Denver Nuggets at Houston Rockets
Regular seasonFinal
Denver Nuggets 133, Houston Rockets 112
Toyota Center · Houston, TX
The Denver Nuggets beat the Houston Rockets 133-112 on February 28, 2023 at Toyota Center. Jamal Murray led the Denver Nuggets with 32 points; Tari Eason scored 17 for the Houston Rockets.
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| Jamal MurrayGQuestionable, expected back Oct 6 | 32 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 12-18 | 5-10 | 3-3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +20 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-PopeG | 30 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 5-9 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +18 |
| Nikola JokicC | 28 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +31 |
| Bruce BrownG | 27 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 6-11 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +3 |
| Vlatko CancarF | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3-6 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 |
| Reggie JacksonG | 25 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 4-11 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 |
| Michael Porter Jr.F | 23 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 7-11 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +22 |
| Aaron GordonF | 21 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +19 |
| Thomas BryantC | 20 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -10 |
| Christian BraunG | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| Peyton WatsonGProbable, expected back Oct 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 |
| Team | 240 | 133 | 43 | 40 | 53-92 | 16-37 | 11-16 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 10 |
DNP: Jeff Green, Collin Gillespie, Zeke Nnaji, DeAndre Jordan, Ish Smith, Jack White
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| Jabari Smith Jr.F | 33 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4-10 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -33 |
| Tari EasonF | 31 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 7-10 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -8 |
| Alperen SengunF-C | 29 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 3-9 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -36 |
| TyTy Washington Jr.G | 28 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 5-10 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -4 |
| Kenyon Martin Jr.F | 27 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 7-13 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 |
| Daishen NixF | 26 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 6-10 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -27 |
| Josh ChristopherG | 23 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 5-11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +6 |
| Jalen GreenG | 19 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 7-15 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -17 |
| Usman GarubaF | 14 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +13 |
| Boban MarjanovicC | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +2 |
| Frank KaminskyF-C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 |
| Team | 240 | 112 | 40 | 33 | 48-97 | 9-31 | 7-10 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 16 |
DNP: Jae'Sean Tate, Kevin Porter Jr., Willie Cauley-Stein, Darius Days, Trevor Hudgins
Season series
DEN 3, HOU 1- Nov 28Houston Rockets 113, Denver Nuggets 129
- Nov 30Houston Rockets 100, Denver Nuggets 120
- Feb 28 · this gameDenver Nuggets 133, Houston Rockets 112
- Apr 4Denver Nuggets 103, Houston Rockets 124