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NBA · Tuesday 16 December · Ball Arena
Denver Nuggets – Houston Rockets 128:125: NBA, 16/12/2025
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
League position
Points per game · season
Head to head · 3
wins – draws – wins
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
NBA: Denver Nuggets – Houston Rockets 128:125 (16 December). Denver Nuggets won. Venue: Ball Arena.
By quarter: 24:30, 34:21, 31:35, 28:31, 11:8. Houston Rockets led after the first quarter (24:30), but their opponents came back to win.
Top scorers: Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets) — 39; Jamal Murray (Denver Nuggets) — 35; Alperen Sengun (Houston Rockets) — 33.
Table now: Denver Nuggets — 9th (5–3); Houston Rockets — 5th (7–3).
Head to head (3): Denver Nuggets — 2 wins, Houston Rockets — 1.
Score by quarter
Points in each quarter
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | OT | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Nuggets | 24 | 34 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 128 |
| Houston Rockets | 30 | 21 | 35 | 31 | 8 | 125 |
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points
- 139
- 235
- 333
Rebounds
- 115
- 212
- 310
Assists
- 110
- 210
- 37
Box score
Every player's stats in this game
Min = minutes, Pts = points, Reb = rebounds, Ast = assists, 3P = three-pointers (made/attempted), FT = free throws, FG = field goals, FG% = field-goal percentage, Stl = steals, Blk = blocks, TO = turnovers. Greyed out = bench players.
Denver Nuggets
| Player | Min | Pts | Reb | Ast | 3P | FT | FG | FG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Jamal Murray | 43 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 3/5 | 14/15 | 9/17 | 53% |
| 2Cameron Johnson | 43 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2/5 | 1/2 | 5/9 | 56% |
| 15Nikola Jokic | 42 | 39 | 15 | 10 | 5/9 | 8/11 | 13/27 | 48% |
| S. Jones | 41 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2/4 | 1/2 | 4/8 | 50% |
| 8Peyton Watson | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 50% |
| 8Tim Hardaway | 40 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2/8 | 3/3 | 4/10 | 40% |
| 11Bruce Brown | 27 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 33% |
| 17Jonas Valanciunas | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 4/5 | 80% |
| 22Zeke Nnaji | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 50% |
Houston Rockets
| Player | Min | Pts | Reb | Ast | 3P | FT | FG | FG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Kevin Durant | 44 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 2/3 | 7/8 | 8/14 | 57% |
| 1Amen Thompson | 44 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 0/1 | 4/5 | 5/13 | 38% |
| 10Jabari Smith Jr. | 43 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4/6 | 0/0 | 6/11 | 55% |
| 28Alperen Sengun | 43 | 33 | 10 | 10 | 0/2 | 5/6 | 14/27 | 52% |
| 2Josh Okogie | 28 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 7/9 | 78% |
| 15Reed Sheppard | 32 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3/9 | 1/2 | 5/17 | 29% |
| 12Steven Adams | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 100% |
| Aaron Holiday | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 100% |
| 15Clint Capela | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | – |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 38Rebounds46
- 24Assists29
- 15Three-pointers made12
- 34Three-point attempts25
- 27Free throws made19
- 33Free-throw attempts26
- 43Field goals made47
- 85Field-goal attempts93
Teams in the table
Both teams' positions in the league table
Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.
| # | Team | P | W | L | % | +/− | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 63% | +17 | W | |
| 5 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 70% | +90 | L |
Form
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Points per game
Rebounds per game
Assists per game
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions
Head to head
Previous meetings between the two teams
Only matches in our data source (usually recent seasons).