National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Denver 133,
Houston 112
When: 8:00 PM ET, Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #88 Matt Kallio, #30 John Goble, #64 Justin Van Duyne
Attendance: 15368
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #88 Matt Kallio, #30 John Goble, #64 Justin Van Duyne
Attendance: 15368
Final Scoring Summary
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jamal Murray - G | 31:42 | 12-18 | 5-10 | 3-3 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 32 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope - G | 29:30 | 5-9 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Michael Porter Jr. - F | 23:00 | 7-11 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| Aaron Gordon - F | 21:04 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Nikola Jokic - C | 27:45 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Bruce Brown | 27:02 | 6-11 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| Vlatko Cancar | 26:56 | 3-6 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Reggie Jackson | 25:23 | 4-11 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Thomas Bryant | 20:15 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2-4 | -10 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Christian Braun | 5:07 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Peyton Watson | 2:16 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Green | DNP | |||||||||||||
| DeAndre Jordan | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Ish Smith | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 53-92 | 16-37 | 11-16 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 40 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 133 | |
| 57.6% | 43.2% | 68.8% | Team Rebs: 6 | Total TO: 11 | ||||||||||
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Daishen Nix - G | 25:34 | 6-10 | 2-4 | 0-1 | -27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| Jalen Green - G | 19:22 | 7-15 | 3-7 | 0-0 | -17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Jabari Smith Jr. - F | 32:57 | 4-10 | 0-4 | 0-0 | -33 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Kenyon Martin Jr. - F | 26:50 | 7-13 | 0-2 | 1-1 | -3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Alperen Sengun - C | 29:03 | 3-9 | 0-2 | 1-3 | -36 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Tari Eason | 31:07 | 7-10 | 0-2 | 3-3 | -8 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| TyTy Washington Jr. | 28:21 | 5-10 | 2-5 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Josh Christopher | 22:42 | 5-11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Usman Garuba | 13:50 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Boban Marjanovic | 5:07 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Frank Kaminsky | 5:07 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Cauley-Stein | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 48-97 | 9-31 | 7-10 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 112 | |
| 49.5% | 29.0% | 70.0% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 13 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| DEN | Thomas Bryant |
| HOU | None |
Team Statistics
| Denver | Houston | ||
| Fast Break Points | 22 | Fast Break Points | 14 |
| Points in the Paint | 62 | Points in the Paint | 70 |
| Biggest Lead | 26 | Biggest Lead | 0 |