Nuggets vs Rockets player stats
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The gist
Denver visits Houston with Jokic, Gordon and DeRozan listed questionable after travel delays.
Houston is 7-3 and favored; Denver's injury list decides how much the stars play.
Background
The Denver Nuggets and Houston Rockets meet Monday at Houston's Toyota Center. Denver's Nikola Jokic, the Nuggets center averaging 22.9 points, 10.1 rebounds and 9.1 assists, headlines the matchup alongside Houston center Alperen Sengun, the Rockets' leader in points, rebounds and assists. The game is in doubt at the margins because Denver's starters were listed with various ailments after travel problems and Monday's shootaround was canceled. Houston is also short at center, with Clint Capela (ankle) and Steven Adams (calf) out, which could push more rebounding work onto Sengun.
How it unfolded
- Nov 21, 2025Denver beat Houston 112-109 in Houston; Jokic had 34 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists, and Reed Sheppard scored a career-high 27 for the Rockets.
- Dec 15, 2025Denver beat Houston 128-125 in overtime in Denver; Jokic scored 39 and Sengun 33.
- Dec 20, 2025Houston beat Denver 115-101 in Denver; Kevin Durant scored 31 and Jokic 25.
- Mar 11, 2026Denver beat Houston 129-93 in Denver; Jamal Murray scored 30 and Amen Thompson 16.
- Nov 8, 2026Denver beat Indiana 114-102 in Mexico City to reach 5-3, while Houston lost 102-99 at Phoenix to fall to 7-3.
- Nov 8, 2026Nuggets starters Jokic, Murray, Aaron Gordon, Cameron Johnson, DeMar DeRozan and Christian Braun were listed with various ailments after travel problems, and Monday's shootaround was canceled.
- Nov 9, 2026Nuggets at Rockets at Toyota Center in Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET; sportsbooks list Houston as the favorite.
Key terms
- questionable
- A game-day status on an injury report meaning a player is uncertain to play.
- shootaround
- An informal pre-game basketball practice session used by professional and collegiate teams.
- MVP
- An annual NBA award given to the best-performing player of the regular season.
Source: Wikipedia
Who’s saying what
- Analysts
- PrizePicks notes Jokic is averaging 22.9 points, 10.1 rebounds and 9.1 assists through eight games and Murray 24.3 points on 49.2% three-point shooting.
- Analysts
- Fubo says Sengun's 21.5 points, 8.8 rebounds and 7.8 assists put him in genuine MVP conversation territory, with Jabari Smith Jr. adding 17.3 points and 6.4 rebounds.
- Caution
- ESPN reports the Nuggets' starters are questionable after plane delays, and Yahoo lists Jokic (elbow), Gordon (lower body) and DeRozan (back) as questionable.
Still unverified
Whether the listed Nuggets starters will play is uncertain; Yahoo lists Jokic (elbow), Gordon (lower body) and DeRozan (back) as questionable. Capela's status is given as Out (ankle) by ESPN and Day-To-Day by SportsTalk 790.