Denver Nuggets @ Houston Rockets

45-22, 17-17 Away

123

45-22, 17-17 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Nuggets DEN	29	28	38	28	123
Rockets HOU	38	30	25	32	125

Houston RocketsRocketsHOU

34-31, 19-14 Home

125

34-31, 19-14 Home

Denver Nuggets

starters
Carmelo AnthonyC. Anthony
Nene N. Hilario
Johan PetroJ. Petro
Chauncey BillupsC. Billups
Arron AfflaloA. Afflalo
bench
Malik AllenM. Allen
Chris AndersenC. Andersen
Kenyon MartinK. Martin
Joey GrahamJ. Graham
Renaldo BalkmanR. Balkman
Anthony CarterA. Carter
JR SmithJ. Smith
Ty LawsonT. Lawson
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
40	45	18-35	3-5	6-7	10	3	1	0	1	5	5	3	+6
39	15	5-14	0-0	5-6	10	5	2	1	3	4	6	2	-5
24	11	4-6	0-0	3-3	10	2	0	1	0	3	7	4	+5
32	17	7-13	3-4	0-0	2	4	3	0	0	1	1	6	-14
34	12	5-9	2-6	0-0	6	2	1	0	0	1	5	3	-4
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	3	1-1	0-0	1-2	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	-1
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	+2
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	3	1-3	1-2	0-0	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	+8
29	17	8-18	0-5	1-2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	-7
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	123	49-99	9-22	16-20	44	22	8	3	6	16	28	26
		49%	41%	80%

Houston Rockets

starters
Chuck HayesC. Hayes
Luis ScolaL. Scola
Trevor ArizaT. Ariza
Kevin MartinK. Martin
Aaron BrooksA. Brooks
bench
Jared JeffriesJ. Jeffries
Hilton ArmstrongH. Armstrong
Shane BattierS. Battier
Chase BudingerC. Budinger
Yao MingY. Ming
Jordan HillJ. Hill
David AndersenD. Andersen
Jermaine TaylorJ. Taylor
Kyle LowryK. Lowry
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
19	6	2-3	0-0	2-2	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	-2
40	23	11-18	0-0	1-1	11	1	2	1	0	1	10	4	+4
36	12	5-9	1-2	1-2	5	4	1	2	0	0	5	3	0
42	29	9-16	1-4	10-13	7	3	2	0	0	3	4	0	+12
35	31	11-17	2-4	7-9	1	9	3	0	0	0	1	1	-4
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	6	2-5	2-4	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	+1
4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-4
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	5	0-1	0-0	5-6	5	0	1	0	0	2	3	2	-3
10	5	2-3	1-1	0-0	3	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	+5
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	8	3-7	0-1	2-2	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	3	+1
	125	45-79	7-16	28-35	38	23	10	4	1	8	30	22
		57%	44%	80%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

DEN

DEN wins season

2-1

HOU

111

Game 1@ DEN

Final

101

Game 2@ HOU

Final

123

Game 3@ HOU

Final

125

Game Information

Houston, TX

Referee:Ken Mauer

Referee:Courtney Kirkland

Referee:John Goble

Western Conference

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

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

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