The Denver Nuggets (12-7, 4-2 Home), the NBA’s top scoring team, host the Houston Rockets (5-14, 2-9 Away) on Monday. Houston beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 118-105 at Toyota Center on Saturday. With 28 points, Jalen Green was the leading scorer. Alperen Sengun chipped in with 21 points, 19 rebounds, and seven assists. The Rockets are the 15th seed in the Western Conference.
Denver triumphed on Friday at Crypto.com Arena, beating the Los Angeles Clippers 114-104. Aaron Gordon had 29 points and seven rebounds to lead the team. The Nuggets are the second seed in the Western Conference, 0.5 games behind the Phoenix Suns. This marks the first meeting of the season between the teams.
Denver swept all three matchups between the teams last season, the last of which was a 116-101 triumph at Ball Arena on March 4, their seventh straight head-to-head victory. DeMarcus Cousins led the Nuggets with 31 points and nine rebounds. Christian Wood had 22 points, 10 rebounds, and five assists in the loss.
The Rockets have been led this season by Green and Kevin Porter Jr., who are averaging 21.8 and 19.1 points per game, respectively. Both are among the league’s top scorers, as Green is No. 1 and Porter Jr. is first. Porter Jr. also has dished 6.1 assists per game, most in the league.
Meanwhile, Sengun is grabbing 9.1 rebounds per game. Nikola Jokic has been the primary provider for the Nuggets on offense, averaging 22.4 points per game. He is the No. 1 scorer in the league. Jokic has also tallied 9.7 rebounds and 8.8 assists per game, for which he ranks first and first in the league, respectively.
The Nuggets rank as the highest-scoring offense in the league with 114.5 points per game. The Rockets are 3-7 in their last 10 trips to Ball Arena. Houston is 4-6 in the last 10 games with an average margin of -2.8 (113.0-115.8). Denver has a 6-4 record over the last 10, allowing 113.2 points per game on average while scoring only 112.8 (-0.4 margin).
ROCKETS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Bruno Fernando: 10.0 | 14.3 | -4.3
Points per game:
Jabari Smith Jr.: 16.0 | 11.7 | +4.3
Assists per game:
Jalen Green: 5.8 | 3.8 | +2.0
NUGGETS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Aaron Gordon: 35.7 | 26.1 | +9.6
Points per game:
Aaron Gordon: 25.7 | 16.6 | +9.1
Rebounds per game:
DeAndre Jordan: 9.3 | 6.0 | +3.3
Assists per game:
Jamal Murray: 8.5 | 5.0 | +3.5
SportsTips’ NBA Pick:
Denver Nuggets -11.5 (-110)
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