Houston Rockets @ Denver Nuggets

16-7, 8-5 Away

125

16-7, 8-5 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
Rockets HOU	30	21	35	31	8	125
Nuggets DEN	24	34	31	28	11	128

Denver NuggetsNuggetsDEN

19-6, 7-4 Home

128

19-6, 7-4 Home

Houston Rockets

starters
Kevin DurantK. Durant#7
Jabari Smith Jr.J. Smith Jr.#10
Alperen SengunA. Sengun#28
Josh OkogieJ. Okogie#20
Amen ThompsonA. Thompson#1
bench
Steven AdamsS. Adams#12
Clint CapelaC. Capela#30
Aaron HolidayA. Holiday#0
Reed SheppardR. Sheppard#15
Jeff GreenJ. Green#32
Jae'Sean TateJ. Tate#8
JD DavisonJ. Davison#4
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
44	25	8-14	2-3	7-8	5	7	5	1	5	0	5	3	+2
43	16	6-11	4-6	0-0	10	4	2	0	1	2	8	4	-1
42	33	14-27	0-2	5-6	10	10	4	2	1	4	6	5	-6
28	16	7-9	2-3	0-1	4	0	3	2	0	2	2	3	+9
44	14	5-13	0-1	4-5	12	6	1	0	0	4	8	3	-3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
16	3	1-1	0-0	1-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	-8
7	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-6
10	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	-7
32	14	5-17	3-9	1-2	3	1	0	2	1	0	3	2	+5
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	125	47-93	12-25	19-26	46	29	16	7	8	12	34	25
		51%	48%	73%

Denver Nuggets

starters
Cameron JohnsonC. Johnson#23
Spencer JonesS. Jones#21
Nikola JokicN. Jokic#15
Jamal MurrayJ. Murray#27
Peyton WatsonP. Watson#8
bench
Zeke NnajiZ. Nnaji#22
Jonas ValanciunasJ. Valanciunas#17
Tim Hardaway Jr.T. Hardaway Jr.#10
Bruce BrownB. Brown#11
Hunter TysonH. Tyson#5
Jalen PickettJ. Pickett#24
Julian StrawtherJ. Strawther#3
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
43	13	5-9	2-5	1-2	3	2	0	0	0	1	2	3	+8
41	11	4-8	2-4	1-2	3	0	0	2	3	0	3	5	+1
42	39	13-27	5-9	8-11	15	10	4	2	1	4	11	6	+1
43	35	9-17	3-5	14-15	3	5	3	0	0	0	3	3	-4
6	5	2-4	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	-3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
9	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	+5
14	8	4-5	0-0	0-0	3	1	2	0	0	0	3	6	+6
40	13	4-10	2-8	3-3	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	2	+4
27	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	9	4	1	3	0	2	7	2	-3
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	128	43-85	15-34	27-33	38	24	10	10	4	7	31	28
		51%	44%	82%

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

Rockets miss last-second chance as Nuggets win

0:17

Jokić’s 39-point triple-double powers Nuggets in OT

0:54

Alperen Sengun gets the basket plus the foul

0:26

Matchups

HOU

DEN leads season

2-0

DEN

109

Game 1•@ HOU

Final

112

125

Game 2•@ DEN

Final/OT

128

115

Game 3•@ DEN

Final

101

16-7

Game 4•@ DEN

19-6

Game Information

Denver, CO

Referee:Zach Zarba

Referee:Natalie Sago

Referee:JD Ralls

Western Conference

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	39	16	.709	-	W7
Houston	34	20	.630	4.5	W1
Memphis	20	33	.377	18	L4
Dallas	19	35	.352	19.5	L9
New Orleans	15	41	.268	24.5	L1

Northwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	42	14	.750	-	L1
Denver	35	21	.625	7	L1
Minnesota	34	22	.607	8	W2
Portland	27	29	.482	15	W1
Utah	18	38	.321	24	L1

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