Denver Nuggets @ Houston Rockets
Game Leaders
Team Stats
34% (32-94)
Field Goal %
49% (40-82)
23% (7-30)
Three Point %
41% (12-29)
71% (15-21)
Free Throw %
87% (13-15)
15
Turnovers
14
46
Rebounds
49
5
Largest Lead
26
Game Information
Houston, TX

Referee:Jacyn Goble
Referee:Karl Lane
Referee:Dannica Baroody

Shot Chart
- Nikola Jokic makes 17-foot jumper
- Alperen Sengun misses 8-foot hook shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 24-foot three point jumper
- Fred VanVleet makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 1-foot dunk (Jalen Green assists)
- Aaron Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jalen Green makes 25-foot three pointer (Dillon Brooks assists)
- Reggie Jackson misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Dillon Brooks makes 26-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Aaron Gordon misses driving floating jump shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Fred VanVleet misses two point shot
- Alperen Sengun makes driving layup (Jabari Smith Jr. assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 30-foot three point jumper
- Alperen Sengun misses 8-foot two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 2 of 2
- Fred VanVleet misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Reggie Jackson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Dillon Brooks misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 10-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot jumper
- Alperen Sengun misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 15-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Alperen Sengun misses two point shot
- Christian Braun misses two point shot
- Jalen Green misses 14-foot step back jumpshot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 22-foot step back jumpshot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Dillon Brooks misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses running pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic misses tip shot
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jae'Sean Tate makes 4-foot two point shot (Fred VanVleet assists)
- Aaron Gordon misses two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Fred VanVleet makes free throw 1 of 2
- Fred VanVleet makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Peyton Watson misses tip shot
- Fred VanVleet makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (Tari Eason assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes driving layup
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 1
- Aaron Holiday makes 11-foot two point shot (Fred VanVleet assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Holiday makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Reggie Jackson misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
- Jae'Sean Tate makes layup
- Christian Braun misses driving layup
- Peyton Watson misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jalen Green makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Fred VanVleet makes 6-foot two point shot
- Aaron Gordon misses 13-foot two point shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jeff Green misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Tari Eason makes 22-foot three point jumper (Fred VanVleet assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 15-foot jumper
- Alperen Sengun misses free throw 1 of 2
- Alperen Sengun makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic misses 16-foot jumper
- Fred VanVleet makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 23-foot pullup jump shot
- Tari Eason makes driving layup (Fred VanVleet assists)
- Jeff Green misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Tari Eason makes layup
- Nikola Jokic misses 10-foot two point shot
- Tari Eason misses 2-foot tip shot
- Alperen Sengun makes free throw 1 of 2
- Alperen Sengun makes free throw 2 of 2
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Alperen Sengun makes 1-foot dunk (Fred VanVleet assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes technical free throw
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jalen Green misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 15-foot jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes tip shot
- Jalen Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses layup
- Jalen Green makes 2-foot two point shot (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
- Dillon Brooks misses two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Dillon Brooks makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Jalen Green makes 1-foot dunk (Dillon Brooks assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
- Jae'Sean Tate misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
- Alperen Sengun makes 2-foot dunk (Jalen Green assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 13-foot driving floating jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
- Justin Holiday misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Alperen Sengun makes free throw 1 of 2
- Alperen Sengun makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes 24-foot three pointer
- Nikola Jokic makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 1-foot dunk (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Alperen Sengun makes 1-foot dunk
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 22-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Alperen Sengun makes 18-foot two point shot (Fred VanVleet assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Nikola Jokic misses 19-foot jumper
- Alperen Sengun misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Reggie Jackson assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 1-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Alperen Sengun makes 1-foot two point shot
- Reggie Jackson misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jalen Green misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jalen Green makes 11-foot two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 19-foot driving floating jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 1 of 1
- Dillon Brooks misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Alperen Sengun makes 12-foot two point shot (Fred VanVleet assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Dillon Brooks misses 14-foot two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 24-foot three point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses two point shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Reggie Jackson makes 8-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jalen Green makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Fred VanVleet assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Aaron Holiday makes two point shot
- Christian Braun misses 23-foot pullup jump shot
- Alperen Sengun misses 8-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 3-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot
- Jalen Green misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jalen Green makes free throw 2 of 2
- Christian Braun makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
- Aaron Holiday misses driving floating jump shot
- Nikola Jokic misses free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic misses free throw 2 of 2
- Tari Eason misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
- Jalen Green misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 7-foot two point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 21-foot two point shot
- Tari Eason misses 14-foot two point shot
- Aaron Gordon misses 15-foot jumper
- Fred VanVleet misses driving floating jump shot
- Christian Braun misses driving layup
- Zeke Nnaji misses layup
- Fred VanVleet misses driving layup
- Christian Braun makes 4-foot two point shot (Reggie Jackson assists)
- Christian Braun makes free throw 1 of 1
- Fred VanVleet misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Gordon misses free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Gordon misses free throw 2 of 2
- Justin Holiday makes 23-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Alperen Sengun makes 2-foot two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes technical free throw
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic misses free throw 2 of 2
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jalen Green makes layup (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Jalen Green makes free throw 1 of 1
- Nikola Jokic misses driving layup
- Jalen Green makes 2-foot dunk (Fred VanVleet assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 9-foot two point shot (Reggie Jackson assists)
- Jalen Green misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes tip shot
- Reggie Jackson misses driving floating jump shot
- Jalen Green makes dunk (Fred VanVleet assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 4-foot two point shot
- Jalen Green makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Fred VanVleet assists)
- Aaron Gordon misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jalen Green misses two point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic misses free throw 2 of 2
- Dillon Brooks misses driving floating jump shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Alperen Sengun misses 15-foot jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot two point shot
- Jalen Green misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Aaron Gordon misses running pullup jump shot
- Christian Braun makes two point shot (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 3-foot two point shot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Dillon Brooks makes free throw 1 of 2
- Dillon Brooks makes free throw 2 of 2
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Alperen Sengun misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Fred VanVleet makes 26-foot three pointer
- Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Fred VanVleet makes 26-foot three point shot
- Alperen Sengun misses 46-foot three point jumper
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Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 40 | 13 | .755 | - | L2 |
| Denver | 34 | 20 | .630 | 6.5 | L1 |
| Minnesota | 33 | 22 | .600 | 8 | W1 |
| Portland | 26 | 28 | .481 | 14.5 | W3 |
| Utah | 17 | 37 | .315 | 23.5 | W1 |
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 36 | 16 | .692 | - | W4 |
| Houston | 32 | 19 | .627 | 3.5 | W1 |
| Memphis | 20 | 32 | .385 | 16 | L3 |
| Dallas | 19 | 33 | .365 | 17 | L7 |
| New Orleans | 15 | 40 | .273 | 22.5 | W2 |
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