Houston visits Denver on 6-game road skid
Houston Rockets (8-7, eighth in the Western Conference) vs. Denver Nuggets (12-6, second in the Western Conference)
Denver; Wednesday, 9 p.m. EST
: Nuggets -6; over/under is 217
BOTTOM LINE: Houston visits Denver looking to break its six-game road skid.
The Nuggets are 10-4 in Western Conference games. Denver ranks seventh in the NBA allowing only 108.9 points per game while holding opponents to 46.1% shooting.
The Rockets are 7-6 in conference games. Houston is the top team in the Western Conference giving up only 105.5 points per game while holding opponents to 43.9% shooting.
The Nuggets make 49.0% of their shots from the field this season, which is 5.1 percentage points higher than the Rockets have allowed to their opponents (43.9%). The Rockets average 110.0 points per game, 1.1 more than the 108.9 the Nuggets give up to opponents.
The teams square off for the third time this season. The Rockets won 105-86 in the last matchup on Nov. 25. Jalen Green led the Rockets with 25 points, and Nikola Jokic led the Nuggets with 38 points.
TOP PERFORMERS: Michael Porter Jr. is averaging 16.9 points and 7.8 rebounds for the Nuggets. Jokic is averaging 26.3 points over the last 10 games for Denver.
Green is shooting 41.7% and averaging 19.1 points for the Rockets. Fred VanVleet is averaging 2.8 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Houston.
LAST 10 GAMES: Nuggets: 5-5, averaging 109.9 points, 44.2 rebounds, 27.6 assists, 6.2 steals and 4.2 blocks per game while shooting 47.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 111.2 points per game.
Rockets: 6-4, averaging 111.2 points, 45.0 rebounds, 26.1 assists, 6.4 steals and 4.8 blocks per game while shooting 47.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 102.6 points.
INJURIES: Nuggets: Hunter Tyson: day to day (illness), Vlatko Cancar: out (knee), Aaron Gordon: day to day (heel), Jamal Murray: day to day (hamstring), Peyton Watson: day to day (illness), Nikola Jokic: day to day (back).
Rockets: Victor Oladipo: out (knee), Amen Thompson: out (ankle).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
