Denver Nuggets @ Houston Rockets
NBA Cup - Group Play
12-3, 6-2 Away
112
12-3, 6-2 Away
10-4, 5-2 Home
109
10-4, 5-2 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Jamal Murray makes driving layup
- Amen Thompson makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot
- Jamal Murray makes 24-foot three pointer
- Alperen Sengun makes driving layup
- Jamal Murray misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
- Aaron Gordon misses free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
- Steven Adams misses free throw 1 of 2
- Steven Adams misses free throw 2 of 2
- Aaron Gordon misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Amen Thompson misses driving layup
- Peyton Watson makes two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Amen Thompson misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jonas Valanciunas misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Alperen Sengun misses 21-foot jumper
- Kevin Durant misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 23-foot three point shot
- Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Peyton Watson assists)
- Kevin Durant misses 14-foot jumper
- Jonas Valanciunas misses 11-foot hook shot
- Amen Thompson misses driving floating jump shot
- Kevin Durant makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
- Jonas Valanciunas makes 7-foot hook shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Alperen Sengun misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
- Kevin Durant makes 2-foot dunk
- Jamal Murray misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Jonas Valanciunas misses 8-foot two point shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 14-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 24-foot three pointer
- Alperen Sengun misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Clint Capela misses alley oop dunk shot
- Peyton Watson makes two point shot (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)
- Peyton Watson misses free throw 1 of 2
- Peyton Watson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic misses free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kevin Durant misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses tip shot
- Nikola Jokic misses driving layup
- Peyton Watson misses two point shot
- Nikola Jokic misses tip shot
- Nikola Jokic misses free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kevin Durant makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (Reed Sheppard assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot two point shot (Bruce Brown assists)
- Reed Sheppard makes driving layup (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Bruce Brown makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Josh Okogie misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Amen Thompson misses layup
- Alperen Sengun misses 15-foot tip shot
- Nikola Jokic misses heave jump shot
- Reed Sheppard misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Reed Sheppard makes 25-foot three pointer
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Cameron Johnson misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
- Alperen Sengun makes free throw 1 of 1
- Cameron Johnson misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Bruce Brown misses 9-foot hook shot
- Cameron Johnson misses 20-foot jumper
- Aaron Holiday misses 27-foot three point shot
- Jamal Murray makes 1-foot layup (Bruce Brown assists)
- Reed Sheppard misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jonas Valanciunas makes layup (Bruce Brown assists)
- Alperen Sengun makes 9-foot two point shot
- Bruce Brown makes driving layup
- Reed Sheppard makes driving layup
- Amen Thompson misses 7-foot two point shot
- Steven Adams makes tip shot
- Reed Sheppard makes 2-foot dunk (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Reed Sheppard makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
- Jonas Valanciunas makes layup (Jamal Murray assists)
- Reed Sheppard misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Bruce Brown makes two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Aaron Holiday misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Bruce Brown misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Bruce Brown makes free throw 1 of 2
- Bruce Brown makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kevin Durant makes 25-foot three pointer
- Tim Hardaway Jr. misses layup
- Reed Sheppard makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jabari Smith Jr. assists)
- Kevin Durant makes technical free throw
- Alperen Sengun misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Cameron Johnson misses driving floating jump shot
- Reed Sheppard makes 22-foot three point shot (Jabari Smith Jr. assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 7-foot two point shot
- Amen Thompson makes dunk (Reed Sheppard assists)
- Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Cameron Johnson assists)
- Reed Sheppard makes 26-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Jamal Murray misses driving layup
- Josh Okogie makes 22-foot three point jumper (Kevin Durant assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 24-foot three pointer
- Josh Okogie misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Cameron Johnson makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Amen Thompson makes 1-foot dunk (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Amen Thompson makes free throw 1 of 1
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 1 of 3
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes free throw 2 of 3
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses free throw 3 of 3
- Peyton Watson misses heave jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 17-foot jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes layup (Peyton Watson assists)
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Alperen Sengun makes dunk (Kevin Durant assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 2-foot driving dunk
- Peyton Watson makes two point shot
- Kevin Durant misses 19-foot jumper
- Amen Thompson misses two point shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 9-foot two point shot
- Amen Thompson makes tip shot
- Amen Thompson makes 1-foot dunk
- Jamal Murray makes 25-foot three point jumper (Peyton Watson assists)
- Alperen Sengun misses 15-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 10-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Peyton Watson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Peyton Watson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kevin Durant misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes driving layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Reed Sheppard makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jabari Smith Jr. assists)
- Reed Sheppard makes free throw 1 of 1
- Bruce Brown misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 1-foot two point shot (Reed Sheppard assists)
- Bruce Brown misses alley oop layup
- Kevin Durant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kevin Durant misses free throw 2 of 2
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Josh Okogie assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kevin Durant makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
- Steven Adams makes free throw 1 of 1
- Josh Okogie makes 24-foot three point jumper (Steven Adams assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kevin Durant misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot
- Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 22-foot jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Tim Hardaway Jr. misses free throw 1 of 1
- Amen Thompson misses 20-foot jumper
- Aaron Holiday makes free throw 1 of 1
- Alperen Sengun misses free throw 1 of 2
- Alperen Sengun makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jonas Valanciunas makes layup
- Aaron Holiday misses three point shot
- Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Jonas Valanciunas misses 17-foot jumper
- Josh Okogie misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Amen Thompson makes two point shot
- Jamal Murray makes driving layup
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 22-foot three point jumper (Reed Sheppard assists)
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 25-foot three point shot (Amen Thompson assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Reed Sheppard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Reed Sheppard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Bruce Brown makes layup (Jamal Murray assists)
- Amen Thompson makes driving layup
- Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Amen Thompson makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Steven Adams assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 18-foot jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Alperen Sengun makes 13-foot two point shot
- Spencer Jones makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Reed Sheppard misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses two point shot
- Jamal Murray makes 16-foot two point shot
- Alperen Sengun makes 1-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Amen Thompson misses 8-foot two point shot
- Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Cameron Johnson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Kevin Durant misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Cameron Johnson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Cameron Johnson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Kevin Durant misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Reed Sheppard makes free throw 1 of 3
- Reed Sheppard misses free throw 2 of 3
- Reed Sheppard misses free throw 3 of 3
- Nikola Jokic makes 17-foot two point shot
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses driving floating jump shot
- Steven Adams makes tip shot
- Jamal Murray makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)
- Amen Thompson makes dunk (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jabari Smith Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes driving layup
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
- Amen Thompson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jabari Smith Jr. assists)
- Cameron Johnson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Cameron Johnson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Alperen Sengun makes dunk (Amen Thompson assists)
- Jamal Murray misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jabari Smith Jr. makes 22-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Alperen Sengun misses heave jump shot
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: HOU, 60.8
Win %: HOU, 57.9
Win %: HOU, 60.7
Win %: HOU, 55.5
Win %: HOU, 55.5
Win %: HOU, 57.8
Win %: HOU, 59.6
Win %: HOU, 60.2
Win %: HOU, 58.3
Win %: HOU, 57.6
Win %: HOU, 53.8
Win %: HOU, 55.6
Win %: HOU, 57.7
Win %: HOU, 57.5
Win %: HOU, 61.1
Win %: HOU, 59.3
Win %: HOU, 57.4
Win %: HOU, 54.8
Win %: HOU, 54.8
Win %: HOU, 56.7
Win %: HOU, 57.4
Win %: HOU, 55.3
Win %: HOU, 54.6
Win %: HOU, 52.1
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Matchups
Game Information
Houston, TX
Referee:Courtney Kirkland
Referee:Dedric Taylor
Referee:J.T. Orr
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 43 | 14 | .754 | - | W1 |
| Denver | 36 | 21 | .632 | 7 | W1 |
| Minnesota | 35 | 22 | .614 | 8 | W3 |
| Portland | 27 | 30 | .474 | 16 | L1 |
| Utah | 18 | 39 | .316 | 25 | L2 |
| Southwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 39 | 16 | .709 | - | W7 |
| Houston | 34 | 20 | .630 | 4.5 | W1 |
| Memphis | 21 | 33 | .389 | 17.5 | W1 |
| Dallas | 19 | 36 | .345 | 20 | L10 |
| New Orleans | 15 | 42 | .263 | 25 | L2 |
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