Rockets (116) vs Nuggets (129) · Apr 24, 2021 · NBA Scores

FINAL

Apr 24, 2021

Game Recap

Michael Porter Jr. recorded a career-high 39 points (8-12 3pt FG) for the Nuggets as they defeated the Rockets, 129-116. Additionally for the Nuggets, Nikola Jokic (24 points, eight rebounds, 12 assists) and Facundo Campazzo (five points, career-high 13 assists) combined for 25 assists in the victory. Kelly Olynyk tallied 21 points, eight rebounds and 11 assists for the Rockets in the losing effort. The Nuggets improve to 39-21 on the season, while the Rockets fall to 15-46.

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	26	24	32	34	116
DEN	36	36	30	27	129

ROCKETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
6KJ MartinSF	41	7-12	1-2	3-8	4	2	3	0	2	2	18	-8
00D.J. WilsonPF	39	10-17	3-7	2-2	8	4	3	0	3	1	25	-2
41Kelly OlynykC	34	4-11	2-6	11-11	8	11	0	0	2	1	21	-30
7Armoni BrooksSG	42	4-12	3-11	1-2	7	5	0	0	5	4	12	-22
8Jae'Sean TatePG	21	6-10	1-2	1-4	3	4	4	0	0	2	14	-11
33Anthony Lamb	30	8-14	4-9	1-1	1	1	0	0	3	4	21	0
55DaQuan Jeffries	29	2-6	1-3	0-0	4	0	0	1	0	2	5	+8
14D.J. Augustin	— did not play —												— did not play —
9Avery Bradley	— did not play —												— did not play —
4Danuel House Jr.	— did not play —												— did not play —
1John Wall	— did not play —												— did not play —
35Christian Wood	— did not play —												— did not play —


TOTAL		41-8250.0%	15-4037.5%	19-2867.9%	35	27	10	1	15	16	116

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
1Michael Porter Jr.SF	35	13-21	8-12	5-5	6	2	0	3	1	1	39	+12
50Aaron GordonPF	19	3-7	1-4	0-0	2	1	1	0	2	1	7	+16
15Nikola JokicC	29	10-14	0-0	4-6	8	12	1	1	4	4	24	+10
35PJ DozierSG	27	10-13	3-5	0-0	7	3	2	2	0	3	23	+21
7Facundo CampazzoPG	33	1-5	0-3	3-3	2	13	3	0	1	1	5	+15
25Austin Rivers	29	3-7	2-6	1-2	2	3	0	0	0	3	9	+5
0JaMychal Green	20	4-5	2-2	0-0	3	0	0	0	2	2	10	+9
3Shaquille Harrison	14	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	+4
34JaVale McGee	15	3-5	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	1	2	4	6	+15
31Vlatko Cancar	3	0-1	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-12
22Zeke Nnaji	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-12
10Bol Bol	3	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	-9
00Markus Howard	3	1-3	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-9
4Paul Millsap	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL		50-8459.5%	16-3743.2%	13-1681.3%	36	36	8	8	14	22	129

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterhouden

(11:58) Jump Ball Jokic vs. Wilson: Tip to Dozier
+2 (11:47) Jokic 23' Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Dozier 1 AST)
02
+3 (11:23) Olynyk 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Wilson 1 AST)
32
+3 (11:01) Dozier 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Jokic 1 AST)
35
+2 (10:44) Olynyk 16' Step Back Jump Shot (5 PTS)
55
(10:24) Jokic Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(10:24) Tate STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (10:19) Wilson 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Tate 1 AST)
85
+3 (9:58) Dozier 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Jokic 2 AST)
88
(9:39) MISS Tate 3' Driving Dunk
(9:39) Dozier BLOCK (1 BLK)
(9:37) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (9:33) Dozier 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Jokic 3 AST)
811
(9:25) Olynyk Discontinue Dribble Turnover (P1.T1)
(9:19) MISS Porter Jr. 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(9:16) Brooks REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:04) Campazzo S.FOUL (P1.T1) (E.Lewis)
+1 (9:04) Brooks Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
911
(9:04) MISS Brooks Free Throw 2 of 2
(9:01) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (8:44) Jokic 2' Driving Layup (4 PTS)
913
(8:28) Dozier P.FOUL (P1.T2) (B.Nansel)
(8:25) MISS Olynyk 30' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:21) Dozier REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:14) MISS Gordon 3PT Jump Shot
(8:11) Olynyk REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:03) Wilson Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(8:03) Dozier STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (7:56) Porter Jr. 4' Jump Bank Shot (2 PTS)
915
+2 (7:37) Tate 3' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
1115
+2 (7:25) Jokic 3' Layup (6 PTS) (Campazzo 1 AST)
1117
(7:16) Brooks OFF.Foul (P1) (L.Wood)
(7:16) Brooks Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T3)
+2 (7:02) Jokic 14' Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Porter Jr. 1 AST)
1119
(6:45) Wilson Traveling Turnover (P2.T4)
(6:45) NUGGETS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
+2 (6:36) Porter Jr. 4' Turnaround Fadeaway Bank Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Jokic 4 AST)
1121
(6:23) Rivers S.FOUL (P1.T3) (B.Nansel)
+1 (6:23) Olynyk Free Throw 1 of 2 (6 PTS)
1221
+1 (6:23) Olynyk Free Throw 2 of 2 (7 PTS)
1321
(6:01) MISS Jokic 7' Turnaround Hook Shot
(6:00) Martin Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(5:51) Brooks Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T5)
(5:51) Dozier STEAL (2 STL)
(5:48) MISS Dozier 3' Running Layup
(5:46) Brooks REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (5:41) Olynyk 25' 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Tate 2 AST)
1621
+2 (5:22) Porter Jr. 3' Driving Layup (6 PTS)
1623
(5:13) MISS Olynyk 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(5:10) Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (4:54) Jokic 3' Layup (10 PTS)
1625
+2 (4:39) Tate 3' Turnaround Fadeaway Bank Jump Shot (4 PTS)
1825
(4:22) Tate S.FOUL (P1.T1) (B.Nansel)
+1 (4:22) Jokic Free Throw 1 of 2 (11 PTS)
1826
+1 (4:22) Jokic Free Throw 2 of 2 (12 PTS)
1827
(4:03) Green S.FOUL (P1.T4) (L.Wood)
(4:03) MISS Martin Jr. Free Throw 1 of 2
(4:03) Rockets Rebound
+1 (4:03) Martin Jr. Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
1927
(3:50) Green Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T2)
(3:50) Tate STEAL (2 STL)
+2 (3:48) Tate 1' Running Dunk (6 PTS)
2127
(3:48) NUGGETS Timeout: Regular (Full 2 Short 0)
(3:36) Green Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P2.T3)
(3:12) MISS Jeffries 19' Jump Shot
(3:12) Rockets Rebound
(3:12) Rockets Turnover: Shot Clock (T#6)
(3:03) MISS Porter Jr. 17' Fadeaway Jumper
(3:03) Tate REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (2:50) Lamb 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Tate 3 AST)
2427
(2:35) MISS Rivers 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(2:32) Tate REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (2:26) Tate 3' Driving Finger Roll Layup (8 PTS)
2627
+2 (2:05) Jokic 6' Floating Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Campazzo 2 AST)
2629
(1:54) MISS Jeffries 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:51) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(1:43) MISS Rivers 3PT Jump Shot
(1:40) Jeffries REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:36) MISS Brooks 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(1:34) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
+2 (1:26) Rivers 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS)
2631
(1:12) MISS Martin Jr. 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:10) Rivers REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (0:51) Jokic 3' Finger Roll Layup (16 PTS)
2633
(0:44) MISS Brooks 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:42) NUGGETS Rebound
+3 (0:29) Green 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Campazzo 3 AST)
2636
(0:07) Brooks Traveling Turnover (P3.T7)
(0:03) Lamb Personal Take Foul (P1.T2) (E.Lewis)
(0:00) MISS Campazzo 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:00) NUGGETS Rebound

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4th quarter

Team Stats

HOU

DEN

116Points129

41-82(50.0%)Field Goal(%)50-84(59.5%)

15-40(37.5%)3-Point(%)16-37(43.2%)

19-28(67.9%)Free Throw(%)13-16(81.3%)

35(6)Rebounds(Offensive)36(1)

27Assists36

10Steals8

1Blocks8

15Turnovers14

16Fouls22

46Pts In The Paint58

11Fast Break Pts17

19Pts Off Turnovers16

26Bench Pts31

3Largest Lead26

Game Details

Saturday, April 24, 2021 · 10:00 PM

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

attendance: 4,035 (21.1%)