NBA 2008-09Regular season

Final

Denver Nuggets96–108Houston Rockets

Denver Nuggets at Houston Rockets

Date: Tuesday 16 December 2008
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 2008-09Regular season
Meeting: 154th 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	37:35	8–19	3–6	3–3	1	1	2	3	1	0	3	1	22	-24
Chauncey Billups	35:25	3–10	1–4	1–2	0	0	0	6	0	0	3	2	8	-21
Nenê	34:57	5–14	0–0	0–0	6	1	7	1	1	0	1	5	10	-17
J.R. Smith	30:45	6–14	2–5	3–6	2	3	5	4	2	0	3	2	17	+5
Kenyon Martin	26:14	3–6	0–0	0–0	2	6	8	0	0	0	2	3	6	-21
Anthony Carter	22:17	3–5	1–2	0–0	1	2	3	4	1	0	0	0	7	+8
Linas Kleiza	21:24	5–7	3–5	0–0	1	3	4	2	0	0	0	2	13	+9
Chris Andersen	17:06	3–4	0–0	5–6	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	11	+12
Dahntay Jones	14:16	1–3	0–0	0–0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	3	2	-11
Team totals	239:59	37–82	10–22	12–17	16	19	35	20	5	0	13	18	96	—

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Aaron Brooks	42:17	6–13	2–6	4–4	1	1	2	6	2	0	2	1	18	+21
Yao Ming	37:25	13–19	0–0	6–7	3	4	7	1	1	2	3	3	32	+16
Tracy McGrady	37:18	8–17	3–5	1–2	2	12	14	10	1	3	3	3	20	+23
Shane Battier	33:58	3–7	2–4	0–0	0	0	0	5	1	2	0	4	8	+8
Metta World Peace	28:48	7–12	4–9	2–4	1	3	4	1	1	0	1	0	20	-6
Luis Scola	24:34	2–5	0–0	0–0	2	4	6	1	0	0	0	4	4	+15
Carl Landry	23:41	3–3	0–0	0–0	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	3	6	-5
Chuck Hayes	6:16	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	-3
Luther Head	5:43	0–0	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	-9
Team totals	240:00	42–76	11–24	13–17	10	28	38	26	6	7	11	20	108	—

This season

Houston Rockets 3, Denver Nuggets 1 in NBA 2008-09.

30 Nov 2008Houston Rockets 94–104 Denver Nuggets
16 Dec 200896–108 this game
19 Jan 2009Denver Nuggets 113–115 Houston Rockets
9 Mar 2009Houston Rockets 97–95 Denver Nuggets

Records going in

Denver Nuggets: 17–7
Houston Rockets: 15–9

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

30 Nov 2008Houston Rockets 94–104 Denver Nuggets
19 Jan 2009Denver Nuggets 113–115 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.