5-3, 2-1 Away

Bonus

7:06 - 2nd

	1	2	3	4	T
Nuggets DEN	24	3			27
Rockets HOU	32	13			45

Houston RocketsRocketsHOU

7-3, 4-1 Home

Bonus

Denver Nuggets @ Houston Rockets

Denver Nuggets

Aaron GordonA. Gordon#32
starters
Cameron JohnsonC. Johnson#23
Nikola JokicN. Jokic#15
Jamal MurrayJ. Murray#27
Christian BraunC. Braun#0
bench
Marvin Bagley IIIM. Bagley III#3
Spencer JonesS. Jones#21
Trevon BrazileT. Brazile#7
DeMar DeRozanD. DeRozan#10
Tyus JonesT. Jones#5
Alpha DialloA. Diallo#11
Zeke NnajiZ. Nnaji#22
DaRon Holmes IID. Holmes II#14
Bryce HopkinsB. Hopkins#13
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
8	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	-5
10	3	1-4	1-3	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	-10
12	6	3-7	0-1	0-0	2	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	-8
11	7	2-4	1-1	2-2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	-8
9	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	-7
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	-11
7	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-12
6	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-7
8	0	0-4	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	-16
6	2	0-2	0-1	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-11
Has not entered game
Has not entered game
Has not entered game
Has not entered game
	27	10-31	3-12	4-4	11	7	3	2	1	3	8	1
		32%	25%	100%

Houston Rockets

Kevin DurantK. Durant#7
starters
Jabari Smith Jr.J. Smith Jr.#10
Alperen SengunA. Sengun#28
Fred VanVleetF. VanVleet#5
Amen ThompsonA. Thompson#1
bench
Tari EasonT. Eason#17
Marcus SmartM. Smart#36
Bogdan BogdanovicB. Bogdanovic#31
Reed SheppardR. Sheppard#15
Jae'Sean TateJ. Tate#8
Isaiah CrawfordI. Crawford#27
Steven AdamsS. Adams#12
Clint CapelaC. Capela#30
Bruce ThorntonB. Thornton#2
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
12	11	5-7	1-1	0-0	5	3	3	0	0	0	5	0	+8
13	2	1-5	0-3	0-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	+11
10	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	5	2	0	1	1	1	4	1	+11
8	5	2-2	1-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	+6
10	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	+12
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
10	10	4-6	2-4	0-0	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	+16
6	3	1-3	1-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	+7
4	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	+11
8	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+13
Has not entered game
Has not entered game
Has not entered game
Has not entered game
Has not entered game
	43	18-32	7-16	0-0	17	13	3	3	2	2	15	5
		56%	44%	0%

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

Kevin Durant gets up for the beautiful jam

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Matchups

DEN

Season Matchup

0-0

HOU

Game 1@ HOU

7:06 - 2nd

5-3

Game 2@ DEN

7-3

5-3

Game 3@ HOU

7-3

Game Information

Houston, TX

Referee:Nick Buchert

Referee:John Butler

Referee:Robert Hussey

Western Conference

Northwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	8	2	.800	-	W4
Minnesota	8	3	.727	0.5	W4
Portland	6	3	.667	1.5	L2
Denver	5	3	.625	2	W2
Utah	1	9	.100	7	L8

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	8	2	.800	-	W8
Houston	7	3	.700	1	L2
Memphis	6	3	.667	1.5	L3
Dallas	6	4	.600	2	W2
New Orleans	4	6	.400	4	L2

NBA News

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Luka Doncic returns for Lakers; Austin Reaves, Quentin Grimes out vs. Hawks

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