Rockets Take On Mavericks In The Biggest Game Of The Season
Biggest Game Of The Season For The Rockets Tonight Against Mavericks
Denver
Nuggets
105
Houston
Rockets
102
Denver
Nuggets
105
| Final - 4.16.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Nuggets | 21 | 23 | 31 | 30 | 105 |
| Houston Rockets | 32 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 102 |
102
Houston
Rockets
Stories
Nuggets Vs. Rockets: Houston, We Have A Heartbreaker
The Houston Rockets dropped their second game in two nights to the Denver Nuggets and fell out of the Western Conference playoff bracket on Monday, much to the delight of the Phoenix Suns and Utah Jazz.
Nuggets At Rockets recap: "Trust lineup" wins biggest game of the season ...
Against the wishes of the bloggers, fans and pundits alike, to finish tonight's game Nuggets head coach George Karl yet again deployed his "trust lineup" featuring the aging Al Harrington and Andre Miller, plus Aaron Afflalo, Ty Lawson and Danilo Gallinari. And Karl's trust was repaid with the Nuggets biggest victory of the season.
Nuggets At Rockets: Second half thread ...
Leave your second half comments here. Go Nuggets!
Golden Nuggets: NBA playoff race down to the wire
The Western Conference 5-8 seeds are still a six team race ...
Maybe The Rockets Won't Look Terrible Tonight Against The Nuggets
Maybe The Rockets Won't Look Terrible Tonight Against the Nuggets
GameThreads
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver | 21 | 23 | 31 | 30 | 105 |
| Houston | 32 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 102 |
| Denver | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danilo Gallinari | 34 | 3-9 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 5-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2-0 | 11 |
| Kenneth Faried | 22 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3-0 | 4 |
| Kosta Koufos | 13 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-0 | 0 |
| Arron Afflalo | 42 | 10-16 | 1-2 | 5-6 | 3-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 26 |
| Ty Lawson | 35 | 9-15 | 2-2 | 5-8 | 4-1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1-0 | 25 |
| Al Harrington | 27 | 4-11 | 3-9 | 4-4 | 9-0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 15 |
| Andre Miller | 25 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2-0 | 4 |
| JaVale McGee | 16 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 9 |
| Corey Brewer | 17 | 4-5 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 11 |
| Timofey Mozgov | 3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Julyan Stone | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Chris Andersen | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Rudy Fernandez | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Wilson Chandler | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Jordan Hamilton | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 38-80 | 9-18 | 20-29 | 41-9 | 26 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 18-0 | 105 | |
| .475 | .500 | .690 | Team Reb: 12 | Total TO: 0 (12 pts) | |||||||
| Houston | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chandler Parsons | 34 | 8-16 | 2-7 | 3-3 | 3-0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 21 |
| Luis Scola | 42 | 6-15 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 13-5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4-0 | 14 |
| Samuel Dalembert | 24 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 9-3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2-0 | 5 |
| Courtney Lee | 35 | 8-15 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3-0 | 18 |
| Goran Dragic | 38 | 8-19 | 2-7 | 3-3 | 4-2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5-0 | 21 |
| Patrick Patterson | 29 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 7-4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5-0 | 9 |
| Chase Budinger | 15 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Kyle Lowry | 19 | 3-9 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2-0 | 10 |
| Marcus Camby | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Kevin Martin | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Earl Boykins | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Diamon Simpson | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Courtney Fortson | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Marcus Morris | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Greg Smith | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 40-94 | 8-29 | 14-17 | 48-15 | 25 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 21-0 | 102 | |
| .426 | .276 | .824 | Team Reb: 7 | Total TO: 0 (14 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Ed Malloy, Bennie Adams, Scott Wall
Duration:2:15
Officials: - Ed Malloy, Bennie Adams, Scott Wall
Duration:2:15
