Nuggets 117-105 Rockets (3 Mar, 2012) Box Score

Denver Nuggets

20-17, 10-9 away

117

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	26	25	31	35	117
HOU	25	29	24	27	105

Houston Rockets

21-16, 15-5 home

105

Denver Nuggets

starters
Corey BrewerC. Brewer
Kenneth FariedK. Faried
Timofey MozgovT. Mozgov
Arron AfflaloA. Afflalo
Ty LawsonT. Lawson
bench
Al HarringtonA. Harrington
Chris AndersenC. Andersen
Danilo GallinariD. Gallinari
Rudy FernandezR. Fernandez
Nene N. Hilario
Kosta KoufosK. Koufos
Andre MillerA. Miller
Jordan HamiltonJ. Hamilton
Julyan StoneJ. Stone
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
32	6-16	2-6	1-2	2	1	3	2	2	0	0	4	+8	15
30	7-12	0-0	2-5	6	5	11	1	2	2	0	2	+11	16
18	1-2	0-0	3-4	4	4	8	0	1	0	0	3	+2	5
31	7-14	2-3	1-2	2	1	3	3	0	0	2	4	+6	17
39	6-15	1-4	9-12	1	6	7	15	2	0	1	3	+18	22
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
27	5-13	2-4	1-4	0	7	7	1	0	0	1	4	+8	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
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	5-5	0-0	0-0	4	3	7	1	1	2	1	4	+3	10
31	5-15	0-2	6-6	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	2	+7	16
10	1-4	1-2	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	+1	3
1	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-4	0
	43-97	8-22	23-35	19	30	49	27	9	4	6	27		117
	44.3%	36.4%	65.7%

Houston Rockets

starters
Luis ScolaL. Scola
Chandler ParsonsC. Parsons
Samuel DalembertS. Dalembert
Kyle LowryK. Lowry
Kevin MartinK. Martin
bench
Patrick PattersonP. Patterson
Greg SmithG. Smith
Marcus Morris Sr.M. Morris Sr.
Chase BudingerC. Budinger
Jordan HillJ. Hill
Hasheem ThabeetH. Thabeet
Goran DragicG. Dragic
Jonny FlynnJ. Flynn
Terrence WilliamsT. Williams
Courtney LeeC. Lee
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
31	6-11	0-0	1-2	1	3	4	1	0	0	2	1	-4	13
23	5-8	0-3	0-3	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	4	-21	10
26	3-7	0-1	2-2	0	5	5	2	0	2	2	3	-14	8
29	4-11	3-8	6-6	3	4	7	5	0	0	2	5	-10	17
42	10-15	6-9	9-10	1	2	3	4	0	1	4	4	0	35
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
29	2-5	0-0	2-2	3	7	10	0	0	4	2	3	+7	6
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
4	0-2	0-1	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-9	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	2-6	0-2	2-2	1	2	3	5	0	0	1	3	-1	6
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
31	4-11	1-5	0-0	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	2	-8	9
	36-76	10-29	23-29	10	25	35	18	1	9	14	25		105
	47.4%	34.5%	79.3%

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

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Rockets
99
Nuggets
90

Game 1

7/2

Nuggets
117
Rockets
105

Game 2

3/3

Rockets
86
Nuggets
101

Game 3

16/4

Nuggets
105
Rockets
102

Game 4

17/4

Toyota Center (Houston)

1:00 AM, 3 March 2012

Houston, TX

Attendance: 16,879

Referees:
Leroy Richardson
Jason Phillips
Mark Lindsay

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	23	5	.821	-	W8
Denver	16	12	.571	7	L1
Minnesota	15	14	.517	8.5	W1
Portland	9	20	.310	14.5	L2
Utah	7	21	.250	16	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	20	9	.690	-	W3
Memphis	20	10	.667	0.5	L1
Dallas	19	11	.633	1.5	L1
San Antonio	15	15	.500	5.5	L2
New Orleans	5	25	.167	15.5	L7

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