Denver Nuggets @ Houston Rockets
- Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
- Clint Capela misses layup
- Russell Westbrook makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Clint Capela misses 9-foot jumper
- Torrey Craig blocks Russell Westbrook 's 8-foot jumper
- Clint Capela makes layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Clint Capela makes dunk (James Harden assists)
- Danuel House Jr. misses alley oop dunk shot
- Torrey Craig blocks Russell Westbrook's driving layup
- Russell Westbrook misses driving layup
- James Harden makes 28-foot step back jumpshot
- Russell Westbrook makes two point shot
- James Harden makes two point shot
- James Harden makes dunk
- Austin Rivers makes 26-foot three point jumper (Eric Gordon assists)
- Clint Capela makes alley oop dunk shot (James Harden assists)
- Austin Rivers misses driving layup
- Russell Westbrook makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
- Danuel House Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Eric Gordon makes 27-foot three point jumper (P.J. Tucker assists)
- Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
- Russell Westbrook misses two point shot
- P.J. Tucker makes layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Eric Gordon makes 27-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Eric Gordon makes layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
- P.J. Tucker misses 10-foot two point shot
- Russell Westbrook makes two point shot
- Danuel House Jr. misses driving layup
- James Harden misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Ben McLemore makes dunk (James Harden assists)
- P.J. Tucker misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Austin Rivers misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Ben McLemore misses 26-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes layup (Thabo Sefolosha assists)
- Clint Capela makes 1-foot dunk (P.J. Tucker assists)
- Russell Westbrook misses driving layup
- Russell Westbrook misses two point shot
- Russell Westbrook misses layup
- Russell Westbrook makes driving layup (James Harden assists)
- Eric Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
- James Harden misses 28-foot step back jumpshot
- Clint Capela misses 10-foot jumper
- P.J. Tucker misses driving layup
- Clint Capela misses tip shot
- Clint Capela misses tip shot
- Clint Capela makes tip shot
- Russell Westbrook misses 11-foot two point shot
- Clint Capela makes dunk (P.J. Tucker assists)
- Russell Westbrook makes driving dunk (Ben McLemore assists)
- P.J. Tucker misses 25-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes 25-foot three point jumper (Clint Capela assists)
- James Harden misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic blocks James Harden 's 7-foot jumper
- Ben McLemore misses driving dunk
- Russell Westbrook misses alley oop layup
- Jerami Grant blocks Russell Westbrook 's 1-foot layup
- Jerami Grant blocks Russell Westbrook 's 1-foot layup
- Eric Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Clint Capela misses layup
- James Harden misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Russell Westbrook makes two point shot
- Eric Gordon misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Clint Capela makes alley oop dunk shot (James Harden assists)
- James Harden misses driving floating jump shot
- Austin Rivers makes 27-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Austin Rivers makes 27-foot step back jumpshot
- Eric Gordon makes dunk (Danuel House Jr. assists)
- Danuel House Jr. makes two point shot
- Russell Westbrook makes layup
- Will Barton blocks Russell Westbrook's two point shot
- Russell Westbrook misses two point shot
- Danuel House Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Russell Westbrook makes two point shot
- Eric Gordon misses layup
- P.J. Tucker makes 23-foot three point jumper (Eric Gordon assists)
- Russell Westbrook misses driving layup
- Eric Gordon makes 27-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
- P.J. Tucker makes 24-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Eric Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (Clint Capela assists)
- Eric Gordon makes 25-foot three point jumper (P.J. Tucker assists)
- James Harden misses two point shot
- Clint Capela misses layup
- P.J. Tucker misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Michael Frazier misses 25-foot three point jumper
- James Harden makes 5-foot two point shot
- P.J. Tucker misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Isaiah Hartenstein makes dunk (Chris Clemons assists)
- Chris Clemons misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Chris Clemons makes two point shot (Austin Rivers assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses jumper
- Will Barton misses 21-foot jumper
- Will Barton misses step back jumpshot
- Nikola Jokic makes layup (Will Barton assists)
- Jerami Grant makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Torrey Craig misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Torrey Craig makes two point shot
- Torrey Craig makes driving layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Monte Morris makes 8-foot two point shot
- Torrey Craig makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Will Barton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Torrey Craig misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Clint Capela blocks Jerami Grant 's 2-foot two point shot
- PJ Dozier misses 8-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 13-foot two point shot (PJ Dozier assists)
- Malik Beasley makes 24-foot three point jumper (Juan Hernangomez assists)
- Clint Capela blocks Will Barton 's 2-foot driving layup
- Will Barton makes 27-foot three point jumper
- Will Barton misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jerami Grant misses two point shot
- Malik Beasley misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jerami Grant misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Juan Hernangomez makes two point shot
- PJ Dozier misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jerami Grant misses driving layup
- Malik Beasley makes 2-foot layup (PJ Dozier assists)
- PJ Dozier misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- PJ Dozier makes two point shot (Monte Morris assists)
- Malik Beasley makes 1-foot two point shot
- Monte Morris misses driving floating jump shot
- PJ Dozier misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 11-foot two point shot
- Clint Capela blocks Nikola Jokic 's 1-foot layup
- Nikola Jokic misses 6-foot two point shot
- Jerami Grant misses two point shot
- Jerami Grant makes tip shot
- Monte Morris misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jerami Grant misses driving floating jump shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 15-foot jumper
- Torrey Craig makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jerami Grant makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes layup
- Clint Capela blocks Jerami Grant 's 2-foot layup
- Torrey Craig misses layup
- Nikola Jokic misses tip shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 19-foot jumper
- Torrey Craig makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jerami Grant assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
- Jerami Grant misses alley oop layup
- Will Barton misses driving floating jump shot
- Jerami Grant misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes layup
- Will Barton misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Will Barton makes layup (Monte Morris assists)
- Jerami Grant makes 1-foot dunk (Monte Morris assists)
- Monte Morris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 22-foot two point shot
- Will Barton misses driving floating jump shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jerami Grant makes driving dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jerami Grant makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Will Barton misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- PJ Dozier makes layup (Will Barton assists)
- Eric Gordon blocks Malik Beasley 's 12-foot jumper
- Jerami Grant makes layup (Will Barton assists)
- Will Barton misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Malik Beasley misses 26-foot three point jumper
- PJ Dozier misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Torrey Craig misses layup
- Torrey Craig makes tip shot
- Malik Beasley misses 27-foot three point jumper
- PJ Dozier makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
- PJ Dozier makes driving layup (Will Barton assists)
- Malik Beasley misses 24-foot three point jumper
- PJ Dozier makes 26-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
- Russell Westbrook blocks Nikola Jokic's layup
- Nikola Jokic makes layup
- Clint Capela blocks Jerami Grant 's 1-foot layup
- Malik Beasley makes 14-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 7-foot two point shot
- Monte Morris makes 24-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes layup
- Will Barton misses 10-foot jumper
- Will Barton misses tip shot
- Malik Beasley misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
- Vlatko Cancar makes 26-foot three point jumper (Malik Beasley assists)
- PJ Dozier makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
- Monte Morris makes driving layup
- Jarred Vanderbilt makes 1-foot dunk (Vlatko Cancar assists)
- PJ Dozier makes jumper
- Monte Morris misses 25-foot three point jumper
NUGGETS
ROCKETS
| TIME | PLAY | DEN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | Jerami Grant vs. Clint Capela (Torrey Craig gains possession) | 0 | 0 | |
| 11:41 | Nikola Jokic misses jumper | 0 | 0 | |
| 11:40 | Russell Westbrook defensive rebound | 0 | 0 | |
| 11:23 | Russell Westbrook makes driving layup | 0 | 2 | |
| 11:08 | Clint Capela defensive 3-seconds (technical foul) | 0 | 2 | |
| 11:08 | Nikola Jokic misses technical free throw | 0 | 2 | |
| 11:08 | Nuggets offensive team rebound | 0 | 2 | |
| 10:53 | Will Barton misses 21-foot jumper | 0 | 2 | |
| 10:50 | James Harden defensive rebound | 0 | 2 | |
| 10:47 | Torrey Craig shooting foul | 0 | 2 | |
| 10:47 | James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 10:47 | James Harden misses free throw 2 of 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 10:47 | Nikola Jokic defensive rebound | 0 | 3 | |
| 10:39 | Will Barton misses step back jumpshot | 0 | 3 | |
| 10:37 | Russell Westbrook defensive rebound | 0 | 3 | |
| 10:31 | Russell Westbrook bad pass (Will Barton steals) | 0 | 3 | |
| 10:22 | Russell Westbrook personal foul | 0 | 3 | |
| 10:17 | Nikola Jokic makes layup (Will Barton assists) | 2 | 3 | |
| 9:57 | Clint Capela misses layup | 2 | 3 | |
| 9:56 | Torrey Craig defensive rebound | 2 | 3 | |
| 9:49 | Jerami Grant makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists) | 5 | 3 | |
| 9:38 | Russell Westbrook makes 14-foot pullup jump shot | 5 | 5 | |
| 9:23 | Nikola Jokic out of bounds lost ball turnover | 5 | 5 | |
| 9:19 | Ben McLemore offensive foul | 5 | 5 | |
| 9:19 | Ben McLemore turnover | 5 | 5 | |
| 9:09 | Torrey Craig misses 27-foot three point jumper | 5 | 5 | |
| 9:08 | P.J. Tucker defensive rebound | 5 | 5 | |
| 8:56 | Clint Capela misses 9-foot jumper | 5 | 5 | |
| 8:55 | Torrey Craig defensive rebound | 5 | 5 | |
| 8:49 | Torrey Craig makes two point shot | 7 | 5 | |
| 8:35 | Torrey Craig blocks Russell Westbrook 's 8-foot jumper | 7 | 5 | |
| 8:35 | Russell Westbrook offensive rebound | 7 | 5 | |
| 8:35 | Clint Capela makes layup (Russell Westbrook assists) | 7 | 7 | |
| 8:35 | Nikola Jokic shooting foul | 7 | 7 | |
| 8:35 | Clint Capela misses free throw 1 of 1 | 7 | 7 | |
| 8:35 | Jerami Grant defensive rebound | 7 | 7 | |
| 8:25 | Monte Morris lost ball turnover (Russell Westbrook steals) | 7 | 7 | |
| 8:21 | Clint Capela makes dunk (James Harden assists) | 7 | 9 | |
| 8:10 | Torrey Craig makes driving layup (Nikola Jokic assists) | 9 | 9 | |
| 7:51 | Russell Westbrook bad pass (Jerami Grant steals) | 9 | 9 | |
| 7:50 | James Harden personal take foul | 9 | 9 | |
| 7:28 | Monte Morris makes 8-foot two point shot | 11 | 9 | |
| 7:11 | James Harden bad pass (Jerami Grant steals) | 11 | 9 | |
| 7:06 | Torrey Craig makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists) | 13 | 9 | |
| 7:06 | Rockets Full timeout | 13 | 9 | |
| 7:06 | Danuel House Jr. enters the game for Ben McLemore | 13 | 9 | |
| 7:06 | Eric Gordon enters the game for P.J. Tucker | 13 | 9 | |
| 6:55 | Danuel House Jr. misses alley oop dunk shot | 13 | 9 | |
| 6:54 | Monte Morris defensive rebound | 13 | 9 | |
| 6:40 | Will Barton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists) | 16 | 9 | |
| 6:24 | Torrey Craig blocks Russell Westbrook's driving layup | 16 | 9 | |
| 6:24 | Rockets offensive team rebound | 16 | 9 | |
| 6:17 | Russell Westbrook misses driving layup | 16 | 9 | |
| 6:16 | Clint Capela offensive rebound | 16 | 9 | |
| 6:09 | Will Barton shooting foul | 16 | 9 | |
| 6:09 | James Harden makes free throw 1 of 2 | 16 | 10 | |
| 6:09 | James Harden makes free throw 2 of 2 | 16 | 11 | |
| 5:50 | Torrey Craig misses 24-foot three point jumper | 16 | 11 | |
| 5:49 | Jerami Grant offensive rebound | 16 | 11 | |
| 5:46 | Clint Capela blocks Jerami Grant 's 2-foot two point shot | 16 | 11 | |
| 5:46 | Rockets defensive team rebound | 16 | 11 | |
| 5:35 | James Harden makes 28-foot step back jumpshot | 16 | 14 | |
| 5:15 | James Harden shooting foul | 16 | 14 | |
| 5:15 | Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2 | 17 | 14 | |
| 5:15 | Malik Beasley enters the game for Jerami Grant | 17 | 14 | |
| 5:15 | Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2 | 18 | 14 | |
| 5:09 | Russell Westbrook makes two point shot | 18 | 16 | |
| 4:55 | Nikola Jokic back court turnover | 18 | 16 | |
| 4:55 | Austin Rivers enters the game for Russell Westbrook | 18 | 16 | |
| 4:48 | James Harden makes two point shot | 18 | 18 | |
| 4:46 | Nuggets Full timeout | 18 | 18 | |
| 4:46 | PJ Dozier enters the game for Monte Morris | 18 | 18 | |
| 4:22 | PJ Dozier misses 8-foot two point shot | 18 | 18 | |
| 4:21 | Austin Rivers defensive rebound | 18 | 18 | |
| 4:15 | James Harden makes dunk | 18 | 20 | |
| 4:07 | Austin Rivers personal foul | 18 | 20 | |
| 4:07 | Juan Hernangomez enters the game for Torrey Craig | 18 | 20 | |
| 3:54 | Nikola Jokic makes 13-foot two point shot (PJ Dozier assists) | 20 | 20 | |
| 3:40 | Austin Rivers makes 26-foot three point jumper (Eric Gordon assists) | 20 | 23 | |
| 3:29 | Malik Beasley makes 24-foot three point jumper (Juan Hernangomez assists) | 23 | 23 | |
| 3:13 | Clint Capela makes alley oop dunk shot (James Harden assists) | 23 | 25 | |
| 2:51 | Clint Capela blocks Will Barton 's 2-foot driving layup | 23 | 25 | |
| 2:51 | Nuggets offensive team rebound | 23 | 25 | |
| 2:51 | Jerami Grant enters the game for Nikola Jokic | 23 | 25 | |
| 2:51 | Russell Westbrook enters the game for James Harden | 23 | 25 | |
| 2:51 | P.J. Tucker enters the game for Clint Capela | 23 | 25 | |
| 2:45 | Will Barton makes 27-foot three point jumper | 26 | 25 | |
| 2:35 | Austin Rivers misses driving layup | 26 | 25 | |
| 2:34 | PJ Dozier defensive rebound | 26 | 25 | |
| 2:29 | Will Barton misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot | 26 | 25 | |
| 2:28 | Austin Rivers defensive rebound | 26 | 25 | |
| 2:20 | Russell Westbrook makes 16-foot pullup jump shot | 26 | 27 | |
| 1:59 | Jerami Grant misses two point shot | 26 | 27 | |
| 1:59 | Russell Westbrook defensive rebound | 26 | 27 | |
| 1:48 | Danuel House Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper | 26 | 27 | |
| 1:46 | Jerami Grant defensive rebound | 26 | 27 | |
| 1:39 | Malik Beasley misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot | 26 | 27 | |
| 1:37 | Danuel House Jr. defensive rebound | 26 | 27 | |
| 1:28 | Eric Gordon makes 27-foot three point jumper (P.J. Tucker assists) | 26 | 30 | |
| 1:06 | Jerami Grant misses 26-foot three point jumper | 26 | 30 | |
| 1:05 | Juan Hernangomez offensive rebound | 26 | 30 | |
| 1:04 | Juan Hernangomez makes two point shot | 28 | 30 | |
| 54.9 | Russell Westbrook makes driving layup | 28 | 32 | |
| 45.0 | PJ Dozier misses 25-foot three point jumper | 28 | 32 | |
| 43.4 | Danuel House Jr. defensive rebound | 28 | 32 | |
| 37.9 | Malik Beasley shooting foul | 28 | 32 | |
| 37.9 | Eric Gordon makes free throw 1 of 3 | 28 | 33 | |
| 37.9 | Eric Gordon makes free throw 2 of 3 | 28 | 34 | |
| 37.9 | Eric Gordon makes free throw 3 of 3 | 28 | 35 | |
| 28.1 | Jerami Grant misses driving layup | 28 | 35 | |
| 27.0 | Russell Westbrook defensive rebound | 28 | 35 | |
| 21.2 | Russell Westbrook misses two point shot | 28 | 35 | |
| 21.2 | Will Barton defensive rebound | 28 | 35 | |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 28 | 35 | |
Regular Season Series
HOU leads 2-1
Game Information
Toyota Center (Houston)
1:00 AM, 23 January 2020
Houston, TX
Attendance: 18,055
- Referees:
- Josh Tiven
- Karl Lane
- Ashley Moyer-Gleich
2025-26 Northwest Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 23 | 1 | .958 | - | W15 |
| Denver | 17 | 6 | .739 | 5.5 | W3 |
| Minnesota | 15 | 9 | .625 | 8 | L1 |
| Portland | 9 | 15 | .375 | 14 | L2 |
| Utah | 8 | 15 | .348 | 14.5 | L2 |
2025-26 Southwest Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston | 15 | 6 | .714 | - | L1 |
| San Antonio | 16 | 7 | .696 | - | W1 |
| Memphis | 11 | 13 | .458 | 5.5 | W2 |
| Dallas | 9 | 16 | .360 | 8 | W1 |
| New Orleans | 3 | 22 | .120 | 14 | L7 |

