National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Denver 111,
Houston 101
When: 9:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #38 Michael Smith, #49 Tom Washington, # Kane Fitzgerald
Attendance: 15753
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #38 Michael Smith, #49 Tom Washington, # Kane Fitzgerald
Attendance: 15753
Final Scoring Summary
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Trevor Ariza - G | 34:30 | 7-18 | 1-8 | 3-3 | -15 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| Aaron Brooks - G | 30:12 | 7-15 | 3-6 | 6-7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| Shane Battier - F | 30:57 | 4-8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| Luis Scola - F | 27:02 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Chuck Hayes - C | 20:06 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Carl Landry | 27:19 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| Kyle Lowry | 26:33 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 2-2 | -9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| David Andersen | 20:58 | 6-8 | 3-4 | 2-2 | -4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| Chase Budinger | 13:38 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 2-2 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tracy McGrady | 7:35 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Cook | 0:35 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jermaine Taylor | 0:35 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 240 | 36-81 | 11-28 | 18-20 | 10 | 35 | 45 | 24 | 27 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 101 | |
| 44.4% | 39.3% | 90.0% | Team Rebs: 6 | Total TO: 21 | ||||||||||
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chauncey Billups - G | 19:36 | 5-8 | 2-3 | 3-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Arron Afflalo - G | 18:55 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Carmelo Anthony - F | 43:27 | 9-23 | 1-1 | 19-20 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 38 |
| Kenyon Martin - F | 33:44 | 4-11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Nene - C | 31:31 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| J.R. Smith | 28:53 | 9-14 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| Chris Andersen | 26:58 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Ty Lawson | 21:43 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Anthony Carter | 11:26 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Malik Allen | 3:47 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Renaldo Balkman | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Joey Graham | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 39-83 | 7-12 | 26-32 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 111 | |
| 47.0% | 58.3% | 81.2% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 13 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| HOU | Carl Landry |
| DEN | None |
Team Statistics
| Houston | Denver | ||
| Fast Break Points | 17 | Fast Break Points | 12 |
| Points in the Paint | 36 | Points in the Paint | 52 |
| Biggest Lead | 8 | Biggest Lead | 16 |