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Houston Rockets at Denver Nuggets

10:00 PM
Houston Rockets
Denver Nuggets

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

Matchup preview

Last season: too early in this one to read much from it

Matchup odds

No moneylines yet.

Who wins?

HOU

Season leaders, per game

DEN
The teams side by side: Houston Rockets and Denver Nuggets compared, with league ranks
HOUStatDEN
52–30Record54–28
Offense
5.3(better), 6th in the leagueNet rating7th in the league, 5.1
116.0, 9th in the leagueOffensive rating1st in the league, 120.3(better)
98.2, 29th in the leaguePace20th in the league, 100.2
54.2, 18th in the leagueeFG%1st in the league, 57.7(better)
12.6, 21st in the leagueTOV%3rd in the league, 10.9(better)
34.8(better), 1st in the leagueOREB%25th in the league, 23.6
0.260, 18th in the leagueFT rate4th in the league, 0.294(better)
Defense
110.8(better), 5th in the leagueDefensive rating21st in the league, 115.3
53.0(better), 6th in the leagueOpp. eFG%15th in the league, 54.3
11.6(better), 21st in the leagueOpp. TOV%30th in the league, 10.0
74.5, 10th in the leagueDREB%7th in the league, 75.3(better)
0.251(better), 11th in the leagueOpp. FT rate12th in the league, 0.254

This season's meetings

They have not met this season.

Injury report

Houston Rockets

Nobody listed.

Denver Nuggets

Key players · HOU: Houston Rockets key players: season averages and the last 5 games
PlayerMINPTSREBASTLast 5Impact
Amen Thompson37.418.37.85.324.2 / 7.2 / 6.04.0
Kevin Durant36.426.05.54.828.4 / 6.2 / 5.82.8
Jabari Smith Jr.35.115.86.91.919.2 / 6.2 / 0.81.2
Alperen Sengun33.320.48.96.217.0 / 8.4 / 6.0-0.2
Marcus Smart28.59.32.83.06.2 / 2.6 / 5.23.2
Key players · DEN: Denver Nuggets key players: season averages and the last 5 games
PlayerMINPTSREBASTLast 5Impact
Jamal Murray35.425.44.47.123.6 / 4.6 / 6.82.8
Nikola Jokic34.827.712.910.725.4 / 12.6 / 9.87.2
Christian Braun31.812.04.82.714.6 / 5.0 / 2.00.8
DeMar DeRozan31.318.42.94.121.2 / 2.6 / 4.6-1.0
Cameron Johnson30.512.23.82.415.4 / 5.2 / 3.82.0

Last five games

Houston Rockets: Houston Rockets: last five games
DateOpponentResultSpreadTotal
May 1 vs LALLost 78–98––
Apr 29 @ LALWon 99–93––
Apr 26 vs LALWon 115–96––
Apr 24 vs LALLost 108–112––
Apr 21 @ LALLost 94–101––
Denver Nuggets: Denver Nuggets: last five games
DateOpponentResultSpreadTotal
Apr 30 @ MINLost 98–110––
Apr 27 vs MINWon 125–113––
Apr 25 @ MINLost 96–112––
Apr 23 @ MINLost 96–113––
Apr 20 vs MINLost 114–119––

Standings

Full standings
Western Conference
#TeamWLPCTGBL10
1OKC6418.780–7-3
2SAS6220.75628-2
3DEN5428.6591010-0
4LAL5329.646117-3
5HOU5230.634129-1
6MIN4933.598155-5
7PHX4537.549195-5

Matchups by position

What each defense allows per game to guards, forwards and centers, against the league average. Rank 1 allows the most.

HOU attack against DEN defense
PlayerPTSREBAST
Guards48.2 (lg 49.8) , 20th in the league13.2 (lg 13.6) , 19th in the league14.1 (lg 14.2) , 18th in the league
Forwards39.3 (lg 37.4) , 7th in the league15.1 (lg 15.3) , 17th in the league7.9 (lg 7.0) , 2nd in the league
Centers10.0 (lg 10.7) , 20th in the league7.1 (lg 7.5) , 24th in the league1.3 (lg 1.9) , 29th in the league
DEN attack against HOU defense
PlayerPTSREBAST
Guards45.9 (lg 49.8) , 30th in the league12.3 (lg 13.6) , 29th in the league12.7 (lg 14.2) , 29th in the league
Forwards36.2 (lg 37.4) , 21st in the league13.3 (lg 15.3) , 30th in the league6.4 (lg 7.0) , 26th in the league
Centers11.1 (lg 10.7) , 12th in the league6.9 (lg 7.5) , 25th in the league2.2 (lg 1.9) , 7th in the league

The box score appears at tip-off.

Season series

HOU 0, DEN 0
  1. Nov 9Denver Nuggets at Houston Rockets
  2. Nov 20 · this gameHouston Rockets at Denver Nuggets
  3. Feb 14Denver Nuggets at Houston Rockets

Before and after

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