December 28, 2020 · 9:00 PM EST
Biggest lead HOU by 4 · DEN by 25 · 2 lead changes
Q1 11:34+5% DENN. Jokic Hook (2 PTS)HOU 0 · DEN 2
Q1 6:26+5% HOUP. Tucker 25' 3PT pullup (3 PTS) (D. House Jr. 2 AST)HOU 17 · DEN 17
Q1 6:08+5% DENM. Porter Jr. 25' 3PT fadeaway (3 PTS) (N. Jokic 2 AST)HOU 17 · DEN 20
Q1 4:47+5% HOUJ. Harden 26' 3PT step back (5 PTS) (S. Brown 1 AST)HOU 22 · DEN 20Q1 2:12+5% DENN. Jokic 26' 3PT (12 PTS) (M. Morris 1 AST)HOU 26 · DEN 30| W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1UT Jazz | 52 | 20 | .722 | — |
2PH Suns | 51 | 21 | .708 | 1.0 |
3DE Nuggets | 47 | 25 | .653 | 5.0 |
4LA Clippers | 47 | 25 | .653 | 5.0 |
5DA Mavericks | 42 | 30 | .583 | 10.0 |
6LA Lakers | 42 | 30 | .583 | 10.0 |
7PO Trail Blazers | 42 | 30 | .583 | 10.0 |
8GS Warriors | 39 | 33 | .542 | 13.0 |
9ME Grizzlies | 38 | 34 | .528 | 14.0 |
10SA Spurs | 33 | 39 | .458 | 19.0 |
11NO Pelicans | 31 | 41 | .431 | 21.0 |
12SA Kings | 31 | 41 | .431 | 21.0 |
13MI Timberwolves | 23 | 49 | .319 | 29.0 |
14OK Thunder | 22 | 50 | .306 | 30.0 |
15HO Rockets | 17 | 55 | .236 | 35.0 |
| Zone | HOU | DEN |
|---|---|---|
| Restricted area | 19/22 86% | 21/29 72% |
| Paint | 4/20 20% | 8/19 42% |
| Mid-range | 0/5 0% | 3/8 38% |
| Corner 3 | 4/12 33% | 7/13 54% |
| Above the break 3 | 12/27 44% | 7/18 39% |
CW Christian WoodF | 37 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 9-20 | 4-5 | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 55.1% |
DN David NwabaG-F | 32 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 5-11 | 1-3 | 3-5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +12 | 53.0% |
| JHJames HardenG | 32 | 34 | 6 | 8 | 10-16 | 5-9 | 9-9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | -12 | 85.2% |
DH Danuel House Jr.F-G | 29 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1-9 | 0-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -9 | 15.2% |
| PTP.J. TuckerF | 27 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -9 | 112.5% |
SB Sterling BrownG-F | 31 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 5-8 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -18 | 75.0% |
JT Jae'Sean TateF | 25 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -15 | 41.7% |
BC Bruno CabocloF | 20 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3-9 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -12 | 33.3% |
BT Brodric ThomasG | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 48.1% |
| Totals | 240 | 111 | 38 | 25 | 39-86 | 16-39 | 17-23 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 25 | ||
| Shooting | 45.3% | 41.0% | 73.9% | 57.7% |
DNP: DeMarcus Cousins, Eric Gordon, John Wall, Mason Jones
| NJNikola JokićC | 34 | 19 | 12 | 18 | 8-11 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | +20 | 77.1% |
JM Jamal MurrayG | 31 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 7-14 | 4-6 | 3-7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | +15 | 61.5% |
GH Gary HarrisG | 29 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 6-10 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +13 | 67.0% |
PM Paul MillsapF | 25 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 7-8 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +1 | 101.9% |
| MPMichael Porter Jr.F | 24 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 5-11 | 2-6 | 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 56.8% |
MM Monté MorrisG | 24 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 5-7 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +14 | 72.1% |
WB Will BartonG | 23 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 5-12 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +25 | 45.8% |
PD PJ DozierG-F | 20 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | +24 | 25.5% |
IH Isaiah HartensteinC-F | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | +5 | 44.3% |
FC Facundo CampazzoG | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -10 | 72.5% |
BB Bol BolC-F | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -10 | 0.0% |
RH R.J. HamptonG | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -10 | 100.0% |
VČ Vlatko ČančarF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -12 | 0.0% |
ZN Zeke NnajiF-C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -12 | 0.0% |
| Totals | 240 | 124 | 52 | 31 | 46-87 | 14-31 | 18-32 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 18 | ||
| Shooting | 52.9% | 45.2% | 56.3% | 61.3% |
DNP: Markus Howard
11:56Jump Ball N. Jokic vs. C. Wood: Tip to J. MurrayHOU 011:35MISS M. Porter Jr. driving LayupHOU 011:34N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)HOU 011:34N. Jokic Hook (2 PTS)HOU 011:34J. Harden shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Jokic 1 FT)HOU 011:34N. Jokic Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)HOU 011:16MISS C. Wood driving floating ShotHOU 011:14G. Harris REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)HOU 011:09G. Harris bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)HOU 011:09P. Tucker STEAL (1 STL)HOU 011:02C. Wood alley-oop DUNK (2 PTS) (J. Harden 1 AST)HOU 210:46G. Harris alley-oop Layup (2 PTS) (J. Murray 1 AST)HOU 210:46D. House Jr. shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Harris 1 FT)HOU 210:46MISS G. Harris Free Throw 1 of 1HOU 210:43G. Harris REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)HOU 210:40MISS M. Porter Jr. 26' pullup 3PTHOU 210:37D. House Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)HOU 210:30MISS C. Wood 10' floating ShotHOU 210:26P. Millsap REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)HOU 210:22D. Nwaba personal FOUL (1 PF)HOU 210:19D. House Jr. personal FOUL (2 PF)HOU 210:11J. Murray 25' 3PT step back (3 PTS)HOU 29:55MISS D. House Jr. pullup 3PTHOU 29:52M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)HOU 29:39N. Jokic 8' turnaround fadeaway Jump Shot (5 PTS)HOU 29:29C. Wood 26' 3PT pullup (5 PTS)HOU 59:12MISS G. Harris 3PTHOU 59:10J. Harden REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)HOU 59:02C. Wood 25' 3PT (8 PTS) (J. Harden 2 AST)HOU 88:39N. Jokic driving finger roll Layup (7 PTS) (M. Porter Jr. 1 AST)HOU 88:17C. Wood 25' 3PT (11 PTS) (D. House Jr. 1 AST)HOU 118:01G. Harris cutting finger roll Layup (4 PTS) (N. Jokic 1 AST)HOU 117:46D. Nwaba driving finger roll Layup (2 PTS) (J. Harden 3 AST)HOU 137:33N. Jokic charge offensive FOUL (1 PF)HOU 137:33N. Jokic offensive foul TURNOVER (1 TO)HOU 137:22MISS D. Nwaba driving reverse LayupHOU 137:14M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)HOU 137:06MISS J. Murray 18' pullup ShotHOU 137:02P. Tucker REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)HOU 136:55G. Harris shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Wood 2 FT)HOU 136:55C. Wood Free Throw 1 of 2 (12 PTS)HOU 146:55MISS C. Wood Free Throw 2 of 2HOU 146:55N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)HOU 146:36G. Harris 3PT (7 PTS) (P. Millsap 1 AST)HOU 146:26P. Tucker 25' 3PT pullup (3 PTS) (D. House Jr. 2 AST)HOU 176:08M. Porter Jr. 25' 3PT fadeaway (3 PTS) (N. Jokic 2 AST)HOU 176:00MISS D. House Jr. 25' pullup 3PTHOU 175:58M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)HOU 175:53MISS M. Porter Jr. 26' pullup 3PTHOU 175:50D. Nwaba REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)HOU 175:42J. Harden bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)HOU 175:42G. Harris STEAL (1 STL)HOU 175:26MISS N. Jokic 8' turnaround ShotHOU 175:24C. Wood REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)HOU 175:12J. Harden driving finger roll Layup (2 PTS)HOU 194:51P. Millsap lost ball TURNOVER (1 TO)HOU 194:51P. Tucker STEAL (2 STL)HOU 194:47J. Harden 26' 3PT step back (5 PTS) (S. Brown 1 AST)HOU 224:31M. Morris driving Layup (2 PTS)HOU 224:17MISS C. Wood 26' 3PTHOU 224:12J. Tate REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)HOU 224:11C. Wood cutting finger roll Layup (14 PTS) (P. Tucker 1 AST)HOU 243:56MISS G. Harris 3PTHOU 243:55J. Harden REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)HOU 243:49M. Morris shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Harden 2 FT)HOU 243:49J. Harden Free Throw 1 of 2 (6 PTS)HOU 253:49J. Harden Free Throw 2 of 2 (7 PTS)HOU 263:40J. Tate defensive-3-second technical FOUL (1 Tech)HOU 263:40M. Morris technical Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)HOU 263:34MISS W. Barton driving Layup - blockedHOU 263:34C. Wood BLOCK (1 BLK)HOU 263:30J. Harden REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)HOU 263:23J. Harden bad pass TURNOVER (2 TO)HOU 263:23G. Harris STEAL (2 STL)HOU 263:20W. Barton running DUNK (2 PTS) (G. Harris 1 AST)HOU 262:59MISS C. Wood 7' turnaround ShotHOU 262:52M. Morris REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)HOU 262:46N. Jokic floating Jump Shot (9 PTS) (G. Harris 2 AST)HOU 262:22MISS J. Tate 13' turnaround bank ShotHOU 262:20N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)HOU 262:12N. Jokic 26' 3PT (12 PTS) (M. Morris 1 AST)HOU 261:46MISS S. Brown 25' 3PTHOU 261:43B. Caboclo REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)HOU 261:43MISS B. Caboclo 6' LayupHOU 261:43I. Hartenstein REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)HOU 261:34P. Dozier lost ball out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)HOU 261:25J. Tate traveling TURNOVER (1 TO)HOU 261:16MISS W. Barton driving finger roll LayupHOU 261:03I. Hartenstein 7' floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (M. Morris 2 AST)HOU 260:46B. Thomas lost ball TURNOVER (1 TO)HOU 260:46P. Dozier STEAL (1 STL)HOU 260:46B. Thomas personal FOUL (1 PF) (Hartenstein 2 FT)HOU 260:46MISS I. Hartenstein Free Throw 1 of 2HOU 260:46I. Hartenstein Free Throw 2 of 2 (3 PTS)HOU 260:29Jump Ball I. Hartenstein vs. B. Thomas: Tip to J. MurrayHOU 260:29B. Thomas lost ball TURNOVER (2 TO)HOU 260:29I. Hartenstein STEAL (1 STL)HOU 260:25MISS J. Murray running reverse LayupHOU 260:24I. Hartenstein REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)HOU 260:24J. Tate shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Hartenstein 2 FT)HOU 260:24MISS I. Hartenstein Free Throw 1 of 2HOU 260:24I. Hartenstein Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)HOU 260:07J. Harden bad pass out-of-bounds TURNOVER (3 TO)HOU 260:00B. Caboclo shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Murray 3 FT)HOU 260:00MISS J. Murray Free Throw 1 of 3HOU 260:00J. Murray Free Throw 2 of 3 (4 PTS)HOU 260:00J. Murray Free Throw 3 of 3 (5 PTS)HOU 26The Nuggets beat the Rockets 124-111 at home.
Jamal Murray led the Nuggets with 21 points, while James Harden led the Rockets with 34 points and 8 assists.
The Nuggets led by as many as 25 points. The lead changed hands 2 times and the score was tied 3 times. Their best stretch was a 20-0 run.
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