Game completed

Houston Rockets16-7125atDenver Nuggets19-6128 winner

Mon, Dec 15, 9:30 PM ESTBall Arena, Denver, COPeacock · Altitude · Space City Home Network

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	T
HOU	30	21	35	31	8	125
DEN	24	34	31	28	11	128

Houston Rockets

125

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin DurantSF	44	25	5	7	1	5	5	8-14	2-3	7-8	+2
Jabari Smith Jr.PF	43	16	10	4	0	1	2	6-11	4-6	0-0	-1
Alperen SengunC	42	33	10	10	2	1	4	14-27	0-2	5-6	-6
Josh OkogieSG	28	16	4	0	2	0	3	7-9	2-3	0-1	+9
Amen ThompsonPG	44	14	12	6	0	0	1	5-13	0-1	4-5	-3
Steven Adams	16	3	0	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	1-2	-8
Reed Sheppard	32	14	3	1	2	1	0	5-17	3-9	1-2	+5
Aaron Holiday	10	3	0	1	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	-7
Clint Capela	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	-6
Team		125	56	29	7	8	16	47-93	12-25	19-26

DNP: JD Davison, Jeff Green, Jae'Sean Tate, Isaiah Crawford, Tari Eason (injury), Dorian Finney-Smith (injury), Tyler Smith, Fred VanVleet (injury)

Denver Nuggets

128

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Spencer JonesSF	41	11	3	0	2	3	0	4-8	2-4	1-2	+1
Peyton WatsonPF	6	5	0	0	1	0	0	2-4	1-2	0-0	-3
Nikola JokićC	42	39	15	10	2	1	4	13-27	5-9	8-11	+1
Cameron JohnsonSG	43	13	3	2	0	0	0	5-9	2-5	1-2	+8
Jamal MurrayPG	43	35	3	5	0	0	3	9-17	3-5	14-15	-4
Tim Hardaway Jr.	40	13	1	2	2	0	0	4-10	2-8	3-3	+4
Bruce Brown	27	2	9	4	3	0	1	1-3	0-0	0-0	-3
Jonas Valančiūnas	14	8	3	1	0	0	2	4-5	0-0	0-0	+6
Zeke Nnaji	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	+5
Team		128	46	24	10	4	10	43-85	15-34	27-33

DNP: Jalen Pickett, Julian Strawther (coach), Hunter Tyson, Tamar Bates (gleague twoway), Christian Braun (injury), Aaron Gordon (injury), DaRon Holmes II (gleague on assignment), Curtis Jones (gleague twoway)

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Lead tracker

Biggest lead · DEN: 9
Biggest lead · HOU: 9
Times tied: 16
Lead changes: 17
Longest run · DEN: 10

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How they entered this matchup

National TV

HOU is in game 1 of 6 on the road with 0 mi already logged before tip.
National TV puts extra weight on a matchup that already has real schedule context.

Rest, travel, and body clock

Schedule spot	HOU	DEN
Record	16-7	19-6
Days rest	3 days	3 days
Hours rest	97.5h	95.5h
Rest swing	+2h	-2h
Travel in	880 mi	886 mi
Zone change	-1h	+1h
Body clock	-1h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 1 of 6	Homestand · 1 of 4
Miles before tip	0 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	—	—
Fatigue Index	3	1 edge

marks the side with the edge in that row.

HOU carries the heavier fatigue load tonight — 3 vs. DEN's 1.

How each side got here880 mi vs 886 mi

How each side got here

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

886 mi

Sacramento, CADenver, CO

DEN came from Sacramento, CA with 886 mi of travel and +1h of time-zone change.

Sacramento, CA to Denver, CO

Where this game sitsroad 1 of 6 vs homestand 1 of 4

Where this game sits in the run

HOU

Road trip

HOU is on game 1 of 6 on the road, with 0 mi already behind it.

Game in segment1 of 6

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles4,301 mi

DEN

Homestand

DEN is in game 1 of 4 on this homestand.

Game in segment1 of 4

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

National: streamingPeacock
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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