Denver Nuggets @ Houston Rockets

27-15, 11-9 Away

113

27-15, 11-9 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Nuggets DEN	36	32	19	26	113
Rockets HOU	36	29	25	25	115

Houston RocketsRocketsHOU

26-16, 14-5 Home

115

26-16, 14-5 Home

Denver Nuggets

starters
Kenyon MartinK. Martin
Nene N. Hilario
Chauncey BillupsC. Billups
Dahntay JonesD. Jones
JR SmithJ. Smith
bench
Chris AndersenC. Andersen
Carmelo AnthonyC. Anthony
Linas KleizaL. Kleiza
Renaldo BalkmanR. Balkman
Steven HunterS. Hunter
Johan PetroJ. Petro
Anthony CarterA. Carter
Sonny WeemsS. Weems
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
38	22	9-17	1-2	3-5	5	5	3	0	0	2	3	5	-10
38	23	9-15	0-0	5-8	12	1	2	0	0	4	8	5	+3
36	13	3-12	2-4	5-5	3	12	6	1	0	0	3	1	-9
29	10	4-5	0-0	2-2	4	3	2	3	1	1	3	2	+3
41	24	9-14	5-7	1-2	7	1	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
20	5	2-3	0-0	1-2	5	1	2	0	3	3	2	2	+3
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	9	4-7	0-2	1-1	2	1	3	0	0	1	1	1	-5
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	7	2-4	1-2	2-2	4	6	0	2	0	0	4	2	-1
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	113	42-77	9-17	20-27	42	30	20	8	4	11	31	19
		55%	53%	74%

Houston Rockets

starters
Luis ScolaL. Scola
Shane BattierS. Battier
Yao MingY. Ming
Rafer AlstonR. Alston
Von WaferV. Wafer
bench
Chuck HayesC. Hayes
Carl LandryC. Landry
Joey DorseyJ. Dorsey
Metta World PeaceM. World Peace
Dikembe MutomboD. Mutombo
Luther HeadL. Head
Brent BarryB. Barry
Tracy McGradyT. McGrady
Aaron BrooksA. Brooks
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
35	16	8-14	0-1	0-1	8	1	2	0	0	2	6	2	+10
36	6	3-7	0-3	0-0	6	2	1	1	0	2	4	2	-3
30	31	13-19	0-0	5-7	3	4	6	2	1	3	0	5	0
36	18	7-15	3-7	1-2	2	11	0	1	0	0	2	2	+11
30	18	7-17	1-7	3-4	4	1	1	3	0	0	4	0	+1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
8	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	5	0	0	1	0	2	3	2	-6
24	4	1-5	0-0	2-2	3	2	0	1	0	1	2	3	-1
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	11	3-4	3-4	2-2	4	1	1	1	0	0	4	1	-1
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	9	3-7	2-3	1-2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	-1
	115	46-90	9-25	14-20	35	23	12	11	1	10	25	19
		51%	36%	70%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

DEN

HOU leads season

2-1

HOU

104

Game 1@ DEN

Final

Game 2@ HOU

Final

108

113

Game 3@ HOU

Final

115

Game 4@ DEN

Final

Game Information

Houston, TX

FSN-HOUNBA TV

Referee:Bennett Salvatore

Referee:Pat Fraher

Referee:Violet Palmer

Western Conference

Northwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	64	18	.780	-	L2
Denver	54	28	.659	10	W12
Minnesota	49	33	.598	15	W2
Portland	42	40	.512	22	W2
Utah	22	60	.268	42	L1

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	62	20	.756	-	L1
Houston	52	30	.634	10	W1
New Orleans	26	56	.317	36	L2
Dallas	26	56	.317	36	W1
Memphis	25	57	.305	37	L8

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