Denver Nuggets @ Houston Rockets
NBA In-Season Tournament - Group Play
10-6, 3-6 Away
86
10-6, 3-6 Away
8-6, 8-1 Home
105
8-6, 8-1 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- 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
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: DEN, 57
Win %: DEN, 59.8
Win %: DEN, 61.4
Win %: DEN, 62
Win %: DEN, 66.6
Win %: DEN, 62
Win %: DEN, 59.6
Win %: DEN, 56.8
Win %: DEN, 55.2
Win %: DEN, 54.7
Win %: HOU, 50.6
Win %: HOU, 52.8
Win %: HOU, 53.5
Win %: HOU, 58.8
Win %: HOU, 60.8
Win %: HOU, 58.8
Win %: HOU, 60.9
Win %: HOU, 61.5
Win %: HOU, 59.6
Win %: HOU, 61.6
Win %: HOU, 64.0
Win %: HOU, 65.9
Win %: HOU, 66.4
Win %: HOU, 64.8
Win %: HOU, 64.2
Matchups
Game Information
Houston, TX
Referee:Jacyn Goble
Referee:Karl Lane
Referee:Dannica Baroody
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 51 | 15 | .773 | - | W6 |
| Minnesota | 40 | 25 | .615 | 10.5 | L2 |
| Denver | 39 | 26 | .600 | 11.5 | L2 |
| Portland | 31 | 35 | .470 | 20 | L1 |
| Utah | 20 | 45 | .308 | 30.5 | W1 |
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 48 | 17 | .738 | - | W5 |
| Houston | 40 | 24 | .625 | 7.5 | W1 |
| Memphis | 23 | 41 | .359 | 24.5 | L5 |
| Dallas | 21 | 44 | .323 | 27 | L8 |
| New Orleans | 21 | 45 | .318 | 27.5 | W1 |
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