Houston Rockets 114, Denver Nuggets 106 — Recap

December 8, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 114, Denver Nuggets 106. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 27-22 DEN; Q2 HOU 25-26 DEN; Q3 HOU 40-26 DEN; Q4 HOU 22-32 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Fred VanVleet (HOU) 26 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-17 shooting; Jalen Green (HOU) 25 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 23 points, 16 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-26 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 21 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-17 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 20 points, 8 rebounds, null assists, 3 threes on 8-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU

Fred VanVleet

26 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 6-17 FG

Scoring · HOU

Jalen Green

25 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 2 3PM · 8-17 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

23 PTS, 16 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 9-26 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	27	25	40	22		114
DEN	22	26	26	32		106

🧮 How They Scored

HOUDEN

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.6%Effective FG%49.4%

8.2%Turnover %9.8%

25.0%Offensive rebound %23.4%

0.512Free-throw rate0.309

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Fred VanVleet G	40	26	4	3	—	1	1	6-17	4-10	10-13	+16
Jalen Green G	35	25	3	1	—	—	1	8-17	2-9	7-9	-8
Alperen Sengun F-C	34	17	10	7	—	1	1	7-14	0-1	3-5	+11
Dillon Brooks G-F	33	16	5	1	2	—	3	6-12	4-10	—	+2
Jeff Green F	27	5	4	1	1	1	—	0-1	0-1	5-6	+2
Jabari Smith Jr. F	25	9	10	5	—	—	1	3-9	0-2	3-4	-2
Tari Eason F	17	3	8	2	—	—	—	0-4	0-2	3-4	-2
Aaron Holiday G	16	8	1	1	—	—	2	3-5	2-2	0-1	+19
Jae'Sean Tate F	13	5	2	—	—	—	—	2-3	1-2	—	+2

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Michael Porter Jr. F	40	20	8	—	—	2	2	8-12	3-6	1-1	+11
Nikola Jokic C	34	23	16	5	—	2	3	9-26	1-2	4-7	+3
Jamal Murray G	32	21	5	3	—	—	1	6-17	4-8	5-5	+4
Peyton Watson G	26	13	4	2	—	—	1	4-9	0-1	5-5	+4
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	25	14	—	—	—	1	—	5-6	2-3	2-2	-16
Aaron Gordon F	22	3	6	3	—	—	1	1-5	0-2	1-5	-12
Christian Braun G	14	2	1	1	2	—	1	1-4	0-2	—	-9
DeAndre Jordan C	12	2	4	2	1	—	1	1-2	—	—	-2
Julian Strawther G	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-15

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Fred VanVleet	Bench	40	26	57.2	24.2	+17.2	11.0
Jalen Green	Bench	35	25	59.6	26.2	-23.0	12.6
Alperen Sengun	Bench	34	17	52.5	19.8	+11.0	16.1
Dillon Brooks	Bench	33	16	66.7	19.0	+1.2	7.6
Jabari Smith Jr.	Bench	25	9	41.8	20.3	-4.0	12.9
Aaron Holiday	Bench	16	8	73.5	18.9	+53.2	5.6
Jeff Green	Bench	27	5	68.7	6.3	+3.6	5.5
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	13	5	83.3	10.3	+8.0	10.8
Tari Eason	Bench	17	3	26.0	15.0	+0.4	10.3

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	34	23	39.5	38.6	+5.8	10.5
Jamal Murray	Bench	32	21	54.7	27.4	+6.3	13.7
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	40	20	80.4	16.1	+15.7	14.0
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	25	14	101.7	12.3	-32.0	11.1
Peyton Watson	Bench	26	13	58.0	20.0	+12.1	11.0
Aaron Gordon	Bench	22	3	20.8	15.4	-29.5	1.7
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	12	2	50.0	12.0	-4.0	11.0
Christian Braun	Bench	14	2	25.0	14.7	-24.6	-2.3
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jalen Pickett	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Julian Strawther	Bench	4	—	0.0	0.0	-166.7	-6.7
Hunter Tyson	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0