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Denver Nuggets vs. Houston Rockets

December 20, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Rockets beat the Nuggets 115-101 on 2025-12-20 on the road against the Nuggets. The Nuggets started Tim Hardaway Jr., Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, and Spencer Jones. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Josh Okogie, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 14 points (4/13) in his matchups, with Spencer Jones as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 18 points (7/17) in his matchups, with Alperen Sengun as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

DEN

Denver Nuggets 101

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray GS	34:35	16	4	7	2	0	2	0	4-13	3-7	5-6	-12
Cameron Johnson GS	31:53	6	4	3	1	0	0	1	2-10	1-3	1-1	-14
Tim Hardaway Jr. GS	29:54	8	2	0	1	0	2	3	3-9	2-5	0-0	-22
Nikola Jokić GS	29:08	25	7	5	0	0	5	5	9-20	1-4	6-7	-20
Spencer Jones GS	27:50	9	4	2	2	0	0	2	4-8	1-5	0-0	+1
Bruce Brown	27:44	12	12	1	2	1	0	5	5-8	0-1	2-2	-7
Jalen Pickett	22:22	10	4	1	0	0	1	2	4-7	0-1	2-2	+1
Jonas Valančiūnas	15:43	10	1	1	1	1	1	0	5-10	0-0	0-0	-10
Zeke Nnaji	11:19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	1-2	-1
Julian Strawther	4:46	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	2-3	+7
Hunter Tyson	4:46	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1-4	0-2	0-0	+7
Totals		101	39	21	9	2	11	20	37-92	8-29	19-23

HOU

Houston Rockets 115

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Durant GS	39:32	31	6	5	0	1	3	2	8-14	5-6	10-11	+18
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	38:29	22	10	2	0	1	4	3	8-14	5-11	1-2	+21
Amen Thompson GS	38:18	16	4	6	2	2	3	2	7-14	0-2	2-4	+19
Alperen Sengun GS	30:21	8	6	4	1	1	5	3	4-9	0-1	0-0	+24
Josh Okogie GS	28:38	9	3	1	0	1	0	4	3-5	3-5	0-0	+6
Reed Sheppard	30:00	28	2	6	3	2	1	4	9-15	6-9	4-4	+10
Steven Adams	25:14	1	12	0	0	0	0	1	0-4	0-0	1-2	-10
Aaron Holiday	7:57	0	4	0	0	0	3	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	-12
Jae'Sean Tate	1:30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-6
Totals		115	47	24	6	8	19	20	39-77	19-35	18-23

Did not play: Clint Capela (DNP - Coach's Decision), JD Davison (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Spencer Jones Starter 17.7 min
Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji · Julian Strawther · Hunter Tyson 4.8 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Cameron Johnson · Zeke Nnaji 4.4 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Spencer Jones 3.8 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Cameron Johnson 3.1 min

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Josh Okogie · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson Starter 11.9 min
Kevin Durant · Steven Adams · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 7.3 min
Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 5.5 min
Kevin Durant · Steven Adams · Josh Okogie · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 2.3 min
Kevin Durant · Steven Adams · Aaron Holiday · Josh Okogie · Amen Thompson 2.3 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Nuggets defense

Kevin Durant 14 pts (4/13) in 77 possessions

Guarded by: Spencer Jones (43 %, 0 pts) · Bruce Brown (17 %, 2 pts) · Cameron Johnson (11 %, 3 pts)
Alperen Sengun 14 pts (5/14) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Nikola Jokić (42 %, 10 pts) · Bruce Brown (12 %, 0 pts) · Jamal Murray (11 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jamal Murray	Josh Okogie: 28 poss., 7 pts (2/6) · Amen Thompson: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cameron Johnson	Jabari Smith Jr.: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Kevin Durant: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Amen Thompson: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Bruce Brown	Reed Sheppard: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Kevin Durant: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Nikola Jokić	Alperen Sengun: 25 poss., 10 pts (4/9) · Steven Adams: 13 poss., 6 pts (3/5)
Spencer Jones	Kevin Durant: 33 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jalen Pickett	Reed Sheppard: 20 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Amen Thompson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jonas Valanciunas	Steven Adams: 14 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Alperen Sengun: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Zeke Nnaji	Alperen Sengun: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 6 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Hunter Tyson	Jabari Smith Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kevin Durant: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Strawther	Kevin Durant: 4 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Alperen Sengun: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Rockets defense

Nikola Jokić 18 pts (7/17) in 55 possessions

Guarded by: Alperen Sengun (42 %, 2 pts) · Steven Adams (23 %, 0 pts) · Amen Thompson (9 %, 3 pts)
Jamal Murray 15 pts (6/9) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Josh Okogie (39 %, 0 pts) · Amen Thompson (25 %, 6 pts) · Reed Sheppard (10 %, 6 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kevin Durant	Spencer Jones: 27 poss., 10 pts (3/4) · Bruce Brown: 21 poss., 4 pts (0/2)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Cameron Johnson: 24 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Amen Thompson	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jamal Murray: 16 poss., 6 pts (3/5)
Reed Sheppard	Jalen Pickett: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Bruce Brown: 15 poss., 4 pts (0/3)
Alperen Sengun	Nikola Jokić: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Bruce Brown: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Okogie	Jamal Murray: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Steven Adams	Jonas Valanciunas: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nikola Jokić: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Aaron Holiday	Jalen Pickett: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jamal Murray: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jae'Sean Tate	Julian Strawther: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Pickett: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)