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2023/24 National Basketball Association (NBA) season
Regular Season
Charlotte Hornets v Denver Nuggets
Spectrum Center
Charlotte, USA
Sunday, 24 December 2023
02h00
Charlotte Hornets will host champions Denver Nuggets in a
National Basketball Association (NBA) match on 24 December.
Head-to-Head
This will be the 67th meeting between the two teams in the regular season since their first meeting in 1989 - a year after the Hornets were formed.
The Nuggets have the edge in this rivalry having recorded 36 wins compared to the Hornets' 30 victories from 66 matches.
Most recent meeting
Nikola Jokic recorded 30 points, 16 rebounds, and 10 assists for the Nuggets as they defeated the Hornets 119-105 on 12 February 2023.
The game played at the Spectrum Center saw the Nuggets improve to 39-18 on the season, while the Hornets fell to 15-43.
Key Players
Hornets point guard Ish Smith, who won an NBA championship with the Nuggets a few months ago, will be looking to haunt his former side by inspiring the Charlotte side to a win.
The Hornets will have to find a way to stop Nuggets' unstoppable center Jokic who recently became the first player in NBA history with 10-plus triple-doubles in 7 straight seasons.
Quotes
Charlotte Hornets head coach Steve Clifford took some positives from the team's loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on 17 December.
“I think there’s things, like I told the guys," Clifford said after the game.
"There’ll be things that we can learn from the film that will help – little things, execution things.
"The overall story of the game would be more about the guys that didn’t play than did, I would say. There are always things you can learn from a game."
NBA fixtures - 23-24 December
Saturday, 23 December
02:00 - Philadelphia 76ers v Toronto Raptors
02:30 - Brooklyn Nets v Denver Nuggets
03:00 - Houston Rockets v Dallas Mavericks
03:00 - Miami Heat v Atlanta Hawks
05:00 - Golden State Warriors v Washington Wizards
05:00 - Sacramento Kings v Phoenix Suns
19:30 - New York Knicks v Milwaukee Bucks
22:30 - Los Angeles Clippers v Boston Celtics
Sunday, 24 December
02:00 - Charlotte Hornets v Denver Nuggets
02:00 - Indiana Pacers v Orlando Magic
02:00 - New Orleans Pelicans v Houston Rockets
02:30 - Atlanta Hawks v Memphis Grizzlies
02:30 - Brooklyn Nets v Detroit Pistons
02:30 - Toronto Raptors v Utah Jazz
03:00 - Chicago Bulls v Cleveland Cavaliers
03:00 - Oklahoma City Thunder v Los Angeles Lakers
03:30 - Dallas Mavericks v San Antonio Spurs
03:30 - Golden State Warriors v Portland Trail Blazers
05:00 - Sacramento Kings v Minnesota Timberwolves
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