Houston Rockets @ Denver Nuggets
12-13, 5-6 Away
108
12-13, 5-6 Away
10-14, 5-7 Home
114
10-14, 5-7 Home
Game Leaders
Team Stats
47% (41-87)
Field Goal %
51% (42-82)
45% (18-40)
Three Point %
32% (8-25)
73% (8-11)
Free Throw %
88% (22-25)
11
Turnovers
18
32
Rebounds
60
10
Largest Lead
16
Game Information
Denver, CO
Referee:Derrick Collins
Referee:Haywoode Workman
Referee:Tony Brothers
Game Flow
--HOU
--DEN
Shot Chart
- Patrick Beverley misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Kenneth Faried misses alley oop dunk shot
- Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jameer Nelson misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Joffrey Lauvergne makes 4-foot two point shot (Jameer Nelson assists)
- Dwight Howard misses
- Joffrey Lauvergne makes dunk (Danilo Gallinari assists)
- James Harden makes driving layup (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Patrick Beverley makes layup (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Jameer Nelson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Danilo Gallinari assists)
- Dwight Howard makes two point shot (Donatas Motiejunas assists)
- Gary Harris makes layup (Joffrey Lauvergne assists)
- Dwight Howard makes dunk (James Harden assists)
- Jameer Nelson misses 21-foot step back jumpshot
- Kenneth Faried misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kenneth Faried makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden misses 14-foot two point shot
- Ty Lawson misses 16-foot jumper
- Joffrey Lauvergne misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Gary Harris makes free throw 1 of 2
- Gary Harris makes free throw 2 of 2
- Terrence Jones misses 7-foot jumper
- Donatas Motiejunas makes 25-foot three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Kenneth Faried makes 2-foot two point shot (Gary Harris assists)
- Ty Lawson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Gary Harris misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kenneth Faried makes two point shot
- Gary Harris makes dunk (Jameer Nelson assists)
- Donatas Motiejunas misses 8-foot jumper
- Danilo Gallinari makes two point shot
- Marcus Thornton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ty Lawson assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 4-foot two point shot (Danilo Gallinari assists)
- Marcus Thornton misses 18-foot jumper
- Donatas Motiejunas misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Danilo Gallinari makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Corey Brewer makes 25-foot three point jumper (Donatas Motiejunas assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 1
- Corey Brewer misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Will Barton makes 14-foot two point shot (Randy Foye assists)
- Jameer Nelson misses three point jumper
- Will Barton misses 15-foot jumper
- Will Barton makes 16-foot jumper
- Ty Lawson makes jumper
- Mike Miller misses three point jumper
- Kostas Papanikolaou misses two point shot
- Dwight Howard makes 3-foot two point shot (Corey Brewer assists)
- Will Barton misses 18-foot two point shot
- Marcus Thornton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ty Lawson assists)
- Will Barton makes two point shot (Mike Miller assists)
- Ty Lawson misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Will Barton misses two point shot
- Corey Brewer makes free throw 1 of 2
- Corey Brewer makes free throw 2 of 2
- Marcus Thornton makes 27-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Will Barton misses two point shot
- Marcus Thornton misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Randy Foye misses free throw 1 of 2
- Randy Foye makes free throw 2 of 2
- Marcus Thornton makes free throw 1 of 2
- Marcus Thornton makes free throw 2 of 2
- Joffrey Lauvergne misses 3-foot two point shot
- Patrick Beverley misses layup
- Mike Miller makes three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
- Patrick Beverley misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Will Barton makes driving dunk (Mike Miller assists)
- Will Barton makes free throw 1 of 1
- James Harden makes driving layup
- Mike Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper
- James Harden misses driving layup
- Donatas Motiejunas makes 3-foot two point shot
- Joffrey Lauvergne makes two point shot (Jameer Nelson assists)
- James Harden misses free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden misses free throw 2 of 2
- Jameer Nelson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kenneth Faried misses 6-foot jumper
- Terrence Jones misses 22-foot jumper
- Danilo Gallinari misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Kenneth Faried makes layup
- Donatas Motiejunas makes free throw 1 of 2
- Donatas Motiejunas makes free throw 2 of 2
- Trevor Ariza misses three point jumper
- James Harden makes 23-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Danilo Gallinari makes technical free throw
- Jameer Nelson misses 11-foot two point shot
- Gary Harris misses jumper
- James Harden makes 25-foot three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Patrick Beverley misses three point jumper
- Dwight Howard makes two point shot
- Jameer Nelson misses
- Kenneth Faried makes 2-foot two point shot
- Patrick Beverley makes 24-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Will Barton misses two point shot
- James Harden makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Danilo Gallinari makes two point shot (Will Barton assists)
- James Harden misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kenneth Faried misses 4-foot two point shot
- James Harden misses 17-foot jumper
- Will Barton misses 63-foot three point jumper
- Jameer Nelson misses layup
- Danilo Gallinari makes free throw 1 of 2
- Danilo Gallinari makes free throw 2 of 2
- Trevor Ariza makes 3-foot two point shot
- Joffrey Lauvergne misses two point shot
- Donatas Motiejunas makes 25-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Patrick Beverley makes 21-foot two point shot
- Patrick Beverley makes layup
- Kenneth Faried makes layup (Danilo Gallinari assists)
- Trevor Ariza makes 26-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Joffrey Lauvergne makes jumper (Kenneth Faried assists)
- Donatas Motiejunas makes two point shot (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Dwight Howard misses 9-foot hook shot
- Gary Harris makes 4-foot jumper (Jameer Nelson assists)
- Patrick Beverley misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jameer Nelson misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Donatas Motiejunas makes 7-foot two point shot
- Danilo Gallinari misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jameer Nelson makes 2-foot two point shot
- Donatas Motiejunas misses 11-foot hook shot
- Danilo Gallinari makes free throw 1 of 2
- Danilo Gallinari makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden makes 24-foot (Terrence Jones assists)
- Danilo Gallinari misses free throw 1 of 2
- Danilo Gallinari makes free throw 2 of 2
- Trevor Ariza misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Will Barton makes free throw 1 of 2
- Will Barton makes free throw 2 of 2
- Gary Harris makes layup (Danilo Gallinari assists)
- James Harden makes 24-foot three point jumper (Marcus Thornton assists)
- Gary Harris makes free throw 1 of 2
- Gary Harris makes free throw 2 of 2
- Marcus Thornton misses two point shot
- Gary Harris makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jameer Nelson assists)
- James Harden misses driving layup
- Danilo Gallinari makes driving layup
- Jameer Nelson makes 25-foot three pointer
- Corey Brewer misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Will Barton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jameer Nelson assists)
- Ty Lawson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jameer Nelson makes two point shot
- Dwight Howard makes two point shot (James Harden assists)
- Marcus Thornton makes two point shot
- Kostas Papanikolaou misses three point jumper
- Marcus Thornton misses 17-foot jumper
- Randy Foye misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Corey Brewer misses 6-foot two point shot
- Donatas Motiejunas misses 7-foot hook shot
- Will Barton makes 25-foot three pointer
- Donatas Motiejunas makes 9-foot two point shot (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Will Barton misses 5-foot two point shot
- Will Barton makes dunk
- Donatas Motiejunas makes three point jumper (Marcus Thornton assists)
- Randy Foye misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kostas Papanikolaou makes two point shot
- Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes 3-foot two point shot
- Randy Foye misses layup
- Randy Foye makes free throw 1 of 2
- Randy Foye makes free throw 2 of 2
- Will Barton makes layup (Randy Foye assists)
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kostas Papanikolaou makes 24-foot three point jumper (Randy Foye assists)
- Jason Terry misses three point jumper
- Dwight Howard misses 5-foot two point shot
- Trevor Ariza makes three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Gary Harris misses 6-foot jumper
- Will Barton misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Joffrey Lauvergne makes dunk
- James Harden makes technical free throw
- Trevor Ariza makes 22-foot two point shot
- Trevor Ariza makes 26-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Gary Harris makes 2-foot two point shot (Danilo Gallinari assists)
- Trevor Ariza misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jameer Nelson misses 17-foot jumper
- James Harden misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Danilo Gallinari misses two point shot
- James Harden misses two point shot
- Patrick Beverley makes 23-foot three point jumper
- Will Barton misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jason Terry makes 16-foot jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
- James Harden makes two point shot
- Danilo Gallinari misses 7-foot two point shot
- James Harden makes driving layup
- Will Barton misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jason Terry misses three point jumper
- Will Barton makes free throw 1 of 2
- Will Barton makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Dwight Howard 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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