Houston Rockets @ Denver Nuggets
27-12, 13-6 Away
128
27-12, 13-6 Away
24-16, 12-8 Home
108
24-16, 12-8 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Fred VanVleet makes 26-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 15-foot two point shot
- Fred VanVleet misses 27-foot three point shot
- Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Jalen Green makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
- Russell Westbrook misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Alperen Sengun misses 25-foot three point shot
- Amen Thompson makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Russell Westbrook makes 22-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Alperen Sengun makes 2-foot dunk
- Christian Braun makes 7-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Jalen Green makes 25-foot three pointer (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Jalen Green makes free throw 1 of 1
- Jamal Murray misses 15-foot two point shot
- Amen Thompson misses two point shot
- Alperen Sengun misses 6-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray makes 4-foot two point shot
- Amen Thompson makes driving layup
- Russell Westbrook misses two point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- Michael Porter Jr. misses free throw 2 of 2
- Amen Thompson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Amen Thompson misses free throw 2 of 2
- Jalen Green misses 23-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Jalen Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Christian Braun makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Fred VanVleet makes 27-foot three pointer
- Alperen Sengun makes free throw 2 of 2
- Alperen Sengun makes free throw 1 of 2
- Julian Strawther makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
- Dillon Brooks misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Peyton Watson misses free throw 1 of 2
- Peyton Watson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jalen Green misses driving layup
- Steven Adams makes layup (Fred VanVleet assists)
- Christian Braun makes 2-foot layup (Jamal Murray assists)
- Julian Strawther misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Cam Whitmore makes 27-foot three pointer (Jalen Green assists)
- Jalen Pickett makes two point shot
- Jae'Sean Tate makes 3-foot two point shot
- Jalen Pickett misses 6-foot two point shot
- Christian Braun makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Fred VanVleet makes 20-foot pullup jump shot
- Peyton Watson misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
- Cam Whitmore makes 27-foot three point jumper (Fred VanVleet assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 2-foot layup (Dario Saric assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. misses free throw 1 of 1
- Fred VanVleet misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Cam Whitmore misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Jeff Green makes 22-foot three point jumper (Fred VanVleet assists)
- Dario Saric misses 14-foot jumper
- Amen Thompson misses two point shot
- Jamal Murray misses 16-foot two point shot
- Peyton Watson misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Peyton Watson makes layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Amen Thompson makes 1-foot dunk (Steven Adams assists)
- Amen Thompson misses two point shot
- Dario Saric misses free throw 1 of 2
- Dario Saric misses free throw 2 of 2
- Alperen Sengun makes 3-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray makes 27-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
- Alperen Sengun misses 6-foot hook shot
- Alperen Sengun misses 2-foot tip shot
- Russell Westbrook makes 9-foot two point shot
- Alperen Sengun misses layup
- Cam Whitmore makes dunk
- Dillon Brooks makes 26-foot three point shot (Fred VanVleet assists)
- Amen Thompson makes two point shot
- Amen Thompson misses free throw 1 of 1
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Russell Westbrook makes free throw 1 of 2
- Russell Westbrook makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jeff Green makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Russell Westbrook misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jalen Green makes 28-foot three pointer (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Russell Westbrook makes 26-foot three point jumper (Christian Braun assists)
- Jalen Green makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
- Jamal Murray makes 25-foot three pointer
- Jeff Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Alperen Sengun makes two point shot
- Jamal Murray makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Jalen Green makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jalen Green makes free throw 2 of 2
- Peyton Watson misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Jalen Green makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jalen Green makes free throw 2 of 2
- Christian Braun makes 16-foot step back jumpshot
- Alperen Sengun makes 12-foot two point shot (Jalen Green assists)
- Jalen Green makes 26-foot three point jumper (Fred VanVleet assists)
- Russell Westbrook misses layup
- Russell Westbrook makes two point shot
- Jalen Green makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
- Jalen Green makes free throw 1 of 1
- Peyton Watson makes 1-foot driving dunk
- Jeff Green misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Dillon Brooks misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Russell Westbrook makes two point shot
- Alperen Sengun makes 12-foot jumper (Jalen Green assists)
- Jalen Green makes 25-foot three point shot (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Russell Westbrook makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Jalen Green misses two point shot
- Alperen Sengun misses 15-foot jumper
- Russell Westbrook misses 8-foot two point shot
- Russell Westbrook misses tip shot
- Christian Braun makes tip shot
- Dillon Brooks makes 26-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Jalen Green misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 3-foot layup (Jamal Murray assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. misses free throw 1 of 1
- Alperen Sengun makes 5-foot two point shot (Fred VanVleet assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 1 of 3
- Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 2 of 3
- Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 3 of 3
- Fred VanVleet makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jalen Green assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three pointer
- Fred VanVleet misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Jamal Murray makes two point shot
- Fred VanVleet misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
- Russell Westbrook misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
- Alperen Sengun makes 13-foot jumper (Fred VanVleet assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Alperen Sengun misses driving floating jump shot
- Dillon Brooks misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
- Jalen Green makes 23-foot three point shot (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 3-foot two point shot (Julian Strawther assists)
- Alperen Sengun makes 11-foot two point shot
- Jalen Green makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jalen Green makes free throw 2 of 2
- Peyton Watson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Dario Saric assists)
- Alperen Sengun misses layup
- Alperen Sengun makes driving layup
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jalen Green makes 2-foot driving dunk
- Dario Saric makes layup (Julian Strawther assists)
- Fred VanVleet misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Christian Braun makes 1-foot dunk (Dario Saric assists)
- Cam Whitmore makes driving layup (Jalen Green assists)
- Cam Whitmore makes 1-foot dunk
- Christian Braun makes 26-foot three point jumper (Dario Saric assists)
- Cam Whitmore misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jalen Green makes 26-foot three point shot (Jae'Sean Tate assists)
- Christian Braun makes 23-foot pullup jump shot
- Jalen Green misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Julian Strawther makes 27-foot three pointer (Jalen Pickett assists)
- Jae'Sean Tate makes driving layup (Cam Whitmore assists)
- Peyton Watson makes 1-foot dunk (Julian Strawther assists)
- Jae'Sean Tate makes 1-foot two point shot (Fred VanVleet assists)
- Julian Strawther misses 4-foot two point shot
- Julian Strawther misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Amen Thompson misses free throw 1 of 2
- Amen Thompson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Julian Strawther makes free throw 1 of 2
- Julian Strawther makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jeff Green makes 11-foot two point shot
- Christian Braun makes layup (Dario Saric assists)
- Jeff Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Fred VanVleet makes 25-foot three pointer
- Dario Saric makes free throw 1 of 2
- Dario Saric makes free throw 2 of 2
- Cam Whitmore makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot
- Christian Braun misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Cam Whitmore misses running pullup jump shot
- Fred VanVleet misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Dario Saric makes layup (Jalen Pickett assists)
- Fred VanVleet makes 6-foot two point shot
- Dario Saric makes 8-foot hook shot
- Jalen Pickett misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Holiday misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Reed Sheppard misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Amen Thompson misses free throw 1 of 2
- Amen Thompson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Trey Alexander makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jalen Pickett assists)
- Hunter Tyson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jalen Pickett assists)
- Nate Williams makes driving layup (Aaron Holiday assists)
- Trey Alexander misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
- Hunter Tyson misses 23-foot three point shot
- Cam Whitmore misses driving floating jump shot
- Julian Strawther misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Nate Williams makes 23-foot three point jumper (Reed Sheppard assists)
- Nate Williams makes two point shot (Aaron Holiday assists)
- Julian Strawther misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Cam Whitmore makes 2-foot layup (Nate Williams assists)
- Zeke Nnaji makes driving layup (Jalen Pickett assists)
- Reed Sheppard misses 8-foot two point shot
- Nate Williams makes two point shot
- Trey Alexander misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Reed Sheppard misses running pullup jump shot
- Julian Strawther makes 26-foot three point jumper (Trey Alexander assists)
- Jae'Sean Tate misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Trey Alexander misses two point shot
- Hunter Tyson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Hunter Tyson misses free throw 2 of 2
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: HOU, 66.5
Win %: HOU, 68.2
Win %: HOU, 72.5
Win %: HOU, 74
Win %: HOU, 72.4
Win %: HOU, 72.3
Win %: HOU, 74.5
Win %: HOU, 72.9
Win %: HOU, 72.3
Win %: HOU, 68
Win %: HOU, 70.3
Win %: HOU, 71.8
Win %: HOU, 72.3
Win %: HOU, 70.6
Win %: HOU, 70.1
Win %: HOU, 72.2
Win %: HOU, 74
Win %: HOU, 69.9
Win %: HOU, 71.8
Win %: HOU, 69.7
Win %: HOU, 73.8
Win %: HOU, 77.3
Win %: HOU, 77.3
Win %: HOU, 75.8
Win %: HOU, 77.2
Matchups
Game Information
Denver, CO
Referee:Derrick Collins
Referee:CJ Washington
Referee:Ben Taylor
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 44 | 17 | .721 | - | W1 |
| Houston | 38 | 22 | .633 | 5.5 | W1 |
| Memphis | 23 | 38 | .377 | 21 | L2 |
| Dallas | 21 | 40 | .344 | 23 | L4 |
| New Orleans | 19 | 44 | .302 | 26 | L2 |
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 49 | 15 | .766 | - | W4 |
| Minnesota | 39 | 23 | .629 | 9 | W4 |
| Denver | 38 | 24 | .613 | 10 | W1 |
| Portland | 30 | 33 | .476 | 18.5 | W1 |
| Utah | 18 | 44 | .290 | 30 | L7 |
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