Houston Rockets @ Denver Nuggets
48-22, 23-13 Away
109
48-22, 23-13 Away
33-36, 20-17 Home
105
33-36, 20-17 Home
Game Leaders
Team Stats
46% (38-83)
Field Goal %
43% (38-89)
21% (5-24)
Three Point %
32% (10-31)
80% (28-35)
Free Throw %
63% (19-30)
14
Turnovers
14
58
Rebounds
56
8
Largest Lead
8
Game Information
Denver, CO
Referee:Bill Kennedy
Referee:Gary Zielinski
Referee:Brett Nansel
Game Flow
--HOU
--DEN
Shot Chart
- Clint Capela misses alley oop dunk shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 17-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Gary Harris makes two point shot
- Patrick Beverley makes 8-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot (Jameer Nelson assists)
- Clint Capela makes two point shot (James Harden assists)
- Jameer Nelson misses 6-foot two point shot
- Clint Capela misses 4-foot hook shot
- Clint Capela makes two point shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
- James Harden misses 6-foot two point shot
- Clint Capela misses layup
- Clint Capela makes two point shot
- Juancho Hernangomez makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Ryan Anderson makes driving layup (James Harden assists)
- Juancho Hernangomez makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jameer Nelson assists)
- Ryan Anderson misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic misses 12-foot two point shot
- James Harden misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Gary Harris misses layup
- Nikola Jokic misses 3-foot jumper
- Nikola Jokic misses 16-foot jumper
- Jameer Nelson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 3
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 3
- James Harden makes free throw 3 of 3
- Juancho Hernangomez makes 25-foot three point jumper (Gary Harris assists)
- Nene makes layup (James Harden assists)
- James Harden misses 7-foot jump bank shot
- Will Barton makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jameer Nelson assists)
- James Harden makes technical free throw
- Nene makes 2-foot two point shot
- Jameer Nelson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Lou Williams misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Eric Gordon misses free throw 1 of 2
- Eric Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
- Eric Gordon makes 25-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 20-foot jumper
- Will Barton misses 26-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes driving layup
- Mason Plumlee makes two point shot (Jameer Nelson assists)
- Lou Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kenneth Faried makes dunk (Jameer Nelson assists)
- Kenneth Faried makes layup (Mason Plumlee assists)
- Nene misses 21-foot jumper
- Jamal Murray misses 19-foot jumper
- Eric Gordon misses 28-foot
- James Harden makes two point shot
- James Harden misses free throw 1 of 1
- Jamal Murray misses jumper
- Lou Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
- Patrick Beverley misses 14-foot jumper
- Will Barton misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Patrick Beverley misses free throw 1 of 2
- Patrick Beverley makes free throw 2 of 2
- Juancho Hernangomez misses 16-foot jumper
- Jameer Nelson misses 23-foot two point jumper
- Sam Dekker makes layup (Lou Williams assists)
- Lou Williams misses 17-foot jump bank shot
- Mason Plumlee makes free throw 1 of 2
- Mason Plumlee makes free throw 2 of 2
- Juancho Hernangomez misses 22-foot two point shot
- Lou Williams makes free throw 1 of 3
- Lou Williams makes free throw 2 of 3
- Lou Williams makes free throw 3 of 3
- Will Barton misses free throw 1 of 2
- Will Barton makes free throw 2 of 2
- Eric Gordon misses two point shot
- Jameer Nelson makes two point shot (Will Barton assists)
- Lou Williams makes 11-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes jumper (Jameer Nelson assists)
- Clint Capela makes two point shot (Lou Williams assists)
- Jameer Nelson makes 20-foot jumper
- Eric Gordon makes driving layup (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Will Barton misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Kenneth Faried makes tip shot
- Patrick Beverley misses two point shot
- Patrick Beverley misses 24-foot
- Will Barton makes layup (Jameer Nelson assists)
- Nene misses free throw 1 of 2
- Nene makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jameer Nelson misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Kenneth Faried misses 4-foot hook shot
- Gary Harris makes 27-foot three point jumper (Mason Plumlee assists)
- James Harden misses step back jumpshot
- Will Barton misses driving layup
- Mason Plumlee misses 2-foot hook shot
- Nene makes dunk (James Harden assists)
- Will Barton misses driving layup
- Kenneth Faried makes tip shot
- Ryan Anderson misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Mason Plumlee makes two point shot (Jameer Nelson assists)
- Nene makes driving dunk (James Harden assists)
- Gary Harris makes 2-foot two point shot (Jameer Nelson assists)
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 3
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 3
- James Harden makes free throw 3 of 3
- Juancho Hernangomez makes free throw 1 of 2
- Juancho Hernangomez makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden makes driving dunk
- Juancho Hernangomez makes 25-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
- Ryan Anderson makes two point shot (James Harden assists)
- Ryan Anderson makes free throw 1 of 1
- Will Barton misses 26-foot
- James Harden misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Mason Plumlee misses layup
- Nikola Jokic makes jumper (Juancho Hernangomez assists)
- James Harden misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Ryan Anderson misses step back jumpshot
- Jameer Nelson misses 23-foot
- James Harden misses 25-foot
- Ryan Anderson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza makes two point shot (James Harden assists)
- Gary Harris makes free throw 1 of 2
- Gary Harris misses free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden makes 3-foot two point shot
- Gary Harris misses 17-foot jumper
- Clint Capela makes two point shot (James Harden assists)
- Gary Harris misses
- Trevor Ariza misses driving layup
- Clint Capela makes two point shot (James Harden assists)
- Juancho Hernangomez misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Mason Plumlee makes two point shot (Kenneth Faried assists)
- Ryan Anderson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Ryan Anderson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Gary Harris misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Ryan Anderson makes 25-foot three pointer (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Kenneth Faried misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kenneth Faried makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden makes 16-foot two point shot (Eric Gordon assists)
- Jameer Nelson misses 26-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Gary Harris misses driving layup
- Will Barton misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Gary Harris makes two point shot
- James Harden makes two point shot (Nene assists)
- Juancho Hernangomez makes two point shot (Jameer Nelson assists)
- Juancho Hernangomez misses free throw 1 of 1
- Jameer Nelson makes 3-foot two point shot
- Nene misses 2-foot two point shot
- Will Barton makes free throw 1 of 2
- Will Barton misses free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden makes 27-foot step back jumpshot
- Jameer Nelson makes two point shot
- Nene misses layup
- Jameer Nelson misses 26-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes two point shot
- Mason Plumlee misses free throw 1 of 2
- Mason Plumlee makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Gary Harris makes free throw 1 of 2
- Gary Harris makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Eric Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes 17-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Eric Gordon makes 17-foot two point shot
- Gary Harris makes driving layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Lou Williams makes two point shot
- Nikola Jokic misses layup
- Kenneth Faried makes two point shot
- Eric Gordon makes driving layup (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Will Barton misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Patrick Beverley misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Clint Capela makes free throw 1 of 2
- Clint Capela makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes 10-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 1
- Clint Capela misses layup
- Clint Capela misses
- Lou Williams makes 1-foot two point shot
- Gary Harris misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Patrick Beverley misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kenneth Faried assists)
- Clint Capela makes two point shot (Lou Williams assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 18-foot two point jumper
- Lou Williams misses free throw 1 of 2
- Lou Williams makes free throw 2 of 2
- Gary Harris makes driving layup (Mason Plumlee assists)
- Gary Harris makes free throw 1 of 1
- Will Barton misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Lou Williams makes 9-foot two point shot
- Gary Harris misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes 8-foot two point shot (Jameer Nelson assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 15-foot jumper (Gary Harris assists)
- Jamal Murray misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jamal Murray misses free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden misses free throw 1 of 3
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 3
- James Harden makes free throw 3 of 3
- Jameer Nelson misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jameer Nelson makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Gary Harris misses driving layup
- Juancho Hernangomez misses layup
- Nikola Jokic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
- Nene makes dunk (Eric Gordon assists)
- Jameer Nelson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- James Harden makes 5-foot two point shot (Nene assists)
- James Harden misses 5-foot two point shot
- Nene makes two point shot
- Will Barton makes free throw 1 of 2
- Will Barton misses free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden misses two point shot
- Jamal Murray misses three point pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
- James Harden misses step back jumpshot
- Will Barton makes free throw 1 of 3
- Will Barton misses free throw 2 of 3
- Will Barton makes free throw 3 of 3
- Lou Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nene misses free throw 1 of 2
- Nene makes free throw 2 of 2
- Will Barton misses 25-foot three point jumper
- James Harden misses 18-foot
- Will Barton misses 3-foot Running Jumper
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray misses 28-foot three point jumper
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Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 62 | 20 | .756 | - | L1 |
| Houston | 52 | 30 | .634 | 10 | W1 |
| New Orleans | 26 | 56 | .317 | 36 | L2 |
| Dallas | 26 | 56 | .317 | 36 | W1 |
| Memphis | 25 | 57 | .305 | 37 | L8 |
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 64 | 18 | .780 | - | L2 |
| Denver | 54 | 28 | .659 | 10 | W12 |
| Minnesota | 49 | 33 | .598 | 15 | W2 |
| Portland | 42 | 40 | .512 | 22 | W2 |
| Utah | 22 | 60 | .268 | 42 | L1 |
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