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Durant, Sengun lift Rockets past Nuggets 110-100

Houston built a 19-point lead, lost it in the third quarter and pulled away late despite 38 points from Denver's Jamal Murray.

Durant: 23 points, 12 rebounds, 10 of 10 free throws
Murray: 38 points on 14-of-23 shooting for Denver
Offensive rebounds: Rockets 15, Nuggets 7

Published November 9, 2026 at 11:06 PM1 min read How this story was written

Final

Denver Nuggets

Houston Rockets

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Kevin Durant scored 23 points and Alperen Sengun set up the clinching 3-pointer as the Houston Rockets pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Denver Nuggets 110-100 on Monday, November 9.

Durant added 12 rebounds and made all 10 of his free throws. Sengun had 20 points and 12 rebounds for his own double-double.

Houston (8-3), favored at home, led 32-24 after the first quarter. A 10-0 run that began in the final seconds of the first made it 39-24, and the lead reached 19 midway through the second.

Denver (5-4) erased it after halftime, tying the game 60-60 with a 10-0 run in the third quarter. The game had three lead changes and two ties. Houston's bench answered, and Tari Eason finished with 12 points and a plus-18 in 19 minutes.

Houston led 96-90 with five minutes left and outscored Denver 14-10 the rest of the way. Fred VanVleet's 27-foot 3-pointer made it 106-96 with 2:06 to play, and Durant's two free throws with 32.5 seconds left made it 110-98. Denver's Bryce Hopkins scored the last points on an 8-foot jumper.

Murray scored 38 points for Denver on 14-of-23 shooting, and Nikola Jokic had 25 points and 16 rebounds. The rest of the Nuggets struggled to score, and DeMar DeRozan went 2 of 8 off the bench.

Houston won on the glass and from deep. The Rockets grabbed 15 offensive rebounds to Denver's 7 and made 14 of 38 3-pointers, while the Nuggets made 8 of 29.