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
C. Anthony PF
K. Martin F
N. Hilario C
C. Billups PG
D. Jones SG
bench
C. Andersen PF
L. Kleiza SF
R. Balkman SF
S. Hunter C
C. Atkins PG
A. Carter PG
J. Smith G
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
L. Scola F
S. Battier SF
Y. Ming C
T. McGrady SG
A. Brooks G
bench
C. Hayes PF
C. Landry PF
J. Dorsey PF
M. World Peace SF
R. Alston PG
S. Francis PG
L. Head PG
B. Barry SG
V. Wafer SG
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	57	25	.695	-	W5
Denver	57	25	.695	-	W1
Minnesota	56	26	.683	1	L1
Utah	31	51	.378	26	L1
Portland	21	61	.256	36	L5

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Dallas	50	32	.610	-	L2
New Orleans	49	33	.598	1	L1
Houston	41	41	.500	9	W2
Memphis	27	55	.329	23	L5
San Antonio	22	60	.268	28	W2

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