Houston Rockets 116, Denver Nuggets 129 — Recap

April 24, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 116, Denver Nuggets 129. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 26-36 DEN; Q2 HOU 24-36 DEN; Q3 HOU 32-30 DEN; Q4 HOU 34-27 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 39 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 8 threes on 13-of-21 shooting; D.J. Wilson (HOU) 25 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-17 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 24 points, 8 rebounds, 12 assists on 10-of-14 shooting; PJ Dozier (DEN) 23 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-13 shooting; Kelly Olynyk (HOU) 21 points, 8 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 threes on 4-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Michael Porter Jr.

39 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 8 3PM · 13-21 FG

Scoring · HOU

D.J. Wilson

25 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 10-17 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

24 PTS, 8 REB, 12 AST · 10-14 FG

Season highs

Michael Porter Jr. · Season-high 39 pointsD.J. Wilson · Season-high 25 pointsPJ Dozier · Season-high 23 pointsAnthony Lamb · Season-high 21 pointsFacundo Campazzo · Season-high 13 assistsKelly Olynyk · Season-high 11 assistsMichael Porter Jr. · Season-high 8 threesAnthony Lamb · Season-high 4 threes

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	24	32	34		116
DEN	36	36	30	27		129

🧮 How They Scored

HOUDEN

46Points in the paint58

11Fast-break points17

12Second-chance points0

19Points off turnovers16

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

59.1%Effective FG%69.0%

13.7%Turnover %13.3%

14.6%Offensive rebound %3.3%

0.341Free-throw rate0.190

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Armoni Brooks G	43	12	7	5	0	0	5	4-12	3-11	1-2	-22
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	42	18	4	2	3	0	2	7-12	1-2	3-8	-8
D.J. Wilson F	40	25	8	4	3	0	3	10-17	3-7	2-2	-2
Kelly Olynyk F	35	21	8	11	0	0	2	4-11	2-6	11-11	-30
Anthony Lamb F	31	21	1	1	0	0	3	8-14	4-9	1-1	0
DaQuan Jeffries F	29	5	4	0	0	1	0	2-6	1-3	0-0	+8
Jae'Sean Tate F	21	14	3	4	4	0	0	6-10	1-2	1-4	-11

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Michael Porter Jr. F	36	39	6	2	0	3	1	13-21	8-12	5-5	+12
Facundo Campazzo G	34	5	2	13	3	0	1	1-5	0-3	3-3	+15
Nikola Jokic C	29	24	8	12	1	1	4	10-14	0-0	4-6	+10
Austin Rivers G	29	9	2	3	0	0	0	3-7	2-6	1-2	+5
PJ Dozier G-F	28	23	7	3	2	2	0	10-13	3-5	0-0	+21
JaMychal Green F	21	10	3	0	0	0	2	4-5	2-2	0-0	+9
Aaron Gordon F	20	7	2	1	1	0	2	3-7	1-4	0-0	+16
JaVale McGee C	15	6	2	0	0	1	2	3-5	0-1	0-0	+15
Shaquille Harrison G	14	2	1	0	1	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+4
Bol Bol C	4	2	0	0	0	1	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	-9
Markus Howard G	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	1-3	0-2	0-0	-9
Vlatko Cancar F	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-12
Zeke Nnaji F-C	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	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
D.J. Wilson	Bench	40	25	69.9	22.1	-3.6	14.0
Kelly Olynyk	Bench	35	21	66.3	22.8	-36.8	15.6
Anthony Lamb	Bench	31	21	72.7	24.3	+3.5	7.1
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	42	18	58.0	18.4	-4.8	5.5
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	21	14	59.5	24.0	-23.4	14.9
Armoni Brooks	Bench	43	12	46.6	18.2	-22.2	2.6
DaQuan Jeffries	Bench	29	5	41.7	8.6	+15.4	2.3

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	36	39	84.1	28.9	+13.8	22.1
Nikola Jokic	Bench	29	24	72.1	32.3	+17.3	21.6
PJ Dozier	Bench	28	23	88.5	20.6	+32.7	18.8
JaMychal Green	Bench	21	10	100.0	14.6	+17.6	9.1
Austin Rivers	Bench	29	9	57.1	11.9	+2.5	4.6
Aaron Gordon	Bench	20	7	50.0	20.0	+36.4	3.6
JaVale McGee	Bench	15	6	60.0	20.0	+40.2	0.0
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	34	5	39.6	9.3	+20.5	9.4
Shaquille Harrison	Bench	14	2	100.0	3.1	+16.4	3.3
Bol Bol	Bench	4	2	50.0	33.3	-118.1	2.6
Markus Howard	Bench	4	2	33.3	44.4	-118.1	-10.5
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	4	0	0.0	0.0	-133.3	13.0
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	4	0	0.0	11.1	-133.3	4.3