{"id":412294,"date":"2023-02-11T22:03:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T03:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=412294"},"modified":"2023-02-11T22:10:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T03:10:20","slug":"short-handed-nuggets-down-hornets-jokic-shines-again","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/short-handed-nuggets-down-hornets-jokic-shines-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Short-handed Nuggets down Hornets, Jokic shines again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/nikola-jokic\/\">Nikola Jokic<\/a>, the NBA&#8217;s Most Valuable Player the last two seasons, finished with 30 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists for his league-leading 20th triple-double and the short-handed <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\">Denver Nuggets<\/a> handed the Charlotte Hornets their seventh straight loss, 119-105 on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Road W <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vdJmPK2AF2\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/vdJmPK2AF2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nuggets\/status\/1624594543311220738?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had 15 points and Bruce Brown and Michael Porter Jr. each scored 14 for the Nuggets, who snapped a string of four straight road losses.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Starting \ud83d\udd90<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MileHighBasketball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#MileHighBasketball<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WBCAxefSay\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/WBCAxefSay<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nuggets\/status\/1624551492710699008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Denver played without Aaron Gordon (rib contusion) and Jamaal Murray (knee inflammation) but outscored the Hornets 62-45 in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>P.J. Washington had 22 points and Gordon Hayward added 21 for Charlotte. LaMelo Ball finished with 18 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>The Hornets endured another rough night from the foul line, converting just 17 of 29 attempts. Charlotte is 28 of 52 from the stripe in its last two home games.<\/p>\n<p>Jokic made light work of Hornets rookie Mark Williams and third-year player Nick Richards, using his big body to post up on the low block to seemingly score at will with overpowering moves in the lane.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jokic with 30 points tonight to help the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nuggets?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@nuggets<\/a> take a win over the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hornets?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@hornets<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MileHighBasketball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#MileHighBasketball<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0IhQRJmVQY\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/0IhQRJmVQY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AltitudeTV (@AltitudeTV) <a 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