Denver Nuggets vs Houston Rockets Final — November 9, 2026
DENOffenseFull 2025-26 regular season (last season)HOU
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Full 2025-26 regular season (last season), captured before tip-off. League rank in small type (30 teams); the gold side ranks higher. Bars show rank, longest = 1st. Source: Gridiron & Wine public Analytics tables.
Last five results this season, oldest to newest. Records are season to date, with home and road splits. Against-the-spread (ATS) and over–under records use the consensus closing line.
Margin of each of the last 10 games this season, oldest to newest (gold = won). Hover a bar for the score margin.
Distance is a straight-line estimate from each team's home arena, not the team's actual itinerary; time-zone change is at game time. Days of rest are full days off since each team's previous game this season (0 = back-to-back); preseason games do not count. Schedule facts only: no fatigue adjustment is applied.
No key players listed.
Key players only. Injury report as of November 9, 9:40 a.m. ET.
The pre-game matchup
The Nuggets (5-3) visited the Rockets (7-3) on Monday, November 9 at 8:40 PM ET.
Last season (2025-26), the Nuggets scored 122.0 points per game (1st of 30) and allowed 116.8 (21st). The Rockets scored 115.2 points per game (18th of 30) and allowed 110.0 (5th).
Offensive rating, the points scored per 100 possessions: Nuggets 121.2 (1st), Rockets 117.5 (8th). Defensive rating, the points allowed per 100 possessions: Nuggets 116.1 (21st), Rockets 112.2 (6th). Net rating, the offensive minus defensive rating: Nuggets +5.1 (7th), Rockets +5.3 (6th). These are last season's full-season numbers because the new season's sample is still small; rosters change over the offseason.
The Nuggets are 5-3 and 4-4 against the spread; their last game was a 114-102 win over the Pacers. The Rockets are 7-3 and 7-3 against the spread; their last game was a 102-99 loss to the Suns.
The Rockets closed as 4.5-point favorites at home against the Nuggets. The spread closed where it opened. The total closed at 224.5, up from 222.5 at the open. After removing the vig, the closing moneyline (Nuggets +160, Rockets -191) prices the Nuggets at 37% and the Rockets at 63%.
Written from the numbers available before tip-off.
Result
Final score and result vs the closing line
Denver Nuggets 100, Houston Rockets 110
Houston Rockets won by 10.
- Against the closing spread (Houston Rockets -4.5): Houston Rockets covered.
- Combined score 210 vs the closing total of 224.5: Under.
- Houston Rockets closed at -191 on the moneyline (a 63% no-vig market-implied chance).
Market
Closing line and line movement
Nuggets +4.5 (-110)
Nuggets +4.5 (-108)
Rockets -174 61%
Rockets -191 63%
Consensus of US sportsbooks. Open = first line after both teams' previous games; Close = consensus at tip-off. Percentages are the moneyline's no-vig market-implied chances.
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G&W Line
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Matchup
Players to watch
- Points per game27.78th
- Rebounds per game12.91st
- Assists per game10.71st
- Minutes per game34.8
- Points per game25.416th
- Rebounds per game4.4145th
- Assists per game7.113th
- Minutes per game35.4
- Points per game26.015th
- Rebounds per game5.592nd
- Assists per game4.850th
- Minutes per game36.4
- Points per game20.438th
- Rebounds per game8.917th
- Assists per game6.220th
- Minutes per game33.3
Last season's (2025-26) regular-season per-game averages; players listed with their current team, top two scorers per team, from season player stats captured before game time. Ranks among the 393 players with at least 20 games.
Head-to-head
The teams have met 16 times since 2022: the Nuggets won 10 and the Rockets 6.
| Date | Score | Line | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2026 | Nuggets 129, Rockets 93 Nuggets won | ||
| Mar 11, 2026 | Rockets 93, Nuggets 129 Nuggets won | ||
| Dec 20, 2025 | Rockets 115, Nuggets 101 Rockets won | ||
| Dec 15, 2025 | Rockets 125, Nuggets 128 Nuggets won | ||
| Nov 21, 2025 | Nuggets 112, Rockets 109 Nuggets won |
Meetings since 2022, most recent first. Line and total are the consensus closing numbers where line history is available.
Teams
Denver Nuggets
- Denver Nuggets team stats
- Denver Nuggets 123, Memphis Grizzlies 118 (Nov 11)
- Denver Nuggets 114, Indiana Pacers 102 (Nov 7)
- Toronto Raptors 109, Denver Nuggets 128 (Nov 4)
Houston Rockets
More NBA games on November 9, 2026
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- Washington Wizards 111, Detroit Pistons 122 (Nov 9)
- Memphis Grizzlies 118, Toronto Raptors 102 (Nov 9)
- Indiana Pacers 122, Dallas Mavericks 125 (Nov 9)
- San Antonio Spurs 122, Phoenix Suns 96 (Nov 9)
- New Orleans Pelicans 87, Golden State Warriors 138 (Nov 9)
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