Match summary — NBA 2020-2021
DENVER NUGGETS defeated HOUSTON ROCKETS 129-116 on in the NBA 2020-2021. DENVER NUGGETS won by a 13-point margin. Michael Porter Jr. led all scorers with 39 points. DENVER NUGGETS shot 59.5% from the field while HOUSTON ROCKETS managed 51.7%. DENVER NUGGETS collected 36 rebounds and HOUSTON ROCKETS grabbed 24. This game was played as part of the NBA 2020-2021 season in United States. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
DENVER NUGGETS
129 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Michael Porter Jr. | 35:45 | 39 | 13/21 | 5/9 | 8/12 | 5/5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 |
| * Facundo Campazzo | 33:32 | 5 | 1/5 | 1/2 | 0/3 | 3/3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| * Nikola Jokic | 29:01 | 24 | 10/14 | 10/14 | 0/0 | 4/6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 42 |
| * Pj Dozier | 27:48 | 23 | 10/13 | 7/8 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 |
| * Aaron Gordon | 19:38 | 7 | 3/7 | 2/3 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Austin Rivers | 29:04 | 9 | 3/7 | 1/1 | 2/6 | 1/2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Jamychal Green | 20:59 | 10 | 4/5 | 2/3 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Javale Mcgee | 15:08 | 6 | 3/5 | 3/4 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| Shaquille Harrison | 14:19 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Vlatko Cancar | 03:51 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zeke Nnaji | 03:51 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bol Bol | 03:32 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Markus Howard | 03:32 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Team totals | 240:00 | 129 | 50/84 | 34/47 | 16/37 | 13/16 | 35 | 1 | 36 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 178 |
HOUSTON ROCKETS
116 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * D.j. Wilson | 39:53 | 25 | 10/17 | 7/10 | 3/7 | 2/2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 |
| * Kelly Olynyk | 34:30 | 21 | 4/11 | 2/5 | 2/6 | 11/11 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 |
| * Jae'sean Tate | 21:17 | 14 | 6/10 | 5/8 | 1/2 | 1/4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| Anthony Lamb | 30:34 | 21 | 8/14 | 4/5 | 4/9 | 1/1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| Daquan Jeffries | 29:04 | 5 | 2/6 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Team totals | 155:18 | 86 | 30/58 | 19/31 | 11/27 | 15/18 | 20 | 4 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 113 |