Nuggets 128-99 Rockets (17 Apr, 2021) Box Score

Denver Nuggets

36-20, 17-10 away

128

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	35	34	31	28	128
HOU	28	21	30	20	99

Houston Rockets

14-42, 7-21 home

Denver Nuggets

starters
A. Gordon
M. Porter Jr.
N. Jokic
M. Morris
W. Barton
bench
P. Millsap
Z. Nnaji
J. Green
V. Cancar
B. Bol
M. Howard
F. Campazzo
S. Harrison
P. Dozier
J. McGee
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
22	3-6	0-2	2-2	1	1	2	2	1	0	1	1	+12	8
31	7-13	4-7	3-4	0	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	+22	21
27	10-12	1-1	8-9	6	10	16	7	2	0	0	3	+9	29
19	2-6	0-2	2-2	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	1	+4	6
30	3-10	1-6	5-6	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	2	+16	12
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
17	4-10	0-1	3-3	4	6	10	0	0	1	2	1	+18	11
8	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	+5	0
22	6-8	0-1	1-1	4	3	7	1	1	0	0	2	+15	13
4	1-2	0-0	2-2	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	+2	4
4	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	+2	2
4	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	+2	2
26	2-5	2-4	1-2	1	1	2	3	1	0	1	1	+17	7
3	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
24	5-14	1-6	0-0	1	3	4	2	0	0	2	1	+21	11
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	46-94	9-31	27-31	18	36	54	22	11	3	9	15		128
	48.9%	29.0%	87.1%

Houston Rockets

starters
K. Olynyk
C. Wood
J. Tate
J. Wall
K. Porter Jr.
bench
D.J. Wilson
A. Lamb
Martin Jr.
A. Bradley
D. Jeffries
A. Brooks
D. House Jr.
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
27	10-14	3-4	0-0	2	4	6	2	0	1	0	3	-9	23
24	5-10	2-4	3-5	0	3	3	1	0	0	1	5	-11	15
32	9-13	1-3	2-3	2	3	5	5	2	0	0	3	-15	21
28	3-8	2-3	2-2	0	1	1	2	0	0	7	1	-15	10
32	1-9	0-3	2-2	0	3	3	5	0	0	4	1	-23	4
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
17	3-7	1-4	1-4	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	-14	8
4	0-1	0-0	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	2
23	2-8	0-2	0-0	4	3	7	2	1	0	0	2	-18	4
22	2-7	2-6	0-0	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	-10	6
10	1-3	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	-8	2
21	2-6	0-4	0-0	0	6	6	3	0	0	2	3	-20	4
DNP-RIGHT ANKLE SPRAIN
	38-86	11-35	12-18	8	27	35	23	7	3	14	19		99
	44.2%	31.4%	66.7%

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

Regular Season Series

DEN leads 2-0

Rockets
111
Nuggets
124

Game 1

29/12

Nuggets
128
Rockets
99

Game 2

17/4

Rockets
116
Nuggets
129

Game 3

25/4

Toyota Center (Houston)

1:00 AM, 17 April 2021

Houston, TX

Attendance: 3,342

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	6	0	1.000	-	W6
Minnesota	3	3	.500	3	L1
Denver	3	3	.500	3	W1
Portland	2	5	.286	4.5	L2
Utah	0	6	.000	6	L6

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Dallas	4	2	.667	-	W1
Memphis	4	3	.571	0.5	W2
San Antonio	3	3	.500	1	W2
Houston	3	3	.500	1	L1
New Orleans	3	4	.429	1.5	L1

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