Denver Nuggets 128, Houston Rockets 99 — Recap

April 16, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 128, Houston Rockets 99. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 35-28 HOU; Q2 DEN 34-21 HOU; Q3 DEN 31-30 HOU; Q4 DEN 28-20 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 29 points, 16 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-12 shooting; Kelly Olynyk (HOU) 23 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-14 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 21 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Jae'Sean Tate (HOU) 21 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-13 shooting; Christian Wood (HOU) 15 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

29 PTS, 16 REB, 7 AST, 1 3PM · 10-12 FG

Scoring · HOU

Kelly Olynyk

23 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 10-14 FG

Scoring · DEN

Michael Porter Jr.

21 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 4 3PM · 7-13 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DEN	35	34	31	28		128
HOU	28	21	30	20		99

🧮 How They Scored

DENHOU

62Points in the paint52

17Fast-break points13

32Second-chance points14

20Points off turnovers7

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.7%Effective FG%50.6%

7.7%Turnover %13.0%

40.0%Offensive rebound %18.2%

0.330Free-throw rate0.209

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Michael Porter Jr. F	31	21	5	1	1	0	0	7-13	4-7	3-4	+22
Will Barton G	30	12	1	2	1	0	2	3-10	1-6	5-6	+16
Nikola Jokic C	27	29	16	7	2	0	0	10-12	1-1	8-9	+9
Facundo Campazzo G	26	7	2	3	1	0	1	2-5	2-4	1-2	+17
PJ Dozier G-F	24	11	4	2	0	0	2	5-14	1-6	0-0	+21
JaMychal Green F	22	13	7	1	1	0	0	6-8	0-1	1-1	+15
Aaron Gordon F	22	8	2	2	1	0	1	3-6	0-2	2-2	+12
Monte Morris G	19	6	1	2	2	1	0	2-6	0-2	2-2	+4
Paul Millsap F	17	11	10	0	0	1	2	4-10	0-1	3-3	+18
Zeke Nnaji F-C	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	+5
Vlatko Cancar F	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	1-2	0-0	2-2	+2
Bol Bol C	4	2	1	0	0	1	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	+2
Markus Howard G	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	+2
Shaquille Harrison G	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	0

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jae'Sean Tate F	32	21	5	5	2	0	0	9-13	1-3	2-3	-15
Kevin Porter Jr. G	32	4	3	5	0	0	4	1-9	0-3	2-2	-23
John Wall G	28	10	1	2	0	0	7	3-8	2-3	2-2	-15
Kelly Olynyk F	27	23	6	2	0	1	0	10-14	3-4	0-0	-9
Christian Wood F	24	15	3	1	0	0	1	5-10	2-4	3-5	-11
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	23	4	7	2	1	0	0	2-8	0-2	0-0	-18
Avery Bradley G	22	6	2	2	2	0	0	2-7	2-6	0-0	-10
Armoni Brooks G	21	4	6	3	0	0	2	2-6	0-4	0-0	-20
D.J. Wilson F	17	8	2	0	2	0	0	3-7	1-4	1-4	-14
DaQuan Jeffries F	10	2	0	1	0	2	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	-8
Anthony Lamb F	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	2-2	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	27	29	90.9	25.4	+20.8	32.3
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	31	21	71.1	17.9	+34.4	13.9
JaMychal Green	Bench	22	13	77.0	15.1	+37.7	21.6
Will Barton	Bench	30	12	47.5	20.0	+30.1	3.1
PJ Dozier	Bench	24	11	39.3	28.1	+47.4	5.3
Paul Millsap	Bench	17	11	48.6	30.2	+56.3	21.9
Aaron Gordon	Bench	22	8	58.1	15.1	+29.4	6.6
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	26	7	59.5	11.7	+35.0	6.8
Monte Morris	Bench	19	6	43.6	15.6	+13.0	6.9
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	4	4	69.4	25.0	+10.9	40.5
Shaquille Harrison	Bench	3	2	50.0	20.0	0.0	0.0
Bol Bol	Bench	4	2	50.0	25.0	+10.9	8.1
Markus Howard	Bench	4	2	50.0	18.2	+20.0	15.4
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	8	0	0.0	10.5	+23.5	-3.2

Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kelly Olynyk	Bench	27	23	82.1	22.2	-20.8	16.8
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	32	21	73.3	18.9	-29.7	14.7
Christian Wood	Bench	24	15	61.5	22.8	-24.4	4.9
John Wall	Bench	28	10	56.3	24.2	-29.9	0.0
D.J. Wilson	Bench	17	8	45.7	24.3	-38.1	6.9
Avery Bradley	Bench	22	6	42.9	14.3	-27.6	10.4
Kevin Porter Jr.	Bench	32	4	20.2	19.4	-35.4	-0.7
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	23	4	25.0	15.4	-36.0	5.8
Armoni Brooks	Bench	21	4	33.3	17.0	-44.9	6.0
DaQuan Jeffries	Bench	10	2	33.3	13.0	-40.0	5.4
Anthony Lamb	Bench	4	2	53.2	18.2	-10.9	5.4