Houston Rockets 111, Denver Nuggets 124 — Recap

December 28, 2020 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 111, Denver Nuggets 124. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 26-36 DEN; Q2 HOU 34-34 DEN; Q3 HOU 23-36 DEN; Q4 HOU 28-18 DEN.

Top performers (box score): James Harden (HOU) 34 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 threes on 10-of-16 shooting; Christian Wood (HOU) 23 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-20 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 21 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 19 points, 12 rebounds, 18 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-11 shooting; Paul Millsap (DEN) 19 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-8 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU

James Harden

34 PTS, 6 REB, 8 AST, 5 3PM · 10-16 FG

Scoring · HOU

Christian Wood

23 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 4 3PM · 9-20 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

21 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 4 3PM · 7-14 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
HOU	26	34	23	28		111
DEN	36	34	36	18		124

🧮 How They Scored

HOUDEN

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.7%Effective FG%60.9%

13.5%Turnover %12.2%

10.9%Offensive rebound %25.0%

0.267Free-throw rate0.368

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Christian Wood F	37	23	3	1	2	2	0	9-20	4-5	1-2	-2
David Nwaba G	32	14	5	1	2	0	1	5-11	1-3	3-5	+12
James Harden G	31	34	6	8	1	0	5	10-16	5-9	9-9	-12
Sterling Brown G	31	12	4	2	1	0	0	5-8	2-5	0-0	-18
Danuel House Jr. F	29	3	4	6	0	0	0	1-9	0-5	1-2	-9
PJ Tucker F	27	9	3	4	2	0	0	3-4	3-4	0-0	-9
Jae'Sean Tate F	25	5	7	2	0	1	3	2-6	1-3	0-0	-15
Bruno Caboclo F	20	6	6	0	0	0	4	3-9	0-3	0-0	-12
Brodric Thomas G	8	5	0	1	0	0	2	1-3	0-2	3-5	0

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	34	19	12	18	3	1	3	8-11	1-1	2-3	+20
Jamal Murray G	31	21	5	2	0	1	2	7-14	4-6	3-7	+15
Gary Harris G	29	14	3	2	3	0	1	6-10	2-6	0-1	+13
Paul Millsap F	25	19	3	1	0	0	3	7-8	3-4	2-3	+1
Michael Porter Jr. F	24	14	9	2	0	1	0	5-11	2-6	2-3	+2
Monte Morris G	24	12	4	5	0	1	0	5-7	1-3	1-3	+14
Will Barton G	23	11	4	0	0	1	1	5-12	1-4	0-0	+25
PJ Dozier G-F	20	3	5	1	1	1	1	1-5	0-0	1-2	+24
Isaiah Hartenstein F-C	10	5	4	0	1	0	1	1-3	0-0	3-6	+5
Facundo Campazzo G	5	4	1	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	4-4	-10
Bol Bol C	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	-10
R.J. Hampton G	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-10
Vlatko Cancar F	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	-12
Zeke Nnaji F-C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-12

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
James Harden	Bench	31	34	85.2	32.9	-21.4	20.2
Christian Wood	Bench	37	23	55.1	24.7	-5.7	9.1
David Nwaba	Bench	32	14	53.0	19.2	+17.4	6.5
Sterling Brown	Bench	31	12	75.0	10.8	-28.2	10.8
PJ Tucker	Bench	27	9	112.5	6.7	-18.0	9.3
Bruno Caboclo	Bench	20	6	33.3	26.0	-28.9	-3.3
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	25	5	41.7	14.1	-25.3	1.9
Brodric Thomas	Bench	8	5	48.1	31.8	0.0	-17.4
Danuel House Jr.	Bench	29	3	15.2	14.3	-15.8	-0.9

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jamal Murray	Bench	31	21	61.5	24.4	+20.8	10.4
Nikola Jokic	Bench	34	19	77.1	18.3	+28.5	21.1
Paul Millsap	Bench	25	19	101.9	21.4	+7.1	11.3
Gary Harris	Bench	29	14	67.0	16.2	+26.5	9.0
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	24	14	56.8	21.4	+3.9	12.1
Monte Morris	Bench	24	12	72.1	13.3	+26.3	20.7
Will Barton	Bench	23	11	45.8	22.0	+48.5	9.2
Isaiah Hartenstein	Bench	10	5	44.3	26.9	+23.8	-66.7
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	5	4	72.5	28.6	-76.9	10.5
PJ Dozier	Bench	20	3	25.5	13.5	+57.1	5.7
R.J. Hampton	Bench	4	2	100.0	9.1	-105.5	12.5
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	4	0	0.0	11.1	-133.3	-11.8
Bol Bol	Bench	5	0	0.0	14.3	-87.2	-14.3
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	4	0	0.0	22.2	-133.3	-11.8