Final
Harden scores 50 as Rockets beat Nuggets
Mar 20, 2015 - 6:15 AM Houston, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - James Harden scored a career-high 50 points and pulled down 10 rebounds in the Houston Rockets' 118-108 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night.Harden made four 3-pointers and went 22-of-25 from the foul line for the Rockets, who have won three in a row. Trevor Ariza and Josh Smith tallied 17 and 12 points, respectively.
"I was just one of those nights where he had good energy and he was driving hard," Houston coach Kevin McHale said.
Wilson Chandler and Randy Foye each scored 23 points for the Nuggets, who have dropped two straight following a four-game winning streak. Kenneth Faried contributed 19 points and 12 rebounds.
"He did an unbelievable job of creating and also getting to the free throw line," Foye said of Harden.
The Rockets led by as many as eight in the first quarter before taking a 33-27 advantage into the second.
Ahead 57-48, Houston ended the first half on an 8-1 spurt. Patrick Beverley and Smith made 3-pointers during the flurry to make it 65-49 at the break.
The Rockets closed out the third stanza in similar fashion. Holding an 81-72 margin, Houston went on a 9-1 run. Harden tallied six points during the spurt to make it 90-73.
The Nuggets started the fourth on an 11-2 flurry to make things interesting. They scored six straight points moments later to get within 99-91 with 5:06 to play.
But the Rockets scored the next five points to put the game away.
Game Notes
Terrence Jones and Beverley each scored 10 points for the Rockets, who went 32-of-40 from the foul line ... Ty Lawson had 12 points and 10 assists for the Nuggets .. Each team turned the ball over 16 times.
- DENVER: 108
HOUSTON: 118
Final
Mar 19 10:32 PM - 122
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Nuggets 105, Rockets 115 4th - 0:30Mar 19 10:31 PM - 115
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Nuggets 102, Rockets 112 4th - 0:48Mar 19 10:30 PM - 105
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Nuggets 95, Rockets 104 4th - 2:43Mar 19 10:25 PM - 52
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Nuggets 95, Rockets 106 4th - 2:42Mar 19 10:25 PM - 105
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Nuggets 95, Rockets 104 4th - 3:08Mar 19 10:25 PM - 57
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Nuggets 91, Rockets 102 4th - 4:32Mar 19 10:21 PM - 104
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Nuggets 91, Rockets 100 4th - 4:37Mar 19 10:21 PM - 98
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Nuggets 91, Rockets 100 4th - 4:55Mar 19 10:21 PM - 88
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Nuggets 91, Rockets 99 4th - 5:06Mar 19 10:20 PM - 55
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Nuggets 83, Rockets 92 4th - 9:43Mar 19 10:06 PM - 60
roots - DENVER: 73
HOUSTON: 90
End of 3rd
Mar 19 9:58 PM - DENVER: 73
HOUSTON: 90
End of 3rd
Mar 19 9:58 PM - 65
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roots - 42
roots - DENVER: 49
HOUSTON: 65
Halftime
Mar 19 9:15 PM - DENVER: 27
HOUSTON: 33
End of 1st
Mar 19 8:37 PM - DENVER: 27
HOUSTON: 33
End of 1st
Mar 19 8:37 PM - DENVER: 0
HOUSTON: 0
1st Quarter - 12:00
Mar 19 8:11 PM
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