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NBA · Sunday 21 December · Ball Arena

Denver Nuggets – Houston Rockets 101:115: NBA, 21/12/2025

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

Denver NuggetsW
Houston RocketsL

League position

Denver Nuggets9. · 5–3 (W–L)
Houston Rockets5. · 7–3 (W–L)

Points per game · season

Denver Nuggets115.3 / 113.1 conceded
Houston Rockets116.0 / 107.0 conceded

Head to head · 3

Denver Nuggets3–0–0Houston Rockets

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 101:115 (21 December). Houston Rockets won. Venue: Ball Arena.

By quarter: 29:26, 16:27, 21:29, 35:33. Denver Nuggets led after the first quarter (29:26), but their opponents came back to win.

Top scorers: Kevin Durant (Houston Rockets) — 31; Reed Sheppard (Houston Rockets) — 28; Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets) — 25.

Table now: Denver Nuggets — 9th (5–3); Houston Rockets — 5th (7–3).

Head to head (3): Denver Nuggets — 3 wins, Houston Rockets — 0.

Score by quarter

Points in each quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Σ
Denver Nuggets29162135101
Houston Rockets26272933115

Game leaders

Top performers in this game

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

PlayerMinPtsRebAst3PFTFGFG%
27Jamal Murray3516473/75/64/1331%
2Cameron Johnson326431/31/12/1020%
8Tim Hardaway308202/50/03/933%
15Nikola Jokic2925751/46/79/2045%
S. Jones289421/50/04/850%
11Bruce Brown28121210/12/25/863%
24Jalen Pickett2210410/12/24/757%
17Jonas Valanciunas1610110/00/05/1050%
22Zeke Nnaji111000/11/20/10%
3Julian Lee Strawther52010/02/30/20%
4Hunter Tyson52100/20/01/425%

Houston Rockets

PlayerMinPtsRebAst3PFTFGFG%
35Kevin Durant4031655/610/118/1457%
10Jabari Smith Jr.39221025/111/28/1457%
1Amen Thompson3816460/22/47/1450%
28Alperen Sengun308640/10/04/944%
2Josh Okogie299313/50/03/560%
15Reed Sheppard3028266/94/49/1560%
12Steven Adams2511200/01/20/40%
Aaron Holiday80400/10/00/20%
8Jae'Sean Tate20000/00/00/0–

Team stats

Both teams' numbers side by side

  • 39Rebounds47
  • 21Assists24
  • 8Three-pointers made19
  • 29Three-point attempts35
  • 19Free throws made18
  • 23Free-throw attempts23
  • 37Field goals made39
  • 92Field-goal attempts77

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.

#TeamPWL%+/−
9Denver Nuggets85363%+17
5Houston Rockets107370%+90

Form

Denver NuggetsW
Houston RocketsL
Full table →

Team leaders

Each team's best players this season

Denver NuggetsHouston Rockets

Points per game

Jamal Murray24.2 · 8 gp · 194
Alperen Sengun19.1 · 7 gp · 134

Rebounds per game

Nikola Jokic9.2 · 9 gp · 83
Alperen Sengun8.4 · 7 gp · 59

Assists per game

Nikola Jokic9.1 · 9 gp · 82
Alperen Sengun7.9 · 7 gp · 55
All stats →

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).

Denver Nuggets 3 : 0 Houston Rockets

  • 12.03.Full timeDenver Nuggets12993Houston Rockets
  • 16.12.25Full timeDenver Nuggets128125Houston Rockets
  • 22.11.25Full timeHouston Rockets109112Denver Nuggets