The Denver Nuggets (18-6) will host the Houston Rockets (16-6) after dropping four straight home games. It starts at 9:30 p.m. ET on Monday, December 15, 2025.
The Rockets take on the Nuggets in a game projected to be a tight matchup. The Rockets are favored by just 1.5 points against the Nuggets. The point total for the game is set at 237.5.
Rockets vs. Nuggets betting odds
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Spread: Houston -1.5Total: 237.5Moneyline: Houston -114, Denver -105
Rockets at Nuggets odds, spread, & morePredictionPick ATS: Nuggets (+ 1.5)Pick OU:
Under (237.5)Prediction:
Nuggets 119 – Rockets 117MoneylineThe Rockets have won 75% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (15-5).When it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -114 or shorter, Houston has gone 15-5 (75% win percentage).Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Rockets have an implied win probability of 53.3%.The Nuggets have split the two games they’ve played as underdogs this season.Denver has a record of 1-1 when it is set as the underdog by -105 or more by oddsmakers this season.The Nuggets have a 51.2% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.Against the spreadThe Rockets score only 4.7 more points per game (120.6) than the Nuggets allow (115.9).Houston has an 11-2 record against the spread and an 11-2 record overall when scoring more than 115.9 points.Denver has put together a 14-9 ATS record and an 18-5 overall record in games it scores more than 110.4 points.Houston has an ATS record of 14-7 and a 16-5 record overall when its opponents score fewer than 125.5 points.The Rockets are the NBA’s fifth-ranked scoring team (120.6 PPG), while the Nuggets rank 13th in points per game allowed (115.9) in the league.Denver is the NBA’s highest-scoring offense (125.5 PPG), while Houston is the second-ranked defense (110.4).The Rockets have out-scored their opponents by a total of 225 points this season (10.2 points per game on average), and the Nuggets have put up 231 more points than their opponents on the year (9.6 per game).Over/UnderHouston’s average implied point total this year is 1.5 fewer points than its implied total in Monday’s game (118.5 implied points on average compared to 120 implied points in this game).This season, Houston has outscored its implied point total for this matchup (120) 11 times.Denver’s average implied point total on the season (122.4 points) is 4.4 points higher than its implied total in this matchup (118 points).How to watch Rockets vs. Nuggets