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Denver Nuggets vs. Houston Rockets

March 11, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Rockets 129-93 on 2026-03-11 at home. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, and Christian Braun. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, and Amen Thompson. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 12 points (4/8) in his matchups, with Christian Braun as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 12 points (6/12) in his matchups, with Clint Capela as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DEN

Denver Nuggets 129

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray GS	31:24	30	2	4	1	0	1	0	11-21	3-4	5-6	+25
Nikola Jokić GS	30:25	16	12	13	5	1	5	2	6-12	0-2	4-5	+27
Christian Braun GS	26:06	19	4	3	1	0	0	0	8-10	3-4	0-0	+20
Cameron Johnson GS	24:46	17	2	4	2	2	0	1	6-9	3-5	2-2	+23
Aaron Gordon GS	22:29	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	+17
Tim Hardaway Jr.	21:03	14	3	1	0	0	1	3	5-9	4-6	0-0	+15
Bruce Brown	19:44	7	1	2	0	0	1	1	2-5	1-2	2-4	+17
Spencer Jones	19:41	0	3	2	2	0	0	1	0-2	0-0	0-0	+17
Jonas Valančiūnas	11:43	12	5	3	0	0	0	4	6-6	0-0	0-0	+7
Julian Strawther	7:33	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2-3	2-2	0-0	+3
Tyus Jones	7:33	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-1	+3
Zeke Nnaji	5:51	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0-2	0-1	1-2	+2
David Roddy	5:51	2	4	1	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	2-2	+2
Jalen Pickett	5:51	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	+2
Totals		129	42	36	12	4	9	15	48-87	17-32	16-22

HOU

Houston Rockets 93

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson GS	30:13	16	5	4	1	0	2	2	8-14	0-1	0-1	-17
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	27:54	11	7	2	1	0	1	4	5-10	1-2	0-0	-12
Kevin Durant GS	26:03	11	4	5	0	0	3	2	5-8	0-2	1-1	-18
Alperen Sengun GS	24:13	10	2	3	0	3	2	2	5-8	0-1	0-4	-17
Tari Eason GS	21:35	8	8	2	1	0	1	0	4-9	0-4	0-0	-17
Reed Sheppard	27:06	9	2	2	2	1	3	2	4-12	1-9	0-0	-26
Clint Capela	23:47	9	7	0	1	1	2	2	4-7	0-0	1-2	-19
Josh Okogie	23:35	12	4	3	1	1	0	2	5-11	2-5	0-2	-22
Aaron Holiday	16:01	2	1	3	0	0	1	2	1-10	0-4	0-0	-17
Isaiah Crawford	12:00	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-5	0-2	3-4	-12
Jeff Green	7:33	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-3	0-0	-3
Totals		93	44	25	7	6	15	18	42-97	4-33	5-14

Did not play: Dorian Finney-Smith (NWT - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun Starter 14.3 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Spencer Jones 7.6 min
Tyus Jones · Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji · Julian Strawther · David Roddy 5.9 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Christian Braun 5.2 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Spencer Jones 3.2 min

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson Starter 10.4 min
Jeff Green · Clint Capela · Aaron Holiday · Josh Okogie · Isaiah Crawford 7.6 min
Clint Capela · Aaron Holiday · Josh Okogie · Reed Sheppard · Isaiah Crawford 4.5 min
Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.4 min
Clint Capela · Aaron Holiday · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Nuggets defense

Kevin Durant 12 pts (4/8) in 49 possessions

Guarded by: Christian Braun (50 %, 3 pts) · Jamal Murray (10 %, 5 pts) · Aaron Gordon (10 %, 0 pts)
Alperen Sengun 17 pts (8/14) in 48 possessions

Guarded by: Nikola Jokić (42 %, 7 pts) · Aaron Gordon (17 %, 0 pts) · Jonas Valanciunas (17 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jamal Murray	Amen Thompson: 19 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Josh Okogie: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Nikola Jokić	Alperen Sengun: 20 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Clint Capela: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Christian Braun	Kevin Durant: 24 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Tari Eason: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Cameron Johnson	Jabari Smith Jr.: 19 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Amen Thompson: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Reed Sheppard: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Aaron Holiday: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Aaron Gordon	Alperen Sengun: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tari Eason: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Spencer Jones	Isaiah Crawford: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Reed Sheppard: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bruce Brown	Reed Sheppard: 18 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Amen Thompson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonas Valanciunas	Clint Capela: 10 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Alperen Sengun: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Julian Strawther	Josh Okogie: 6 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Jeff Green: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyus Jones	Aaron Holiday: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Josh Okogie: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jalen Pickett	Aaron Holiday: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Crawford: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
David Roddy	Jeff Green: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Crawford: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Zeke Nnaji	Clint Capela: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jeff Green: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Rockets defense

Nikola Jokić 12 pts (6/12) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Clint Capela (29 %, 2 pts) · Tari Eason (20 %, 0 pts) · Alperen Sengun (12 %, 2 pts)
Jamal Murray 2 pts (1/8) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Jabari Smith Jr. (20 %, 2 pts) · Amen Thompson (20 %, 0 pts) · Reed Sheppard (18 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Amen Thompson	Jamal Murray: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cameron Johnson: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Cameron Johnson: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jamal Murray: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kevin Durant	Christian Braun: 32 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Aaron Gordon: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Reed Sheppard	Bruce Brown: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Spencer Jones: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Clint Capela	Nikola Jokić: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Zeke Nnaji: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Alperen Sengun	Aaron Gordon: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Nikola Jokić: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Josh Okogie	Julian Strawther: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Jamal Murray: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tari Eason	Nikola Jokić: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Cameron Johnson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Aaron Holiday	Tyus Jones: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jamal Murray: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Isaiah Crawford	Jalen Pickett: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Spencer Jones: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeff Green	David Roddy: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bruce Brown: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)