Denver Nuggets vs. Houston Rockets

Dec 31, 2019

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	26	26	37	15	104
HOU	38	31	23	38	130

Game Recap

James Harden leads Houston past Denver on Tuesday night.

Player Stats

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
3Torrey CraigSF	21	1-4	1-4	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	6	-2	3
4Paul MillsapPF	26	6-13	1-3	0-0	9	3	1	2	1	3	-4	13
15Nikola JokicC	31	10-17	0-1	1-1	8	4	0	0	6	2	-5	21
5Will BartonSG	37	5-16	0-3	0-1	9	7	1	2	1	4	-7	10
27Jamal MurrayPG	30	5-14	2-4	0-0	0	6	1	0	2	3	-9	12
9Jerami Grant	17	2-4	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	1	1	0	-15	4
11Monte Morris	23	8-12	1-3	1-1	3	4	3	0	0	0	-24	18
25Malik Beasley	19	3-5	2-4	2-2	2	0	1	0	1	1	-25	10
7Mason Plumlee	12	1-5	0-0	2-4	0	1	0	0	2	1	-14	4
1Michael Porter Jr.	10	3-6	1-3	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	1	-13	7
41Juancho Hernangomez	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-7	0
6Jarred Vanderbilt	3	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-7	2
31Vlatko Cancar	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2	0
TOTAL	-	45-9746.4%	8-2532.0%	6-966.7%	39	25	7	5	16	22	-	104

ROCKETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
4Danuel House Jr.SF	30	3-10	2-7	0-0	2	2	0	1	1	2	+4	8
17P.J. TuckerPF	33	0-1	0-1	0-0	8	2	0	1	0	1	+11	0
15Clint CapelaC	29	7-12	0-0	2-4	10	0	3	0	0	1	+5	16
13James HardenSG	33	10-17	6-9	9-13	3	6	1	2	4	2	+21	35
0Russell WestbrookPG	33	11-22	0-2	6-6	3	7	1	1	3	4	+16	28
10Eric Gordon	26	4-7	3-5	1-2	1	1	0	1	2	1	+20	12
16Ben McLemore	17	3-7	3-7	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	1	+19	9
55Isaiah Hartenstein	18	6-8	0-0	4-6	12	0	1	1	2	4	+21	16
25Austin Rivers	9	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	+5	0
3Chris Clemons	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	1	0	0	2	1	+4	3
6Gary Clark	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+4	3
19Tyson Chandler	— did not play —												— did not play —
18Thabo Sefolosha	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	46-8752.9%	16-3447.1%	22-3171.0%	43	20	6	7	15	17	-	130

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterDENHOU

(11:57) Jump Ball Capela vs. Jokic: Tip to Tucker
(11:41) MISS Harden 1' Driving Finger Roll Layup
(11:40) Craig REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:24) MISS Barton 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(11:22) Barton REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (11:22) Barton 1' Tip Layup Shot (2 PTS)
20
(11:08) MISS Westbrook 17' Pullup Jump Shot
(11:06) Craig REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (10:57) Jokic 15' Jump Shot (2 PTS)
40
+2 (10:37) Capela 1' Alley Oop Dunk (2 PTS) (Tucker 1 AST)
42
(10:20) MISS Murray 11' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(10:17) Capela REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:55) MISS Westbrook 22' Pullup Jump Shot
(9:52) Barton REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+3 (9:44) Millsap 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Murray 1 AST)
72
(9:28) Millsap S.FOUL (P1.T1) (B.Kennedy)
+1 (9:28) Harden Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
73
(9:28) MISS Harden Free Throw 2 of 2
(9:28) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:06) MISS Jokic 19' Fadeaway Jumper
(9:06) House Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (9:00) Harden 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (4 PTS)
76
(8:30) MISS Barton 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:30) Millsap REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(8:26) MISS Craig 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:25) ROCKETS Rebound
+2 (8:15) Westbrook 8' Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS)
78
+3 (7:56) Murray 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Millsap 1 AST)
108
(7:36) Craig S.FOUL (P1.T2) (C.Washington)
(7:36) MISS Harden Free Throw 1 of 2
(7:36) ROCKETS Rebound
+1 (7:36) Harden Free Throw 2 of 2 (5 PTS)
109
(7:20) MISS Jokic 13' Jump Shot
(7:19) Harden REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (7:13) Capela 1' Cutting Dunk Shot (4 PTS) (Harden 1 AST)
1011
+2 (7:03) Murray 17' Pullup Jump Shot (5 PTS)
1211
+2 (6:50) Westbrook 10' Fadeaway Jumper (4 PTS)
1213
+2 (6:36) Barton 2' Reverse Layup (4 PTS) (Murray 2 AST)
1413
(6:23) Westbrook Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T1)
(6:23) ROCKETS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(6:13) MISS Murray 3PT Jump Shot
(6:11) Capela REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (5:59) Westbrook 11' Fadeaway Jumper (6 PTS)
1415
+2 (5:40) Jokic 8' Turnaround Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Murray 3 AST)
1615
+3 (5:24) Harden 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (8 PTS)
1618
(5:24) Murray S.FOUL (P1.T3) (C.Washington)
+1 (5:24) Harden Free Throw 1 of 1 (9 PTS)
1619
(5:11) Craig Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T1)
+2 (5:00) Capela Cutting Dunk Shot (6 PTS) (Harden 2 AST)
1621
+2 (4:47) Grant 2' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Barton 1 AST)
1821
(4:37) Gordon Traveling Turnover (P1.T2)
(4:21) Jokic Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T2)
+3 (4:09) House Jr. 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (3 PTS)
1824
(4:09) Nuggets Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(3:47) MISS Barton 11' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(3:47) McLemore REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:36) MISS House Jr. 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:33) Capela REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(3:27) Harden Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T3)
(3:27) Harden L.B.FOUL (P1.T1) (C.Washington)
+2 (3:13) Morris 6' Jump Bank Shot (2 PTS)
2024
(2:54) MISS House Jr. 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:49) Capela REBOUND (Off:2 Def:2)
(2:49) MISS Capela 1' Tip Layup Shot
(2:48) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(2:39) Grant Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T3)
(2:39) Hartenstein STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (2:31) Hartenstein 2' Layup (2 PTS) (House Jr. 1 AST)
2026
+2 (2:15) Morris 2' Layup (4 PTS) (Plumlee 1 AST)
2226
(2:11) MISS Gordon 29' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:11) Craig REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(1:50) MISS Morris 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:48) Hartenstein REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:40) Nuggets T.Foul (Def. 3 Sec Plumlee ) (B.Kennedy)
+1 (1:40) Westbrook Free Throw Technical (7 PTS)
2227
(1:40) David Adelman Foul:T.FOUL (K.Fitzgerald)
+1 (1:40) Westbrook Free Throw Technical (8 PTS)
2228
(1:36) Jump Ball Hartenstein vs. Plumlee: Tip to McLemore
+3 (1:26) Gordon 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Westbrook 1 AST)
2231
(1:02) Plumlee Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T4)
+2 (0:57) Westbrook 1' Driving Layup (10 PTS)
2233
(0:39) MISS Plumlee 6' Layup
(0:37) Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (0:37) Porter Jr. 1' Putback Layup (2 PTS)
2433
+2 (0:28) Hartenstein 1' Cutting Layup Shot (4 PTS) (Gordon 1 AST)
2435
+2 (0:07) Morris 17' Pullup Jump Shot (6 PTS)
2635
+3 (0:01) McLemore 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Westbrook 2 AST)
2638

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

DEN

HOU

104Points130

45-97(46.4%)Field Goal(%)46-87(52.9%)

8-25(32.0%)3-Point(%)16-34(47.1%)

6-9(66.7%)Free Throw(%)22-31(71.0%)

39(14)Rebounds(Offensive)43(13)

25Assists20

7Steals6

5Blocks7

16Turnovers15

22Fouls17

60Pts In The Paint60

9Fast Break Pts24

19Pts Off Turnovers22

45Bench Pts43

5Largest Lead28

Game Details

Tuesday, December 31, 2019 · 7:00 PM

Toyota Center · Houston, TX

attendance: 18,055 (98.7%)

tv: NBA TV