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Houston Rockets vs. Denver Nuggets

November 9, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Rockets beat the Nuggets 110-100 on 2026-11-09 at home. The Rockets started Kevin Durant, Fred VanVleet, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., and Amen Thompson. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, and Christian Braun. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 21 points (7/18) in his matchups, with Alperen Sengun as his primary defender. Alperen Sengun (Rockets) scored 14 points (5/15) in his matchups, with Nikola Jokić as his primary defender.

Box score

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

HOU

Houston Rockets 110

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jabari Smith Jr. GS	37:33	14	7	3	0	0	0	3	6-13	2-8	0-0	+10
Kevin Durant GS	36:10	23	12	8	0	1	6	4	6-15	1-3	10-10	+3
Alperen Sengun GS	35:07	20	11	8	1	1	2	4	9-17	1-3	1-3	-3
Amen Thompson GS	35:07	8	9	3	1	0	1	1	3-8	0-0	2-2	+1
Fred VanVleet GS	30:00	12	1	2	0	0	1	2	4-9	3-6	1-2	+1
Tari Eason	18:53	12	5	2	2	1	0	3	5-11	2-6	0-0	+18
Marcus Smart	17:15	5	2	2	1	0	0	2	2-5	1-3	0-0	+6
Reed Sheppard	17:00	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	3-8	2-7	0-0	+11
Bogdan Bogdanović	11:50	8	3	1	0	0	0	1	3-5	2-2	0-0	+7
Isaiah Crawford	0:33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Bruce Thornton	0:33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Totals		110	50	29	5	3	10	21	41-91	14-38	14-17

Did not play: Steven Adams (DNP - Coach's Decision), Clint Capela (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jae'Sean Tate (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DEN

Denver Nuggets 100

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray GS	39:12	38	2	2	1	2	1	0	14-23	5-8	5-5	+1
Nikola Jokić GS	38:38	25	16	9	1	2	3	4	11-21	1-5	2-2	-2
Christian Braun GS	32:24	4	5	3	3	0	1	1	2-7	0-4	0-2	-1
Cameron Johnson GS	30:42	8	2	1	2	0	2	3	2-6	2-5	2-3	-2
Aaron Gordon GS	30:09	3	5	2	0	0	3	5	1-6	0-2	1-2	+6
DeMar DeRozan	19:12	7	4	2	0	0	0	2	2-8	0-1	3-3	-16
Spencer Jones	13:54	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0-3	0-2	0-0	-19
Trevon Brazile	13:33	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	2-3	0-1	1-2	-3
Marvin Bagley III	12:25	6	3	0	0	1	0	2	2-2	0-0	2-4	-7
Tyus Jones	5:35	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	2-2	-11
Bryce Hopkins	3:14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	0
Alpha Diallo	0:33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
DaRon Holmes II	0:33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Totals		100	39	20	7	6	10	18	37-83	8-29	18-25

Did not play: Zeke Nnaji (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

HOU

Houston Rockets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Kevin Durant · Fred VanVleet · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson Starter 15.5 min
Bogdan Bogdanović · Alperen Sengun · Jabari Smith Jr. · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 5.2 min
Kevin Durant · Fred VanVleet · Alperen Sengun · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson 3.6 min
Bogdan Bogdanović · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Amen Thompson · Reed Sheppard 3.6 min
Kevin Durant · Marcus Smart · Jabari Smith Jr. · Tari Eason · Reed Sheppard 3.0 min

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun Starter 19.0 min
Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Christian Braun · Trevon Brazile 5.0 min
DeMar DeRozan · Aaron Gordon · Jamal Murray · Marvin Bagley III · Cameron Johnson 3.4 min
DeMar DeRozan · Nikola Jokić · Tyus Jones · Trevon Brazile · Spencer Jones 3.3 min
DeMar DeRozan · Nikola Jokić · Trevon Brazile · Spencer Jones · Bryce Hopkins 2.7 min

Who guarded whom

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

Rockets defense

Nikola Jokić 21 pts (7/18) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Alperen Sengun (49 %, 9 pts) · Amen Thompson (14 %, 0 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (10 %, 2 pts)
Jamal Murray 14 pts (6/13) in 75 possessions

Guarded by: Amen Thompson (33 %, 2 pts) · Jabari Smith Jr. (16 %, 0 pts) · Marcus Smart (13 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kevin Durant	Aaron Gordon: 37 poss., 11 pts (3/5) · Spencer Jones: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jabari Smith Jr.	Cameron Johnson: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jamal Murray: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Alperen Sengun	Nikola Jokić: 36 poss., 9 pts (4/10) · Marvin Bagley III: 11 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
Amen Thompson	Jamal Murray: 24 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Cameron Johnson: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Fred VanVleet	Christian Braun: 41 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Jamal Murray: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Tari Eason	Nikola Jokić: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Cameron Johnson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Reed Sheppard	Jamal Murray: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Spencer Jones: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Marcus Smart	Jamal Murray: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Trevon Brazile: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Bogdan Bogdanović	DeMar DeRozan: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jamal Murray: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)

Nuggets defense

Alperen Sengun 14 pts (5/15) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Nikola Jokić (48 %, 9 pts) · Marvin Bagley III (12 %, 1 pts) · Jamal Murray (12 %, 1 pts)
Kevin Durant 16 pts (5/12) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Aaron Gordon (29 %, 3 pts) · Cameron Johnson (17 %, 2 pts) · Spencer Jones (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Jokić	Alperen Sengun: 30 poss., 9 pts (4/11) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/4)
Jamal Murray	Amen Thompson: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Fred VanVleet: 9 poss., 9 pts (2/3)
Christian Braun	Fred VanVleet: 31 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Aaron Gordon	Kevin Durant: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Cameron Johnson	Jabari Smith Jr.: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kevin Durant: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
DeMar DeRozan	Bogdan Bogdanović: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Tari Eason: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Trevon Brazile	Kevin Durant: 7 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Jabari Smith Jr.: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Spencer Jones	Kevin Durant: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Marcus Smart: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Marvin Bagley III	Alperen Sengun: 8 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Amen Thompson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyus Jones	Reed Sheppard: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Marcus Smart: 2 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Bryce Hopkins	Tari Eason: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Amen Thompson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)