NBA 2005-06Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets78–89Houston Rockets

Denver Nuggets at Houston Rockets

Date: Friday 3 March 2006
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 2005-06Regular season
Meeting: 144th meetingof 217 played

Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Carmelo Anthony	37:03	12–23	3–6	7–7	1	3	4	0	4	0	2	2	34	-4
Andre Miller	34:11	3–11	0–0	2–3	3	2	5	3	0	0	6	2	8	-19
Marcus Camby	34:01	5–11	0–0	0–0	5	10	15	1	3	4	3	0	10	-12
Kenyon Martin	30:49	1–7	0–1	3–6	1	6	7	1	1	0	0	4	5	-14
Earl Boykins	26:24	3–13	0–5	1–1	0	3	3	2	2	0	2	0	7	+2
Ruben Patterson	25:26	2–12	0–0	2–3	5	0	5	0	0	0	1	3	6	-19
Greg Buckner	18:23	1–6	0–4	0–0	0	1	1	7	1	1	1	3	2	+7
Reggie Evans	18:07	0–2	0–0	0–2	2	5	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	-1
Eduardo Nájera	10:57	3–4	0–0	0–0	3	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	6	+5
Linas Kleiza	3:16	0–1	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DerMarr Johnson	1:23	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	30–90	3–17	15–22	20	31	51	15	11	5	16	17	78	—

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Tracy McGrady	42:28	8–16	4–8	3–6	1	10	11	4	0	4	3	1	23	+5
Yao Ming	39:04	9–17	0–0	3–3	2	7	9	1	0	3	1	3	21	+13
Rafer Alston	33:38	2–10	2–7	0–0	1	1	2	7	2	0	5	3	6	+2
Juwan Howard	31:47	2–7	0–0	2–2	2	4	6	5	0	0	1	1	6	-5
Keith Bogans	27:48	3–7	0–2	0–0	1	5	6	3	0	1	3	2	6	+15
David Wesley	23:55	1–7	1–5	1–4	0	1	1	1	1	0	3	3	4	+1
Stromile Swift	20:36	6–8	0–0	3–4	3	3	6	0	2	2	1	3	15	+4
Luther Head	16:11	2–5	2–3	2–2	0	1	1	4	3	0	0	0	8	+10
Chuck Hayes	4:20	0–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	+10
Ryan Bowen	0:13	0–1	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	240:00	33–79	9–26	14–21	10	34	44	26	8	11	17	19	89	—

This season

Houston Rockets 2, Denver Nuggets 2 in NBA 2005-06.

23 Dec 2005Houston Rockets 86–108 Denver Nuggets
8 Jan 2006Denver Nuggets 92–90 Houston Rockets
3 Mar 200678–89 this game
17 Apr 2006Houston Rockets 86–83 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 31–27
Houston Rockets: 25–33

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 112, Denver Nuggets 105.

8 Jan 2006Denver Nuggets 92–90 Houston Rockets
17 Apr 2006Houston Rockets 86–83 Denver Nuggets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.