Denver Nuggets @ Houston Rockets

NBA In-Season Tournament - Group Play

10-6, 3-6 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Nuggets DEN	19	24	26	17	86
Rockets HOU	29	31	24	21	105

Houston RocketsRocketsHOU

8-6, 8-1 Home

105

8-6, 8-1 Home

Denver Nuggets

starters
Aaron GordonA. Gordon#50
Michael Porter Jr.M. Porter Jr.#1
Nikola JokicN. Jokic#15
Reggie JacksonR. Jackson#7
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeK. Caldwell-Pope#5
bench
Justin HolidayJ. Holiday#9
Zeke NnajiZ. Nnaji#22
Collin GillespieC. Gillespie#21
Christian BraunC. Braun#0
Julian StrawtherJ. Strawther#3
Peyton WatsonP. Watson#8
Braxton KeyB. Key#11
Hunter TysonH. Tyson#4
DeAndre JordanD. Jordan#6
Jalen PickettJ. Pickett#24
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
39	2	0-12	0-4	2-4	7	2	1	0	0	3	4	1	-9
37	14	6-14	2-8	0-0	7	1	1	1	2	1	6	1	-8
42	38	14-31	3-8	7-11	19	8	3	3	0	6	13	3	-12
25	2	1-7	0-2	0-0	4	3	6	0	1	2	2	0	-26
39	20	7-15	1-5	5-5	5	3	2	3	0	3	2	4	-7
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
13	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	+9
4	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-7
26	7	3-9	0-0	1-1	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	-2
6	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-15
6	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	-18
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	86	32-94	7-30	15-21	46	17	15	8	4	16	30	14
		34%	23%	71%

Houston Rockets

starters
Dillon BrooksD. Brooks#9
Jabari Smith Jr.J. Smith Jr.#10
Alperen SengunA. Sengun#28
Fred VanVleetF. VanVleet#5
Jalen GreenJa. Green#4
bench
Jeff GreenJe. Green#32
Jae'Sean TateJ. Tate#8
Tari EasonT. Eason#17
Aaron HolidayA. Holiday#0
Reggie Bullock Jr.R. Bullock Jr.#25
Boban MarjanovicB. Marjanovic#51
Jock LandaleJ. Landale#2
Nate WilliamsN. Williams#19
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
30	8	2-8	2-3	2-2	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	4	+8
38	16	6-9	2-3	2-2	15	1	2	1	1	3	12	2	+16
43	21	8-19	0-4	5-6	15	8	5	2	1	1	14	4	+12
39	17	6-12	3-5	2-2	6	11	1	1	2	0	6	3	+30
36	25	10-18	3-8	2-3	5	2	3	3	0	0	5	0	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
8	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	+12
16	4	2-4	0-1	0-0	3	0	1	0	1	0	3	4	+6
16	7	3-6	1-2	0-0	4	1	0	1	0	1	3	2	+9
15	7	3-4	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	+2
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	105	40-82	12-29	13-15	49	25	14	9	9	6	43	21
		49%	41%	87%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

DEN

HOU leads season

2-0

HOU

104

Game 1@ HOU

Final

107

Game 2@ HOU

Final

105

134

Game 3@ DEN

Final

124

106

Game 4@ DEN

Final

114

Game Information

Houston, TX

Referee:Jacyn Goble

Referee:Karl Lane

Referee:Dannica Baroody

Western Conference

Northwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	64	18	.780	-	L2
Denver	54	28	.659	10	W12
Minnesota	49	33	.598	15	W2
Portland	42	40	.512	22	W2
Utah	22	60	.268	42	L1

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	62	20	.756	-	L1
Houston	52	30	.634	10	W1
New Orleans	26	56	.317	36	L2
Dallas	26	56	.317	36	W1
Memphis	25	57	.305	37	L8

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