Game completed

Houston Rockets40-2593atDenver Nuggets40-26129

Wed, Mar 11, 10:00 PM EDTBall Arena, Denver, COESPN · Altitude · Space City Home Network

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
HOU	20	27	22	24	93
DEN	24	29	40	36	129

Houston Rockets

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jabari Smith Jr.SF	28	11	7	2	1	0	1	5-10	1-2	0-0	-12
Kevin DurantPF	26	11	4	5	0	0	3	5-8	0-2	1-1	-18
Alperen SengunC	24	10	2	3	0	3	2	5-8	0-1	0-4	-17
Tari EasonSG	22	8	8	2	1	0	1	4-9	0-4	0-0	-17
Amen ThompsonPG	30	16	5	4	1	0	2	8-14	0-1	0-1	-17
Reed Sheppard	27	9	2	2	2	1	3	4-12	1-9	0-0	-26
Josh Okogie	24	12	4	3	1	1	0	5-11	2-5	0-2	-22
Clint Capela	24	9	7	0	1	1	2	4-7	0-0	1-2	-19
Aaron Holiday	16	2	1	3	0	0	1	1-10	0-4	0-0	-17
Isaiah Crawford	12	5	3	1	0	0	0	1-5	0-2	3-4	-12
Jeff Green	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-3	0-0	-3
Team		93	61	25	7	6	15	42-97	4-33	5-14

DNP: Dorian Finney-Smith (nwt not with team), Steven Adams (injury), JD Davison, Tristen Newton (gleague twoway), Jae'Sean Tate (injury), Fred VanVleet (injury)

Denver Nuggets

129

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cameron JohnsonSF	25	17	2	4	2	2	0	6-9	3-5	2-2	+23
Aaron GordonPF	22	0	4	1	0	1	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	+17
Nikola JokićC	30	16	12	13	5	1	5	6-12	0-2	4-5	+27
Christian BraunSG	26	19	4	3	1	0	0	8-10	3-4	0-0	+20
Jamal MurrayPG	31	30	2	4	1	0	1	11-21	3-4	5-6	+25
Tim Hardaway Jr.	21	14	3	1	0	0	1	5-9	4-6	0-0	+15
Bruce Brown	20	7	1	2	0	0	1	2-5	1-2	2-4	+17
Spencer Jones	20	0	3	2	2	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	+17
Jonas Valančiūnas	12	12	5	3	0	0	0	6-6	0-0	0-0	+7
Tyus Jones	8	2	0	2	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-1	+3
Julian Strawther	8	6	1	0	0	0	0	2-3	2-2	0-0	+3
Zeke Nnaji	6	1	1	0	1	0	1	0-2	0-1	1-2	+2
Jalen Pickett	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+2
David Roddy	6	2	4	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	2-2	+2
Team		129	50	36	12	4	9	48-87	17-32	16-22

DNP: DaRon Holmes II (gleague on assignment), Curtis Jones (gleague twoway), KJ Simpson (gleague twoway), Peyton Watson (injury)

Lead tracker

How the game flowed

Biggest lead · DEN: 39
Biggest lead · HOU: 5
Times tied: 6
Lead changes: 3
Longest run · DEN: 9

How they entered this matchup

Pregame context

Rest edge: DENTravel tax: HOU5 in 7: HOUNational TV

DEN has the rest edge with 1 day and 50.5h between games.
HOU is carrying the heavier travel load at 880 mi from its previous stop.
HOU is playing into a 5 in 7 schedule window, which matters even before the ball goes up.
National TV puts extra weight on a matchup that already has real schedule context.

The numbers

Rest · travel · body clock

Schedule spot	HOU	DEN
Record	40-25	40-26
Days rest	B2B	1 day
Hours rest	26h	50.5h
Rest swing	-24.5h	+24.5h
Travel in	880 mi	506 mi
Zone change	-1h	-1h
Body clock	-1h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 1 of 1	Homestand · 1 of 1
Miles before tip	0 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	B2B5 in 7	—

How each side got here

Travel and map

HOU

880 mi

Houston, TXDenver, CO

HOU came from Houston, TX with 880 mi of travel and -1h of time-zone change.

Houston, TX to Denver, CO

DEN

506 mi

Oklahoma City, OKDenver, CO

DEN came from Oklahoma City, OK with 506 mi of travel and -1h of time-zone change.

Oklahoma City, OK to Denver, CO

Where this game sits in the run

Trip context

HOU

Road trip

HOU is on game 1 of 1 on the road, with 0 mi already behind it.

Game in segment1 of 1

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles880 mi

DEN

Homestand

DEN is in game 1 of 1 on this homestand.

Game in segment1 of 1

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

TV · streaming · radio

National: ESPN
Local TV: DENAltitudeHOUSpace City Home Networkin-market
League Pass: Full replay + condensed game
Radio: HOU790 AM / S: KLTN TUDNDENAltitude Sports Radio 92.5 FMSiriusXM

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