Denver Nuggets vs. Houston Rockets

Feb 28, 2023

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	41	33	32	27	133
HOU	30	24	30	28	112

Game Recap

Nikola Jokic (14 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists) recorded his 24th triple-double of the season and 100th of his career as the Nuggets defeated the Rockets, 133-112. Jamal Murray led all scorers with 32 points, four rebounds and six assists in the victory, while Jalen Green tallied 17 points and five assists for the Rockets in the losing effort. The Nuggets improve to 44-19 on the season, while the Rockets fall to 13-48.

Player Stats

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
1Michael Porter Jr.SF	23	7-11	3-6	0-0	4	2	1	1	3	1	+22	17
50Aaron GordonPF	21	5-7	0-0	1-2	7	5	0	0	0	1	+19	11
15Nikola JokicC	27	7-11	0-0	0-1	11	10	0	0	4	2	+31	14
5Kentavious Caldwell-PopeSG	29	5-9	2-5	2-3	1	6	2	0	1	0	+18	14
27Jamal MurrayPG	31	12-18	5-10	3-3	4	6	1	0	2	2	+20	32
31Vlatko Cancar	26	3-6	2-5	1-1	4	3	1	0	0	0	+2	9
7Reggie Jackson	25	4-11	1-4	0-0	0	8	2	0	1	1	+1	9
11Bruce Brown	27	6-11	3-6	0-0	3	0	1	2	0	0	+3	15
13Thomas Bryant	20	3-6	0-0	2-4	8	0	0	2	0	3	-10	8
0Christian Braun	5	1-1	0-0	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	-2	4
8Peyton Watson	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+1	0
32Jeff Green	— did not play —												— did not play —
6DeAndre Jordan	— did not play —												— did not play —
14Ish Smith	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	53-9257.6%	16-3743.2%	11-1668.8%	43	40	8	5	11	10	-	133

ROCKETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
6KJ MartinSF	26	7-13	0-2	1-1	3	2	2	0	0	2	-3	15
1Jabari Smith Jr.PF	32	4-10	0-4	0-0	6	1	0	2	0	2	-33	8
28Alperen SengunC	29	3-9	0-2	1-3	2	8	0	2	2	4	-36	7
4Jalen GreenSG	19	7-15	3-7	0-0	2	5	1	0	0	0	-17	17
15Daishen NixPG	25	6-10	2-4	0-1	0	5	0	0	4	2	-27	14
0TyTy Washington Jr.	28	5-10	2-5	0-0	1	5	0	1	1	0	-4	12
17Tari Eason	31	7-10	0-2	3-3	12	2	1	0	3	1	-8	17
16Usman Garuba	13	1-4	1-1	0-0	7	1	1	1	2	3	+13	3
9Josh Christopher	22	5-11	1-3	0-0	4	3	0	0	1	1	+6	11
51Boban Marjanovic	5	3-4	0-0	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	1	+2	8
33Frank Kaminsky	5	0-1	0-1	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	+2	0
00Willie Cauley-Stein	— did not play —												— did not play —


TOTAL	-	48-9749.5%	9-3129.0%	7-1070.0%	40	33	5	6	13	16	-	112

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterDENHOU

(11:56) Jump Ball N. Jokic vs. A. Sengun: Tip to J. Murray
+3 (11:40) M. Porter Jr. 24' 3PT (3 PTS) (A. Gordon 1 AST)
30
(11:21) MISS J. Green 26' 3PT
(11:20) TEAM defensive REBOUND
+2 (11:07) K. Caldwell-Pope 17' pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (N. Jokic 1 AST)
50
+3 (10:52) J. Green 26' 3PT (3 PTS) (A. Sengun 1 AST)
53
(10:35) MISS J. Murray 27' 3PT
(10:34) A. Gordon REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (10:29) M. Porter Jr. 16' pullup Jump Shot (5 PTS)
73
+2 (10:13) J. Green driving Layup (5 PTS) (A. Sengun 2 AST)
75
+2 (10:01) A. Gordon DUNK (2 PTS)
95
(9:47) D. Nix bad pass out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
+2 (9:33) N. Jokic Layup (2 PTS) (M. Porter Jr. 1 AST)
115
(9:15) N. Jokic personal FOUL (1 PF)
(9:08) MISS A. Sengun 25' 3PT
(9:05) TEAM offensive REBOUND
+2 (8:59) K. Martin Jr. driving finger roll Layup (2 PTS) (J. Green 1 AST)
117
+2 (8:46) J. Murray 10' driving floating bank Jump Shot (2 PTS)
137
+3 (8:27) D. Nix 25' 3PT (3 PTS) (A. Sengun 3 AST)
1310
+3 (8:11) J. Murray 24' 3PT (5 PTS) (K. Caldwell-Pope 1 AST)
1610
+2 (8:00) K. Martin Jr. cutting DUNK (4 PTS) (J. Green 2 AST)
1612
(8:00) J. Murray shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Martin Jr. 1 FT)
+1 (8:00) K. Martin Jr. Free Throw 1 of 1 (5 PTS)
1613
(7:35) MISS J. Murray 28' 3PT
(7:33) J. Green REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:27) MISS J. Green running Layup
(7:25) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (7:22) J. Murray cutting Layup (7 PTS) (N. Jokic 2 AST)
1813
(7:22) A. Sengun shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Murray 1 FT)
+1 (7:22) J. Murray Free Throw 1 of 1 (8 PTS)
1913
+2 (7:04) D. Nix driving Layup (5 PTS) (A. Sengun 4 AST)
1915
(7:04) A. Gordon shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Nix 1 FT)
(7:04) MISS D. Nix Free Throw 1 of 1
(7:04) A. Gordon REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(6:56) MISS M. Porter Jr. 25' 3PT
(6:53) J. Smith Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(6:45) MISS J. Smith Jr. 13' pullup Shot
(6:42) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:41) N. Jokic bad pass out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
(6:41) HOU Timeout
(6:37) D. Nix lost ball TURNOVER (2 TO)
(6:37) J. Murray STEAL (1 STL)
(6:29) MISS M. Porter Jr. 3PT
(6:28) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+2 (6:28) N. Jokic Layup (4 PTS)
2115
+2 (6:03) D. Nix driving Layup (7 PTS) (J. Smith Jr. 1 AST)
2117
+2 (5:42) N. Jokic 11' turnaround fadeaway Jump Shot (6 PTS) (K. Caldwell-Pope 2 AST)
2317
(5:31) MISS J. Green 26' 3PT
(5:30) M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (5:19) J. Murray 27' 3PT (11 PTS) (M. Porter Jr. 2 AST)
2617
+2 (4:56) K. Martin Jr. driving finger roll Layup (7 PTS) (J. Green 3 AST)
2619
(4:49) K. Martin Jr. personal FOUL (1 PF)
+3 (4:44) J. Murray 3PT (14 PTS) (V. Cancar 1 AST)
2919
(4:26) R. Jackson shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Sengun 2 FT)
(4:26) MISS A. Sengun Free Throw 1 of 2
(4:26) TEAM offensive REBOUND
+1 (4:26) A. Sengun Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
2920
+2 (4:11) J. Murray 14' turnaround fadeaway Jump Shot (16 PTS)
3120
(3:57) MISS A. Sengun 7' turnaround Hook
(3:56) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
+3 (3:43) B. Brown 26' 3PT (3 PTS) (J. Murray 1 AST)
3420
(3:42) HOU Timeout
(3:39) T. Eason bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(3:39) V. Cancar STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (3:31) B. Brown 26' 3PT (6 PTS) (R. Jackson 1 AST)
3720
(3:10) MISS J. Smith Jr. 21' pullup Shot
(3:09) T. Eason REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (3:06) A. Sengun Layup (3 PTS) (T. Eason 1 AST)
3722
(2:56) D. Nix personal FOUL (1 PF)
(2:44) MISS J. Murray 13' turnaround fadeaway Shot
(2:41) U. Garuba REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (2:27) K. Martin Jr. cutting DUNK (9 PTS) (D. Nix 1 AST)
3724
(2:15) MISS J. Murray 3PT
(2:12) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:2 Def:3)
(2:04) D. Nix kicked ball VIOLATION
(1:55) MISS K. Caldwell-Pope 3PT
(1:52) J. Christopher REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:40) MISS J. Christopher 12' Jump Shot
(1:39) T. Eason REBOUND (Off:2 Def:0)
(1:38) MISS T. Eason Layup - blocked
(1:38) B. Brown BLOCK (1 BLK)
(1:38) TEAM offensive REBOUND
+2 (1:32) T. Eason driving finger roll Layup (2 PTS) (K. Martin Jr. 1 AST)
3726
(1:22) MISS T. Bryant 11' floating Shot
(1:21) U. Garuba REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(1:15) MISS T. Washington Jr. 12' driving floating Shot
(1:14) T. Bryant REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:08) MISS K. Caldwell-Pope 25' 3PT
(1:08) U. Garuba REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+2 (0:50) T. Washington Jr. 11' driving floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (U. Garuba 1 AST)
3728
(0:50) DEN Timeout
+2 (0:38) T. Bryant DUNK (2 PTS) (K. Caldwell-Pope 3 AST)
3928
(0:20) J. Christopher lost ball TURNOVER (1 TO)
(0:20) B. Brown STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (0:17) B. Brown running alley-oop DUNK (8 PTS) (R. Jackson 2 AST)
4128
(0:01) T. Bryant shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Eason 2 FT)
+1 (0:01) T. Eason Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
4129
+1 (0:01) T. Eason Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
4130

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3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

DEN

HOU

133Points112

53-92(57.6%)Field Goal(%)48-97(49.5%)

16-37(43.2%)3-Point(%)9-31(29.0%)

11-16(68.8%)Free Throw(%)7-10(70.0%)

43(11)Rebounds(Offensive)40(10)

40Assists33

8Steals5

5Blocks6

11Turnovers13

10Fouls16

62Pts In The Paint70

22Fast Break Pts14

21Pts Off Turnovers12

45Bench Pts51

26Largest Lead0

Game Details

Tuesday, February 28, 2023 · 8:00 PM

Toyota Center · Houston, TX

attendance: 15,368 (84.0%)