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Durant scores 31, Sheppard's 11-point flurry helps Rockets end Nuggets' 6-game win streak, 115-101

— Kevin Durant scored 31 points, Reed Sheppard scored the final 11 points of the third quarter to blow open a close game, and the Houston Rockets rolled past the Denver Nuggets 115-101 on Saturday.
Dec 21, 2025, 12:48 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

100%
--HOU
0%
--DEN

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Cameron Johnson misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Alperen Sengun makes 1-foot two point shot (Kevin Durant assists)
  • Spencer Jones misses 23-foot running jump shot
  • Kevin Durant misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Amen Thompson makes tip shot
  • Spencer Jones makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Kevin Durant makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Amen Thompson misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Josh Okogie assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Spencer Jones makes 2-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Cameron Johnson misses running layup
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 23-foot running jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Cameron Johnson makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Amen Thompson makes dunk (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Spencer Jones makes two point shot
  • Reed Sheppard misses 10-foot fade away jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes driving layup
  • Kevin Durant misses 2-foot two point shot
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 1-foot running dunk (Spencer Jones assists)
  • Reed Sheppard makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Spencer Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Reed Sheppard makes 25-foot three point jumper (Amen Thompson assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses 15-foot step back jumpshot
  • Amen Thompson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Reed Sheppard makes 23-foot three point jumper (Amen Thompson assists)
  • Reed Sheppard misses 30-foot three point jumper
  • Jonas Valanciunas misses 8-foot fade away jump shot
  • Jonas Valanciunas blocks Amen Thompson 's 2-foot dunk
  • Steven Adams misses two point shot
  • Spencer Jones makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jonas Valanciunas assists)
  • Aaron Holiday misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Steven Adams misses tip shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 27-foot three point jumper (Spencer Jones assists)
  • Alperen Sengun misses 15-foot fade away jump shot
  • Amen Thompson misses tip shot
  • Kevin Durant misses 15-foot two point shot
  • Bruce Brown makes two point shot
  • Amen Thompson misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jalen Pickett misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jonas Valanciunas misses 17-foot jumper
  • Kevin Durant misses 11-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Jonas Valanciunas misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Kevin Durant makes 24-foot three point jumper (Reed Sheppard assists)
  • Jonas Valanciunas makes 11-foot jumper (Cameron Johnson assists)
  • Kevin Durant makes 27-foot three pointer
  • Jonas Valanciunas makes 2-foot two point shot (Cameron Johnson assists)
  • Reed Sheppard makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Amen Thompson assists)
  • Cameron Johnson misses 2-foot driving layup
  • Jonas Valanciunas makes two point shot
  • Reed Sheppard misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Josh Okogie makes 23-foot three point jumper (Reed Sheppard assists)
  • Jabari Smith Jr. blocks Jonas Valanciunas 's 1-foot dunk
  • Josh Okogie makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jabari Smith Jr. assists)
  • Reed Sheppard blocks Cameron Johnson 's 3-foot layup
  • Josh Okogie makes 26-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Alperen Sengun misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Amen Thompson makes layup (Jabari Smith Jr. assists)
  • Amen Thompson makes dunk (Reed Sheppard assists)
  • Alperen Sengun blocks Jamal Murray 's 14-foot two point shot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses 25-foot running jump shot
  • Alperen Sengun makes 1-foot dunk (Kevin Durant assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Alperen Sengun misses 3-foot two point shot
  • Kevin Durant blocks Nikola Jokic 's 5-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Kevin Durant makes 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Aaron Holiday misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes driving layup
  • Steven Adams misses 9-foot floating jump shot
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Spencer Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Josh Okogie misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses 15-foot jumper
  • Amen Thompson misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kevin Durant assists)
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Alperen Sengun misses 16-foot jumper
  • Amen Thompson blocks Nikola Jokic 's 3-foot layup
  • Nikola Jokic misses 13-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses driving layup
  • Kevin Durant misses 28-foot running jump shot
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 24-foot three pointer (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Alperen Sengun makes 1-foot driving dunk
  • Nikola Jokic misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
  • Kevin Durant makes 11-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jonas Valanciunas misses driving floating jump shot
  • Alperen Sengun misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Cameron Johnson misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Josh Okogie blocks Cameron Johnson 's 4-foot running layup
  • Jonas Valanciunas makes 10-foot jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. misses running dunk
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot (Kevin Durant assists)
  • Cameron Johnson makes driving dunk
  • Jamal Murray misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kevin Durant makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Bruce Brown misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jalen Pickett makes 23-foot jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Kevin Durant misses 14-foot jumper
  • Spencer Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Bruce Brown makes 6-foot floating jump shot
  • Reed Sheppard misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jonas Valanciunas makes 13-foot jumper (Jalen Pickett assists)
  • Alperen Sengun makes driving layup
  • Reed Sheppard makes 26-foot three pointer
  • Reed Sheppard makes 23-foot running jump shot (Amen Thompson assists)
  • Bruce Brown misses driving layup
  • Jamal Murray misses two point shot
  • Reed Sheppard makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Nikola Jokic makes layup (Cameron Johnson assists)
  • Bruce Brown blocks Reed Sheppard 's 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kevin Durant makes 24-foot three point jumper (Amen Thompson assists)
  • Jalen Pickett makes 23-foot jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Cameron Johnson misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jalen Pickett misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Bruce Brown makes 1-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Reed Sheppard misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Cameron Johnson misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Amen Thompson misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 27-foot running jump shot
  • Josh Okogie misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic misses 21-foot floating jump shot
  • Reed Sheppard makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 23-foot three point step back jumpshot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Amen Thompson makes 5-foot two point shot
  • Kevin Durant makes 26-foot three point jumper (Reed Sheppard assists)
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kevin Durant assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes 2-foot dunk (Reed Sheppard assists)
  • Amen Thompson makes running dunk
  • Amen Thompson blocks Hunter Tyson 's 4-foot driving layup
  • Jalen Pickett misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Bruce Brown makes running layup (Julian Strawther assists)
  • Jalen Pickett makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Steven Adams misses tip shot
  • Hunter Tyson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Bruce Brown makes two point shot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Jalen Pickett makes 1-foot two point shot (Bruce Brown assists)
  • Reed Sheppard makes 1-foot running dunk
  • Reed Sheppard blocks Julian Strawther 's 7-foot driving layup
  • Julian Strawther misses driving floating jump shot
  • Hunter Tyson misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Jabari Smith Jr. makes dunk (Amen Thompson assists)
  • Bruce Brown misses driving floating jump shot
  • Amen Thompson makes dunk (Reed Sheppard assists)
  • Zeke Nnaji misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Hunter Tyson makes two point shot
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