Houston Rockets 125, Denver Nuggets 128 — Recap

December 15, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 125, Denver Nuggets 128 (overtime). Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 30-24 DEN; Q2 HOU 21-34 DEN; Q3 HOU 35-31 DEN; Q4 HOU 31-28 DEN; OT1 HOU 8-11 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 39 points, 15 rebounds, 10 assists, 5 threes on 13-of-27 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 35 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Alperen Sengun (HOU) 33 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists on 14-of-27 shooting; Kevin Durant (HOU) 25 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Jabari Smith Jr. (HOU) 16 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

39 PTS, 15 REB, 10 AST, 5 3PM · 13-27 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

35 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 9-17 FG

Scoring · HOU

Alperen Sengun

33 PTS, 10 REB, 10 AST · 14-27 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	OT		T
HOU	30	21	35	31	8		125
DEN	24	34	31	28	11		128

🧮 How They Scored

HOUDEN

56Points in the paint42

10Fast-break points15

19Second-chance points12

12Points off turnovers17

21Bench points25

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

57.0%Effective FG%59.4%

13.3%Turnover %9.1%

27.9%Offensive rebound %17.1%

0.280Free-throw rate0.388

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Durant F	44	25	5	7	1	5	5	8-14	2-3	7-8	+2
Amen Thompson G-F	44	14	12	6	0	0	1	5-13	0-1	4-5	-3
Jabari Smith Jr. F	43	16	10	4	0	1	2	6-11	4-6	0-0	-1
Alperen Sengun F-C	42	33	10	10	2	1	4	14-27	0-2	5-6	-6
Reed Sheppard G	32	14	3	1	2	1	0	5-17	3-9	1-2	+5
Josh Okogie G	28	16	4	0	2	0	3	7-9	2-3	0-1	+9
Steven Adams C	16	3	0	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	1-2	-8
Aaron Holiday G	10	3	0	1	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	-7
Clint Capela C	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	-6

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray G	43	35	3	5	0	0	3	9-17	3-5	14-15	-4
Cameron Johnson F	43	13	3	2	0	0	0	5-9	2-5	1-2	+8
Nikola Jokic C	42	39	15	10	2	1	4	13-27	5-9	8-11	+1
Spencer Jones F	41	11	3	0	2	3	0	4-8	2-4	1-2	+1
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	40	13	1	2	2	0	0	4-10	2-8	3-3	+4
Bruce Brown G	27	2	9	4	3	0	1	1-3	0-0	0-0	-3
Jonas Valanciunas C	14	8	3	1	0	0	2	4-5	0-0	0-0	+6
Zeke Nnaji F-C	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	+5
Peyton Watson G	6	5	0	0	1	0	0	2-4	1-2	0-0	-3

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Alperen Sengun	Starter	42	33	55.7	35.5	-4.4	16.5
Kevin Durant	Starter	44	25	71.3	20.4	+0.9	13.5
Josh Okogie	Starter	28	16	84.7	18.5	+12.3	11.7
Jabari Smith Jr.	Starter	43	16	72.7	13.1	-2.6	9.6
Amen Thompson	Starter	44	14	46.1	16.2	-0.5	8.5
Reed Sheppard	Bench	32	14	39.1	24.3	+2.3	4.6
Steven Adams	Bench	16	3	79.8	7.5	-22.2	-3.1
Aaron Holiday	Bench	10	3	150.0	3.7	-46.4	5.6
Clint Capela	Bench	7	1	56.8	8.3	-43.2	9.1
Jeff Green	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
JD Davison	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Starter	42	39	61.2	39.1	+4.1	20.2
Jamal Murray	Starter	43	35	74.2	27.5	-6.3	15.3
Cameron Johnson	Starter	43	13	65.8	10.8	+7.9	4.8
Spencer Jones	Starter	41	11	61.9	10.0	+1.2	4.2
Peyton Watson	Starter	6	5	62.5	36.4	-14.4	8.7
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	40	13	57.4	13.3	+0.6	6.3
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	14	8	80.0	24.1	+22.2	5.8
Bruce Brown	Bench	27	2	33.3	6.8	-3.6	13.7
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	9	2	50.0	11.8	+31.3	5.9
Jalen Pickett	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Julian Strawther	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hunter Tyson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0