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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final/OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rockets | 30 | 21 | 35 | 31 | 8 | 125 |
 Nuggets | 24 | 34 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 128 |
HOUTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 47-9350.5% | 12-2548.0% | 19-2673.1% | 46 | 29 | 16 |
| DEN | 43-8550.6% | 15-3444.1% | 27-3381.8% | 38 | 24 | 10 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Denver Nuggets128| 43 | 35 | 9-17 | 3-5 | 14-15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +5.1 | |||||
| 43 | 13 | 5-9 | 2-5 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −3.9 | |||||
| 42 | 39 | 13-27 | 5-9 | 8-11 | +1 | +12.6 | ||||||||
| 41 | 11 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +1 | −2.9 | |||||
| 6 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +1.1 | |||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 40 | 13 | 4-10 | 2-8 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −2.7 | |||||
| 27 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | −3 | +1.1 | |||||||
| 14 | 8 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −2.5 | |||||
| 9 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −1.5 | ||
| Team | 128 | 43-8550.6% | 15-3444.1% | 38 | 24 | 10 | 28 | 27-3381.8% | 7 | 10 | 4 | |||
Bench 25 points on 10 for 20 shooting
Did not play: Jalen Pickett, Hunter Tyson and Julian Strawther (coach’s decision).
Houston Rockets125| 44 | 25 | 8-14 | 2-3 | 7-8 | 0 | +2 | +3.6 | |||||||
| 44 | 14 | 5-13 | 0-1 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −1.7 | ||||||
| 43 | 16 | 6-11 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0 | −1 | −0.1 | |||||||
| 42 | 33 | 14-27 | 0-2 | 5-6 | −6 | +6.5 | ||||||||
| 28 | 16 | 7-9 | 2-3 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | +9 | +1.3 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 32 | 14 | 5-17 | 3-9 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +5 | −4.8 | ||||||
| 16 | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −4.7 | |||
| 10 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −0.4 | |||
| 7 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −0.7 | ||
| Team | 125 | 47-9350.5% | 12-2548.0% | 46 | 29 | 16 | 25 | 19-2673.1% | 12 | 7 | 8 | |||
Bench 21 points on 7 for 19 shooting
Did not play: Jae'Sean Tate, Jeff Green and JD Davison (coach’s decision).
Nuggets128Rockets125ClickTap 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.
Nikola Jokić had 39 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists, his 176th career triple-double, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Houston Rockets 128-125 in overtime for their fifth straight win.
Jamal Murray made a free throw with 2.3 seconds left in the fourth quarter to tie it at 117, and the Nuggets outscored the Rockets 11-8 in overtime.
The Rockets had the ball down 3 after a timeout, but Alperen Sengun missed a 3-pointer with 4.9 seconds left that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Rockets 26-19. Jokić (No. 3 in clutch points, 2025-26) scored 10 of the Nuggets’ 26 on 3 for 5 shooting and 2 for 3 at the line.
Murray scored 35 points. The Nuggets had 2 30-point scorers.
For the Rockets, Sengun had 33 points (24 in the paint), 10 rebounds and 10 assists, his ninth career triple-double, and Kevin Durant added 25 points (10 in the first quarter), 7 assists and 5 blocks.
The Rockets committed 16 turnovers to the Nuggets’ 11. They got 12 offensive rebounds, about 5 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. Jokić and Jonas Valančiūnas fouled out.
Denver NuggetsHouston RocketsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. Wins: how much his shots, free throws, turnovers and passes moved his team’s chance to win (1.00 is a whole win).
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.
101 points from the field on 85 shots: 7.4 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 16-27 | 59.3% | 67% |
| In the paint | 5-12 | 41.7% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 7-12 | 58.3% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 5-9 | 55.6% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-25 | 40.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alperen Sengun | 32 | 12 | 5-8 | −1 |
| Steven Adams | 21 | 11 | 4-9 | +3 |
| Jabari Smith Jr. | 9 | 2 | 1-2 | −2 |
| Amen Thompson | 9 | 4 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 10 | 2-5 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 39 points on 84 possessions. He usually scores about 33 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Okogie | 28 | 4 | 1-3 | −5 |
| Amen Thompson | 20 | 2 | 0-2 | −5 |
| Alperen Sengun | 10 | 12 | 5-6 | +9 |
| Reed Sheppard | 8 | 4 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 9 | 2-3 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 31 points on 82 possessions. He usually scores about 28 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jabari Smith Jr. | 23 | 0 | 0-0 | −4 |
| Kevin Durant | 18 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Amen Thompson | 15 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Reed Sheppard | 7 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 6 | 2-5 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 13 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 15 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.
Score margin over time — positive = DEN leads, negative = HOU leads
DEN Largest Lead
9
Q2 0:24
HOU Largest Lead
9
Q1 1:51
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
DEN 10-0 run
Q2 1:28 – Q2 0:24
-1 → +9
HOU 8-0 run
Q3 4:53 – Q3 3:08
+4 → -4
DEN 8-0 run
Q4 0:02 – OT 2:59
-1 → +7
