Match summary — NBA LAS VEGAS SUMMER LEAGUE 2026
DENVER NUGGETS lost to HOUSTON ROCKETS 86-97 on in the NBA LAS VEGAS SUMMER LEAGUE 2026. HOUSTON ROCKETS won by a 11-point margin. Bruce Thornton led all scorers with 27 points. DENVER NUGGETS shot 40.0% from the field while HOUSTON ROCKETS managed 40.3%. DENVER NUGGETS collected 45 rebounds and HOUSTON ROCKETS grabbed 34. This game was played as part of the NBA LAS VEGAS SUMMER LEAGUE 2026 season in United States. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
DENVER NUGGETS
86 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | * K.j. Simpson | 30:02 | 17 | 4/13 | 4/9 | 0/4 | 6/7 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | * Trevon Brazile | 28:38 | 5 | 2/8 | 1/7 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | * Bryce Hopkins | 26:24 | 24 | 9/13 | 8/11 | 1/2 | 3/6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 |
| * Erik Stevenson | 24:40 | 6 | 3/8 | 3/4 | 0/4 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | |
| * Giovanni Emejuru | 18:59 | 2 | 0/4 | 0/4 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Dejon Jarreau | 17:54 | 9 | 3/8 | 2/6 | 1/2 | 2/3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | |
| Jahmi'us Ramsey | 15:43 | 3 | 1/5 | 0/0 | 1/5 | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Matthew Murrell | 13:58 | 8 | 3/5 | 3/3 | 0/2 | 2/2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Osayi Osifo | 13:27 | 8 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 3/3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |
| Mark Sears | 10:16 | 4 | 2/5 | 2/3 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team totals | 200:01 | 86 | 28/70 | 24/48 | 4/22 | 17/24 | 30 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 90 | |
HOUSTON ROCKETS
97 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | * Bruce Thornton | 35:06 | 27 | 7/18 | 4/10 | 3/8 | 7/7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 |
| 27 | * Isaiah Crawford | 32:53 | 17 | 5/16 | 4/8 | 1/8 | 4/4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 |
| 25 | * Quadir Copeland | 30:31 | 14 | 4/6 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 13 | * Tristen Newton | 25:50 | 13 | 3/9 | 3/5 | 0/4 | 4/7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| * Michael Foster | 14:51 | 4 | 2/5 | 2/4 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| 15 | Daishen Nix | 25:25 | 10 | 3/7 | 2/4 | 1/3 | 3/5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Oscar Cluff | 21:05 | 6 | 3/5 | 3/3 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | |
| Miller Kopp | 10:17 | 6 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Ben Middlebrooks | 04:02 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 97 | 29/72 | 20/37 | 9/35 | 20/27 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 103 | |