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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
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 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
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Nuggets | 29 | 16 | 21 | 35 | 101 |
| Houston Rockets | 26 | 27 | 29 | 33 | 115 |
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
| Player | Min | Pts | Reb | Ast | 3P | FT | FG | FG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Jamal Murray | 35 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 3/7 | 5/6 | 4/13 | 31% |
| 2Cameron Johnson | 32 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 2/10 | 20% |
| 8Tim Hardaway | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 3/9 | 33% |
| 15Nikola Jokic | 29 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 1/4 | 6/7 | 9/20 | 45% |
| S. Jones | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1/5 | 0/0 | 4/8 | 50% |
| 11Bruce Brown | 28 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 5/8 | 63% |
| 24Jalen Pickett | 22 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 4/7 | 57% |
| 17Jonas Valanciunas | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 5/10 | 50% |
| 22Zeke Nnaji | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 0% |
| 3Julian Lee Strawther | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 0/2 | 0% |
| 4Hunter Tyson | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1/4 | 25% |
Houston Rockets
| Player | Min | Pts | Reb | Ast | 3P | FT | FG | FG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Kevin Durant | 40 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 5/6 | 10/11 | 8/14 | 57% |
| 10Jabari Smith Jr. | 39 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 5/11 | 1/2 | 8/14 | 57% |
| 1Amen Thompson | 38 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 0/2 | 2/4 | 7/14 | 50% |
| 28Alperen Sengun | 30 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 4/9 | 44% |
| 2Josh Okogie | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 3/5 | 60% |
| 15Reed Sheppard | 30 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 6/9 | 4/4 | 9/15 | 60% |
| 12Steven Adams | 25 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/4 | 0% |
| Aaron Holiday | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0% |
| 8Jae'Sean Tate | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | – |
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.
| # | 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).