Rockets 89-78 Nuggets (4 Mar, 2006) Box Score

Denver Nuggets

31-28, 12-16 away

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	24	20	20	14	78
HOU	16	30	27	16	89

Houston Rockets

26-33, 11-18 home

Denver Nuggets

starters
Ruben PattersonR. Patterson
Carmelo AnthonyC. Anthony
Kenyon MartinK. Martin
Marcus CambyM. Camby
Andre MillerA. Miller
bench
Eduardo NajeraE. Najera
DerMarr JohnsonD. Johnson
Linas KleizaL. Kleiza
Nene N. Hilario
Reggie EvansR. Evans
Earl BoykinsE. Boykins
Howard EisleyH. Eisley
Greg BucknerG. Buckner
Julius HodgeJ. Hodge
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
25	2-12	0-0	2-3	5	0	5	0	0	0	1	3	0	6
37	12-23	3-6	7-7	1	3	4	0	4	0	2	2	0	34
31	1-7	0-1	3-6	1	6	7	1	1	0	0	4	0	5
34	5-11	0-0	0-0	5	10	15	1	3	4	3	0	0	10
34	3-11	0-0	2-3	3	2	5	3	0	0	6	2	0	8
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
11	3-4	0-0	0-0	3	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	6
1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	0-2	0-0	0-2	2	5	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
26	3-13	0-5	1-1	0	3	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	7
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	1-6	0-4	0-0	0	1	1	7	1	1	1	3	0	2
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	30-90	3-17	15-22	20	31	51	15	11	5	17	17		78
	33.3%	17.6%	68.2%

Houston Rockets

starters
Juwan HowardJ. Howard
Yao MingY. Ming
Rafer AlstonR. Alston
Tracy McGradyT. McGrady
David WesleyD. Wesley
bench
Stromile SwiftS. Swift
Chuck HayesC. Hayes
Ryan BowenR. Bowen
Rick BrunsonR. Brunson
Bob SuraB. Sura
Luther HeadL. Head
Keith BogansK. Bogans
Gerald FitchG. Fitch
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
32	2-7	0-0	2-2	2	4	6	5	0	0	1	1	0	6
39	9-17	0-0	3-3	2	7	9	1	0	3	1	3	0	21
34	2-10	2-7	0-0	1	1	2	7	2	0	5	3	0	6
42	8-16	4-8	3-6	1	10	11	4	0	4	3	1	0	23
24	1-7	1-5	1-4	0	1	1	1	1	0	3	3	0	4
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
21	6-8	0-0	3-4	3	3	6	0	2	2	1	3	0	15
4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	3	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	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	2-5	2-3	2-2	0	1	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	8
28	3-7	0-2	0-0	1	5	6	3	0	1	3	2	0	6
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	33-79	9-26	14-21	10	34	44	26	8	11	18	19		89
	41.8%	34.6%	66.7%

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

Regular Season Series

DEN leads 2-1

Rockets
86
Nuggets
108

Game 1

24/12

Nuggets
92
Rockets
90

Game 2

9/1

Nuggets
78
Rockets
89

Game 3

4/3

Rockets
86
Nuggets
83

Game 4

18/4

Toyota Center (Houston)

12:30 AM, 4 March 2006

Houston, TX

Attendance: 14,727

Referees:
Mike Callahan
Mark Wunderlich
Gary Zielinski

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	22	5	.815	-	W7
Denver	15	11	.577	6.5	W1
Minnesota	14	13	.519	8	L2
Portland	9	19	.321	13.5	L1
Utah	7	20	.259	15	W2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Memphis	20	9	.690	-	W2
Houston	19	9	.679	0.5	W2
Dallas	18	10	.643	1.5	W1
San Antonio	15	13	.536	4.5	W2
New Orleans	5	25	.167	15.5	L7

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