Denver Nuggets @ Houston Rockets
Game Leaders
Team Stats
47% (41-87)
Field Goal %
46% (47-102)
31% (11-36)
Three Point %
39% (12-31)
56% (10-18)
Free Throw %
75% (18-24)
20
Turnovers
13
47
Rebounds
55
10
Largest Lead
21
Game Information
Houston, TX

Referee:James Williams
Referee:Eric Dalen
Referee:Dannica Mosher

Shot Chart
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
- Kevin Porter Jr. misses running pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Jalen Green makes 4-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 9-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes layup (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Kenyon Martin Jr. misses layup
- Kenyon Martin Jr. makes two point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 8-foot two point shot (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Jabari Smith Jr. blocks Aaron Gordon 's 5-foot dunk
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. misses three point jumper
- Jalen Green misses 10-foot two point shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes layup
- Aaron Gordon blocks Kevin Porter Jr. 's 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 5-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Jalen Green makes two point shot
- Aaron Gordon misses two point shot
- Nikola Jokic blocks Kenyon Martin Jr. 's 8-foot dunk
- Kenyon Martin Jr. makes 3-foot alley oop dunk shot (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 13-foot jumper
- Jalen Green makes two point shot
- Jalen Green makes 3-foot two point shot (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes finger roll layup
- Alperen Sengun makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 19-foot jumper
- Alperen Sengun misses 18-foot jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jalen Green misses two point shot
- Aaron Gordon makes 10-foot two point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Gordon blocks Jabari Smith Jr. 's 3-foot layup
- Jeff Green misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Bruce Brown makes 24-foot three point jumper (Christian Braun assists)
- Bruce Brown makes three point jumper (Jeff Green assists)
- Alperen Sengun makes 3-foot dunk
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Tari Eason makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Christian Braun makes 1-foot dunk
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 11-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray makes 4-foot two point shot
- Kevin Porter Jr. makes 28-foot three pointer
- Christian Braun misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Usman Garuba misses layup
- Josh Christopher misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Usman Garuba misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Bruce Brown misses two point shot
- Peyton Watson misses three point jumper
- Daishen Nix misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jeff Green makes two point shot
- Josh Christopher misses two point shot
- Peyton Watson makes two point shot
- Bruce Brown blocks Tari Eason 's 5-foot driving floating jump shot
- Jeff Green makes 4-foot two point shot (Bruce Brown assists)
- Peyton Watson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bruce Brown assists)
- Peyton Watson makes two point shot
- Kenyon Martin Jr. makes 2-foot dunk (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Jeff Green misses two point shot
- DeAndre Jordan makes 15-foot jumper
- Josh Christopher makes 4-foot two point shot (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Christian Braun makes layup (Peyton Watson assists)
- DeAndre Jordan misses two point shot
- Jalen Green makes 27-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jalen Green makes 24-foot step back jumpshot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 28-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Kevin Porter Jr. makes two point shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic misses layup
- Tari Eason misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses running pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
- Kevin Porter Jr. makes driving floating jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jalen Green misses pullup jump shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses tip shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses two point shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 4-foot dunk (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Aaron Gordon blocks Jalen Green 's 3-foot driving layup
- Nikola Jokic blocks Jalen Green 's 7-foot layup
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses two point shot
- Bruce Brown blocks Kevin Porter Jr. 's 4-foot driving layup
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes two point shot (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
- Kevin Porter Jr. misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses three point jumper
- Bruce Brown misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jalen Green makes 3-foot two point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses alley oop dunk shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes two point shot
- Jalen Green misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes two point shot
- Bruce Brown misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. misses tip shot
- Alperen Sengun misses three point jumper
- Alperen Sengun blocks Aaron Gordon 's 2-foot dunk
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Gordon makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Alperen Sengun makes 5-foot two point shot (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)
- Bruce Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic blocks Jalen Green 's 1-foot two point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 27-foot running pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Bruce Brown blocks Kevin Porter Jr.'s dunk
- Alperen Sengun makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope blocks Jalen Green 's 4-foot two point shot
- Kevin Porter Jr. misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic misses three point jumper
- Alperen Sengun misses 8-foot two point shot
- Jalen Green misses dunk
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kevin Porter Jr. makes 28-foot three point jumper (Kenyon Martin Jr. assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 14-foot jumper
- Kevin Porter Jr. makes 27-foot three point jumper
- Jalen Green misses two point shot
- Kevin Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Alperen Sengun misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 29-foot three pointer
- Kevin Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Alperen Sengun makes driving layup (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)
- Jalen Green misses two point shot
- Alperen Sengun makes two point shot (Jabari Smith Jr. assists)
- Reggie Jackson makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jeff Green assists)
- Jalen Green misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Alperen Sengun makes two point shot
- Aaron Gordon makes driving layup
- Kevin Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Reggie Jackson assists)
- Usman Garuba makes layup (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
- Tari Eason makes dunk
- Aaron Gordon misses layup
- Christian Braun misses two point shot
- Aaron Gordon makes tip shot
- Josh Christopher misses 11-foot two point shot
- Aaron Gordon misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Kevin Porter Jr. misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Christian Braun misses two point shot
- Jalen Green misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kenyon Martin Jr. makes two point shot
- Kevin Porter Jr. misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jalen Green makes 6-foot jump bank shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes layup (Jeff Green assists)
- Kenyon Martin Jr. makes driving layup (Jalen Green assists)
- Jeff Green misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Usman Garuba misses three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. blocks Jalen Green 's 3-foot driving layup
- Tari Eason blocks Christian Braun 's 4-foot two point shot
- Josh Christopher makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Jalen Green assists)
- Jeff Green misses 5-foot two point shot
- Jeff Green misses tip shot
- Jalen Green misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Tari Eason makes driving layup (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Josh Christopher makes dunk
- Nikola Jokic misses 13-foot jumper
- Jalen Green makes pullup jump shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 27-foot three pointer (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Aaron Gordon blocks Alperen Sengun 's 4-foot layup
- Tari Eason makes 1-foot dunk (Jalen Green assists)
- Kenyon Martin Jr. misses dunk
- Josh Christopher misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Tari Eason makes 2-foot dunk
- Reggie Jackson makes driving layup (Vlatko Cancar assists)
- Jalen Green makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses layup
- Josh Christopher makes tip shot
- Alperen Sengun misses two point shot
- Alperen Sengun misses tip shot
- Reggie Jackson makes pullup jump shot (Vlatko Cancar assists)
- Jalen Green makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Peyton Watson misses driving layup
- Peyton Watson blocks Tari Eason 's 3-foot layup
- Tari Eason misses tip shot
- Reggie Jackson misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Vlatko Cancar misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Peyton Watson makes 4-foot dunk (Reggie Jackson assists)
- Kevin Porter Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jalen Green assists)
- DeAndre Jordan makes 4-foot alley oop dunk shot (Reggie Jackson assists)
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 2-foot dunk (Alperen Sengun assists)
- DeAndre Jordan makes dunk (Peyton Watson assists)
- Jalen Green makes 28-foot three point jumper (Tari Eason assists)
- Peyton Watson misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes finger roll layup (Kevin Porter Jr. assists)
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Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 35 | 7 | .833 | - | W5 |
| Denver | 28 | 13 | .683 | 6.5 | W3 |
| Minnesota | 27 | 14 | .659 | 7.5 | W2 |
| Portland | 20 | 22 | .476 | 15 | W1 |
| Utah | 14 | 27 | .341 | 20.5 | L2 |
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 28 | 13 | .683 | - | W1 |
| Houston | 23 | 15 | .605 | 3.5 | L1 |
| Memphis | 17 | 23 | .425 | 10.5 | L1 |
| Dallas | 16 | 26 | .381 | 12.5 | W1 |
| New Orleans | 10 | 34 | .227 | 19.5 | L1 |
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