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Houston Rockets vs. Denver Nuggets

November 21, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Rockets 112-109 on 2025-11-21 on the road against the Rockets. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Steven Adams, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, and Peyton Watson. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 18 points (8/17) in his matchups, with Alperen Sengun as his primary defender. Kevin Durant (Rockets) scored 8 points (2/8) in his matchups, with Peyton Watson as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU

Houston Rockets 109

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson GS	43:27	22	7	2	2	0	3	3	10-18	1-2	1-1	-10
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	36:57	21	11	4	0	1	3	6	7-20	5-11	2-3	-8
Alperen Sengun GS	36:09	14	5	6	1	0	4	5	6-14	0-1	2-3	-16
Kevin Durant GS	35:15	13	8	2	2	1	2	3	5-15	1-5	2-3	-7
Steven Adams GS	23:07	5	8	2	0	0	1	1	2-2	0-0	1-3	+14
Reed Sheppard	36:45	27	0	4	2	0	1	2	9-13	5-8	4-6	+13
Aaron Holiday	13:29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-3	0-3	1-1	+3
Josh Okogie	11:07	6	2	1	0	0	0	1	2-6	2-6	0-0	+4
Clint Capela	3:45	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	-8
Totals		109	41	21	8	2	14	22	41-93	14-36	13-20

Did not play: JD Davison (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeff Green (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jae'Sean Tate (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DEN

Denver Nuggets 112

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray GS	40:32	26	2	10	1	1	4	2	10-16	3-7	3-4	+6
Nikola Jokić GS	39:20	34	10	9	2	2	4	5	11-20	4-8	8-10	+4
Peyton Watson GS	34:14	9	10	3	1	1	3	2	3-5	0-0	3-4	+15
Cameron Johnson GS	32:13	9	5	1	1	1	1	3	2-6	1-2	4-4	-3
Aaron Gordon GS	3:21	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0-1	0-1	1-2	+4
Tim Hardaway Jr.	31:30	12	3	2	0	0	0	0	5-11	2-7	0-1	+4
Spencer Jones	21:44	3	4	0	0	0	0	4	1-1	1-1	0-0	-1
Bruce Brown	20:52	10	1	3	3	1	0	3	4-8	0-2	2-2	-15
Jonas Valančiūnas	16:14	8	1	0	0	1	1	1	4-8	0-1	0-0	+1
Totals		112	38	28	8	7	14	20	40-76	11-29	21-27

Did not play: Zeke Nnaji (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jalen Pickett (DNP - Coach's Decision), Hunter Tyson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Steven Adams · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson Starter 6.5 min
Kevin Durant · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 15.2 min
Steven Adams · Aaron Holiday · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 5.0 min
Steven Adams · Aaron Holiday · Alperen Sengun · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.5 min
Kevin Durant · Josh Okogie · Alperen Sengun · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 4.2 min

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Peyton Watson Starter 2.3 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Peyton Watson 9.8 min
Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones 6.8 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Spencer Jones 6.4 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Peyton Watson 3.8 min

Who guarded whom

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

Rockets defense

Nikola Jokić 18 pts (8/17) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Alperen Sengun (41 %, 2 pts) · Steven Adams (18 %, 2 pts) · Amen Thompson (18 %, 7 pts)
Jamal Murray 9 pts (4/12) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Amen Thompson (35 %, 4 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (23 %, 3 pts) · Alperen Sengun (9 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Amen Thompson	Jamal Murray: 26 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/7)
Alperen Sengun	Nikola Jokić: 30 poss., 2 pts (1/7) · Spencer Jones: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Kevin Durant	Peyton Watson: 42 poss., 6 pts (3/9) · Nikola Jokić: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Cameron Johnson: 22 poss., 2 pts (0/5) · Jamal Murray: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Reed Sheppard	Spencer Jones: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Steven Adams	Jonas Valanciunas: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Nikola Jokić: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Aaron Holiday	Jamal Murray: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Okogie	Jamal Murray: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Clint Capela	Jonas Valanciunas: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nikola Jokić: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Nuggets defense

Kevin Durant 8 pts (2/8) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Peyton Watson (56 %, 2 pts) · Cameron Johnson (12 %, 2 pts) · Jamal Murray (9 %, 2 pts)
Alperen Sengun 33 pts (13/21) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Nikola Jokić (50 %, 17 pts) · Jonas Valanciunas (10 %, 2 pts) · Spencer Jones (10 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Jokić	Alperen Sengun: 32 poss., 17 pts (7/12) · Steven Adams: 16 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Jamal Murray	Amen Thompson: 37 poss., 9 pts (3/6) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 9 poss., 7 pts (2/2)
Peyton Watson	Kevin Durant: 36 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Cameron Johnson	Jabari Smith Jr.: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Reed Sheppard: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Jabari Smith Jr.: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Reed Sheppard: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Spencer Jones	Jabari Smith Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Reed Sheppard: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bruce Brown	Reed Sheppard: 17 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Amen Thompson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonas Valanciunas	Steven Adams: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Alperen Sengun: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Aaron Gordon	Alperen Sengun: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Steven Adams: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)