Denver Nuggets @ Houston Rockets
4-5, 1-3 Away
111
4-5, 1-3 Away
7-4, 4-2 Home
122
7-4, 4-2 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Chandler Parsons makes driving layup
- Kenneth Faried makes two point shot (Randy Foye assists)
- Randy Foye misses 19-foot jumper
- Jordan Hamilton misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Chandler Parsons makes driving layup (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Chandler Parsons makes free throw 1 of 1
- Terrence Jones makes layup (Chandler Parsons assists)
- J.J. Hickson misses 19-foot jumper
- Chandler Parsons makes two point shot (James Harden assists)
- Chandler Parsons makes free throw 1 of 1
- Dwight Howard makes two point shot (James Harden assists)
- Kenneth Faried makes layup (Ty Lawson assists)
- Dwight Howard misses two point shot
- J.J. Hickson makes layup (Ty Lawson assists)
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ty Lawson misses 15-foot two point jumper
- James Harden makes driving layup
- Kenneth Faried misses 7-foot Running Jumper
- J.J. Hickson makes two point shot
- Patrick Beverley makes 1-foot two point shot (Dwight Howard assists)
- Kenneth Faried misses 16-foot jumper
- James Harden makes 12-foot two point shot
- Kenneth Faried misses driving layup
- Kenneth Faried makes 2-foot two point shot
- Terrence Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Dwight Howard makes two point shot (James Harden assists)
- Kenneth Faried misses 6-foot two point shot
- Terrence Jones misses free throw 1 of 2
- Terrence Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kenneth Faried makes two point shot (Ty Lawson assists)
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ty Lawson misses driving layup
- Chandler Parsons makes three point jumper (Jeremy Lin assists)
- Chandler Parsons makes free throw 1 of 1
- Randy Foye misses 4-foot jumper
- Omri Casspi misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Timofey Mozgov misses 7-foot two point shot
- Darrell Arthur makes jumper (Ty Lawson assists)
- Darrell Arthur makes 20-foot jumper (Ty Lawson assists)
- Donatas Motiejunas makes driving layup (James Harden assists)
- Evan Fournier makes driving layup
- James Harden misses layup
- James Harden makes two point shot
- Ty Lawson makes driving layup
- James Harden misses 25-foot
- Ty Lawson misses 20-foot two point jumper
- James Harden misses 16-foot jumper
- Timofey Mozgov misses free throw 1 of 2
- Timofey Mozgov makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jeremy Lin misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Evan Fournier makes driving layup
- Jeremy Lin makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jeremy Lin misses free throw 2 of 2
- Timofey Mozgov makes layup (Nate Robinson assists)
- Jeremy Lin makes 5-foot jumper
- Donatas Motiejunas misses 9-foot two point shot
- Omri Casspi misses 22-foot jumper
- Patrick Beverley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jeremy Lin assists)
- Nate Robinson makes technical free throw
- Evan Fournier misses driving layup
- Timofey Mozgov misses
- Timofey Mozgov makes free throw 1 of 2
- Timofey Mozgov makes free throw 2 of 2
- Donatas Motiejunas makes three point jumper (Francisco Garcia assists)
- Darrell Arthur misses 19-foot jumper
- Evan Fournier misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Donatas Motiejunas makes 2-foot two point shot (Patrick Beverley assists)
- Omri Casspi makes two point shot (Jeremy Lin assists)
- Jeremy Lin misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Andre Miller misses driving layup
- Donatas Motiejunas makes two point shot (Chandler Parsons assists)
- Ty Lawson misses 20-foot jumper
- Ty Lawson misses 25-foot
- James Harden makes 27-foot three point jumper (Donatas Motiejunas assists)
- J.J. Hickson makes 5-foot jumper
- J.J. Hickson misses free throw 1 of 1
- Wilson Chandler misses 21-foot jumper
- Jeremy Lin makes two point shot
- Randy Foye misses three point jumper
- Ty Lawson misses free throw 1 of 2
- Ty Lawson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Chandler Parsons misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jeremy Lin makes driving layup (Terrence Jones assists)
- J.J. Hickson makes two point shot (Ty Lawson assists)
- Jeremy Lin makes two point shot
- Randy Foye makes free throw 1 of 2
- Randy Foye makes free throw 2 of 2
- Donatas Motiejunas makes 4-foot two point shot
- J.J. Hickson makes two point shot (Ty Lawson assists)
- James Harden misses three point jumper
- Wilson Chandler makes 2-foot two point shot
- Terrence Jones makes 23-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Randy Foye makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ty Lawson assists)
- Chandler Parsons makes driving layup
- Ty Lawson makes layup
- James Harden misses 25-foot three point jumper
- J.J. Hickson makes two point shot
- Jeremy Lin misses 13-foot Running Jumper
- Randy Foye misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Hamilton misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Terrence Jones misses 6-foot jumper
- Randy Foye misses driving layup
- Kenneth Faried misses layup
- Kenneth Faried misses tip shot
- Randy Foye misses jumper
- Jordan Hamilton makes layup
- Patrick Beverley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chandler Parsons assists)
- Ty Lawson makes 18-foot two point shot
- Patrick Beverley misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Ty Lawson makes 20-foot jumper
- Jordan Hamilton makes driving layup
- James Harden misses 17-foot two point jumper
- Randy Foye makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ty Lawson assists)
- Jordan Hamilton makes driving layup (Ty Lawson assists)
- Terrence Jones misses free throw 1 of 2
- Terrence Jones misses free throw 2 of 2
- Chandler Parsons misses driving layup
- Chandler Parsons makes driving dunk (Terrence Jones assists)
- Patrick Beverley makes 25-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
- Terrence Jones makes two point shot (James Harden assists)
- Wilson Chandler makes 4-foot two point shot (Ty Lawson assists)
- James Harden makes technical free throw
- Terrence Jones makes two point shot
- Terrence Jones makes layup (James Harden assists)
- Wilson Chandler misses three point jumper
- Omri Casspi makes two point shot (James Harden assists)
- Ty Lawson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Ty Lawson makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jordan Hamilton misses 19-foot jumper
- Chandler Parsons misses 16-foot jumper
- Terrence Jones misses 5-foot jumper
- Chandler Parsons makes 1-foot two point shot
- Terrence Jones misses
- Timofey Mozgov misses layup
- Jeremy Lin misses 15-foot two point jumper
- Evan Fournier makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ty Lawson assists)
- Omri Casspi misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Donatas Motiejunas misses free throw 1 of 2
- Donatas Motiejunas makes free throw 2 of 2
- Evan Fournier makes two point shot
- Omri Casspi makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jeremy Lin assists)
- Andre Miller misses 14-foot jumper
- Timofey Mozgov makes two point shot
- Wilson Chandler makes free throw 1 of 2
- Wilson Chandler makes free throw 2 of 2
- James Harden misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Wilson Chandler misses 25-foot
- Omri Casspi misses layup
- Evan Fournier misses 10-foot Running Jumper
- Evan Fournier makes free throw 1 of 2
- Evan Fournier misses free throw 2 of 2
- Jeremy Lin makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jeremy Lin makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nate Robinson makes 9-foot two point shot
- Darrell Arthur misses 21-foot jumper
- Dwight Howard makes two point shot (Francisco Garcia assists)
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 1 of 1
- Darrell Arthur makes 21-foot jumper (Ty Lawson assists)
- Francisco Garcia misses three point jumper
- Evan Fournier misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jeremy Lin makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jeremy Lin misses free throw 2 of 2
- Timofey Mozgov makes two point shot (Andre Miller assists)
- Terrence Jones misses jumper
- Ty Lawson makes 13-foot two point shot
- Jeremy Lin makes 3-foot two point shot
- Evan Fournier misses driving layup
- Randy Foye misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Dwight Howard makes 4-foot two point shot (Jeremy Lin assists)
- Randy Foye misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Wilson Chandler makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ty Lawson assists)
- Patrick Beverley misses 13-foot two point shot
- Jeremy Lin misses 18-foot jumper
- Wilson Chandler makes two point shot (Kenneth Faried assists)
- J.J. Hickson misses jump bank shot
- Chandler Parsons misses 7-foot Running Jumper
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ty Lawson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Wilson Chandler assists)
- Terrence Jones makes layup (Jeremy Lin assists)
- Ty Lawson makes 23-foot three point jumper
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 2 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ty Lawson misses 26-foot
- Kenneth Faried misses tip shot
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 2 of 2
- Wilson Chandler makes 27-foot three pointer (Ty Lawson assists)
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
- J.J. Hickson misses driving layup
- Chandler Parsons makes two point shot (Jeremy Lin assists)
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 1
- Ty Lawson makes driving layup
- Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Wilson Chandler misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ty Lawson makes driving layup
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Randy Foye misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Dwight Howard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jordan Hamilton makes 11-foot two point shot
- James Harden makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Ty Lawson makes 23-foot two point shot
- Chandler Parsons misses jumper
- Ty Lawson makes two point shot
- James Harden misses 20-foot jumper
- Jordan Hamilton misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jeremy Lin makes two point shot
- J.J. Hickson makes two point shot (Ty Lawson assists)
- James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
- James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ty Lawson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Ty Lawson misses free throw 2 of 2
- Omri Casspi misses 20-foot jumper
- Quincy Miller makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ty Lawson assists)
Shot Made
Shot Missed
| TIME | PLAY | DEN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | | J.J. Hickson vs. Dwight Howard (Patrick Beverley gains possession) | 0 | 0 |
| 12:00 | | Nuggets delay of game violation | 0 | 0 |
| 11:45 | | Chandler Parsons makes driving layup | 0 | 2 |
| 11:30 | | Kenneth Faried makes two point shot (Randy Foye assists) | 2 | 2 |
| 11:15 | | James Harden bad pass (Ty Lawson steals) | 2 | 2 |
| 10:56 | | Randy Foye misses 19-foot jumper | 2 | 2 |
| 10:55 | | J.J. Hickson offensive rebound | 2 | 2 |
| 10:49 | | Jordan Hamilton misses 26-foot three point jumper | 2 | 2 |
| 10:48 | | Patrick Beverley defensive rebound | 2 | 2 |
| 10:40 | | Chandler Parsons makes driving layup (Patrick Beverley assists) | 2 | 4 |
| 10:40 | | J.J. Hickson shooting foul (Chandler Parsons draws the foul) | 2 | 4 |
| 10:40 | | Chandler Parsons makes free throw 1 of 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 10:30 | | Patrick Beverley personal foul (Randy Foye draws the foul) | 2 | 5 |
| 10:25 | | Patrick Beverley blocks Ty Lawson 's 20-foot shot | 2 | 5 |
| 10:22 | | Chandler Parsons defensive rebound | 2 | 5 |
| 10:15 | | Terrence Jones makes layup (Chandler Parsons assists) | 2 | 7 |
| 9:56 | | J.J. Hickson misses 19-foot jumper | 2 | 7 |
| 9:56 | | Terrence Jones defensive rebound | 2 | 7 |
| 9:44 | | Chandler Parsons makes two point shot (James Harden assists) | 2 | 9 |
| 9:44 | | Jordan Hamilton shooting foul (Chandler Parsons draws the foul) | 2 | 9 |
| 9:44 | | Wilson Chandler enters the game for Jordan Hamilton | 2 | 9 |
| 9:44 | | Chandler Parsons makes free throw 1 of 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 9:26 | | Ty Lawson bad pass | 2 | 10 |
| 9:17 | | Dwight Howard makes two point shot (James Harden assists) | 2 | 12 |
| 9:10 | | Kenneth Faried makes layup (Ty Lawson assists) | 4 | 12 |
| 9:00 | | Dwight Howard misses two point shot | 4 | 12 |
| 8:59 | | Kenneth Faried defensive rebound | 4 | 12 |
| 8:49 | | J.J. Hickson makes layup (Ty Lawson assists) | 6 | 12 |
| 8:36 | | Randy Foye shooting foul (Dwight Howard draws the foul) | 6 | 12 |
| 8:36 | | Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 8:36 | | Rockets offensive team rebound | 6 | 12 |
| 8:36 | | Dwight Howard makes free throw 2 of 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 8:25 | | Ty Lawson misses 15-foot two point jumper | 6 | 13 |
| 8:22 | | James Harden defensive rebound | 6 | 13 |
| 8:21 | | Ty Lawson blocks James Harden 's 3-foot layup | 6 | 13 |
| 8:21 | | Rockets offensive team rebound | 6 | 13 |
| 8:08 | | James Harden makes driving layup | 6 | 15 |
| 7:52 | | Kenneth Faried misses 7-foot Running Jumper | 6 | 15 |
| 7:50 | | J.J. Hickson makes two point shot | 8 | 15 |
| 7:50 | | J.J. Hickson offensive rebound | 6 | 15 |
| 7:39 | | Wilson Chandler kicked ball violation | 8 | 15 |
| 7:30 | | Patrick Beverley makes 1-foot two point shot (Dwight Howard assists) | 8 | 17 |
| 7:20 | | Terrence Jones personal foul (Ty Lawson draws the foul) | 8 | 17 |
| 7:11 | | Kenneth Faried misses 16-foot jumper | 8 | 17 |
| 7:09 | | Dwight Howard defensive rebound | 8 | 17 |
| 6:52 | | Dwight Howard lost ball turnover (Randy Foye steals) | 8 | 17 |
| 6:48 | | Randy Foye bad pass | 8 | 17 |
| 6:39 | | James Harden makes 12-foot two point shot | 8 | 19 |
| 6:20 | | Kenneth Faried misses driving layup | 8 | 19 |
| 6:18 | | Kenneth Faried makes 2-foot two point shot | 10 | 19 |
| 6:18 | | Kenneth Faried offensive rebound | 8 | 19 |
| 6:01 | | Terrence Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper | 10 | 19 |
| 6:01 | | James Harden offensive rebound | 10 | 19 |
| 6:00 | | Dwight Howard makes two point shot (James Harden assists) | 10 | 21 |
| 5:48 | | Nuggets Full timeout | 10 | 21 |
| 5:37 | | Kenneth Faried misses 6-foot two point shot | 10 | 21 |
| 5:35 | | Dwight Howard defensive rebound | 10 | 21 |
| 5:28 | | Kenneth Faried shooting foul (Terrence Jones draws the foul) | 10 | 21 |
| 5:28 | | Terrence Jones misses free throw 1 of 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 5:28 | | Rockets offensive team rebound | 10 | 21 |
| 5:28 | | Timofey Mozgov enters the game for J.J. Hickson | 10 | 21 |
| 5:28 | | Terrence Jones makes free throw 2 of 2 | 10 | 22 |
| 5:09 | | Kenneth Faried makes two point shot (Ty Lawson assists) | 12 | 22 |
| 4:50 | | Kenneth Faried shooting foul (Dwight Howard draws the foul) | 12 | 22 |
| 4:50 | | Dwight Howard makes free throw 1 of 2 | 12 | 23 |
| 4:50 | | Jeremy Lin enters the game for Patrick Beverley | 12 | 23 |
| 4:50 | | Omri Casspi enters the game for Terrence Jones | 12 | 23 |
| 4:50 | | Darrell Arthur enters the game for Kenneth Faried | 12 | 23 |
| 4:50 | | Dwight Howard makes free throw 2 of 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 4:39 | | Ty Lawson misses driving layup | 12 | 24 |
| 4:37 | | Omri Casspi defensive rebound | 12 | 24 |
| 4:33 | | Chandler Parsons makes three point jumper (Jeremy Lin assists) | 12 | 27 |
| 4:33 | | Wilson Chandler shooting foul (Chandler Parsons draws the foul) | 12 | 27 |
| 4:33 | | Chandler Parsons makes free throw 1 of 1 | 12 | 28 |
| 4:13 | | Jeremy Lin personal foul (Wilson Chandler draws the foul) | 12 | 28 |
| 4:09 | | Randy Foye misses 4-foot jumper | 12 | 28 |
| 4:07 | | James Harden defensive rebound | 12 | 28 |
| 3:57 | | Omri Casspi misses 25-foot three point jumper | 12 | 28 |
| 3:55 | | Timofey Mozgov defensive rebound | 12 | 28 |
| 3:45 | | Timofey Mozgov misses 7-foot two point shot | 12 | 28 |
| 3:45 | | Omri Casspi defensive rebound | 12 | 28 |
| 3:38 | | Evan Fournier enters the game for Randy Foye | 12 | 28 |
| 3:25 | | Chandler Parsons traveling | 12 | 28 |
| 3:12 | | Darrell Arthur makes jumper (Ty Lawson assists) | 14 | 28 |
| 2:56 | | Chandler Parsons traveling | 14 | 28 |
| 2:56 | | Rockets Full timeout | 14 | 28 |
| 2:56 | | Donatas Motiejunas enters the game for Chandler Parsons | 14 | 28 |
| 2:56 | | Francisco Garcia enters the game for Dwight Howard | 14 | 28 |
| 2:46 | | Darrell Arthur makes 20-foot jumper (Ty Lawson assists) | 16 | 28 |
| 2:31 | | Donatas Motiejunas makes driving layup (James Harden assists) | 16 | 30 |
| 2:20 | | James Harden personal foul (Evan Fournier draws the foul) | 16 | 30 |
| 2:09 | | Evan Fournier makes driving layup | 18 | 30 |
| 1:58 | | James Harden misses layup | 18 | 30 |
| 1:57 | | James Harden makes two point shot | 18 | 32 |
| 1:57 | | James Harden offensive rebound | 18 | 30 |
| 1:51 | | Ty Lawson makes driving layup | 20 | 32 |
| 1:32 | | James Harden misses 25-foot | 20 | 32 |
| 1:31 | | Timofey Mozgov defensive rebound | 20 | 32 |
| 1:23 | | Ty Lawson misses 20-foot two point jumper | 20 | 32 |
| 1:22 | | Rockets defensive team rebound | 20 | 32 |
| 1:02 | | James Harden misses 16-foot jumper | 20 | 32 |
| 1:01 | | Donatas Motiejunas offensive rebound | 20 | 32 |
| 54.0 | | Timofey Mozgov blocks Omri Casspi's layup | 20 | 32 |
| 53.0 | | Darrell Arthur defensive rebound | 20 | 32 |
| 49.0 | | Donatas Motiejunas personal foul (Timofey Mozgov draws the foul) | 20 | 32 |
| 49.0 | | Timofey Mozgov misses free throw 1 of 2 | 20 | 32 |
| 49.0 | | Nuggets offensive team rebound | 20 | 32 |
| 49.0 | | Timofey Mozgov makes free throw 2 of 2 | 21 | 32 |
| 34.0 | | Jeremy Lin misses 25-foot three point jumper | 21 | 32 |
| 32.0 | | Timofey Mozgov defensive rebound | 21 | 32 |
| 24.0 | | Evan Fournier makes driving layup | 23 | 32 |
| 5.0 | | Evan Fournier shooting foul (Jeremy Lin draws the foul) | 23 | 32 |
| 5.0 | | Jeremy Lin makes free throw 1 of 2 | 23 | 33 |
| 5.0 | | Jeremy Lin misses free throw 2 of 2 | 23 | 33 |
| 4.0 | | Darrell Arthur defensive rebound | 23 | 33 |
| 0.0 | | Donatas Motiejunas blocks Wilson Chandler 's 49-foot | 23 | 33 |
| 0.0 | | Nuggets offensive team rebound | 23 | 33 |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 23 | 33 | |
Matchups
Game Information
Houston, TX
Referee:Jason Phillips
Referee:James Williams
Referee:Leroy Richardson
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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