A pair of Western Conference teams meet at the Pepsi Center in Colorado when the Houston Rockets visit the home of the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday night. The game is surrounded by uncertainty by the situation of both sets, some outside and others on the court.
Last Sunday, star player James Harden regained his best scoring record and contributed 40 points that helped the Houston Rockets beat the Indiana Pacers 115-103 and end the two-game losing streak in a row. Harden scored 8 3-pointers from 18 attempts, and 14 of 15 shots from the personnel line, also dealt 9 assists and captured 7 defensive rebounds.
Houston, for now, is in the 12th position of the Western Conference with .417 ERA after dragging 5 wins and 7 losses. They are the worst place in the conference with just 1 game won and 4 lost at home, this has not been very happy to their fans.
The Rockets’ triumph comes after a disappointing start to the season and some media outlets talk about rumors about the continuation of forward Carmelo Anthony, who is in his first tournament with the Houston team. Anthony was absent for the second consecutive game for an alleged undisclosed illness, one day after the New York Times reported that he would be dropped in the coming days.
The Denver Nuggets, on the other hand, go through a small slump after their spectacular start to the season and added their third consecutive loss by falling 114-121 in the visit of the Milwaukee Bucks to the field of Pepsi Center. With this result they are in the 3rd position of the West table after adding 9 wins and 3 losses to give .692 of effectiveness.
In the last game of the Nuggets shined the inner pair formed by Paul Millsap and Nikola Jokic. The power forward went up to 25 points with 8 rebounds and 6 assists, while the Serbian accumulated 20 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists. The Spanish forward Juancho Hernangómez had quite a role on Sunday and came out as a starter to provide 8 points, 3 rebounds, an assist and a recovery of the ball.
The Nuggets are the revelation team in the complicated West, second only to the Warriors and the Trail Blazers. Denver has the best start in the history of the franchise and best of all, having already won twice this season to the Warriors. Meanwhile, the Rockets have not gone through the best moment, accumulate enough losses, and now suffer from extra court problems because Anthony cost enough for the few results he has given, in addition to all the rumors that run around him.