Rockets 108-96 Nuggets (17 Dec, 2008) Box Score

Denver Nuggets

17-8, 8-5 away

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	25	36	18	17	96
HOU	30	26	29	23	108

Houston Rockets

16-9, 8-3 home

108

Denver Nuggets

starters
Carmelo AnthonyC. Anthony
Kenyon MartinK. Martin
Nene N. Hilario
Chauncey BillupsC. Billups
Dahntay JonesD. Jones
bench
Chris AndersenC. Andersen
Linas KleizaL. Kleiza
Renaldo BalkmanR. Balkman
Steven HunterS. Hunter
Chucky AtkinsC. Atkins
Anthony CarterA. Carter
JR SmithJ. Smith
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
38	8-19	3-6	3-3	1	1	2	3	1	0	3	1	-24	22
26	3-6	0-0	0-0	2	6	8	0	0	0	2	3	-21	6
35	5-14	0-0	0-0	6	1	7	1	1	0	1	5	-17	10
35	3-10	1-4	1-2	0	0	0	6	0	0	3	2	0	8
14	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	3	-11	2
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
17	3-4	0-0	5-6	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	+12	11
21	5-7	3-5	0-0	1	3	4	2	0	0	0	2	+9	13
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
22	3-5	1-2	0-0	1	2	3	4	1	0	0	0	+8	7
31	6-14	2-5	3-6	2	3	5	4	2	0	3	2	+5	17
	37-82	10-22	12-17	16	19	35	20	5	0	13	18		96
	45.1%	45.5%	70.6%

Houston Rockets

starters
Luis ScolaL. Scola
Shane BattierS. Battier
Yao MingY. Ming
Tracy McGradyT. McGrady
Aaron BrooksA. Brooks
bench
Chuck HayesC. Hayes
Carl LandryC. Landry
Joey DorseyJ. Dorsey
Metta World PeaceM. World Peace
Rafer AlstonR. Alston
Steve FrancisS. Francis
Luther HeadL. Head
Brent BarryB. Barry
Von WaferV. Wafer
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
25	2-5	0-0	0-0	2	4	6	1	0	0	0	4	+15	4
34	3-7	2-4	0-0	0	0	0	5	1	2	0	4	+8	8
37	13-19	0-0	6-7	3	4	7	1	1	2	3	3	+16	32
37	8-17	3-5	1-2	2	12	14	10	1	3	3	3	+23	20
42	6-13	2-6	4-4	1	1	2	6	2	0	2	1	+21	18
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	-3	0
24	3-3	0-0	0-0	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	3	-5	6
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	7-12	4-9	2-4	1	3	4	1	1	0	1	0	-6	20
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
6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	-9	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
	42-76	11-24	13-17	10	28	38	26	6	7	13	20		108
	55.3%	45.8%	76.5%

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

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Rockets
94
Nuggets
104

Game 1

1/12

Nuggets
96
Rockets
108

Game 2

17/12

Nuggets
113
Rockets
115

Game 3

19/1

Rockets
97
Nuggets
95

Game 4

10/3

Toyota Center (Houston)

1:30 AM, 17 December 2008

Houston, TX

Attendance: 17,737

Referees:
Bennett Salvatore
James Capers
John Goble

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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Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

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