Who won Houston Rockets vs Denver Nuggets?

The Denver Nuggets beat the Houston Rockets 129-93 on March 11, 2026.

Amen Thompson scored 16 for the Houston Rockets; Jamal Murray scored 30 for the Denver Nuggets.

Houston Rockets at Denver Nuggets

2025-26 · Regular season Wed, Mar 11, 2026 · 10:00 pm EDT · All results that day · Houston Rockets vs Denver Nuggets head-to-head · Houston Rockets schedule · Denver Nuggets schedule

Final

Away

Denver Nuggets

129

Venue: Ball Arena

Schedule source: whynba · Observed Oct 9, 2026, 06:29 UTC.

Game recap

The Denver Nuggets beat the Houston Rockets 129-93 at home on Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at Ball Arena. Jamal Murray had 30 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists for the Denver Nuggets. Amen Thompson had 16 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists for the Houston Rockets.

The Denver Nuggets led 53-47 at halftime and pulled away after the break. Their best stretch was the third quarter, won 40-22. Double-digit figures in two categories: Nikola Jokić (triple-double, Denver Nuggets). Bench points: Houston Rockets 37, Denver Nuggets 47. Christian Braun had 19 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists in support for the winners.

Written by the whynba data desk from the licensed final box score and period scores.

Score source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 2026, 06:29:14 UTC. Source update time is unavailable.

Quick answers

Who won Houston Rockets vs Denver Nuggets?: The Denver Nuggets beat the Houston Rockets 129-93 on March 11, 2026.
Who led the scoring?: Amen Thompson scored 16 for the Houston Rockets; Jamal Murray scored 30 for the Denver Nuggets.

Box score

Score by quarter
Team	q1	q2	q3	q4	Final
Houston Rockets	20	27	22	24	93
Denver Nuggets	24	29	40	36	129

Game leaders

Houston Rockets

Points: 16 Amen Thompson
Rebounds: 8 Tari Eason
Assists: 5 Kevin Durant

Denver Nuggets

Points: 30 Jamal Murray
Rebounds: 12 Nikola Jokić
Assists: 13 Nikola Jokić

Nikola Jokić triple-double (16 PTS, 12 REB, 13 AST)

Houston Rockets
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Amen Thompson starter	30:13	16	5	4	1	0	2	8-14	0-1	0-1	2	-17
Jabari Smith Jr. starter	27:54	11	7	2	1	0	1	5-10	1-2	0-0	4	-12
Kevin Durant starter	26:03	11	4	5	0	0	3	5-8	0-2	1-1	2	-18
Alperen Sengun starter	24:13	10	2	3	0	3	2	5-8	0-1	0-4	2	-17
Tari Eason starter	21:35	8	8	2	1	0	1	4-9	0-4	0-0	0	-17
Reed Sheppard bench	27:06	9	2	2	2	1	3	4-12	1-9	0-0	2	-26
Clint Capela bench	23:47	9	7	0	1	1	2	4-7	0-0	1-2	2	-19
Josh Okogie bench	23:35	12	4	3	1	1	0	5-11	2-5	0-2	2	-22
Aaron Holiday bench	16:01	2	1	3	0	0	1	1-10	0-4	0-0	2	-17
Isaiah Crawford bench	12:00	5	3	1	0	0	0	1-5	0-2	3-4	0	-12
Jeff Green bench	7:33	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-3	0-0	0	-3

Not available: Dorian Finney-Smith, Fred VanVleet, Jae'Sean Tate, Steven Adams

Denver Nuggets
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Jamal Murray starter	31:24	30	2	4	1	0	1	11-21	3-4	5-6	0	+25
Nikola Jokić starter	30:25	16	12	13	5	1	5	6-12	0-2	4-5	2	+27
Christian Braun starter	26:06	19	4	3	1	0	0	8-10	3-4	0-0	0	+20
Cameron Johnson starter	24:46	17	2	4	2	2	0	6-9	3-5	2-2	1	+23
Aaron Gordon starter	22:29	0	4	1	0	1	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	0	+17
Tim Hardaway Jr. bench	21:03	14	3	1	0	0	1	5-9	4-6	0-0	3	+15
Bruce Brown bench	19:44	7	1	2	0	0	1	2-5	1-2	2-4	1	+17
Spencer Jones bench	19:41	0	3	2	2	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	+17
Jonas Valančiūnas bench	11:43	12	5	3	0	0	0	6-6	0-0	0-0	4	+7
Julian Strawther bench	7:33	6	1	0	0	0	0	2-3	2-2	0-0	0	+3
Tyus Jones bench	7:33	2	0	2	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-1	0	+3
Jalen Pickett bench	5:51	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	1	+2
Zeke Nnaji bench	5:51	1	1	0	1	0	1	0-2	0-1	1-2	1	+2
David Roddy bench	5:51	2	4	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	2-2	1	+2

Not available: Peyton Watson

Team statistics
Houston Rockets	Stat	Denver Nuggets
5/14 (35%)	Free throws	16/22 (72%)
38/64 (59%)	2 pointers	31/55 (56%)
4/33 (12%)	3 pointers	17/32 (53%)
42/97 (43%)	Field goals	48/87 (55%)
44	Rebounds	42
28	Defensive rebounds	34
16	Offensive rebounds	8
25	Assists	36
15	Turnovers	9
7	Steals	12
6	Blocks	4
18	Fouls	15
6	Max points in a row	9
3:48	Time spent in lead	41:31
5	Biggest lead	39

Scoring margin by minute (above the line: Denver Nuggets ahead)

Largest margin: 38 points.

Game flow

Lead changes: 3
Times tied: 6
Largest lead · Houston Rockets: 5 Q1 9:33
Largest lead · Denver Nuggets: 39 Q4 0:40
Longest run: 9-0 Denver Nuggets · Q3 0:42 to Q4 11:09

Scoring plays

Q1 · 21 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q1
Time left	Team	Play	Houston Rockets	Denver Nuggets
11:33	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun 2-pt field goal	2	0
11:15	Denver Nuggets	Nikola Jokić 2-pt field goal	2	2
10:57	Houston Rockets	Kevin Durant 2-pt field goal	4	2
9:33	Houston Rockets	Jabari Smith Jr. 3-pt field goal	7	2
8:43	Denver Nuggets	Christian Braun 2-pt field goal	7	4
8:09	Denver Nuggets	Cameron Johnson 3-pt field goal	7	7
7:24	Denver Nuggets	Jamal Murray 2-pt field goal	7	9
7:09	Houston Rockets	Kevin Durant Free throw	8	9
6:57	Denver Nuggets	Jamal Murray 2-pt field goal	8	11
6:12	Houston Rockets	Jabari Smith Jr. 2-pt field goal	10	11
5:55	Denver Nuggets	Jamal Murray 3-pt field goal	10	14
5:26	Houston Rockets	Josh Okogie 2-pt field goal	12	14
5:00	Denver Nuggets	Tim Hardaway Jr. 3-pt field goal	12	17
4:40	Houston Rockets	Jabari Smith Jr. 2-pt field goal	14	17
4:15	Houston Rockets	Kevin Durant 2-pt field goal	16	17
3:12	Denver Nuggets	Jamal Murray 2-pt field goal	16	19
2:55	Houston Rockets	Jabari Smith Jr. 2-pt field goal	18	19
2:45	Denver Nuggets	Nikola Jokić 2-pt field goal	18	21
2:19	Houston Rockets	Tari Eason 2-pt field goal	20	21
1:46	Denver Nuggets	Christian Braun 2-pt field goal	20	23
0:05	Denver Nuggets	Bruce Brown Free throw	20	24

Q2 · 27 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q2
Time left	Team	Play	Houston Rockets	Denver Nuggets
11:44	Denver Nuggets	Jonas Valančiūnas 2-pt field goal	20	26
11:24	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun 2-pt field goal	22	26
10:41	Denver Nuggets	Tim Hardaway Jr. 3-pt field goal	22	29
10:30	Houston Rockets	Reed Sheppard 3-pt field goal	25	29
10:15	Denver Nuggets	Tim Hardaway Jr. 2-pt field goal	25	31
9:22	Houston Rockets	Tari Eason 2-pt field goal	27	31
8:54	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson 2-pt field goal	29	31
8:34	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun 2-pt field goal	31	31
8:13	Denver Nuggets	Jonas Valančiūnas 2-pt field goal	31	33
7:55	Houston Rockets	Reed Sheppard 2-pt field goal	33	33
7:41	Denver Nuggets	Jamal Murray 2-pt field goal	33	35
7:21	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun 2-pt field goal	35	35
7:04	Denver Nuggets	Cameron Johnson 2-pt field goal	35	37
6:45	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson 2-pt field goal	37	37
6:26	Denver Nuggets	Jamal Murray Free throw	37	38
5:41	Denver Nuggets	Jamal Murray 2-pt field goal	37	40
5:12	Houston Rockets	Josh Okogie 2-pt field goal	39	40
4:57	Denver Nuggets	Nikola Jokić 2-pt field goal	39	42
4:05	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson 2-pt field goal	41	42
3:30	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson 2-pt field goal	43	42
2:48	Denver Nuggets	Christian Braun 2-pt field goal	43	44
2:26	Denver Nuggets	Cameron Johnson 2-pt field goal	43	46
2:07	Denver Nuggets	Christian Braun 2-pt field goal	43	48
1:28	Denver Nuggets	Christian Braun 2-pt field goal	43	50
1:00	Houston Rockets	Clint Capela 2-pt field goal	45	50
0:06	Houston Rockets	Tari Eason 2-pt field goal	47	50
0:03	Denver Nuggets	Christian Braun 3-pt field goal	47	53

Q3 · 34 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q3
Time left	Team	Play	Houston Rockets	Denver Nuggets
11:39	Denver Nuggets	Nikola Jokić 2-pt field goal	47	55
11:12	Denver Nuggets	Nikola Jokić Free throw	47	56
11:12	Denver Nuggets	Nikola Jokić Free throw	47	57
11:00	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson 2-pt field goal	49	57
10:33	Houston Rockets	Tari Eason 2-pt field goal	51	57
9:56	Houston Rockets	Kevin Durant 2-pt field goal	53	57
9:20	Denver Nuggets	Cameron Johnson 3-pt field goal	53	60
9:03	Houston Rockets	Alperen Sengun 2-pt field goal	55	60
8:26	Denver Nuggets	Nikola Jokić 2-pt field goal	55	62
7:55	Denver Nuggets	Jamal Murray 2-pt field goal	55	64
7:20	Denver Nuggets	Cameron Johnson 3-pt field goal	55	67
7:07	Houston Rockets	Kevin Durant 2-pt field goal	57	67
6:37	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson 2-pt field goal	59	67
6:29	Denver Nuggets	Nikola Jokić 2-pt field goal	59	69
6:29	Denver Nuggets	Nikola Jokić Free throw	59	70
6:10	Houston Rockets	Jabari Smith Jr. 2-pt field goal	61	70
5:59	Denver Nuggets	Jamal Murray Free throw	61	71
5:59	Denver Nuggets	Jamal Murray Free throw	61	72
5:39	Denver Nuggets	Cameron Johnson Free throw	61	73
5:39	Denver Nuggets	Cameron Johnson Free throw	61	74
5:14	Denver Nuggets	Jamal Murray 2-pt field goal	61	76
4:49	Houston Rockets	Kevin Durant 2-pt field goal	63	76
4:33	Denver Nuggets	Christian Braun 3-pt field goal	63	79
4:03	Denver Nuggets	Christian Braun 3-pt field goal	63	82
3:30	Houston Rockets	Reed Sheppard 2-pt field goal	65	82
3:18	Denver Nuggets	Jamal Murray Free throw	65	83
3:18	Denver Nuggets	Jamal Murray Free throw	65	84
2:50	Denver Nuggets	Bruce Brown Free throw	65	85
2:36	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson 2-pt field goal	67	85
2:21	Denver Nuggets	Cameron Johnson 2-pt field goal	67	87
1:28	Houston Rockets	Amen Thompson 2-pt field goal	69	87
0:42	Denver Nuggets	Nikola Jokić Free throw	69	88
0:32	Denver Nuggets	Bruce Brown 2-pt field goal	69	90
0:05	Denver Nuggets	Tim Hardaway Jr. 3-pt field goal	69	93

Q4 · 29 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q4
Time left	Team	Play	Houston Rockets	Denver Nuggets
11:09	Denver Nuggets	Tim Hardaway Jr. 3-pt field goal	69	96
10:52	Houston Rockets	Reed Sheppard 2-pt field goal	71	96
10:26	Houston Rockets	Isaiah Crawford 2-pt field goal	73	96
10:10	Denver Nuggets	Jamal Murray 3-pt field goal	73	99
9:55	Houston Rockets	Clint Capela Free throw	74	99
9:41	Denver Nuggets	Jamal Murray 2-pt field goal	74	101
9:22	Houston Rockets	Clint Capela 2-pt field goal	76	101
9:06	Denver Nuggets	Jamal Murray 3-pt field goal	76	104
8:52	Houston Rockets	Isaiah Crawford Free throw	77	104
8:52	Houston Rockets	Isaiah Crawford Free throw	78	104
8:33	Denver Nuggets	Jonas Valančiūnas 2-pt field goal	78	106
8:06	Denver Nuggets	Jonas Valančiūnas 2-pt field goal	78	108
7:36	Denver Nuggets	Bruce Brown 3-pt field goal	78	111
7:16	Houston Rockets	Josh Okogie 2-pt field goal	80	111
6:57	Denver Nuggets	Jonas Valančiūnas 2-pt field goal	80	113
6:39	Houston Rockets	Josh Okogie 3-pt field goal	83	113
6:17	Denver Nuggets	Jonas Valančiūnas 2-pt field goal	83	115
5:51	Denver Nuggets	Tyus Jones 2-pt field goal	83	117
5:25	Denver Nuggets	Jalen Pickett 3-pt field goal	83	120
4:52	Houston Rockets	Clint Capela 2-pt field goal	85	120
2:21	Denver Nuggets	Julian Strawther 3-pt field goal	85	123
2:01	Houston Rockets	Clint Capela 2-pt field goal	87	123
1:28	Denver Nuggets	Zeke Nnaji Free throw	87	124
1:13	Houston Rockets	Aaron Holiday 2-pt field goal	89	124
1:03	Denver Nuggets	Julian Strawther 3-pt field goal	89	127
0:51	Houston Rockets	Isaiah Crawford Free throw	90	127
0:40	Denver Nuggets	David Roddy Free throw	90	128
0:40	Denver Nuggets	David Roddy Free throw	90	129
0:28	Houston Rockets	Josh Okogie 3-pt field goal	93	129

2025-26 season series

After this game: Denver Nuggets 3-1. Final series: Denver Nuggets 3-1.

Nov 21: Denver Nuggets 112 at Houston Rockets 109
Dec 15: Houston Rockets 125 at Denver Nuggets 128
Dec 20: Houston Rockets 115 at Denver Nuggets 101
Mar 11: Houston Rockets 93 at Denver Nuggets 129 (this game)

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Nuggets 129 - 93 Rockets — Full Highlights (YouTube)

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