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125-128
Final/OT
December 15, 2025 · Ball Arena
Denver NuggetsDenver Nuggets19-6

Houston Rockets vs Denver Nuggets · December 15, 2025

The Denver Nuggets beat the Houston Rockets 128-125 on Monday, December 15, 2025 at home. Nikola Jokic led the Nuggets with 39 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists. Alperen Sengun led the Rockets with 33 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. The Nuggets are 19-6 and the Rockets 16-7.

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Nikola JokicDEN · 39 pts · 15 reb · 10 ast32.5 Kevin DurantHOU · 25 pts · 5 reb · 7 ast24.8 Alperen SengunHOU · 33 pts · 10 reb · 10 ast24.2 Jamal MurrayDEN · 35 pts · 3 reb · 5 ast23.3 Jabari Smith Jr.HOU · 16 pts · 10 reb · 4 ast15.5 Spencer JonesDEN · 11 pts · 3 reb · 0 ast14.3

Shot charts

Rockets · 47/94 FG

Q1 11:36 · Josh Okogie makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists) Q1 7:30 · Josh Okogie makes 2-foot dunk (Amen Thompson assists) Q3 10:28 · Josh Okogie makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jabari Smith Jr. assists) Q3 10:12 · Josh Okogie makes dunk (Kevin Durant assists) Q3 7:41 · Josh Okogie makes 1-foot two point shot Q3 5:56 · Josh Okogie misses layup Q3 5:54 · Josh Okogie makes tip shot Q3 4:32 · Josh Okogie makes 1-foot driving dunk (Jabari Smith Jr. assists) Q4 6:06 · Josh Okogie misses 22-foot three point jumper Q1 10:17 · Kevin Durant misses 16-foot two point shot Q1 7:52 · Kevin Durant misses 14-foot two point shot Q1 6:27 · Kevin Durant makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists) Q1 1:10 · Kevin Durant makes 14-foot two point shot Q2 4:48 · Kevin Durant makes 11-foot two point shot Q2 5.1 · Kevin Durant makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Jabari Smith Jr. assists) Q3 8:26 · Kevin Durant makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Alperen Sengun assists) Q3 3:56 · Kevin Durant makes 7-foot two point shot Q3 1:34 · Kevin Durant makes 15-foot two point shot Q3 19.3 · Kevin Durant misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot Q4 7:27 · Kevin Durant misses two point shot Q4 2:52 · Kevin Durant misses 14-foot pullup jump shot Q4 36.7 · Kevin Durant makes 27-foot three pointer (Alperen Sengun assists) Q5 3:57 · Kevin Durant misses 13-foot pullup jump shot Q1 9:29 · Alperen Sengun makes 11-foot two point shot Q1 9:04 · Alperen Sengun makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Jabari Smith Jr. assists) Q1 8:38 · Alperen Sengun makes 17-foot pullup jump shot Q1 7:11 · Alperen Sengun misses 26-foot three point jumper Q1 7:06 · Alperen Sengun makes 1-foot two point shot Q1 5:53 · Alperen Sengun makes 3-foot two point shot (Kevin Durant assists) Q2 10:05 · Alperen Sengun misses 15-foot pullup jump shot Q2 1:44 · Alperen Sengun makes two point shot (Amen Thompson assists) Q2 47.2 · Nikola Jokic blocks Alperen Sengun 's 3-foot two point shot Q2 40.4 · Alperen Sengun misses two point shot Q3 11:20 · Alperen Sengun misses 13-foot two point shot Q3 9:47 · Alperen Sengun misses driving floating jump shot Q3 9:28 · Alperen Sengun makes driving layup Q3 5:59 · Alperen Sengun misses 17-foot pullup jump shot Q3 5:25 · Alperen Sengun misses 7-foot two point shot Q4 10:58 · Alperen Sengun makes 12-foot jumper (Amen Thompson assists) Q4 9:19 · Alperen Sengun misses driving floating jump shot Q4 9:19 · Alperen Sengun makes two point shot Q4 7:59 · Alperen Sengun misses 16-foot two point shot Q4 3:28 · Alperen Sengun makes 10-foot two point shot Q4 1:39 · Alperen Sengun makes 11-foot jumper (Kevin Durant assists) Q4 2.3 · Alperen Sengun makes 2-foot two point shot Q5 3:18 · Alperen Sengun misses 13-foot two point shot Q5 2:41 · Alperen Sengun makes driving layup Q5 1:03 · Alperen Sengun misses tip shot Q5 37.7 · Alperen Sengun makes 1-foot layup (Reed Sheppard assists) Q5 4.9 · Alperen Sengun misses 24-foot three point shot Q1 5:10 · Jabari Smith Jr. misses 19-foot pullup jump shot Q1 2:24 · Jabari Smith Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Amen Thompson assists) Q1 39.5 · Jabari Smith Jr. misses 25-foot three point shot Q2 8:33 · Jabari Smith Jr. makes 2-foot layup (Alperen Sengun assists) Q2 2:04 · Jabari Smith Jr. misses 12-foot two point shot Q3 8:54 · Jabari Smith Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kevin Durant assists) Q3 45.6 · Jabari Smith Jr. misses 18-foot jumper Q4 11:48 · Jabari Smith Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper Q4 11:24 · Jabari Smith Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aaron Holiday assists) Q4 2:21 · Jabari Smith Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists) Q5 2:02 · Jabari Smith Jr. makes 8-foot two point shot (Kevin Durant assists) Q1 4:24 · Reed Sheppard misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot Q2 9:38 · Reed Sheppard misses 13-foot pullup jump shot Q2 9:07 · Reed Sheppard misses 4-foot two point shot Q2 8:39 · Reed Sheppard misses 25-foot three point jumper Q2 6:50 · Reed Sheppard misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot Q2 6:22 · Reed Sheppard misses 26-foot three point jumper Q2 5:50 · Reed Sheppard makes 26-foot three pointer (Amen Thompson assists) Q3 3:08 · Reed Sheppard makes dunk Q4 11:36 · Reed Sheppard misses 27-foot three point jumper Q4 10:31 · Reed Sheppard makes 20-foot step back jumpshot (Alperen Sengun assists) Q4 8:33 · Reed Sheppard misses 18-foot step back jumpshot Q4 6:43 · Reed Sheppard makes 23-foot three point jumper (Amen Thompson assists) Q4 6:21 · Reed Sheppard misses two point shot Q4 6:15 · Spencer Jones blocks Reed Sheppard 's 5-foot driving layup Q4 4:33 · Reed Sheppard misses 26-foot three point jumper Q4 1:09 · Reed Sheppard makes 26-foot three pointer Q5 4:24 · Reed Sheppard misses 12-foot pullup jump shot Q1 3:27 · Amen Thompson misses driving layup Q1 2:58 · Amen Thompson makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Alperen Sengun assists) Q1 37.6 · Amen Thompson misses tip shot Q1 7.7 · Amen Thompson misses 23-foot three point jumper Q2 3:55 · Amen Thompson makes driving layup Q2 3:12 · Nikola Jokic blocks Amen Thompson 's 13-foot pullup jump shot Q2 27.8 · Amen Thompson misses two point shot Q3 11:10 · Amen Thompson makes layup (Alperen Sengun assists) Q3 7:17 · Amen Thompson makes dunk (Kevin Durant assists) Q3 1:09 · Amen Thompson makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot Q4 6:46 · Spencer Jones blocks Amen Thompson 's 3-foot layup Q4 5:52 · Spencer Jones blocks Amen Thompson 's 4-foot two point shot Q5 1:07 · Amen Thompson misses 15-foot pullup jump shot Q2 10:47 · Aaron Holiday makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alperen Sengun assists) Q3 2:01 · Steven Adams makes layup (Kevin Durant assists) Q3 0.4 · Steven Adams misses heave jump shot
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Nuggets · 43/85 FG

Q1 11:07 · Peyton Watson makes 22-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists) Q1 10:25 · Peyton Watson misses 22-foot three point jumper Q1 8:18 · Peyton Watson makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists) Q1 7:36 · Peyton Watson misses driving floating jump shot Q1 10:05 · Jamal Murray makes 1-foot two point shot Q1 6:46 · Jamal Murray makes two point shot Q1 6:14 · Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three pointer Q1 4:39 · Kevin Durant blocks Jamal Murray 's 9-foot driving floating jump shot Q2 5:03 · Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot Q2 3:08 · Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot Q2 2:59 · Jamal Murray makes layup Q3 10:48 · Jamal Murray makes driving layup Q3 6:58 · Jamal Murray makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot Q3 4:14 · Jamal Murray misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot Q4 9:49 · Jamal Murray makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot (Cameron Johnson assists) Q4 5:57 · Kevin Durant blocks Jamal Murray 's 3-foot two point shot Q4 5:08 · Jamal Murray misses driving layup Q5 4:12 · Jamal Murray makes 10-foot two point shot Q5 3:44 · Jamal Murray makes driving layup Q5 2:18 · Jamal Murray misses 27-foot three point jumper Q5 16.9 · Jamal Murray misses 19-foot two point shot Q1 9:17 · Cameron Johnson makes 14-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists) Q1 7:19 · Cameron Johnson misses 25-foot three point jumper Q2 9:22 · Cameron Johnson misses 15-foot pullup jump shot Q2 5:15 · Cameron Johnson misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot Q2 1:52 · Cameron Johnson misses 24-foot three point jumper Q2 24.3 · Cameron Johnson makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists) Q3 10:03 · Cameron Johnson makes tip shot Q3 1:27 · Cameron Johnson makes 25-foot three pointer (Nikola Jokic assists) Q4 11:09 · Cameron Johnson makes 24-foot three pointer (Jamal Murray assists) Q1 8:52 · Spencer Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper Q1 5:41 · Spencer Jones misses 22-foot three point jumper Q2 3:24 · Spencer Jones makes 5-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists) Q2 32.1 · Spencer Jones makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists) Q3 10:05 · Spencer Jones misses driving layup Q3 5:37 · Spencer Jones misses 4-foot two point shot Q4 55.2 · Spencer Jones makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists) Q5 2:59 · Spencer Jones makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists) Q1 4:57 · Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot Q1 3:37 · Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper Q1 3:23 · Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 15-foot running pullup jump shot (Bruce Brown assists) Q1 30.6 · Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 23-foot three point shot (Nikola Jokic assists) Q2 7:34 · Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper Q2 6:34 · Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 10-foot two point shot (Jonas Valanciunas assists) Q3 9:38 · Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot Q3 6:20 · Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists) Q3 3:41 · Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper Q4 5:34 · Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper Q1 4:10 · Nikola Jokic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Bruce Brown assists) Q1 2:32 · Nikola Jokic misses 8-foot pullup jump shot Q1 1:59 · Nikola Jokic misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot Q1 47.0 · Nikola Jokic misses two point shot Q2 4:20 · Nikola Jokic misses 3-foot two point shot Q2 4:18 · Nikola Jokic makes tip shot Q2 2:29 · Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists) Q2 1:28 · Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot two point shot Q2 1:06 · Nikola Jokic makes driving layup Q2 0.0 · Nikola Jokic misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot Q3 8:35 · Nikola Jokic misses 16-foot jumper Q3 8:08 · Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot jumper (Jamal Murray assists) Q3 7:30 · Jabari Smith Jr. blocks Nikola Jokic 's 1-foot driving dunk Q3 5:12 · Nikola Jokic misses 2-foot two point shot Q3 2:59 · Nikola Jokic makes 23-foot three pointer (Cameron Johnson assists) Q3 33.3 · Nikola Jokic misses two point shot Q3 33.1 · Nikola Jokic makes two point shot Q4 8:58 · Nikola Jokic misses 6-foot two point shot Q4 8:54 · Nikola Jokic makes two point shot Q4 7:34 · Kevin Durant blocks Nikola Jokic 's 25-foot three point shot Q4 7:05 · Nikola Jokic makes 15-foot two point shot Q4 6:28 · Kevin Durant blocks Nikola Jokic's driving layup Q4 3:47 · Nikola Jokic makes 8-foot two point shot Q4 3:11 · Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists) Q4 1:54 · Kevin Durant blocks Nikola Jokic 's 9-foot two point shot Q4 1:20 · Nikola Jokic makes 28-foot three point jumper Q4 0.7 · Nikola Jokic misses 27-foot three point jumper Q1 1:30 · Jonas Valanciunas makes 3-foot two point shot Q2 10:22 · Jonas Valanciunas makes 9-foot two point shot (Bruce Brown assists) Q2 8:57 · Jonas Valanciunas makes 11-foot jumper (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists) Q2 6:03 · Jonas Valanciunas makes 11-foot two point shot (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists) Q4 10:12 · Jonas Valanciunas misses 9-foot two point shot Q2 11:39 · Reed Sheppard blocks Bruce Brown 's 14-foot pullup jump shot Q2 8:13 · Alperen Sengun blocks Bruce Brown's driving layup Q3 1.5 · Bruce Brown makes two point shot Q2 11:04 · Zeke Nnaji misses 23-foot three point jumper Q2 8:09 · Zeke Nnaji makes 1-foot dunk (Bruce Brown assists)
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Houston Rockets box score

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFTPF+/-FP
Kevin Durant › 442557155 8-142-37-83+224.8
Amen Thompson › 4414126001 5-130-14-53-313.4
Jabari Smith Jr. › 4316104012 6-114-60-04-115.5
Alperen Sengun › 42331010214 14-270-25-65-624.2
Reed Sheppard › 321431210 5-173-91-22+57.1
Josh Okogie › 281640203 7-92-30-13+910.2
Steven Adams › 16300001 1-10-01-23-80.3
Aaron Holiday › 10301000 1-11-10-02-73.2
Clint Capela › 7120000 0-00-01-20-61.7
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Denver Nuggets box score

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFTPF+/-FP
Cameron Johnson › 431332000 5-92-51-23+89.0
Jamal Murray › 433535003 9-173-514-153-423.3
Nikola Jokic › 42391510214 13-275-98-116+132.5
Spencer Jones 411130230 4-82-41-25+114.3
Tim Hardaway Jr. › 401312200 4-102-83-32+410.7
Bruce Brown › 27294301 1-30-00-02-311.7
Jonas Valanciunas › 14831002 4-50-00-06+63.9
Zeke Nnaji 9210000 1-20-10-00+51.0
Peyton Watson › 6500100 2-41-20-01-33.6
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Rotation · who was on the floor, quarter by quarter

Houston Rockets
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
MIN
K. Durant S
44
A. Thompson S
44
J. Smith Jr. S
43
A. Sengun S
42
J. Okogie S
28
R. Sheppard
32
S. Adams
16
A. Holiday
10
C. Capela
6
Denver Nuggets
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
MIN
J. Murray S
43
C. Johnson S
43
N. Jokic S
42
S. Jones S
41
P. Watson S
6
T. Hardaway Jr.
40
B. Brown
27
J. Valanciunas
14
Z. Nnaji
9

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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