Denver Nuggets @ Houston Rockets
Game Leaders
Team Stats
35% (28-79)
Field Goal %
48% (44-91)
25% (5-20)
Three Point %
17% (3-18)
77% (20-26)
Free Throw %
72% (18-25)
36
Turnovers
36
57
Rebounds
87
0
Largest Lead
31
Game Information
Houston, TX

Referee:Ron Garretson
Referee:Derrick Collins
Referee:Gary Zielinski

Shot Chart
- Chuck Hayes makes 6-foot jumper (Yao Ming assists)
- Carmelo Anthony misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Carmelo Anthony misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Marcus Camby makes 7-foot running jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes 14-foot two point shot (Shane Battier assists)
- Yao Ming misses 7-foot two point shot
- Chuck Hayes makes layup
- Carmelo Anthony misses 9-foot two point shot
- Tracy McGrady makes 16-foot two point shot
- Allen Iverson makes 19-foot two point shot
- Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes 18-foot two point shot
- Carmelo Anthony misses 19-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes 11-foot two point shot
- Kenyon Martin misses 20-foot jumper
- Kenyon Martin misses layup
- Tracy McGrady misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming makes two point shot
- Allen Iverson makes 17-foot two point shot
- Yao Ming makes 9-foot two point shot (Rafer Alston assists)
- Carmelo Anthony misses 15-foot jumper
- Yao Ming misses 16-foot jumper
- Allen Iverson misses 19-foot two point shot
- Marcus Camby misses 21-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes two point shot
- Chuck Hayes makes layup
- Chuck Hayes misses free throw 1 of 1
- Carmelo Anthony makes 5-foot running jumper
- Chuck Hayes makes two point shot (Rafer Alston assists)
- Marcus Camby misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming makes hook shot
- Allen Iverson makes 20-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses 23-foot jumper
- Allen Iverson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Allen Iverson misses free throw 2 of 2
- Yao Ming misses 8-foot two point shot
- Allen Iverson misses 11-foot jumper
- Mike James makes 22-foot jumper (Steve Francis assists)
- Bobby Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
- Bobby Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
- Tracy McGrady makes 8-foot two point shot (Steve Francis assists)
- Eduardo Najera misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Luis Scola misses 16-foot jumper
- Mike James misses layup
- Chuck Hayes misses free throw 1 of 2
- Chuck Hayes misses free throw 2 of 2
- Mike James misses layup
- Luis Scola makes layup
- Allen Iverson misses two point shot
- Steve Francis makes free throw 1 of 2
- Steve Francis makes free throw 2 of 2
- Mike James misses layup
- Steve Francis makes tip shot
- Tracy McGrady misses 45-foot three point running jumper
- Allen Iverson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Allen Iverson misses free throw 2 of 2
- Luis Scola makes layup (Mike James assists)
- J.R. Smith makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anthony Carter assists)
- Yao Ming misses 6-foot jumper
- J.R. Smith misses layup
- Yao Ming misses 20-foot jumper
- Carmelo Anthony misses 21-foot jumper
- Allen Iverson misses layup
- Anthony Carter misses layup
- Mike James makes layup (Shane Battier assists)
- Kenyon Martin misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kenyon Martin makes free throw 2 of 2
- Yao Ming makes technical free throw
- Steve Francis makes 21-foot jumper
- J.R. Smith makes 24-foot three point jumper (Anthony Carter assists)
- Mike James misses three point jumper
- J.R. Smith misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Carmelo Anthony makes slam dunk (Anthony Carter assists)
- Steve Francis misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Kenyon Martin makes 12-foot two point shot (J.R. Smith assists)
- Tracy McGrady makes driving layup
- Tracy McGrady makes free throw 1 of 1
- Tracy McGrady makes 18-foot two point shot
- Kenyon Martin makes driving layup
- Tracy McGrady misses 19-foot two point shot
- Carmelo Anthony misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Rafer Alston makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chuck Hayes assists)
- Allen Iverson misses 21-foot jumper
- Yakhouba Diawara makes three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes free throw 1 of 2
- Tracy McGrady makes free throw 2 of 2
- Yakhouba Diawara makes free throw 1 of 2
- Yakhouba Diawara makes free throw 2 of 2
- Chuck Hayes misses layup
- Yao Ming makes 4-foot two point shot (Rafer Alston assists)
- Kenyon Martin makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kenyon Martin makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kirk Snyder misses 6-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2
- Yao Ming misses free throw 2 of 2
- Carmelo Anthony makes running jumper
- Rafer Alston misses 19-foot jumper
- Eduardo Najera misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes 4-foot running jumper
- Allen Iverson makes 15-foot jumper
- Yao Ming misses 11-foot jumper
- Allen Iverson misses layup
- Tracy McGrady misses free throw 1 of 3
- Tracy McGrady makes free throw 2 of 3
- Tracy McGrady makes free throw 3 of 3
- Allen Iverson makes 4-foot two point shot
- Kirk Snyder misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Marcus Camby misses free throw 1 of 2
- Marcus Camby makes free throw 2 of 2
- Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2
- Yao Ming makes free throw 2 of 2
- Allen Iverson misses 17-foot jumper
- Eduardo Najera misses tip shot
- Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Eduardo Najera makes two point shot (Carmelo Anthony assists)
- Tracy McGrady misses 21-foot jumper
- Yao Ming misses 21-foot jumper
- Carmelo Anthony misses 12-foot two point shot
- Eduardo Najera misses layup
- Shane Battier makes free throw 1 of 2
- Shane Battier misses free throw 2 of 2
- Eduardo Najera misses 19-foot jumper
- Carmelo Anthony misses 18-foot jumper
- Yakhouba Diawara misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Carmelo Anthony makes 25-foot three point jumper (Yakhouba Diawara assists)
- Yao Ming makes two point shot
- Carmelo Anthony makes 16-foot jumper
- Rafer Alston makes 20-foot jumper
- Carmelo Anthony misses 19-foot jumper
- Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Shane Battier misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming makes 7-foot two point shot (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Carmelo Anthony misses 11-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes 18-foot jumper
- Marcus Camby makes free throw 1 of 2
- Marcus Camby makes free throw 2 of 2
- Allen Iverson misses 18-foot jumper
- Shane Battier makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Allen Iverson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Allen Iverson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Yao Ming misses jumper
- Allen Iverson misses 13-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes 27-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
- J.R. Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses three point jumper
- Anthony Carter misses 19-foot jumper
- Shane Battier makes free throw 1 of 2
- Shane Battier makes free throw 2 of 2
- Tracy McGrady makes 21-foot jumper
- Carmelo Anthony makes 16-foot two point shot
- Mike James misses three point jumper
- Allen Iverson makes two point shot
- Tracy McGrady misses layup
- Luis Scola misses layup
- Luis Scola makes flagrant free throw 2 of 2
- Luis Scola misses free throw
- Allen Iverson misses 10-foot jumper
- Carmelo Anthony makes tip shot
- Tracy McGrady makes free throw 1 of 2
- Tracy McGrady makes free throw 2 of 2
- Allen Iverson makes 13-foot jumper
- Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Carter misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Mike James makes two point shot (Luis Scola assists)
- Allen Iverson misses 16-foot jumper
- Carmelo Anthony misses layup
- Carmelo Anthony makes tip shot
- Mike James misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Steve Francis makes driving layup
- Mike James misses jumper
- Shane Battier makes 10-foot hook shot (Yao Ming assists)
- J.R. Smith misses 19-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes 18-foot jumper (Steve Francis assists)
- Bobby Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
- Bobby Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
- Mike Wilks misses layup
- J.R. Smith makes tip shot
- Bobby Jones makes layup (J.R. Smith assists)
- Bobby Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
- Bobby Jones misses free throw 2 of 2
- Tracy McGrady misses layup
- J.R. Smith misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Steve Francis misses layup
- J.R. Smith makes two point shot
- Bobby Jones misses layup
- Tracy McGrady makes 10-foot running jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes free throw 1 of 1
- Mike Wilks misses 19-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes two point shot (Rafer Alston assists)
- Eduardo Najera misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Steve Francis makes driving layup
- Steve Francis misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming makes layup
- J.R. Smith misses 17-foot jumper
- Yao Ming misses jumper
- Shane Battier misses tip shot
- Carl Landry makes dunk (Kirk Snyder assists)
- Bobby Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Steve Francis misses 27-foot three point jumper
- J.R. Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
- J.R. Smith misses free throw 2 of 2
- Carl Landry makes layup (Kirk Snyder assists)
- Yakhouba Diawara makes driving layup
- Kirk Snyder makes 19-foot two point shot
- J.R. Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
- J.R. Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
- Steve Francis misses layup
- Kirk Snyder misses layup
- Yakhouba Diawara misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Mike Wilks makes 7-foot jumper
- Mike James misses 21-foot jumper
- Mike James makes layup
- Bobby Jones misses layup
- Mike Wilks makes 26-foot three pointer (Yakhouba Diawara assists)
- Kirk Snyder makes slam dunk (Mike James assists)
- Von Wafer misses 26-foot three point jumper
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Shot Missed
Data is currently unavailable.
Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 45 | 15 | .750 | - | L1 |
| Denver | 37 | 22 | .627 | 7.5 | W1 |
| Minnesota | 37 | 23 | .617 | 8 | W2 |
| Portland | 29 | 31 | .483 | 16 | W1 |
| Utah | 18 | 41 | .305 | 26.5 | L4 |
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 43 | 16 | .729 | - | W11 |
| Houston | 37 | 21 | .638 | 5.5 | W3 |
| Memphis | 21 | 36 | .368 | 21 | L3 |
| Dallas | 21 | 37 | .362 | 21.5 | L1 |
| New Orleans | 18 | 42 | .300 | 25.5 | W3 |
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