The Houston Rockets (5-15, 2-10 Away) will try to slow down one of the NBA’s top scoring teams when they are on the road to face the Denver Nuggets (13-7, 5-2 Home) on Wednesday. The teams face off in their second successive game against each other. Denver topped Houston 129-113 at Ball Arena on Monday, their third win in a row and their eighth straight head-to-head.
Nikola Jokic led the Nuggets with 32 points, 12 rebounds, and eight assists. Alperen Sengun had 18 points in the loss. The Rockets are the 15th seed in the Western Conference. The Nuggets are 0.5 games behind the Phoenix Suns in the Western Conference, currently sitting in second. The Nuggets’ victory on Monday was the teams’ only earlier matchup this season.
Jalen Green and Kevin Porter Jr., averaging 21.6 and 18.7 points per game, respectively, have led the Rockets in scoring this season. Both are among the NBA’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 NBA.
Meanwhile, Sengun is grabbing 9.0 rebounds per game. Jokic’s 23.0 points per game have powered the Nuggets on offense. He is the No. 1 scorer in the NBA. Jokic has also posted 9.8 rebounds and 8.8 assists per game, for which he ranks first and first in the league, respectively.
The Nuggets rank as one of the top scoring offenses in the league, second-best with 115.2 points per game. The Rockets are only 2-8 in their last 10 trips to Ball Arena. In the last 10 games, Houston is 4-6 with an average margin of -3.2 (112.6-115.8). Denver has a 6-4 record over the last 10, scoring 114.2 points per game on average while allowing 113.6 (+0.6 margin).
ROCKETS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Bruno Fernando: 8.0 | 12.3 | -4.2
Points per game:
Jabari Smith Jr.: 15.8 | 11.6 | +4.2
Assists per game:
Jalen Green: 6.0 | 4.0 | +2.0
NUGGETS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
DeAndre Jordan: 17.3 | 12.7 | +4.6
Points per game:
Nikola Jokic: 30.3 | 23.0 | +7.3
Rebounds per game:
DeAndre Jordan: 10.3 | 6.3 | +4.1
Assists per game:
Jamal Murray: 7.3 | 5.0 | +2.3
SportsTips’ NBA Pick:
Denver Nuggets -11.5 (-110)
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