with 9, and Emmanuel Mudiay led the team in minutes-played with 39 despite missing the last month with an ankle injury. Neither Jokic nor Jusuf Nurkic played in the last four minutes of the game as a 10 point lead dwindled to three, but the Nuggets managed to play good enough defense on the last possession - despite allowing those two contested threes - to escape with the win even though they didn't score in the final four minutes.
Recap: Nuggets outlast Hornets 95-92
