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115-101
Final
December 20, 2025 · Ball Arena
Denver NuggetsDenver Nuggets20-7

Houston Rockets vs Denver Nuggets · December 20, 2025

The Houston Rockets beat the Denver Nuggets 115-101 on Saturday, December 20, 2025 on the road. Kevin Durant led the Rockets with 31 points. Nikola Jokic led the Nuggets with 25 points. The Rockets are 17-8 and the Nuggets 20-7.

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Top performers · fantasy points · tap for shot chart

Reed SheppardHOU · 28 pts · 2 reb · 6 ast29.9 Kevin DurantHOU · 31 pts · 6 reb · 5 ast25.2 Bruce BrownDEN · 12 pts · 12 reb · 1 ast18.9 Jabari Smith Jr.HOU · 22 pts · 10 reb · 2 ast14.2 Jamal MurrayDEN · 16 pts · 4 reb · 7 ast13.5 Amen ThompsonHOU · 16 pts · 4 reb · 6 ast13.1

Shot charts

Rockets · 39/77 FG

Q1 11:25 · Alperen Sengun makes 1-foot two point shot (Kevin Durant assists) Q1 1.8 · Alperen Sengun misses 15-foot fade away jump shot Q2 5:26 · Alperen Sengun misses 18-foot pullup jump shot Q2 4:13 · Alperen Sengun makes 1-foot dunk (Kevin Durant assists) Q2 3:36 · Alperen Sengun misses 3-foot two point shot Q3 11:09 · Alperen Sengun misses 16-foot jumper Q3 8:47 · Alperen Sengun makes 1-foot driving dunk Q3 6:51 · Alperen Sengun misses 24-foot three point jumper Q3 1:46 · Alperen Sengun makes driving layup Q1 10:24 · Kevin Durant misses 12-foot two point shot Q1 9:55 · Kevin Durant makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists) Q1 4:14 · Kevin Durant misses 2-foot two point shot Q2 11:38 · Kevin Durant misses 15-foot two point shot Q2 10:22 · Kevin Durant misses 11-foot turnaround jump shot Q2 9:50 · Kevin Durant makes 24-foot three point jumper (Reed Sheppard assists) Q2 9:15 · Kevin Durant makes 27-foot three pointer Q2 2:59 · Kevin Durant makes 10-foot pullup jump shot Q3 9:23 · Kevin Durant misses 28-foot running jump shot Q3 8:08 · Kevin Durant makes 11-foot turnaround jump shot Q3 4:12 · Kevin Durant makes 14-foot pullup jump shot Q3 2:59 · Kevin Durant misses 14-foot jumper Q4 11:12 · Kevin Durant makes 24-foot three point jumper (Amen Thompson assists) Q4 6:34 · Kevin Durant makes 26-foot three point jumper (Reed Sheppard assists) Q1 10:23 · Amen Thompson makes tip shot Q1 9:34 · Amen Thompson misses 11-foot pullup jump shot Q1 6:49 · Amen Thompson makes dunk (Alperen Sengun assists) Q1 2:28 · Amen Thompson misses 25-foot three point jumper Q1 1:09 · Jonas Valanciunas blocks Amen Thompson 's 2-foot dunk Q1 0.3 · Amen Thompson misses tip shot Q2 10:59 · Amen Thompson misses 24-foot three point jumper Q2 5:20 · Amen Thompson makes layup (Jabari Smith Jr. assists) Q2 5:04 · Amen Thompson makes dunk (Reed Sheppard assists) Q2 0.3 · Amen Thompson misses driving floating jump shot Q4 9:21 · Amen Thompson misses 15-foot pullup jump shot Q4 6:47 · Amen Thompson makes 5-foot two point shot Q4 4:46 · Amen Thompson makes running dunk Q4 28.8 · Amen Thompson makes dunk (Reed Sheppard assists) Q1 8:59 · Jabari Smith Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Josh Okogie assists) Q1 8:04 · Jabari Smith Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper Q1 7:22 · Jabari Smith Jr. makes 20-foot pullup jump shot Q2 4:35 · Jabari Smith Jr. misses 25-foot running jump shot Q3 11:46 · Jabari Smith Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kevin Durant assists) Q3 10:37 · Jabari Smith Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper Q3 9:44 · Jabari Smith Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists) Q3 5:06 · Jabari Smith Jr. makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot (Kevin Durant assists) Q4 10:33 · Jabari Smith Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper Q4 6:03 · Jabari Smith Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kevin Durant assists) Q4 4:59 · Jabari Smith Jr. makes 2-foot dunk (Reed Sheppard assists) Q4 3:14 · Jabari Smith Jr. misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot Q4 2:26 · Jabari Smith Jr. misses 22-foot three point jumper Q4 1:00 · Jabari Smith Jr. makes dunk (Amen Thompson assists) Q1 4:39 · Reed Sheppard misses 10-foot fade away jump shot Q1 4:00 · Reed Sheppard makes 25-foot three pointer Q1 3:21 · Reed Sheppard makes 25-foot three point jumper (Amen Thompson assists) Q1 2:16 · Reed Sheppard makes 23-foot three point jumper (Amen Thompson assists) Q1 1:39 · Reed Sheppard misses 30-foot three point jumper Q2 8:30 · Reed Sheppard makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Amen Thompson assists) Q2 7:51 · Reed Sheppard misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot Q3 2:25 · Reed Sheppard misses 15-foot pullup jump shot Q3 1:15 · Reed Sheppard makes 26-foot three pointer Q3 56.3 · Reed Sheppard makes 23-foot running jump shot (Amen Thompson assists) Q3 2.6 · Reed Sheppard makes 25-foot three pointer Q4 11:14 · Bruce Brown blocks Reed Sheppard 's 12-foot pullup jump shot Q4 9:51 · Reed Sheppard misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot Q4 7:46 · Reed Sheppard makes 2-foot two point shot Q4 2:02 · Reed Sheppard makes 1-foot running dunk Q1 1:06 · Steven Adams misses two point shot Q1 31.7 · Steven Adams misses tip shot Q2 1:55 · Steven Adams misses 9-foot floating jump shot Q4 3:11 · Steven Adams misses tip shot Q1 36.8 · Aaron Holiday misses 18-foot pullup jump shot Q2 2:40 · Aaron Holiday misses 26-foot three point jumper Q2 7:00 · Josh Okogie makes 23-foot three point jumper (Reed Sheppard assists) Q2 6:30 · Josh Okogie makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jabari Smith Jr. assists) Q2 6:00 · Josh Okogie makes 26-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists) Q2 1:06 · Josh Okogie misses 24-foot three point jumper Q4 8:14 · Josh Okogie misses 22-foot three point jumper
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Nuggets · 37/92 FG

Q1 12:00 · Cameron Johnson misses 23-foot three point jumper Q1 7:58 · Cameron Johnson misses running layup Q1 7:13 · Cameron Johnson makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists) Q2 8:10 · Cameron Johnson misses 2-foot driving layup Q2 6:20 · Reed Sheppard blocks Cameron Johnson 's 3-foot layup Q3 6:13 · Cameron Johnson misses 17-foot pullup jump shot Q3 5:45 · Josh Okogie blocks Cameron Johnson 's 4-foot running layup Q3 4:55 · Cameron Johnson makes driving dunk Q4 10:23 · Cameron Johnson misses 26-foot three point jumper Q4 9:40 · Cameron Johnson misses 20-foot pullup jump shot Q1 10:36 · Spencer Jones misses 23-foot running jump shot Q1 10:07 · Spencer Jones makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Jamal Murray assists) Q1 8:19 · Spencer Jones makes 2-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists) Q1 4:55 · Spencer Jones makes two point shot Q1 3:41 · Spencer Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper Q1 56.7 · Spencer Jones makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jonas Valanciunas assists) Q2 1:22 · Spencer Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper Q3 2:44 · Spencer Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper Q1 9:43 · Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot Q1 6:29 · Nikola Jokic makes 4-foot two point shot Q1 5:47 · Nikola Jokic makes 4-foot two point shot Q1 5:17 · Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot Q1 4:29 · Nikola Jokic makes driving layup Q2 3:56 · Nikola Jokic misses 24-foot three point jumper Q2 3:22 · Kevin Durant blocks Nikola Jokic 's 5-foot turnaround jump shot Q2 2:10 · Nikola Jokic makes driving layup Q2 39.2 · Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot two point shot Q2 19.3 · Nikola Jokic misses 15-foot jumper Q3 10:56 · Amen Thompson blocks Nikola Jokic 's 3-foot layup Q3 10:51 · Nikola Jokic misses 13-foot turnaround jump shot Q3 10:47 · Nikola Jokic misses two point shot Q3 10:13 · Nikola Jokic makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists) Q3 8:26 · Nikola Jokic misses 6-foot two point shot Q3 8:23 · Nikola Jokic makes two point shot Q3 7:47 · Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot Q4 11:48 · Nikola Jokic makes layup (Cameron Johnson assists) Q4 8:03 · Nikola Jokic misses 21-foot floating jump shot Q4 5:41 · Nikola Jokic makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot Q1 9:19 · Tim Hardaway Jr. misses driving floating jump shot Q1 7:42 · Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 23-foot running jump shot (Jamal Murray assists) Q1 4:10 · Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 1-foot running dunk (Spencer Jones assists) Q2 1:42 · Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper Q3 11:24 · Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper Q3 9:03 · Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 24-foot three pointer (Jamal Murray assists) Q3 5:11 · Tim Hardaway Jr. misses running dunk Q3 4:26 · Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 16-foot pullup jump shot Q4 9:12 · Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 27-foot running jump shot Q1 8:43 · Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot Q1 3:35 · Jamal Murray makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists) Q1 2:55 · Jamal Murray misses 15-foot step back jumpshot Q1 10.6 · Jamal Murray makes 27-foot three point jumper (Spencer Jones assists) Q2 4:41 · Alperen Sengun blocks Jamal Murray 's 14-foot two point shot Q2 2:48 · Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot Q3 10:25 · Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper Q3 9:29 · Jamal Murray misses driving layup Q3 6:39 · Jamal Murray misses 24-foot three point jumper Q3 4:32 · Jamal Murray misses 16-foot pullup jump shot Q3 21.4 · Jamal Murray misses two point shot Q4 7:41 · Jamal Murray makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot Q4 7:10 · Jamal Murray makes 23-foot three point step back jumpshot (Nikola Jokic assists) Q1 1:26 · Jonas Valanciunas misses 8-foot fade away jump shot Q2 10:41 · Jonas Valanciunas misses 17-foot jumper Q2 10:03 · Jonas Valanciunas misses 8-foot two point shot Q2 9:32 · Jonas Valanciunas makes 11-foot jumper (Cameron Johnson assists) Q2 8:56 · Jonas Valanciunas makes 2-foot two point shot (Cameron Johnson assists) Q2 8:08 · Jonas Valanciunas makes two point shot Q2 6:43 · Jabari Smith Jr. blocks Jonas Valanciunas 's 1-foot dunk Q3 7:00 · Jonas Valanciunas misses driving floating jump shot Q3 5:39 · Jonas Valanciunas makes 10-foot jumper (Jamal Murray assists) Q3 2:06 · Jonas Valanciunas makes 13-foot jumper (Jalen Pickett assists) Q2 11:29 · Bruce Brown makes two point shot Q3 3:42 · Bruce Brown misses 24-foot three point jumper Q3 2:38 · Bruce Brown makes 6-foot floating jump shot Q3 42.3 · Bruce Brown misses driving layup Q4 10:01 · Bruce Brown makes 1-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists) Q4 4:05 · Bruce Brown makes running layup (Julian Strawther assists) Q4 2:35 · Bruce Brown makes two point shot Q4 51.8 · Bruce Brown misses driving floating jump shot Q2 10:45 · Jalen Pickett misses driving floating jump shot Q3 3:22 · Jalen Pickett makes 23-foot jumper (Jamal Murray assists) Q4 10:57 · Jalen Pickett makes 23-foot jumper (Nikola Jokic assists) Q4 10:17 · Jalen Pickett misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot Q4 4:21 · Jalen Pickett misses 18-foot pullup jump shot Q4 3:33 · Jalen Pickett makes 16-foot pullup jump shot Q4 2:16 · Jalen Pickett makes 1-foot two point shot (Bruce Brown assists) Q4 4:32 · Amen Thompson blocks Hunter Tyson 's 4-foot driving layup Q4 2:36 · Hunter Tyson misses 25-foot three point jumper Q4 1:35 · Hunter Tyson misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot Q4 11.9 · Hunter Tyson makes two point shot Q4 1:50 · Reed Sheppard blocks Julian Strawther 's 7-foot driving layup Q4 1:46 · Julian Strawther misses driving floating jump shot Q4 15.1 · Zeke Nnaji misses 24-foot three point jumper
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Green = made, red × = missed. Free throws are not shown.

Houston Rockets box score

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFTPF+/-FP
Kevin Durant › 403165013 8-145-610-112+1825.2
Jabari Smith Jr. › 3822102014 8-145-111-23+2114.2
Amen Thompson › 381646223 7-140-22-42+1913.1
Alperen Sengun › 30864115 4-90-10-03+243.3
Reed Sheppard › 302826321 9-156-94-44+1029.9
Josh Okogie › 29931010 3-53-50-04+69.6
Steven Adams › 251120000 0-40-01-21-104.1
Aaron Holiday › 8040003 0-20-10-01-12-3.9
Jae'Sean Tate › 2000000 0-00-00-00-60.0
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Denver Nuggets box score

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFTPF+/-FP
Jamal Murray › 351647202 4-133-75-60-1213.5
Cameron Johnson › 32643100 2-101-31-11-144.0
Tim Hardaway Jr. › 30820102 3-92-50-03-220.6
Nikola Jokic › 292575005 9-201-46-75-209.3
Spencer Jones 28942200 4-81-50-02+110.1
Bruce Brown › 2812121210 5-80-12-25-718.9
Jalen Pickett › 221041001 4-70-12-22+16.3
Jonas Valanciunas › 161011111 5-100-00-00-105.2
Zeke Nnaji 11100000 0-10-11-21-1-0.4
Hunter Tyson › 5210000 1-40-20-01+7-0.8
Julian Strawther › 5201000 0-20-02-30+70.6
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Rotation · who was on the floor, quarter by quarter

Houston Rockets
Q1Q2Q3Q4
MIN
K. Durant S
40
J. Smith Jr. S
38
A. Thompson S
38
A. Sengun S
30
J. Okogie S
29
R. Sheppard
30
S. Adams
25
A. Holiday
8
J. Tate
2
Denver Nuggets
Q1Q2Q3Q4
MIN
J. Murray S
35
C. Johnson S
32
T. Hardaway Jr. S
30
N. Jokic S
29
S. Jones S
28
B. Brown
28
J. Pickett
22
J. Valanciunas
16
Z. Nnaji
11
H. Tyson
5
J. Strawther
5

Bars show when each player was on the court (hover or tap for the exact clock). S = starter. Rebuilt from the play-by-play substitutions.

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