---
title: "Houston vs Denver"
canonical_url: https://betcrypto.now/events/houston-vs-denver
status: settled
kickoff_at: 2026-07-10T00:00:00+00:00
trading_closes_at: 2026-07-11T01:30:00+00:00
settled_at: 2026-07-11T00:44:43+00:00
total_volume_usd: 1295479.76
venues: ["Azuro", "Kalshi", "Polymarket"]
categories: ["Sports", "Basketball"]
prices_as_of: 2026-10-09T08:11:23+00:00
publisher: BetCrypto
data_api: https://betcrypto.now/api/v1/events/houston-vs-denver
---

# Houston vs Denver

Settled · kickoff 2026-07-10 00:00 UTC · $1,295,480 traded · listed on Azuro, Kalshi, Polymarket

## Result

**Houston Rockets** won. Settled 2026-07-11.

## About

This event is closed and has resolved. The Houston Rockets defeated the Denver Nuggets 97–86 in the 2026 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas on July 10, which fully explains why all active markets have converged to near-certainty for Houston. On Kalshi's moneyline market — the highest-volume listing at over $1.18M traded — Houston sits at 99.0%, with Denver languishing at 1.0%. Polymarket tells an even starker story, pricing Houston at 100.0% and Denver at just 0.1%. The spread market on Kalshi similarly prices Denver winning by more than 12.5 points at just 1.0%, consistent with the final outcome: a tightly contested first quarter ended 20–20, but Houston built an eight-point halftime lead and then extended it decisively with a 17–7 run in the fourth quarter to seal a double-digit victory.

Houston's defense was key, forcing 22 turnovers and holding Denver to sub-20-point tallies in the second and fourth quarters. Rookie second-round pick Bruce Thornton led the way with 27 points, three rebounds, three assists, and three steals. Azuro's pre-game lines, which had the Rockets around 56–60% favourites on the moneyline and the game genuinely competitive across spread markets, were overtaken by events — the actual result was decisive enough that Polymarket's post-game price essentially reflects a settled outcome.

Across all platforms, the market is fully resolved in Houston's favour, with the only remaining noise being Azuro's pre-game implied probabilities, which were recorded before final settlement — the cross-platform consensus otherwise shows near-perfect agreement that the Rockets won.

_AI-written summary written 2026-07-12; its figures date from then — the table below is live._

## Other markets

- Spread — 9 outcomes
- 1st Half: Full Time Result — 3 outcomes
- 1st Quarter: Full Time Result — 3 outcomes
- Handicap 1 — 2 outcomes
- Handicap 1.5 — 2 outcomes
- Total O/U 179 — 2 outcomes
- Total O/U 179.5 — 2 outcomes
- 1st Quarter: Total Odd/Even — 2 outcomes
- 3rd Quarter: Total Odd/Even — 2 outcomes
- Total O/U 177.5 — 2 outcomes
- 2nd Quarter: Total Odd/Even — 2 outcomes
- Total O/U 177 — 2 outcomes
- Denver Nuggets: Individual Total Odd/Even — 2 outcomes
- Houston Rockets: Individual Total Odd/Even — 2 outcomes
- Game - Total Odd/Even Point — 2 outcomes
- Total O/U 176.5 — 2 outcomes
- Handicap -1.5 — 2 outcomes
- Handicap -2 — 2 outcomes
- 2nd Half: Total Odd/Even — 2 outcomes
- Handicap -2.5 — 2 outcomes
- 4th Quarter: Total Odd/Even — 2 outcomes
- Total O/U 178 — 2 outcomes
- Total O/U 178.5 — 2 outcomes
- 1st Half: Total Odd/Even — 2 outcomes
- Handicap -1 — 2 outcomes
- Handicap -3 — 2 outcomes

_Every market's prices are on the event page._

## Open on a venue

- [Azuro](https://betcrypto.now/go/e/19364?via=md)
- [Kalshi](https://betcrypto.now/go/e/10729?via=md)
- [Polymarket](https://betcrypto.now/go/e/18953?via=md)

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