Denver Nuggets @ Houston Rockets
Game Leaders
Team Stats
45% (37-82)
Field Goal %
55% (42-76)
45% (10-22)
Three Point %
46% (11-24)
71% (12-17)
Free Throw %
76% (13-17)
26
Turnovers
26
45
Rebounds
43
9
Largest Lead
12
Game Information
Houston, TX

Referee:Bennett Salvatore
Referee:James Capers
Referee:John Goble

Shot Chart
- Shane Battier makes 21-foot jumper (Luis Scola assists)
- Carmelo Anthony misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2
- Yao Ming makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kenyon Martin makes dunk (Carmelo Anthony assists)
- Yao Ming makes layup (Shane Battier assists)
- Carmelo Anthony misses 19-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Luis Scola makes 6-foot jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Dahntay Jones misses driving layup
- Luis Scola misses 17-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes hook shot
- Luis Scola misses 6-foot hook shot
- Luis Scola misses layup
- Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Chauncey Billups makes 13-foot two point shot
- Yao Ming misses 5-foot hook shot
- Tracy McGrady makes 23-foot jumper (Shane Battier assists)
- Carmelo Anthony makes 17-foot jumper
- Yao Ming misses 6-foot two point shot
- Chauncey Billups misses 15-foot jumper
- Nene Hilario misses 4-foot hook shot
- Yao Ming misses 8-foot hook shot
- Kenyon Martin makes 20-foot jumper (Carmelo Anthony assists)
- Aaron Brooks misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming makes dunk (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Carmelo Anthony makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
- Luis Scola makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Nene Hilario misses 20-foot jumper
- Carmelo Anthony makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
- Tracy McGrady misses layup
- Yao Ming misses tip shot
- J.R. Smith makes driving layup
- Ron Artest makes three point jumper (Yao Ming assists)
- Nene Hilario misses 4-foot hook shot
- J.R. Smith makes tip shot
- Yao Ming makes 5-foot hook shot
- J.R. Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes 15-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses 18-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes driving layup (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Chris Andersen makes free throw 1 of 2
- Chris Andersen makes free throw 2 of 2
- Carl Landry makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Chris Andersen makes slam dunk (Chauncey Billups assists)
- J.R. Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
- J.R. Smith misses free throw 2 of 2
- Chris Andersen makes two point shot
- Ron Artest makes layup (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Linas Kleiza makes 22-foot three point jumper (Anthony Carter assists)
- Ron Artest misses free throw 1 of 2
- Ron Artest makes free throw 2 of 2
- Linas Kleiza misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Ron Artest misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Chauncey Billups makes 25-foot three pointer
- Ron Artest misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Nene Hilario makes slam dunk (J.R. Smith assists)
- Linas Kleiza makes slam dunk (Anthony Carter assists)
- Yao Ming makes 4-foot hook shot (Luther Head assists)
- Nene Hilario makes jumper (Linas Kleiza assists)
- Ron Artest makes 23-foot three point jumper
- Linas Kleiza makes driving layup
- Ron Artest misses three point jumper
- J.R. Smith misses 17-foot jumper
- Nene Hilario misses 6-foot jumper
- Anthony Carter makes 25-foot three point jumper (Linas Kleiza assists)
- Shane Battier misses jumper
- J.R. Smith makes free throw 1 of 2
- J.R. Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
- Carl Landry makes driving layup (Shane Battier assists)
- Chris Andersen makes free throw 1 of 2
- Chris Andersen makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ron Artest makes free throw 1 of 2
- Ron Artest misses free throw 2 of 2
- Linas Kleiza makes 26-foot three point jumper (Carmelo Anthony assists)
- Yao Ming makes 6-foot hook shot (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Carmelo Anthony makes layup (J.R. Smith assists)
- Tracy McGrady makes three point jumper (Luther Head assists)
- Linas Kleiza misses three point jumper
- J.R. Smith makes driving layup
- Tracy McGrady misses 20-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2
- Yao Ming misses free throw 2 of 2
- Nene Hilario makes 14-foot two point shot
- Tracy McGrady misses 19-foot jumper
- Chauncey Billups misses free throw 1 of 2
- Chauncey Billups makes free throw 2 of 2
- Aaron Brooks misses driving layup
- Carl Landry makes 9-foot two point shot (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Carmelo Anthony makes 11-foot two point shot
- Aaron Brooks makes two point shot
- Aaron Brooks makes free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Brooks makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nene Hilario misses dunk
- Tracy McGrady makes 25-foot three pointer
- J.R. Smith makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
- Nene Hilario makes layup
- Yao Ming misses 7-foot hook shot
- Nene Hilario misses 18-foot jumper
- Yao Ming misses 8-foot hook shot
- Yao Ming makes 15-foot jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Kenyon Martin misses 21-foot jumper
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 1 of 2
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 2 of 2
- Tracy McGrady misses 16-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes 5-foot hook shot
- Dahntay Jones makes dunk (Nene Hilario assists)
- Shane Battier makes three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Carmelo Anthony misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes driving layup
- Nene Hilario misses layup
- Shane Battier makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Kenyon Martin makes jumper
- Yao Ming makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Chauncey Billups misses 13-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes free throw 1 of 2
- Tracy McGrady misses free throw 2 of 2
- J.R. Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Carmelo Anthony misses 4-foot jumper
- Nene Hilario makes tip shot
- Yao Ming makes layup (Shane Battier assists)
- Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 1
- Kenyon Martin misses 17-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes 6-foot running jumper
- Chauncey Billups misses 16-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Carmelo Anthony makes layup (Chauncey Billups assists)
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 1 of 1
- Yao Ming makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Chauncey Billups misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses three point jumper
- J.R. Smith misses driving layup
- J.R. Smith makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
- Tracy McGrady makes 19-foot jumper
- J.R. Smith misses free throw 1 of 2
- J.R. Smith misses free throw 2 of 2
- Yao Ming makes 7-foot hook shot (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Chris Andersen makes 14-foot jumper (J.R. Smith assists)
- Tracy McGrady misses 18-foot jumper
- Chris Andersen misses 5-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses 5-foot two point shot
- Aaron Brooks misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Ron Artest misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Chauncey Billups misses 40-foot three point jumper
- Shane Battier misses 25-foot three pointer
- Carmelo Anthony misses 15-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Shane Battier misses 6-foot two point shot
- Linas Kleiza makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Carter assists)
- Ron Artest makes 15-foot two point shot
- Anthony Carter makes running jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses two point shot
- J.R. Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Ron Artest makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shane Battier assists)
- Anthony Carter misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Chris Andersen misses free throw 1 of 2
- Chris Andersen makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nene Hilario misses 13-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Ron Artest makes layup
- Chauncey Billups misses 9-foot jumper
- Yao Ming makes 5-foot hook shot (Ron Artest assists)
- Chauncey Billups misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Carmelo Anthony makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Carter assists)
- Aaron Brooks makes driving layup
- Carmelo Anthony misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Ron Artest misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Carmelo Anthony misses 9-foot jumper
- Ron Artest makes three point jumper
- J.R. Smith makes driving dunk
- Tracy McGrady misses 15-foot jumper
- J.R. Smith misses driving layup
- Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2
- Yao Ming makes free throw 2 of 2
- Carmelo Anthony misses jumper
- Carmelo Anthony misses tip shot
- Chauncey Billups makes driving layup
- Aaron Brooks makes free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Brooks makes free throw 2 of 2
- Anthony Carter makes 18-foot jumper (J.R. Smith assists)
- Tracy McGrady makes driving layup
- Carmelo Anthony makes driving layup
- Tracy McGrady makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Anthony Carter misses 19-foot jumper
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Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 64 | 17 | .790 | - | L1 |
| Denver | 53 | 28 | .654 | 11 | W11 |
| Minnesota | 48 | 33 | .593 | 16 | W1 |
| Portland | 41 | 40 | .506 | 23 | W1 |
| Utah | 22 | 59 | .272 | 42 | W1 |
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 62 | 19 | .765 | - | W3 |
| Houston | 51 | 30 | .630 | 11 | L1 |
| New Orleans | 26 | 55 | .321 | 36 | L1 |
| Memphis | 25 | 56 | .309 | 37 | L7 |
| Dallas | 25 | 56 | .309 | 37 | L3 |
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