Houston Rockets 101, Denver Nuggets 116 — Recap

March 4, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 101, Denver Nuggets 116. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 26-25 DEN; Q2 HOU 20-26 DEN; Q3 HOU 24-36 DEN; Q4 HOU 31-29 DEN.

Top performers (box score): DeMarcus Cousins (DEN) 31 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-14 shooting; Christian Wood (HOU) 22 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists on 7-of-12 shooting; Jalen Green (HOU) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; JaMychal Green (DEN) 14 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists on 6-of-14 shooting; Jeff Green (DEN) 14 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 3-of-8 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

DeMarcus Cousins

31 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 10-14 FG

Scoring · HOU

Christian Wood

22 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST · 7-12 FG

Scoring · HOU

Jalen Green

18 PTS, 5 REB, 7 AST, 2 3PM · 7-14 FG

Season highs

DeMarcus Cousins · Season-high 31 points

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	20	24	31		101
DEN	25	26	36	29		116

🧮 How They Scored

HOUDEN

50Points in the paint40

10Fast-break points11

19Second-chance points14

12Points off turnovers20

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.8%Effective FG%52.9%

13.1%Turnover %9.1%

22.5%Offensive rebound %22.2%

0.265Free-throw rate0.360

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Green G	32	18	5	7	0	1	1	7-14	2-6	2-4	-8
Christian Wood F	31	22	10	5	0	1	1	7-12	0-2	8-8	-8
Kevin Porter Jr. G	31	9	5	3	1	0	2	3-12	2-8	1-2	-13
Eric Gordon G	30	11	1	0	1	0	5	4-7	3-5	0-0	-9
Garrison Mathews G	29	3	0	1	1	0	0	1-5	0-4	1-1	-8
Jae'Sean Tate F	23	10	6	3	0	0	2	5-10	0-2	0-0	-4
Alperen Sengun F-C	22	11	10	1	1	1	1	5-10	0-3	1-4	-14
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	19	9	4	2	0	0	0	3-4	2-3	1-2	-4
Josh Christopher G	18	2	2	3	0	0	2	1-6	0-2	0-0	-11
Trevelin Queen G	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	2-2	1-1	1-1	+2
Daishen Nix F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+2

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Aaron Gordon F	29	12	3	3	0	0	0	5-9	0-1	2-4	+8
Will Barton G	29	11	3	2	0	1	1	4-10	2-6	1-2	+11
Jeff Green F	28	14	4	2	0	1	1	3-8	1-3	7-7	+9
Monte Morris G	26	10	6	4	1	0	0	4-8	2-2	0-0	+10
DeMarcus Cousins C	24	31	9	4	3	1	4	10-14	3-4	8-9	+11
JaMychal Green F	24	14	9	2	2	1	1	6-14	0-4	2-2	+4
Nah'Shon Hyland G	20	11	2	5	3	0	2	2-7	2-5	5-5	+6
Davon Reed G	20	6	3	1	1	0	0	2-6	2-4	0-0	+6
Bryn Forbes G	19	7	0	0	0	0	1	3-9	1-4	0-0	+4
Facundo Campazzo G	19	0	2	4	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-2	+7
Markus Howard G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Christian Wood	Bench	31	22	70.9	23.3	-14.1	22.3
Jalen Green	Bench	32	18	57.1	23.0	-15.6	15.1
Eric Gordon	Bench	30	11	78.6	16.7	-20.9	1.8
Alperen Sengun	Bench	22	11	46.8	25.5	-28.2	12.4
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	23	10	50.0	22.2	-12.9	10.5
Kevin Porter Jr.	Bench	31	9	34.9	20.8	-24.1	1.6
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	19	9	92.2	10.6	-15.8	14.8
Trevelin Queen	Bench	2	6	123.0	28.6	+40.0	41.9
Garrison Mathews	Bench	29	3	27.6	7.7	-13.8	-0.9
Josh Christopher	Bench	18	2	16.7	19.0	-37.0	-2.8
Daishen Nix	Bench	2	0	0.0	14.3	+40.0	-12.9

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
DeMarcus Cousins	Bench	24	31	86.3	43.1	+28.1	38.3
Jeff Green	Bench	28	14	63.2	18.8	+18.4	10.1
JaMychal Green	Bench	24	14	47.0	28.1	+12.2	11.3
Aaron Gordon	Bench	29	12	55.8	14.7	+17.2	8.0
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	20	11	59.8	23.3	+20.0	15.7
Will Barton	Bench	29	11	50.6	17.6	+18.6	6.4
Monte Morris	Bench	26	10	62.5	12.9	+18.9	15.6
Bryn Forbes	Bench	19	7	38.9	24.4	+15.7	-1.4
Davon Reed	Bench	20	6	50.0	13.3	+18.5	8.5
Markus Howard	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	-33.3	0.0
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	19	0	0.0	4.9	+27.4	1.5