Houston Rockets vs Denver Nuggets 115-101 — Dec 20, 2025 Box Score & Stats | stat.space

Houston

Rockets

115

–

101

FINAL

Denver

Nuggets

Date

Saturday, December 20, 2025

Arena

Attendance

N/A

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
HOU	26	27	29	33	115
DEN	29	16	21	35	101

Game MVPs

Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet

Key Contributor

Steven Adams

HOU

PTS

REB

AST

-10

+/−

Key Contributions

Contested Shots9

Opp FG% When Defending0.0%

Pts Allowed / Poss0.00

Impact Composite106.5

Hustle: 13.5Defense: 94.0Impact: -1.0

9 contested shotsheld opponents to 0.0% FGonly 0 pts allowed on 31.3 possessions

Box Score MVP

Kevin Durant

HOU

PTS

REB

AST

+18

+/−

Game Performance

FG8-14 (57.1%)

3PT5-6

FT10-11

TS%82.3%

eFG%75.0%

BLK1

TOV3

ORTG118

DRTG95

NET+23

31 points57.1% FG5-6 from 37 contested shots+18 plus/minusonly 22 pts allowed on 65.5 possessions

Box Score

HOU	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Kevin Durant	39:32	31	6	0	5	0	1	3	2	8-14	57%	5-6	83%	10-11	91%	+18
Jabari Smith Jr.	38:29	22	10	1	2	0	1	4	3	8-14	57%	5-11	46%	1-2	50%	+21
Amen Thompson	38:18	16	4	2	6	2	2	3	2	7-14	50%	0-2	0%	2-4	50%	+19
Alperen Sengun	30:21	8	6	0	4	1	1	5	3	4-9	44%	0-1	0%	0-0	0%	+24
Josh Okogie	28:38	9	3	0	1	0	1	0	4	3-5	60%	3-5	60%	0-0	0%	+6
BENCH
Reed Sheppard	30:00	28	2	0	6	3	2	1	4	9-15	60%	6-9	67%	4-4	100%	+10
Steven Adams	25:14	1	12	5	0	0	0	0	1	0-4	0%	0-0	0%	1-2	50%	-10
Aaron Holiday	7:57	0	4	1	0	0	0	3	1	0-2	0%	0-1	0%	0-0	0%	-12
Jae'Sean Tate	1:30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-6
TOTAL	—	115	47	9	24	6	8	19	20	39-77	51%	19-35	54%	18-23	78%	—

JD Davison —

Clint Capela —

Jeff Green —

DEN	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Jamal Murray	34:35	16	4	0	7	2	0	2	0	4-13	31%	3-7	43%	5-6	83%	-12
Cameron Johnson	31:53	6	4	0	3	1	0	0	1	2-10	20%	1-3	33%	1-1	100%	-14
Tim Hardaway Jr.	29:54	8	2	0	0	1	0	2	3	3-9	33%	2-5	40%	0-0	0%	-22
Nikola Jokić	29:08	25	7	2	5	0	0	5	5	9-20	45%	1-4	25%	6-7	86%	-20
Spencer Jones	27:50	9	4	2	2	2	0	0	2	4-8	50%	1-5	20%	0-0	0%	+1
BENCH
Bruce Brown	27:44	12	12	3	1	2	1	0	5	5-8	63%	0-1	0%	2-2	100%	-7
Jalen Pickett	22:22	10	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	4-7	57%	0-1	0%	2-2	100%	+1
Jonas Valančiūnas	15:43	10	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	5-10	50%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-10
Zeke Nnaji	11:19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0%	0-1	0%	1-2	50%	-1
Hunter Tyson	4:46	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1-4	25%	0-2	0%	0-0	0%	+7
Julian Strawther	4:46	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-2	0%	0-0	0%	2-3	67%	+7
TOTAL	—	101	39	10	21	9	2	11	20	37-92	40%	8-29	28%	19-23	83%	—

Shot Chart & Zone Quality

Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average

Team

View

Player

HOU39/77 (51%)

Paint

17/29 (59%)

Mid

5/19 (26%)

3PT

19/35 (54%)

ATB3 48%RA 70%Corner 3 64%Paint 31%Mid 22%

DEN37/92 (40%)

Paint

25/47 (53%)

Mid

5/22 (23%)

3PT

10/31 (32%)

RA 60%ATB3 32%Paint 40%Mid 9%Corner 3 33%

Made

Missed

Hot (+5% vs avg)

Cold (-5% vs avg)

Matchup Breakdown

Matchup Matrix

Defense:

View:

Primary Matchup

Spencer Jones

defended Kevin Durant

7.0 min • 0 pts • 0%

Best Defender

Spencer Jones

held Kevin Durant

7.0 min • 0 pts • 0%

Got Cooked

Bruce Brown

vs Reed Sheppard

2.0 min • 8 pts • 100%

DEN Defense	Aaron Holiday	Alperen Sengun	Amen Thompson	Jabari Smith Jr.	Josh Okogie	Kevin Durant	Reed Sheppard	Steven Adams
Jamal Murray	—	—	3.7m 0pts 0%	—	4.6m 7pts 33%	—	1.4m 0pts 0%	—
Tim Hardaway Jr.	1.2m 0pts 0%	—	4.6m 0pts 0%	1.8m 3pts 33%	2.1m 3pts 100%	—	—	—
Cameron Johnson	—	—	1.4m 0pts 0%	4.7m 0pts 0%	1.8m 0pts 0%	1.3m 3pts 50%	—	—
Spencer Jones	—	—	—	1.4m 2pts 100%	—	7.0m 0pts 0%	—	—
Nikola Jokić	—	5.4m 11pts 39%	—	—	—	—	—	2.6m 4pts 50%
Bruce Brown	—	1.1m 0pts 0%	—	1.2m 2pts 50%	—	2.7m 2pts 100%	2.0m 8pts 100%	—
Jalen Pickett	—	—	—	1.0m 0pts 0%	—	—	3.7m 6pts 67%	—
Jonas Valančiūnas	—	1.2m 2pts 100%	—	—	—	—	—	3.3m 6pts 50%
Zeke Nnaji	—	1.2m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—	—	—
Other	—	2.0m 4pts 33%	4.2m 2pts 33%	3.9m 6pts 33%	2.8m 2pts 100%	4.0m 5pts 14%	3.7m 8pts 44%	3.1m 14pts 67%

Game Flow

Win Probability

DEN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data

HOU

50/50

DEN

Highest Leverage Moments

Sheppard 24' 3PT Running Jump Shot (17 PTS) (Thompson 4 AST)

Q3 0:56

12.5%

27→14

Okogie 27' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Sengun 3 AST)

Q2 6:00

10.9%

40→30

Sheppard 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Thompson 2 AST)

Q1 2:16

10.1%

55→45

Smith Jr. 27' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Durant 4 AST)

Q3 5:06

9.9%

24→14

Okogie 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Sheppard 2 AST)

Q2 7:00

9.5%

58→49

Houston Rockets 115 @ Denver Nuggets 101 — December 20, 2025 Box Score