Denver Nuggets @ Houston Rockets
Game Leaders
Team Stats
51% (44-86)
Field Goal %
51% (45-89)
41% (12-29)
Three Point %
45% (17-38)
92% (24-26)
Free Throw %
78% (18-23)
21
Turnovers
12
53
Rebounds
40
7
Largest Lead
13
Game Information
Houston, TX

Referee:Mark Lindsay
Referee:Dan Crawford
Referee:J.T. Orr

Shot Chart
- James Harden misses three point jumper
- Gary Harris makes driving layup
- Patrick Beverley makes driving layup
- Jameer Nelson misses 22-foot two point jumper
- James Harden misses 11-foot
- Juan Hernangomez makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Trevor Ariza makes driving dunk
- Gary Harris misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic blocks Clint Capela's layup
- Mason Plumlee misses 18-foot jumper
- Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Ryan Anderson makes three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Gary Harris makes 1-foot two point shot (Jameer Nelson assists)
- Trevor Ariza makes 26-foot three pointer (James Harden assists)
- Juan Hernangomez misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Ryan Anderson misses 23-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes two point shot
- Mason Plumlee makes dunk (Gary Harris assists)
- Clint Capela makes 2-foot two point shot (Ryan Anderson assists)
- Gary Harris makes 17-foot two point shot
- Gary Harris makes free throw 1 of 1
- Patrick Beverley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Jameer Nelson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses layup
- Gary Harris makes two point shot (Will Barton assists)
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden misses free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden misses 9-foot two point shot
- Kenneth Faried misses layup
- Eric Gordon makes three pointer (James Harden assists)
- Nene misses 19-foot jumper
- Kenneth Faried makes layup (Will Barton assists)
- Kenneth Faried makes free throw 1 of 1
- James Harden misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Gary Harris misses 19-foot two point jumper
- James Harden makes two point shot
- Jameer Nelson misses layup
- Kenneth Faried misses layup
- Kenneth Faried misses layup
- Eric Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
- Eric Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
- Lou Williams misses 7-foot jumper
- Gary Harris makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Eric Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza makes two point shot
- Lou Williams makes 18-foot two point shot
- Lou Williams makes free throw 1 of 1
- Will Barton misses 6-foot jumper
- Mason Plumlee makes tip shot
- Sam Dekker makes 7-foot two point shot (Lou Williams assists)
- Sam Dekker makes free throw 1 of 2
- Sam Dekker misses free throw 2 of 2
- Kenneth Faried misses jumper
- Kenneth Faried makes tip shot
- Will Barton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Gary Harris assists)
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Will Barton makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Will Barton misses 40-foot three point jumper
- Emmanuel Mudiay misses 20-foot jumper
- Sam Dekker misses
- Juan Hernangomez makes two point shot
- Eric Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Juan Hernangomez makes free throw 1 of 2
- Juan Hernangomez makes free throw 2 of 2
- Lou Williams makes free throw 1 of 2
- Lou Williams misses free throw 2 of 2
- Emmanuel Mudiay makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Lou Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Patrick Beverley misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Will Barton makes driving layup
- Will Barton makes free throw 1 of 1
- Nene misses 15-foot jumper
- Sam Dekker makes layup (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Jamal Murray makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Lou Williams misses 5-foot jumper
- Will Barton misses 19-foot two point jumper
- Eric Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
- Eric Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray misses 9-foot two point shot
- Clint Capela makes dunk (Eric Gordon assists)
- Emmanuel Mudiay makes 25-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 24-foot
- Eric Gordon blocks Will Barton's shot
- Emmanuel Mudiay makes free throw 1 of 2
- Emmanuel Mudiay makes free throw 2 of 2
- Clint Capela makes two point shot (Eric Gordon assists)
- Juan Hernangomez makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Eric Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Gary Harris makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Clint Capela makes two point shot (James Harden assists)
- Emmanuel Mudiay misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden makes three point jumper (Clint Capela assists)
- Jamal Murray makes jumper (Jameer Nelson assists)
- James Harden makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Juan Hernangomez makes 26-foot three point jumper (Mason Plumlee assists)
- Ryan Anderson misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes 19-foot two point shot
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jameer Nelson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Mason Plumlee misses layup
- Gary Harris makes free throw 1 of 2
- Gary Harris makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden makes driving layup
- Gary Harris makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jameer Nelson assists)
- James Harden misses 25-foot
- Juan Hernangomez misses 26-foot three point jumper
- James Harden misses driving layup
- Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Patrick Beverley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Clint Capela assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 18-foot jumper (Jameer Nelson assists)
- James Harden makes driving layup
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 1
- Patrick Beverley misses two point shot
- James Harden misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Clint Capela blocks Nikola Jokic 's 4-foot layup
- James Harden misses layup
- Mason Plumlee misses jumper
- Ryan Anderson makes 19-foot two point shot (James Harden assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Juan Hernangomez misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Clint Capela misses 6-foot hook shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 9-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 1
- Ryan Anderson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Clint Capela assists)
- Jameer Nelson makes 21-foot jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Clint Capela makes 1-foot layup (James Harden assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot two point shot
- Mason Plumlee blocks Patrick Beverley 's 3-foot shot
- Ryan Anderson makes layup
- Gary Harris misses two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot two point shot
- James Harden makes 14-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Nene misses
- Juan Hernangomez makes dunk (Gary Harris assists)
- Trevor Ariza misses two point shot
- Ryan Anderson misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jameer Nelson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- James Harden misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Gary Harris makes driving layup (Juan Hernangomez assists)
- Gary Harris misses free throw 1 of 1
- Nene makes driving layup (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Gary Harris misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Ryan Anderson misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Gary Harris makes free throw 1 of 2
- Gary Harris makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden misses two point shot
- Eric Gordon makes 23-foot three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
- Gary Harris makes 31-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
- James Harden makes technical free throw
- Lou Williams makes 7-foot two point shot (James Harden assists)
- Lou Williams makes free throw 1 of 1
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden misses 7-foot jumper
- Lou Williams misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza makes 23-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Nene makes dunk (James Harden assists)
- Gary Harris misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Will Barton makes 12-foot two point shot
- James Harden makes driving layup
- Will Barton makes free throw 1 of 2
- Will Barton makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden makes 27-foot step back jumpshot
- Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
- Nene makes dunk (James Harden assists)
- Will Barton makes 26-foot three pointer
- James Harden misses driving layup
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
- Will Barton blocks Patrick Beverley 's 9-foot jumper
- Will Barton misses 9-foot two point shot
- Eric Gordon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Lou Williams assists)
- Eric Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses layup
- Patrick Beverley makes 26-foot three point jumper (Eric Gordon assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 30-foot three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Juan Hernangomez misses
- Eric Gordon misses 21-foot jumper
- Jamal Murray makes driving layup (Will Barton assists)
- Clint Capela makes two point shot (James Harden assists)
- Gary Harris misses layup
- Trevor Ariza misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes dunk (Will Barton assists)
- Trevor Ariza misses free throw 1 of 2
- Trevor Ariza makes free throw 2 of 2
- Juan Hernangomez misses 24-foot three point jumper
- James Harden misses 8-foot two point shot
- Gary Harris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
- James Harden misses three point jumper
- Trevor Ariza makes 26-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Jameer Nelson misses 22-foot step back jumpshot
- Will Barton makes layup
- Will Barton misses free throw 1 of 1
- Eric Gordon makes driving layup
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
- James Harden misses free throw 1 of 3
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 3
- James Harden makes free throw 3 of 3
- Nikola Jokic misses 12-foot jump bank shot
- James Harden makes driving layup
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 3
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 3
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 3 of 3
- Patrick Beverley makes 26-foot three point jumper (Clint Capela assists)
- James Harden misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jameer Nelson makes 25-foot three pointer
- James Harden makes 15-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes layup
- Nikola Jokic misses layup
- Juan Hernangomez makes tip shot
- James Harden makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Will Barton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Will Barton makes 9-foot two point shot (Gary Harris assists)
- Will Barton makes free throw 1 of 1
- James Harden misses driving layup
- Jameer Nelson misses 21-foot jumper
- James Harden makes two point shot
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Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 40 | 12 | .769 | - | L1 |
| Denver | 33 | 19 | .635 | 7 | L3 |
| Minnesota | 32 | 20 | .615 | 8 | W1 |
| Portland | 23 | 28 | .451 | 16.5 | L6 |
| Utah | 16 | 36 | .308 | 24 | L1 |
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 35 | 16 | .686 | - | W3 |
| Houston | 31 | 19 | .620 | 3.5 | L2 |
| Memphis | 20 | 29 | .408 | 14 | W2 |
| Dallas | 19 | 32 | .373 | 16 | L6 |
| New Orleans | 13 | 40 | .245 | 23 | L3 |
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