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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rockets | 27 | 25 | 40 | 22 | 114 |
 Nuggets | 22 | 26 | 26 | 32 | 106 |
HOUTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 35-8242.7% | 13-3933.3% | 31-4273.8% | 47 | 21 | 9 |
| DEN | 38-9042.2% | 10-2835.7% | 20-2774.1% | 47 | 22 | 10 |
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Houston Rockets114| 40 | 26 | 6-17 | 4-10 | 10-13 | 0 | +16 | +0.3 | |||||||
| 35 | 25 | 8-17 | 2-9 | 0 | 7-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | +0.1 | ||||
| 34 | 17 | 7-14 | 0-1 | 3-5 | 0 | +11 | +3.1 | |||||||
| 33 | 16 | 6-12 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 0 | +2 | −2.0 | |||||||
| 25 | 9 | 3-9 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +1.3 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 5 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 5-6 | +2 | −1.1 | |||||||
| 17 | 3 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −1.9 | |||||
| 16 | 8 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +19 | −2.1 | |||||
| 13 | 5 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −0.7 | |||
| Team | 114 | 35-8242.7% | 13-3933.3% | 47 | 21 | 9 | 20 | 31-4273.8% | 11 | 3 | 3 | |||
Bench 21 points on 5 for 13 shooting
Did not play: Nate Williams, Boban Marjanovic and Reggie Bullock Jr. (coach’s decision).
Denver Nuggets106| 40 | 20 | 8-12 | 3-6 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | +11 | +0.9 | ||||||
| 34 | 23 | 9-26 | 1-2 | 4-7 | 0 | +3 | −1.1 | |||||||
| 32 | 21 | 6-17 | 4-8 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −0.9 | |||||
| 25 | 14 | 5-6 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −16 | +2.6 | |||
| 22 | 3 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −5.5 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 13 | 4-9 | 0-1 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −1.6 | ||||||
| 25 | 6 | 2-8 | 0-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −2.4 | |||||
| 14 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −3.7 | ||||||
| 12 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | −0.3 | |||||||
| 6 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | +0.5 | |||
| 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −15 | −1.4 | ||
| Team | 106 | 38-9042.2% | 10-2835.7% | 47 | 22 | 10 | 24 | 20-2774.1% | 12 | 4 | 5 | |||
Bench 25 points on 9 for 24 shooting
Did not play: Hunter Tyson, Zeke Nnaji and Jalen Pickett (coach’s decision).
Rockets114Nuggets106ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Fred VanVleet scored 26 points, and the Houston Rockets beat the defending champion Denver Nuggets 114-106.
The Rockets took control with a 28-11 run bridging the third and fourth quarters and led by as many as 25.
Jalen Green scored 25 points (10 in the third quarter), and Alperen Sengun added 17 points (12 in the paint), 10 rebounds and 7 assists.
For the Nuggets, Nikola Jokić had 23 points and 16 rebounds but shot 9 for 26, and Jamal Murray added 21 points. Michael Porter Jr. had 20 points and 8 rebounds on 8 for 12 shooting. The Nuggets had 3 20-point scorers.
The Rockets shot 42.7% from the field to the Nuggets’ 42.2%. They did not make a field goal in the last 8:26. The Nuggets outscored the Rockets 26-6 in 8 minutes with Jackson, Jokić, Murray, Porter and Watson on the floor together.
Houston RocketsDenver NuggetsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
83 points from the field on 81 shots: 6.3 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 14-23 | 60.9% | 66% |
| In the paint | 4-11 | 36.4% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 4-9 | 44.4% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-6 | 50.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-33 | 30.3% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 28 | 5 | 2-7 | −1 |
| Peyton Watson | 19 | 2 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Jamal Murray | 11 | 0 | 0-3 | −2 |
| Michael Porter Jr. | 7 | 9 | 3-4 | +7 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 6 | 1-4 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 80 possessions. He usually scores about 17 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamal Murray | 19 | 7 | 3-7 | +1 |
| Peyton Watson | 11 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Michael Porter Jr. | 9 | 4 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 8 | 2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 5 | 2-7 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 67 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Jokić | 45 | 14 | 6-11 | −1 |
| Aaron Gordon | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Jamal Murray | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 4 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 0 | 0-2 | −5 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 72 possessions. He usually scores about 25 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
DEN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
HOU
50/50
DEN
Highest Leverage Moments
Caldwell-Pope 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Jokic 1 AST)
Q2 0:01
11.1%
32→43
VanVleet 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (15 PTS)
Q3 10:10
11.0%
41→30
Brooks 26' 3PT Jump Shot (16 PTS) (VanVleet 1 AST)
Q3 6:33
9.4%
34→24
VanVleet 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (7 PTS)
Q2 8:50
9.0%
58→49
Holiday 27' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Sengun 7 AST)
Q3 4:57
8.9%
29→21
