Game completed

Houston Rockets17-8115 winneratDenver Nuggets20-7101

Sat, Dec 20, 5:00 PM ESTBall Arena, Denver, COAltitude · NBA TV · Space City Home Network

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
HOU	26	27	29	33	115
DEN	29	16	21	35	101

Houston Rockets

115

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin DurantSF	40	31	6	5	0	1	3	8-14	5-6	10-11	+18
Jabari Smith Jr.PF	38	22	10	2	0	1	4	8-14	5-11	1-2	+21
Alperen SengunC	30	8	6	4	1	1	5	4-9	0-1	0-0	+24
Josh OkogieSG	29	9	3	1	0	1	0	3-5	3-5	0-0	+6
Amen ThompsonPG	38	16	4	6	2	2	3	7-14	0-2	2-4	+19
Steven Adams	25	1	12	0	0	0	0	0-4	0-0	1-2	-10
Reed Sheppard	30	28	2	6	3	2	1	9-15	6-9	4-4	+10
Aaron Holiday	8	0	4	0	0	0	3	0-2	0-1	0-0	-12
Jae'Sean Tate	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-6
Team		115	55	24	6	8	19	39-77	19-35	18-23

DNP: Clint Capela, JD Davison, Jeff Green, Isaiah Crawford, Tari Eason (injury), Dorian Finney-Smith (injury), Tyler Smith, Fred VanVleet (injury)

Denver Nuggets

101

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cameron JohnsonSF	32	6	4	3	1	0	0	2-10	1-3	1-1	-14
Spencer JonesPF	28	9	4	2	2	0	0	4-8	1-5	0-0	+1
Nikola JokićC	29	25	7	5	0	0	5	9-20	1-4	6-7	-20
Tim Hardaway Jr.SG	30	8	2	0	1	0	2	3-9	2-5	0-0	-22
Jamal MurrayPG	35	16	4	7	2	0	2	4-13	3-7	5-6	-12
Bruce Brown	28	12	12	1	2	1	0	5-8	0-1	2-2	-7
Jalen Pickett	22	10	4	1	0	0	1	4-7	0-1	2-2

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Lead tracker

Biggest lead · DEN: 5
Biggest lead · HOU: 21
Times tied: 4
Lead changes: 4
Longest run · HOU: 11

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How they entered this matchup

Travel tax: HOUNational TV

HOU is carrying the heavier travel load at 1,081 mi from its previous stop.
HOU is in game 3 of 6 on the road with 1,962 mi already logged before tip.
National TV puts extra weight on a matchup that already has real schedule context.

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Rest, travel, and body clock

Schedule spot	HOU	DEN
Record	17-8	20-7
Days rest	1 day	1 day
Hours rest	45h	44h
Rest swing	+1h	-1h
Travel in	1,081 mi	0 mi edge
Zone change	-1h	0h
Body clock	-1h	0h
Local tip	afternoon	afternoon
Segment	Road trip · 3 of 6	Homestand · 3 of 4
Miles before tip	1,962 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	—	—
Fatigue Index	4	1 edge

marks the side with the edge in that row.

HOU carries the heavier fatigue load tonight — 4 vs. DEN's 1.

How each side got here1,081 mi vs 0 mi

How each side got here

HOU

1,081 mi

New Orleans, LADenver, CO

HOU came from New Orleans, LA with 1,081 mi of travel and -1h of time-zone change.

New Orleans, LA to Denver, CO

DEN

0 mi

Denver, CONo travel

DEN stayed in Denver, CO between games, so travel is not a real factor in this setup.

Stayed in Denver, CO

Where this game sitsroad 3 of 6 vs homestand 3 of 4

Where this game sits in the run

HOU

Road trip

HOU is on game 3 of 6 on the road, with 1,962 mi already behind it.

Game in segment3 of 6

Miles before tip1,962 mi

Segment miles4,301 mi

DEN

Homestand

DEN is in game 3 of 4 on this homestand.

Game in segment3 of 4

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

National: NBA TV
Local TV: DENAltitudeHOUSpace City Home Networkin-market
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Radio: HOU790 AM / S: KLTN TUDNDENAltitude Sports Radio 92.5 FMSiriusXM

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