Denver Nuggets 133, Houston Rockets 112 — Recap

February 28, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 133, Houston Rockets 112. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 41-30 HOU; Q2 DEN 33-24 HOU; Q3 DEN 32-30 HOU; Q4 DEN 27-28 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Jamal Murray (DEN) 32 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 threes on 12-of-18 shooting; Tari Eason (HOU) 17 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists on 7-of-10 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 17 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-11 shooting; Jalen Green (HOU) 17 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Bruce Brown (DEN) 15 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Jamal Murray

32 PTS, 4 REB, 6 AST, 5 3PM · 12-18 FG

Scoring · HOU

Tari Eason

17 PTS, 12 REB, 2 AST · 7-10 FG

Scoring · DEN

Michael Porter Jr.

17 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 7-11 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	41	33	32	27		133
HOU	30	24	30	28		112

🧮 How They Scored

DENHOU

62Points in the paint70

22Fast-break points14

11Second-chance points23

21Points off turnovers12

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

66.3%Effective FG%54.1%

10.0%Turnover %11.4%

26.8%Offensive rebound %23.8%

0.174Free-throw rate0.103

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray G	32	32	4	6	1	0	2	12-18	5-10	3-3	+20
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	30	14	1	6	2	0	1	5-9	2-5	2-3	+18
Nikola Jokic C	28	14	11	10	0	0	4	7-11	0-0	0-1	+31
Bruce Brown G	27	15	3	0	1	2	0	6-11	3-6	0-0	+3
Vlatko Cancar F	27	9	4	3	1	0	0	3-6	2-5	1-1	+2
Reggie Jackson G	25	9	0	8	2	0	1	4-11	1-4	0-0	+1
Michael Porter Jr. F	23	17	4	2	1	1	3	7-11	3-6	0-0	+22
Aaron Gordon F	21	11	7	5	0	0	0	5-7	0-0	1-2	+19
Thomas Bryant C	20	8	8	0	0	2	0	3-6	0-0	2-4	-10
Christian Braun G	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	2-2	-2
Peyton Watson G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+1

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jabari Smith Jr. F	33	8	6	1	0	2	0	4-10	0-4	0-0	-33
Tari Eason F	31	17	12	2	1	0	3	7-10	0-2	3-3	-8
Alperen Sengun F-C	29	7	2	8	0	2	2	3-9	0-2	1-3	-36
TyTy Washington Jr. G	28	12	1	5	0	1	1	5-10	2-5	0-0	-4
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	27	15	3	2	2	0	0	7-13	0-2	1-1	-3
Daishen Nix F	26	14	0	5	0	0	4	6-10	2-4	0-1	-27
Josh Christopher G	23	11	4	3	0	0	1	5-11	1-3	0-0	+6
Jalen Green G	19	17	2	5	1	0	0	7-15	3-7	0-0	-17
Usman Garuba F	14	3	7	1	1	1	2	1-4	1-1	0-0	+13
Boban Marjanovic C	5	8	1	0	0	0	0	3-4	0-0	2-2	+2
Frank Kaminsky F-C	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jamal Murray	Bench	32	32	82.8	28.4	+32.5	17.5
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	23	17	77.3	25.9	+49.2	11.5
Bruce Brown	Bench	27	15	68.2	18.0	+3.2	10.6
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	30	14	67.8	15.1	+24.8	10.7
Nikola Jokic	Bench	28	14	61.2	22.7	+51.7	13.1
Aaron Gordon	Bench	21	11	69.8	15.7	+43.2	14.4
Reggie Jackson	Bench	25	9	40.9	20.7	-0.2	7.9
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	27	9	69.9	9.8	+3.5	10.1
Thomas Bryant	Bench	20	8	51.5	17.0	-25.5	8.1
Christian Braun	Bench	5	4	106.4	18.2	-29.1	20.0
Jeff Green	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Peyton Watson	Bench	2	0	0.0	20.0	+20.0	-8.3
Ish Smith	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Green	Bench	19	17	56.7	33.3	-41.5	13.9
Tari Eason	Bench	31	17	75.1	18.7	-8.7	13.7
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	27	15	55.8	19.7	-5.3	9.1
Daishen Nix	Bench	26	14	67.0	23.7	-51.9	5.4
TyTy Washington Jr.	Bench	28	12	60.0	15.9	-6.8	8.7
Josh Christopher	Bench	23	11	50.0	20.7	+14.3	8.9
Jabari Smith Jr.	Bench	33	8	40.0	12.5	-45.0	3.8
Boban Marjanovic	Bench	5	8	82.0	50.0	+29.1	28.0
Alperen Sengun	Bench	29	7	33.9	18.5	-56.5	2.3
Usman Garuba	Bench	14	3	37.5	14.6	+36.9	6.1
Willie Cauley-Stein	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Frank Kaminsky	Bench	5	0	0.0	10.0	+29.1	8.0