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Rockets at Nuggets · Sat, Dec 20 · Regular season

Houston beat Denver, 115⁠-⁠101. Here is how the win chance moved.

Houston115Denver101

Final · DEC 20
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Win chance

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Above the middle line the home team is favored, below it the road team. How this works

01Box score

Updated 1:12 PM ET

Houston Rockets

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVFG3PFT+/-
Kevin Durant F4031650138-145-610-11+18
Jabari Smith Jr. F38221020148-145-111-2+21
Amen Thompson G-F3816462237-140-22-4+19
Reed Sheppard G3028263219-156-94-4+10
Alperen Sengun F-C308641154-90-10-0+24
Josh Okogie G299310103-53-50-0+6
Steven Adams C2511200000-40-01-2-10
Aaron Holiday G80400030-20-10-0-12
Jae'Sean Tate F20000000-00-00-0-6
Team1154724681939-7719-3518-23

Denver Nuggets

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVFG3PFT+/-
Jamal Murray G3516472024-133-75-6-12
Cameron Johnson F326431002-101-31-1-14
Tim Hardaway Jr. G308201023-92-50-0-22
Nikola Jokic C2925750059-201-46-7-20
Bruce Brown G28121212105-80-12-2-7
Spencer Jones F289422004-81-50-0+1
Jalen Pickett G2210410014-70-12-2+1
Jonas Valanciunas C1610111115-100-00-0-10
Zeke Nnaji F-C111000000-10-11-2-1
Hunter Tyson F52100001-40-20-0+7
Julian Strawther G52010000-20-02-3+7
Team1013921921137-928-2919-23

02Top performers

Pre-game matchup: edges and tale of the tape

03Where the edges are

2025-26 so far

Rockets edges

No clear mismatch in Houston's favor.

Nuggets edges

No clear mismatch in Denver's favor.

Key battles

  • Denver's offense gets to the line (4th), but Houston's defense defends without fouling (5th). Watch the free throws.

An edge is where one team ranks top 5 on a four-factor battle and the other ranks bottom 8. How edges work

04Tale of the tape

2025-26 so far
HOURankStatRankDEN
119.68thOffensive rating1st123.4
114.27thDefensive rating21st118.2
+5.46thNet rating7th+5.2
95.229thPace20th97.7
54.217thEffective FG %1st57.7
12.620thTurnover %3rd10.9
34.81stOffensive rebound %24th23.6
19.919thFree throw rate4th23.7
53.06thOpponent eFG %14th54.3
11.621stForced turnover %30th10.0
74.59thDefensive rebound %7th75.3
18.95thOpponent FT rate10th19.6