Denver Nuggets @ Houston Rockets

45-27, 22-16 Away

116

45-27, 22-16 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Nuggets DEN	27	30	39	20	116
Rockets HOU	27	30	22	32	111

Houston RocketsRocketsHOU

46-26, 26-11 Home

111

46-26, 26-11 Home

Denver Nuggets

starters
Aaron GordonA. Gordon#32
Michael Porter Jr.M. Porter Jr.#1
DeAndre JordanD. Jordan#6
Jamal MurrayJ. Murray#27
Christian BraunC. Braun#0
bench
Zeke NnajiZ. Nnaji#22
Russell WestbrookR. Westbrook#4
Jalen PickettJ. Pickett#24
Peyton WatsonP. Watson#8
Dario SaricD. Saric#9
Hunter TysonH. Tyson#5
Spencer JonesS. Jones#21
Vlatko CancarV. Cancar#31
PJ HallP. Hall#13
Trey AlexanderT. Alexander#23
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
37	13	5-9	1-3	2-2	4	8	0	1	0	1	3	3	+9
32	17	7-16	1-3	2-2	9	2	1	0	0	4	5	3	-4
38	11	5-7	0-0	1-3	15	4	1	1	0	3	12	5	+5
38	39	15-28	4-6	5-6	4	7	1	0	0	1	3	2	+19
34	11	3-6	1-2	4-4	4	2	1	0	0	0	4	0	+17
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
12	2	1-2	0-1	0-2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
24	14	5-11	2-4	2-4	2	1	5	1	2	0	2	6	-5
3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
21	9	3-8	1-2	2-3	5	3	0	1	2	1	4	3	-14
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	116	44-87	10-21	18-26	43	28	9	5	4	10	33	23
		51%	48%	69%

Houston Rockets

starters
Dillon BrooksD. Brooks#9
Alperen SengunA. Sengun#28
Fred VanVleetF. VanVleet#5
Jalen GreenJa. Green#4
Amen ThompsonA. Thompson#1
bench
Jabari Smith Jr.J. Smith Jr.#10
Tari EasonT. Eason#17
Steven AdamsS. Adams#12
Jeff GreenJe. Green#32
Jae'Sean TateJ. Tate#8
Cam WhitmoreC. Whitmore#7
Jock LandaleJ. Landale#2
Aaron HolidayA. Holiday#0
Reed SheppardR. Sheppard#15
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
37	21	8-12	5-8	0-0	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	2	-3
40	17	6-15	0-1	5-8	14	10	0	2	1	3	11	1	-6
42	7	2-12	1-8	2-2	3	5	1	0	0	0	3	2	-2
36	30	8-22	3-12	11-14	2	5	0	0	0	0	2	4	-6
32	11	5-11	1-2	0-4	6	1	1	1	3	3	3	5	-5
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
17	7	2-4	1-2	2-2	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	-10
15	4	2-3	0-1	0-0	2	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	-2
22	14	6-10	0-0	2-4	12	2	1	0	3	10	2	3	+9
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-RIGHT THUMB INJURY
	111	39-89	11-34	22-34	45	25	6	4	7	16	29	20
		44%	32%	65%

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

Matchups

DEN

Season tied

1-1

HOU

108

Game 1•@ DEN

Final

128

116

Game 2•@ HOU

Final

111

126

Game 3•@ HOU

Final

111

Game Information

Houston, TX

Referee:Bill Kennedy

Referee:Tre Maddox

Referee:Jenna Schroeder

Western Conference

Northwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	34	7	.829	-	W4
Denver	27	13	.675	6.5	W2
Minnesota	27	14	.659	7	W2
Portland	19	22	.463	15	L2
Utah	14	25	.359	19	W1

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	27	13	.675	-	L2
Houston	23	14	.622	2.5	W1
Memphis	17	22	.436	9.5	W1
Dallas	15	25	.375	12	W1
New Orleans	9	33	.214	19	L2

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