Denver Nuggets @ Houston Rockets

33-44, 13-26 Away

125

33-44, 13-26 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
Nuggets DEN	27	25	36	29	8	125
Rockets HOU	22	47	19	29	13	130

Houston RocketsRocketsHOU

51-25, 31-8 Home

130

51-25, 31-8 Home

Shot Made

Shot Missed

Timofey Mozgov misses
Terrence Jones makes driving layup (James Harden assists)
Aaron Brooks makes driving layup
Quincy Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jeremy Lin makes 17-foot two point shot
Timofey Mozgov misses 8-foot running hook shot
James Harden misses layup
Chandler Parsons misses layup
Randy Foye misses 19-foot two point jumper
James Harden makes driving dunk (Jeremy Lin assists)
Kenneth Faried misses 13-foot jumper
Jeremy Lin misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Timofey Mozgov makes 20-foot jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Chandler Parsons misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Aaron Brooks misses 25-foot three point jumper
Terrence Jones misses two point shot
Omer Asik misses tip shot
Kenneth Faried misses 8-foot running hook shot
Jeremy Lin misses 25-foot three point jumper
Omer Asik misses layup
Omer Asik makes free throw 1 of 2
Omer Asik misses free throw 2 of 2
Timofey Mozgov makes layup (Aaron Brooks assists)
Terrence Jones misses layup
Timofey Mozgov makes driving dunk (Aaron Brooks assists)
Omer Asik makes layup (Jeremy Lin assists)
Quincy Miller makes three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Chandler Parsons misses 24-foot three point jumper
Omer Asik misses layup
Chandler Parsons misses free throw 1 of 2
Chandler Parsons makes free throw 2 of 2
Quincy Miller makes 23-foot three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Darrell Arthur makes jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Terrence Jones misses 7-foot Running Jumper
Darrell Arthur misses three point jumper
James Harden misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
Terrence Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
Terrence Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
Donatas Motiejunas misses free throw 2 of 2
Donatas Motiejunas misses free throw 1 of 2
Darrell Arthur misses three point jumper
Randy Foye makes 24-foot three point jumper (Evan Fournier assists)
Francisco Garcia misses 25-foot three point jumper
Randy Foye makes 25-foot three pointer
Terrence Jones makes 6-foot two point shot (Francisco Garcia assists)
Jan Vesely makes free throw 1 of 2
Francisco Garcia makes layup
Randy Foye misses driving layup
Francisco Garcia misses free throw 1 of 2
Francisco Garcia misses free throw 2 of 2
Donatas Motiejunas misses layup
Randy Foye makes 18-foot jumper (Quincy Miller assists)
Isaiah Canaan makes 23-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
Quincy Miller misses three point jumper
Isaiah Canaan makes 24-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
Evan Fournier makes free throw 1 of 2
Evan Fournier makes free throw 2 of 2
Omri Casspi makes 26-foot three point jumper (Isaiah Canaan assists)
Jan Vesely makes dunk (Randy Foye assists)
Omer Asik makes layup
Randy Foye misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Francisco Garcia misses 27-foot three point jumper
Francisco Garcia makes layup
Jan Vesely misses 9-foot two point shot
Omri Casspi misses 26-foot three point jumper
Aaron Brooks makes driving layup
Omer Asik makes layup
Anthony Randolph misses driving layup
Isaiah Canaan makes three point jumper (Omri Casspi assists)
Kenneth Faried misses 6-foot jumper
Chandler Parsons makes driving layup
Aaron Brooks makes driving layup
Omri Casspi makes 25-foot three point jumper
Kenneth Faried misses 12-foot jumper
Anthony Randolph makes 2-foot two point shot
Isaiah Canaan makes free throw 1 of 2
Isaiah Canaan misses free throw 2 of 2
Aaron Brooks misses 9-foot Running Jumper
Jan Vesely makes layup (Aaron Brooks assists)
Isaiah Canaan misses three point jumper
Aaron Brooks misses 27-foot three point jumper
Chandler Parsons makes free throw 1 of 2
Chandler Parsons misses free throw 2 of 2
James Harden misses 25-foot jumper
Evan Fournier makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Randolph assists)
Omer Asik makes free throw 1 of 2
Omer Asik makes free throw 2 of 2
Quincy Miller misses 21-foot jumper
Aaron Brooks makes 4-foot two point shot
Omer Asik makes free throw 1 of 2
Omer Asik makes free throw 2 of 2
Kenneth Faried makes two point shot (Quincy Miller assists)
James Harden makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jeremy Lin assists)
Aaron Brooks misses finger roll layup
Terrence Jones makes 1-foot driving dunk (James Harden assists)
James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
Kenneth Faried makes 5-foot two point shot
Terrence Jones misses 3-foot jumper
Omer Asik misses free throw 1 of 2
Omer Asik makes free throw 2 of 2
Evan Fournier misses 26-foot three point jumper
Terrence Jones makes dunk (Omer Asik assists)
Evan Fournier makes 7-foot jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
James Harden makes free throw 1 of 3
James Harden makes free throw 2 of 3
James Harden makes free throw 3 of 3
Aaron Brooks misses two point shot
Evan Fournier misses three point jumper
Darrell Arthur misses 26-foot three point jumper
Timofey Mozgov misses free throw 1 of 2
Timofey Mozgov makes free throw 2 of 2
Jeremy Lin makes driving layup
Darrell Arthur makes two point shot (Quincy Miller assists)
James Harden misses
Timofey Mozgov makes free throw 1 of 2
Timofey Mozgov misses free throw 2 of 2
Chandler Parsons misses 26-foot three point jumper
James Harden makes driving layup
Jeremy Lin makes 10-foot two point shot (Chandler Parsons assists)
Jeremy Lin makes layup (Chandler Parsons assists)
Aaron Brooks misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
Jeremy Lin makes 28-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
Jeremy Lin misses 18-foot two point jumper
Quincy Miller makes layup
Jeremy Lin makes 11-foot jumper
Terrence Jones misses driving layup
Timofey Mozgov makes layup (Aaron Brooks assists)
Jeremy Lin misses driving layup
Kenneth Faried makes layup
Timofey Mozgov makes layup
Omer Asik makes layup
Quincy Miller makes layup
James Harden misses three point jumper
James Harden misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Terrence Jones misses
Jeremy Lin makes layup
Omer Asik makes driving dunk (James Harden assists)
Quincy Miller makes driving dunk (Aaron Brooks assists)
Quincy Miller makes driving layup
Terrence Jones misses 27-foot three point jumper
Quincy Miller makes 25-foot three pointer
Terrence Jones makes layup
Quincy Miller misses 16-foot two point jumper
Kenneth Faried makes 17-foot jumper (Evan Fournier assists)
Aaron Brooks makes 5-foot two point shot
James Harden misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kenneth Faried misses 4-foot jumper
Kenneth Faried makes two point shot (Aaron Brooks assists)
James Harden makes 18-foot two point shot
Timofey Mozgov makes 26-foot three point jumper (Evan Fournier assists)
Francisco Garcia misses 23-foot three point jumper
Evan Fournier makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Kenneth Faried makes layup
James Harden misses 26-foot three point jumper
James Harden makes dunk (Isaiah Canaan assists)
Aaron Brooks makes 26-foot three point jumper
Francisco Garcia makes two point shot
Kenneth Faried misses 18-foot jumper
Evan Fournier misses driving layup
James Harden makes technical free throw
Terrence Jones makes layup (James Harden assists)
Evan Fournier makes 18-foot two point shot (Aaron Brooks assists)
Isaiah Canaan misses 44-foot three point running jumper
Quincy Miller misses 20-foot jumper
Quincy Miller misses layup
Quincy Miller makes two point shot
Francisco Garcia misses 25-foot three point jumper
Aaron Brooks makes 20-foot two point shot
Donatas Motiejunas misses layup
Isaiah Canaan makes 19-foot two point shot
Evan Fournier misses three point jumper
Isaiah Canaan misses 27-foot three point jumper
Darrell Arthur misses free throw 1 of 2
Darrell Arthur makes free throw 2 of 2
Francisco Garcia makes driving layup
Aaron Brooks makes 21-foot two point shot
Isaiah Canaan makes 26-foot three point jumper (Donatas Motiejunas assists)
Darrell Arthur misses 18-foot jumper
Evan Fournier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jan Vesely assists)
Chandler Parsons misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Aaron Brooks misses 26-foot three point jumper
Aaron Brooks makes 4-foot jumper
Omer Asik misses free throw 1 of 2
Omer Asik misses free throw 2 of 2
Randy Foye misses 22-foot two point jumper
Aaron Brooks makes 25-foot three point jumper (Evan Fournier assists)
Aaron Brooks misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
James Harden misses jumper
Evan Fournier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Chandler Parsons makes 14-foot two point shot (James Harden assists)
Chandler Parsons makes free throw 1 of 1
Jan Vesely misses layup
Evan Fournier makes two point shot
Randy Foye makes dunk (Darrell Arthur assists)
Darrell Arthur makes 7-foot two point shot (Aaron Brooks assists)
James Harden makes 25-foot three point jumper
Aaron Brooks makes 10-foot two point shot
James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
James Harden misses free throw 1 of 2
James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
Darrell Arthur misses 25-foot three point jumper
Omer Asik makes layup
Omer Asik misses free throw 1 of 1
Aaron Brooks misses Running Jumper
James Harden misses layup
Francisco Garcia misses 10-foot two point shot
Jeremy Lin makes free throw 1 of 2
Jeremy Lin makes free throw 2 of 2
Kenneth Faried makes free throw 1 of 2
Kenneth Faried makes free throw 2 of 2
James Harden makes driving layup
Darrell Arthur misses 9-foot jumper
James Harden makes driving layup
Jeremy Lin makes free throw 1 of 2
Jeremy Lin makes free throw 2 of 2
Evan Fournier misses 7-foot jumper
Randy Foye makes free throw 1 of 2
Randy Foye misses free throw 2 of 2
James Harden makes 25-foot three pointer (Chandler Parsons assists)
Randy Foye misses 11-foot two point shot
Kenneth Faried makes dunk
Chandler Parsons makes driving layup (Jeremy Lin assists)
Evan Fournier misses 26-foot three point jumper
James Harden misses layup
Randy Foye misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2
James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2
Evan Fournier makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kenneth Faried assists)
Francisco Garcia makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jeremy Lin assists)
Evan Fournier misses 11-foot two point jumper
Chandler Parsons makes 23-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
Aaron Brooks misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Chandler Parsons makes 25-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
James Harden misses 20-foot step back jumpshot
Jeremy Lin misses 25-foot three point jumper
Evan Fournier makes three point jumper (Randy Foye assists)
James Harden misses driving layup
Omer Asik misses tip shot

Shot Made

Shot Missed

TIME		DEN	HOU
12:00	Timofey Mozgov vs. Omer Asik (Aaron Brooks gains possession)	0	0
11:44	Timofey Mozgov misses	0	0
11:41	Omer Asik defensive rebound	0	0
11:37	Terrence Jones makes driving layup (James Harden assists)	0	2
11:26	Aaron Brooks makes driving layup	2	2
11:11	James Harden bad pass (Kenneth Faried steals)	2	2
11:03	Quincy Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper	2	2
11:02	Terrence Jones defensive rebound	2	2
10:52	Jeremy Lin makes 17-foot two point shot	2	4
10:29	Timofey Mozgov misses 8-foot running hook shot	2	4
10:26	Omer Asik defensive rebound	2	4
10:22	James Harden misses layup	2	4
10:19	Chandler Parsons offensive rebound	2	4
10:19	Chandler Parsons misses layup	2	4
10:18	Kenneth Faried defensive rebound	2	4
10:14	Randy Foye misses 19-foot two point jumper	2	4
10:11	Omer Asik defensive rebound	2	4
10:08	James Harden makes driving dunk (Jeremy Lin assists)	2	6
9:59	Nuggets 20 Sec. timeout	2	6
9:55	Kenneth Faried misses 13-foot jumper	2	6
9:53	Terrence Jones defensive rebound	2	6
9:33	Jeremy Lin misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot	2	6
9:30	Nuggets defensive team rebound	2	6
9:19	Timofey Mozgov makes 20-foot jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)	4	6
8:56	Chandler Parsons misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot	4	6
8:53	Nuggets defensive team rebound	4	6
8:41	Aaron Brooks misses 25-foot three point jumper	4	6
8:41	Omer Asik defensive rebound	4	6
8:27	Terrence Jones misses two point shot	4	6
8:26	Omer Asik offensive rebound	4	6
8:26	Omer Asik misses tip shot	4	6
8:23	Kenneth Faried defensive rebound	4	6
8:12	Kenneth Faried misses 8-foot running hook shot	4	6
8:11	Omer Asik defensive rebound	4	6
7:58	Jeremy Lin misses 25-foot three point jumper	4	6
7:56	Kenneth Faried defensive rebound	4	6
7:52	Kenneth Faried lost ball turnover (Jeremy Lin steals)	4	6
7:46	Omer Asik misses layup	4	6
7:45	Omer Asik offensive rebound	4	6
7:45	Quincy Miller shooting foul (Omer Asik draws the foul)	4	6
7:45	Omer Asik makes free throw 1 of 2	4	7
7:45	Omer Asik misses free throw 2 of 2	4	7
7:45	Kenneth Faried defensive rebound	4	7
7:31	Omer Asik blocks Randy Foye 's 2-foot shot	4	7
7:28	Omer Asik defensive rebound	4	7
7:22	Timofey Mozgov blocks Terrence Jones's layup	4	7
7:20	Quincy Miller defensive rebound	4	7
7:15	Timofey Mozgov makes layup (Aaron Brooks assists)	6	7
6:54	Terrence Jones misses layup	6	7
6:52	Kenneth Faried defensive rebound	6	7
6:46	Quincy Miller traveling	6	7
6:33	James Harden bad pass (Aaron Brooks steals)	6	7
6:30	Timofey Mozgov makes driving dunk (Aaron Brooks assists)	8	7
6:20	Omer Asik makes layup (Jeremy Lin assists)	8	9
6:05	Quincy Miller makes three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)	11	9
5:56	Chandler Parsons misses 24-foot three point jumper	11	9
5:56	Timofey Mozgov defensive rebound	11	9
5:48	Aaron Brooks bad pass (Terrence Jones steals)	11	9
5:48	Aaron Brooks personal foul (Jeremy Lin draws the foul)	11	9
5:48	Rockets Full timeout	11	9
5:48	Evan Fournier enters the game for Kenneth Faried	11	9
5:48	Darrell Arthur enters the game for Randy Foye	11	9
5:35	Omer Asik misses layup	11	9
5:33	Quincy Miller defensive rebound	11	9
5:26	Timofey Mozgov lost ball turnover (Chandler Parsons steals)	11	9
5:22	Darrell Arthur shooting block foul (Chandler Parsons draws the foul)	11	9
5:22	Chandler Parsons misses free throw 1 of 2	11	9
5:22	Rockets offensive team rebound	11	9
5:22	Jan Vesely enters the game for Timofey Mozgov	11	9
5:22	Chandler Parsons makes free throw 2 of 2	11	10
5:09	Quincy Miller makes 23-foot three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)	14	10
4:54	Jeremy Lin bad pass (Aaron Brooks steals)	14	10
4:47	Darrell Arthur makes jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)	16	10
4:26	Terrence Jones misses 7-foot Running Jumper	16	10
4:24	Jan Vesely defensive rebound	16	10
4:16	Darrell Arthur misses three point jumper	16	10
4:15	Omer Asik defensive rebound	16	10
4:07	James Harden misses 19-foot step back jumpshot	16	10
4:05	Darrell Arthur defensive rebound	16	10
3:57	Aaron Brooks bad pass (James Harden steals)	16	10
3:50	Aaron Brooks shooting foul (Terrence Jones draws the foul)	16	12
3:50	Terrence Jones makes free throw 1 of 2	16	11
3:50	Donatas Motiejunas enters the game for Chandler Parsons	16	11
3:50	Francisco Garcia enters the game for Omer Asik	16	11
3:50	Isaiah Canaan enters the game for Jeremy Lin	16	11
3:50	Randy Foye enters the game for Aaron Brooks	16	11
3:50	Terrence Jones makes free throw 2 of 2	16	12
3:38	Isaiah Canaan personal foul (Quincy Miller draws the foul)	16	12
3:34	Rockets offensive team rebound	16	12
3:34	Donatas Motiejunas misses free throw 2 of 2	16	12
3:34	Evan Fournier defensive rebound	16	12
3:34	Darrell Arthur bad pass (Donatas Motiejunas steals)	16	12
3:34	Darrell Arthur loose ball foul (Donatas Motiejunas draws the foul)	16	12
3:34	Donatas Motiejunas misses free throw 1 of 2	16	12
3:26	Darrell Arthur misses three point jumper	16	12
3:25	Evan Fournier offensive rebound	16	12
3:16	Randy Foye makes 24-foot three point jumper (Evan Fournier assists)	19	12
3:02	Francisco Garcia misses 25-foot three point jumper	19	12
3:01	Darrell Arthur defensive rebound	19	12
2:55	Randy Foye makes 25-foot three pointer	22	12
2:33	Terrence Jones makes 6-foot two point shot (Francisco Garcia assists)	22	14
2:20	James Harden shooting foul (Jan Vesely draws the foul)	22	14
2:20	Nuggets Full timeout	22	14
2:20	Kenneth Faried enters the game for Darrell Arthur	22	14
2:20	Omri Casspi enters the game for Terrence Jones	22	14
2:20	Jan Vesely makes free throw 1 of 2	23	14
2:20	Quincy Miller turnover (lane violation)	23	14
2:00	Francisco Garcia makes layup	23	16
2:00	Jan Vesely defensive goaltending violation	23	16
1:40	Randy Foye misses driving layup	23	16
1:40	Rockets defensive team rebound	23	16
1:40	Kenneth Faried loose ball foul (Francisco Garcia draws the foul)	23	16
1:40	Francisco Garcia misses free throw 1 of 2	23	16
1:40	Rockets offensive team rebound	23	16
1:40	Francisco Garcia misses free throw 2 of 2	23	16
1:40	Kenneth Faried defensive rebound	23	16
1:31	Evan Fournier traveling	23	16
1:23	Donatas Motiejunas misses layup	23	16
1:23	Donatas Motiejunas offensive rebound	23	16
1:22	Quincy Miller blocks Donatas Motiejunas 's 2-foot layup	23	16
1:20	Randy Foye defensive rebound	23	16
1:16	Donatas Motiejunas blocks Kenneth Faried 's 2-foot layup	23	16
1:12	Nuggets offensive team rebound	23	16
1:04	Randy Foye makes 18-foot jumper (Quincy Miller assists)	25	16
51.0	Isaiah Canaan makes 23-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)	25	19
37.0	Quincy Miller misses three point jumper	25	19
36.0	James Harden defensive rebound	25	19
31.0	Isaiah Canaan makes 24-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)	25	22
22.0	Donatas Motiejunas shooting block foul (Evan Fournier draws the foul)	25	22
22.0	Evan Fournier makes free throw 1 of 2	26	22
22.0	Anthony Randolph enters the game for Quincy Miller	26	22
22.0	Evan Fournier makes free throw 2 of 2	27	22
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	27	22

Matchups

DEN

HOU leads season

2-0

HOU

111

Game 1•@ HOU

Final

122

125

Game 2•@ HOU

Final/OT

130

123

Game 3•@ DEN

Final

116

Game Information

Houston, TX

Referee:Eli Roe

Referee:Sean Wright

Referee:Scott Foster

Western Conference

Northwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	42	14	.750	-	L1
Denver	35	20	.636	6.5	W1
Minnesota	34	22	.607	8	W2
Portland	27	29	.482	15	W1
Utah	18	38	.321	24	L1

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	38	16	.704	-	W6
Houston	33	20	.623	4.5	L1
Memphis	20	33	.377	17.5	L4
Dallas	19	35	.352	19	L9
New Orleans	15	41	.268	24	L1

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