Rockets 125-95 Nuggets (23 Nov, 2017) Box Score

Denver Nuggets

10-8, 3-6 away

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	17	23	27	28	95
HOU	36	39	26	24	125

Houston Rockets

14-4, 5-3 home

125

Denver Nuggets

starters
W. Chandler F
N. Jokic C
J. Murray PG
G. Harris SG
W. Barton G
bench
T. Lyles PF
J. Hernangomez PF
M. Plumlee C
M. Beasley SG
E. Mudiay G
R. Jefferson F
D. Arthur F
K. Faried F
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
27	1-6	0-3	0-0	2	3	5	1	0	1	1	2	-16	2
26	7-14	1-2	2-3	2	4	6	3	2	1	2	2	-12	17
24	3-8	0-3	2-3	1	6	7	3	0	0	3	3	-12	8
30	5-9	2-3	1-2	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	-30	13
36	7-16	2-8	4-5	1	5	6	3	2	2	2	1	-42	20
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
24	3-7	1-4	0-0	1	2	3	3	1	1	2	1	-20	7
18	2-8	2-5	3-3	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	9
22	4-9	0-1	1-3	5	3	8	2	1	0	3	1	-18	9
8	3-5	2-2	1-2	1	2	3	0	1	0	2	0	+17	9
25	0-5	0-2	1-2	0	1	1	3	0	0	4	1	-17	1
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	35-87	10-33	15-23	15	28	43	5	19	14	2	0		95
	65.2%	30.3%	30.3%

Houston Rockets

starters
P.J. Tucker PF
T. Ariza SF
C. Capela C
C. Paul PG
J. Harden SG
bench
L. Mbah a Moute F
T. Black F
T. Williams F
N. Hilario C
Z. Qi C
B. Brown PG
B. Weber PG
E. Gordon SG
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
35	2-4	1-3	2-2	0	11	11	0	0	0	0	2	+39	7
35	9-12	7-10	0-0	0	2	2	0	2	1	1	4	+34	25
17	4-7	0-0	0-2	2	6	8	0	0	0	2	3	+2	8
28	8-11	4-7	3-4	0	2	2	12	3	0	1	1	+26	23
32	6-16	1-7	8-9	1	7	8	9	0	0	7	1	+29	21
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
26	5-5	3-3	0-0	0	4	4	1	4	0	2	3	+57	13
12	4-7	0-1	0-0	2	2	4	0	0	1	1	2	-4	8
8	0-2	0-2	1-2	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	-17	1
19	5-7	0-0	3-4	1	3	4	5	1	1	2	4	+32	13
12	2-6	2-4	0-0	2	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	-14	6
8	0-5	0-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	-17	0
8	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	-17	0
DNP-RIGHT CALF
	45-82	18-41	17-23	8	38	46	4	18	22	0	0		125
	73.9%	43.9%	43.9%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

HOU leads 1-0

Nuggets
95
Rockets
125

Game 1

23/11

Nuggets
104
Rockets
130

Game 2

10/2

Rockets
119
Nuggets
114

Game 3

26/2

Toyota Center (Houston)

1:00 AM, 23 November 2017

Houston, TX

Attendance: 18,055

Referees:
Brian Forte
Haywoode Workman
Scott Wall

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	57	25	.695	-	W5
Denver	57	25	.695	-	W1
Minnesota	56	26	.683	1	L1
Utah	31	51	.378	26	L1
Portland	21	61	.256	36	L5

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Dallas	50	32	.610	-	L2
New Orleans	49	33	.598	1	L1
Houston	41	41	.500	9	W2
Memphis	27	55	.329	23	L5
San Antonio	22	60	.268	28	W2

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Regular Season Series

HOU leads 1-0

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