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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**HOU**|**27**|**25**|**40**|**22**|**114**|[](/HOU)|
**DEN**|**22**|**26**|**26**|**32**|**106**|[](/DEN)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/HOU)**HOU**|**35-82 (42.7)**|**13-39 (33.3)**|**31-42 (73.8)**|**11**|**47**|**21**|**9**|**3**|**3**|**20**|**114**|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**38-90 (42.2)**|**10-28 (35.7)**|**20-27 (74.1)**|**12**|**47**|**22**|**10**|**4**|**5**|**24**|**106**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|39:37|8-12 (66.7)|3-6 (50.0)|1-1 (100.0)|1|8|0|2|0|2|3|20|+11|
A. Gordon^^PF|22:24|1-5 (20.0)|0-2 (0.0)|1-5 (20.0)|1|6|3|1|0|0|1|3|-12|
N. Jokic^^C|34:22|9-26 (34.6)|1-2 (50.0)|4-7 (57.1)|7|16|5|3|0|2|5|23|+3|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|25:04|5-6 (83.3)|2-3 (66.7)|2-2 (100.0)|0|0|0|0|0|1|1|14|-16|
J. Murray^^PG|31:41|6-17 (35.3)|4-8 (50.0)|5-5 (100.0)|0|5|3|1|0|0|2|21|+4|
J. Strawther|4:19|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|-15|
R. Jackson|24:37|2-8 (25.0)|0-4 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|1|3|6|0|0|0|2|6|+4|
P. Watson|25:36|4-9 (44.4)|0-1 (0.0)|5-5 (100.0)|1|4|2|1|0|0|3|13|+4|
C. Braun|14:04|1-4 (25.0)|0-2 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|1|1|2|0|3|2|-9|
D. Jordan|12:16|1-2 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|4|2|1|1|0|2|2|-2|
J. Holiday|6:00|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|1|0|1|2|-12|
**Totals**||**38-90 (42.2)**|**10-28 (35.7)**|**20-27 (74.1)**|**12**|**47**|**22**|**10**|**4**|**5**|**24**|**106**||
**DNP:** ***Zeke Nnaji***, ***Jalen Pickett***, ***Hunter Tyson***
**Inactive:** ***Vlatko Cancar***, ***Collin Gillespie***, ***Jay Huff***, ***Braxton Key***
**[](/HOU)HOU**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
D. Brooks^^SF|32:57|6-12 (50.0)|4-10 (40.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|5|1|3|2|0|5|16|+2|
J. Smith Jr.^^PF|25:26|3-9 (33.3)|0-2 (0.0)|3-4 (75.0)|4|10|5|1|0|0|1|9|-2|
A. Sengun^^C|33:40|7-14 (50.0)|0-1 (0.0)|3-5 (60.0)|2|10|7|1|0|1|3|17|+11|
J. Green^^SG|35:10|8-17 (47.1)|2-9 (22.2)|8-10 (80.0)|0|3|1|1|0|0|0|26|-8|
F. VanVleet^^PG|39:56|6-17 (35.3)|4-10 (40.0)|9-12 (75.0)|2|5|3|1|0|1|3|25|+16|
A. Holiday|16:20|3-5 (60.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0|1|1|2|0|0|1|8|+19|
J. Green|26:39|0-1 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|5-6 (83.3)|1|3|1|0|1|1|4|5|+2|
T. Eason|17:12|0-4 (0.0)|0-2 (0.0)|3-4 (75.0)|1|8|2|0|0|0|1|3|-2|
J. Tate|12:40|2-3 (66.7)|1-2 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|0|0|0|0|2|5|+2|
**Totals**||**35-82 (42.7)**|**13-39 (33.3)**|**31-42 (73.8)**|**11**|**47**|**21**|**9**|**3**|**3**|**20**|**114**||
**DNP:** ***Reggie Bullock Jr.***, ***Boban Marjanovic***, ***Nate Williams***
**Inactive:** ***Nate Hinton***, ***Jock Landale***, ***Victor Oladipo***, ***Jermaine Samuels Jr.***, ***Amen Thompson***, ***Cam Whitmore***
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**HOU**|36|10|16|25|21|10|16|[](/HOU)|
**DEN**|44|9|10|7|25|10|11|[](/DEN)|
**Lead Changes: 4** | **Times Tied: 5** | **Gametime: 2:29** | **Attendance: 19544**
*Officials: Rodney Mott, J.T. Orr, Aaron Smith*
by BigHoneyBot
35 Comments
We shouldn’t have been down 21. But its the NBA. All teams are good at the end of the day. We didn’t act it. Rockets gave us the business. But also in the NBA, no lead is safe. And the game got intense and fun and the refs took over. Absolutely ruined a great comeback along with a fun game for fans in the 4th. Trash ass league needs to figure out their ref situation. This shit happens way more than it should. Either way. On to the next.
Felt like the team woke up there after kind of sleep walking since the 2nd quarter against the Clippers. Hopefully that puts them back on the right track. These types of rough streaks happen
I do like MPJ with the bench. The bench’s ball movement isn’t bad. It’s just that they’re scared to shoot good looks. MPJ isn’t, and he could generate some much needed offense with that group.
Showed some fight a little too late, but I hope that last quarter helped Jokic and the team get on the right track. The reffing is clearly not just affecting Jokic tho, seems like it’s a whole team thing. They gotta send in some tapes or letters like the Lakers lol. That jump ball at the end was one of the worst I’ve ever seen.
Overall this could have been a horrible loss, but they brought it back and it doesn’t leave that bad of a taste now. Hopefully it gives them a boost and an edge for this mini roadtrip. Go nuggets!
Can’t stand Bucks and Sixers fans talking shit after Jokic has a somewhat bad game
I AM DONE. TANK FOR NIKOLA TOPIC! 😂😂😂
AG really just needs to hit the gym and just do free throw drills. Don’t leave the gym until you make 100. A dude that drives and looks for contact as much as he does needs to be much better at the free throw line.
The vibes tonight:
https://preview.redd.it/k6695dgia75c1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=002de34e122f503cea815e26b31c26bdb5aceedd
Put MPJ at the 4 at this point. AG can’t get a bucket unless it’s a dunk to save his life. Teams aren’t even guarding him at this point and its just drawing an extra defender to the two man game
I was at the game Jokics back is fucked up
Im a big fan of making MPJ play the 4 tbh, we got a lot of SFs too so this would benefit us a ton if it works out
The NBA shouldn’t count these last two games. They weren’t even listed on the schedule a week ago.
Was there a point in the game where mpj didnt have a postive +/-?
Props to MPJ for the constant hustle. Dude doesn’t give up
Think I’m taking a break from basketball after that masterpiece by the refs. I can’t get behind this product.
Ngl after all that dooming im actually super confident about the nuggets next game
I put the over/under of blown calls hurting the Nuggs in the 2 minute report at 3. Takers?
Me during every Malone post-game presser: “Please complain about the refs. Take the fine, pleaaaaseee.”
Every time people bring up how refs tryna fuck us, theres always some”but we played bad stop whining”talk. Can two things be true at the same time? or even connected?
You tell me why Jokic is fucked in the head right now!? NBA is not even trying to hind their agenda this year, and Jok finally had it. Imagine in this soft ass era a superstar center doesn’t dare to raise his hands to contest shots and then get mauled on the other end.
We need to get more shots for MPJ honestly
Edit: think the bench minutes they should be looking to get him as many open looks as possible. The young guys have just gotta shoot when given the opportunity
Fun stat: Rockets didn’t score a field goal in the last 8:26 of the game. The team just didn’t show up at all in the first 3 quarters. I am more worried about Gordon than anyone on the team. His jumper is gone. He isn’t bullying smaller guards down in the block. He seems to be in worse slump than Jokic. Now we go on the road again for another back 2 back. I hope the team show championship mentality and win both of those game
Just got back from the arena. Still question if this team is serious or not. Are we serious?
More like Fraudney Moth and JT Whore
Not only did Embiid outplay Jokic today… but RUDY GOBERT did too
We are in hell
Didn’t think I could love PWat anymore, but I’m even higher after his post-game presser.
pwat closing over ag is something i dont even mind at this point with how poorly aaron has been playing
ag who has constantly shot 50-55% from the field as a nugget- is shooting 36% from the field, 13% from 3, and 62% from the line in his last 7 games.
the nuggets are 1-6 in those games.
Remember back when we were on a 73-9 pace 🥲
we have the same record as the lakers
Not only did my stove shit the bed, and then the nuggets lost, but now my fucking sink is leaking into the wall. Very cool Friday night, very cool.
the Nuggets won. Not! The Nuggets will never win a goddamn thing.
Jokic saw he was negative and willed his way back. The flashes have been amazing just need the energy to piece together a solid game.
I’m going with, we hit rock bottom going down 25 at home to the Rockets (to that point, winless on the road for the season), finally breaking the curse the Nuggets have been under since the first Houston loss. Sure, there wasn’t enough time left in the 4th to pull out the comeback tonight, but we about to rack up another 8-1 stretch. Let’s goooo
I’d much rather have Mike take 58 shots in two games than watch whatever these two games were. Should just rest the guy if there’s a patch of scheduled losses
What is the Serbian version of sacrificing a chicken to Jobu?