Cousins leads in Jokic's absence, Nuggets beat Rockets

— DeMarcus Cousins, starting in place of ailing Nikola Jokic, scored a season-high 31 points and the Denver Nuggets bounced back from a loss to beat the struggling Houston Rockets 116-101 on Friday night.
Mar 5, 2022, 06:08 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

0%
--HOU
100%
--DEN

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • DeMarcus Cousins makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jeff Green assists)
  • Jae'Sean Tate misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Jeff Green misses two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Jeff Green makes 1-foot dunk (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Eric Gordon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Christian Wood assists)
  • Aaron Gordon misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Jalen Green makes driving layup (Christian Wood assists)
  • Eric Gordon makes 29-foot three point jumper (Jae'Sean Tate assists)
  • Aaron Gordon misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jae'Sean Tate misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jeff Green makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jeff Green makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jalen Green misses 22-foot pullup jump shot
  • Will Barton misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Will Barton misses driving layup
  • Monte Morris misses two point shot
  • Eric Gordon misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • DeMarcus Cousins misses two point shot
  • DeMarcus Cousins makes driving layup
  • DeMarcus Cousins makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Jae'Sean Tate misses 4-foot two point shot
  • DeMarcus Cousins makes layup (Monte Morris assists)
  • Kevin Porter Jr. misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Christian Wood makes alley oop dunk shot (Jae'Sean Tate assists)
  • DeMarcus Cousins makes driving dunk
  • Jae'Sean Tate makes 2-foot two point shot (Jalen Green assists)
  • Monte Morris misses 16-foot jumper
  • Christian Wood makes two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes driving dunk (Will Barton assists)
  • Kevin Porter Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Kevin Porter Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Will Barton misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jalen Green misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • JaMychal Green makes two point shot
  • Christian Wood makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot (Jalen Green assists)
  • Jeff Green makes two point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Jeff Green makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Christian Wood makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Christian Wood makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Bones Hyland misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Davon Reed misses two point shot
  • Kevin Porter Jr. misses running pullup jump shot
  • Bryn Forbes misses driving floating jump shot
  • Christian Wood makes dunk (Jalen Green assists)
  • JaMychal Green makes 5-foot two point shot (Bones Hyland assists)
  • Christian Wood misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • JaMychal Green misses three point jumper
  • Alperen Sengun misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Alperen Sengun misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Bryn Forbes misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Alperen Sengun makes 5-foot two point shot
  • Bryn Forbes misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Alperen Sengun misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Alperen Sengun makes free throw 2 of 2
  • JaMychal Green misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Eric Gordon misses 6-foot pullup jump shot
  • Alperen Sengun makes tip shot
  • Alperen Sengun misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Bones Hyland makes free throw clear path 1 of 2
  • Bones Hyland makes free throw clear path 2 of 2
  • Bones Hyland misses two point shot
  • JaMychal Green makes dunk
  • Eric Gordon makes 3-foot two point shot
  • JaMychal Green makes free throw 1 of 2
  • JaMychal Green makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Davon Reed makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bones Hyland assists)
  • Alperen Sengun makes driving layup (Garrison Mathews assists)
  • JaMychal Green makes 2-foot dunk (Facundo Campazzo assists)
  • Alperen Sengun misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Bones Hyland makes technical free throw
  • Bryn Forbes misses 21-foot jumper
  • JaMychal Green makes dunk
  • Josh Christopher makes driving layup
  • Davon Reed misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Garrison Mathews misses 30-foot three point jumper
  • Bones Hyland makes 26-foot three point jumper (Facundo Campazzo assists)
  • Josh Christopher misses 20-foot jumper
  • Bones Hyland misses two point shot
  • Bones Hyland misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Alperen Sengun misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Facundo Campazzo misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Facundo Campazzo misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Jeff Green misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Jae'Sean Tate misses three point jumper
  • Jalen Green makes 15-foot two point shot
  • DeMarcus Cousins makes free throw 1 of 2
  • DeMarcus Cousins makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jalen Green makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)
  • Jeff Green makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jeff Green makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jalen Green misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • DeMarcus Cousins makes layup (Jeff Green assists)
  • Kevin Porter Jr. misses 7-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jeff Green makes 23-foot three point jumper (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
  • Jalen Green misses driving floating jump shot
  • Will Barton misses two point shot
  • Jalen Green makes 2-foot dunk (Jae'Sean Tate assists)
  • Monte Morris misses two point shot
  • Christian Wood makes 2-foot dunk (Jalen Green assists)
  • Jae'Sean Tate makes driving layup (Jalen Green assists)
  • Will Barton misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Christian Wood makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Christian Wood makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jeff Green misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Jae'Sean Tate makes 2-foot layup (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)
  • Monte Morris misses two point shot
  • JaMychal Green misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Kevin Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • DeMarcus Cousins misses layup
  • DeMarcus Cousins makes tip shot
  • Christian Wood makes dunk (Jalen Green assists)
  • DeMarcus Cousins makes 26-foot three point jumper (Monte Morris assists)
  • Jae'Sean Tate misses two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon misses 10-foot two point shot
  • DeMarcus Cousins misses free throw 1 of 2
  • DeMarcus Cousins makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jae'Sean Tate makes layup (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)
  • Aaron Gordon makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Monte Morris assists)
  • Monte Morris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
  • Will Barton misses running pullup jump shot
  • Jalen Green makes three point jumper (Christian Wood assists)
  • JaMychal Green misses 23-foot jumper
  • JaMychal Green misses jumper
  • Kevin Porter Jr. makes driving layup
  • Aaron Gordon makes 20-foot step back jumpshot
  • Christian Wood misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Will Barton makes 16-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jalen Green misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Christian Wood makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Christian Wood makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Monte Morris makes 15-foot step back jumpshot
  • Kevin Porter Jr. misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Aaron Gordon makes dunk (Monte Morris assists)
  • Christian Wood makes dunk (Jalen Green assists)
  • Jeff Green makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jeff Green makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Will Barton makes two point shot (Bones Hyland assists)
  • Kevin Porter Jr. makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Will Barton makes 26-foot three point jumper
  • Alperen Sengun makes 5-foot two point shot
  • Will Barton makes 26-foot step back jumpshot (JaMychal Green assists)
  • Kenyon Martin Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kevin Porter Jr. makes three point jumper (Kenyon Martin Jr. assists)
  • Garrison Mathews makes technical free throw
  • Josh Christopher misses pullup jump shot
  • Bones Hyland makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Bones Hyland makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alperen Sengun misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • DeMarcus Cousins makes 26-foot step back jumpshot (Bones Hyland assists)
  • Garrison Mathews makes 17-foot jumper (Josh Christopher assists)
  • DeMarcus Cousins makes free throw 1 of 2
  • DeMarcus Cousins makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Garrison Mathews misses 30-foot three point jumper
  • Bryn Forbes misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Alperen Sengun misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • DeMarcus Cousins misses driving layup
  • Bryn Forbes makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
  • Kenyon Martin Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • DeMarcus Cousins misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Eric Gordon makes 29-foot three point jumper (Josh Christopher assists)
  • DeMarcus Cousins makes free throw 1 of 2
  • DeMarcus Cousins makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Alperen Sengun makes 6-foot two point shot
  • DeMarcus Cousins makes dunk
  • Josh Christopher misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Bones Hyland makes 26-foot step back jumpshot (Facundo Campazzo assists)
  • Garrison Mathews misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Garrison Mathews misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Kenyon Martin Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Kenyon Martin Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Davon Reed makes 23-foot three point jumper (JaMychal Green assists)
  • Jalen Green makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • JaMychal Green makes layup (Bones Hyland assists)
  • Jalen Green makes 27-foot three point jumper (Christian Wood assists)
  • Facundo Campazzo misses layup
  • Jalen Green misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Bones Hyland misses running pullup jump shot
  • Kenyon Martin Jr. makes 3-foot layup (Christian Wood assists)
  • Bryn Forbes misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Christian Wood misses driving floating jump shot
  • Kevin Porter Jr. misses driving layup
  • Davon Reed misses running pullup jump shot
  • Kevin Porter Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • JaMychal Green misses three point jumper
  • Jalen Green makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jalen Green misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Christian Wood makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Christian Wood makes free throw 2 of 2
  • DeMarcus Cousins makes 1-foot dunk (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Jeff Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jae'Sean Tate makes two point shot
  • Monte Morris makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
  • Jalen Green misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Jalen Green makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Monte Morris makes 25-foot three point jumper (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
  • Kevin Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jeff Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Christian Wood misses layup
  • Will Barton misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Will Barton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Daishen Nix misses 3-foot two point shot
  • Trevelin Queen makes tip shot
  • Trevelin Queen makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Aaron Gordon misses free throw 2 of 3
  • Aaron Gordon makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Josh Christopher misses pullup jump shot
  • JaMychal Green misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Kenyon Martin Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Josh Christopher assists)
  • Bryn Forbes makes 10-foot two point shot (Facundo Campazzo assists)
  • Trevelin Queen makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kenyon Martin Jr. assists)
  • Bryn Forbes makes 26-foot three point jumper (Davon Reed assists)
  • Josh Christopher misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
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