Denver Nuggets @ Houston Rockets
Game Leaders
Team Stats
44% (32-72)
Field Goal %
43% (36-83)
24% (4-17)
Three Point %
37% (7-19)
74% (29-39)
Free Throw %
68% (13-19)
17
Turnovers
16
58
Rebounds
45
9
Largest Lead
15
Game Information
Houston, TX

Referee:Tony Brothers
Referee:Matt Boland
Referee:Eli Roe

Shot Chart
- Nene Hilario misses 12-foot two point shot
- Luis Scola makes 6-foot two point shot
- Arron Afflalo misses 21-foot two point shot
- Trevor Ariza makes layup
- Chauncey Billups misses 8-foot running jumper
- Luis Scola makes two point shot (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Joey Graham misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Chauncey Billups makes free throw 1 of 2
- Chauncey Billups makes free throw 2 of 2
- Trevor Ariza makes driving layup
- Joey Graham misses 17-foot two point shot
- Kenyon Martin misses 8-foot two point shot
- Luis Scola makes layup (Kyle Lowry assists)
- Kenyon Martin misses 21-foot jumper
- Arron Afflalo makes free throw 1 of 2
- Arron Afflalo makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kyle Lowry makes driving layup
- Luis Scola makes 9-foot hook shot
- Luis Scola misses free throw 1 of 1
- Chauncey Billups misses 21-foot jumper
- Joey Graham makes 19-foot jumper (J.R. Smith assists)
- Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
- Chauncey Billups makes layup (Nene Hilario assists)
- Trevor Ariza misses driving layup
- Luis Scola misses tip shot
- Luis Scola misses 20-foot jumper
- Joey Graham misses 10-foot two point shot
- Luis Scola makes free throw 1 of 2
- Luis Scola makes free throw 2 of 2
- Joey Graham makes free throw 1 of 2
- Joey Graham makes free throw 2 of 2
- Shane Battier misses 10-foot two point shot
- Kenyon Martin makes dunk
- Kyle Lowry misses 26-foot three point jumper
- J.R. Smith misses 20-foot two point shot
- Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Chauncey Billups makes driving layup
- Luis Scola misses two point shot
- Carl Landry makes layup
- Carl Landry makes free throw 1 of 1
- Kenyon Martin misses 9-foot two point shot
- Chase Budinger makes 17-foot jumper (Luis Scola assists)
- Kenyon Martin makes driving layup
- Luis Scola misses hook shot
- J.R. Smith misses free throw 1 of 2
- J.R. Smith misses free throw 2 of 2
- Kyle Lowry makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kyle Lowry makes free throw 2 of 2
- Chauncey Billups misses 18-foot jumper
- J.R. Smith misses 24-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses 14-foot jumper
- J.R. Smith misses driving layup
- Carl Landry makes layup (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Kenyon Martin misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses free throw 1 of 2
- Trevor Ariza makes free throw 2 of 2
- Trevor Ariza makes 18-foot two point shot
- Chase Budinger misses layup
- Ty Lawson misses layup
- Chris Andersen makes tip shot
- Kyle Lowry misses 6-foot jumper
- Nene Hilario makes layup
- Carl Landry misses 18-foot jumper
- Arron Afflalo misses 19-foot jumper
- J.R. Smith makes driving layup
- Aaron Brooks makes 17-foot two point shot
- Nene Hilario makes layup
- Nene Hilario makes free throw 1 of 1
- Kyle Lowry makes driving layup
- Nene Hilario makes dunk
- Chase Budinger misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Ty Lawson makes driving layup
- Nene Hilario makes layup
- Nene Hilario makes free throw 1 of 1
- Chase Budinger misses layup
- Chuck Hayes makes layup
- Chris Andersen makes free throw 1 of 2
- Chris Andersen makes free throw 2 of 2
- J.R. Smith makes slam dunk
- Luis Scola misses free throw 1 of 2
- Luis Scola makes free throw 2 of 2
- Chris Andersen makes free throw 1 of 2
- Chris Andersen makes free throw 2 of 2
- Chauncey Billups makes free throw 1 of 2
- Chauncey Billups makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kyle Lowry makes driving layup
- Chuck Hayes makes two point shot (Kyle Lowry assists)
- Nene Hilario makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nene Hilario makes free throw 2 of 2
- Chuck Hayes makes layup (Kyle Lowry assists)
- Chauncey Billups misses 8-foot jumper
- Kyle Lowry misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Shane Battier makes 6-foot jumper
- Nene Hilario misses free throw 1 of 2
- Nene Hilario makes free throw 2 of 2
- Shane Battier misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Chauncey Billups makes 26-foot three pointer
- Trevor Ariza misses 18-foot two point shot
- Chauncey Billups misses 12-foot jumper
- Luis Scola misses 19-foot jumper
- Kenyon Martin misses 8-foot hook shot
- Trevor Ariza makes driving layup (Kyle Lowry assists)
- J.R. Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
- J.R. Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kyle Lowry misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kyle Lowry makes free throw 2 of 2
- Arron Afflalo misses driving layup
- Luis Scola makes free throw 1 of 2
- Luis Scola makes free throw 2 of 2
- J.R. Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
- J.R. Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kyle Lowry misses 26-foot three pointer
- Aaron Brooks makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chuck Hayes assists)
- Joey Graham misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Luis Scola misses 10-foot hook shot
- Joey Graham misses free throw 1 of 2
- Joey Graham makes free throw 2 of 2
- Aaron Brooks makes 24-foot three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Chauncey Billups makes free throw 1 of 3
- Chauncey Billups makes free throw 2 of 3
- Chauncey Billups misses free throw 3 of 3
- Trevor Ariza misses 12-foot two point shot
- Luis Scola misses layup
- Chauncey Billups makes 7-foot jumper
- Chauncey Billups misses free throw 1 of 1
- Trevor Ariza misses 18-foot jumper
- Chauncey Billups misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Chuck Hayes makes 8-foot hook shot
- Arron Afflalo misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Joey Graham makes slam dunk
- Trevor Ariza makes layup
- Nene Hilario makes layup
- Trevor Ariza makes layup
- Trevor Ariza misses 18-foot two point shot
- Kyle Lowry misses 25-foot three point jumper
- J.R. Smith makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
- Carl Landry makes 21-foot jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
- Kenyon Martin makes 8-foot two point shot
- Kenyon Martin makes 4-foot two point shot
- Chauncey Billups makes layup
- Chase Budinger misses 15-foot jumper
- J.R. Smith misses 26-foot three pointer
- Kyle Lowry misses driving layup
- Chauncey Billups misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kenyon Martin makes 8-foot hook shot
- Luis Scola makes two point shot
- Luis Scola makes free throw 1 of 1
- J.R. Smith misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses two point shot
- David Andersen makes 23-foot jumper (Luis Scola assists)
- Kenyon Martin misses 19-foot jumper
- Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
- Ty Lawson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Ty Lawson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Trevor Ariza misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Kyle Lowry makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kyle Lowry misses free throw 2 of 2
- J.R. Smith misses 48-foot three point jumper
- Ty Lawson makes 20-foot jumper (J.R. Smith assists)
- Shane Battier misses 26-foot three point jumper
- J.R. Smith makes 17-foot two point shot
- Aaron Brooks makes layup
- Aaron Brooks makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Chris Andersen misses free throw 1 of 2
- Chris Andersen makes free throw 2 of 2
- J.R. Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses driving layup
- Ty Lawson makes 5-foot running jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes technical free throw
- Carl Landry misses 19-foot jumper
- Arron Afflalo misses 17-foot jumper
- Shane Battier misses 12-foot running jumper
- Shane Battier misses tip shot
- Nene Hilario makes layup (Chauncey Billups assists)
- Nene Hilario misses free throw 1 of 1
- Aaron Brooks misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Chuck Hayes misses two point shot
- Chauncey Billups makes 13-foot two point shot
- Carl Landry misses 21-foot jumper
- J.R. Smith makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
- Shane Battier misses layup
- J.R. Smith makes 29-foot three point jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
- Trevor Ariza misses running jumper
- Chauncey Billups misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Luis Scola makes jumper
- Ty Lawson misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses 16-foot two point shot
- J.R. Smith misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Kenyon Martin makes two point shot
- Luis Scola makes layup
- Chauncey Billups makes 14-foot two point shot
- Carl Landry misses jumper
- J.R. Smith misses 17-foot two point shot
- Aaron Brooks makes 29-foot three point jumper
- Luis Scola misses 17-foot jumper
- J.R. Smith misses free throw 1 of 2
- J.R. Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
- Aaron Brooks makes driving layup
- Aaron Brooks misses free throw 1 of 1
- J.R. Smith makes 13-foot running jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Nene Hilario misses free throw 1 of 2
- Nene Hilario makes free throw 2 of 2
- Aaron Brooks makes 33-foot three pointer
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Matchups
2025-26 Standings
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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