US EditionNuggets Matchups Ahead After Week Of Rest For Rockets
The Nuggets and Rockets face off twice in Denver this week in pivotal games that impact playoff seeding and head-to-head tiebreakers, with both teams close in Western Conference standings.
- Monday night, the Denver Nuggets host the Houston Rockets in a replacement game not originally scheduled, marking their fourth meeting as they compete closely for second place; a rematch follows Saturday afternoon in Denver.
- Because both clubs were eliminated from the Cup, the NBA added Monday's replacement game amid the NBA Cup's format creating about 10 open days with random replacement games.
- In the first meeting, Denver won 112-109 despite Houston's 121.4 offensive rating and 17 more shot attempts, while Denver played without Aaron Gordon and Christian Braun, starting Spencer Jones and Peyton Watson.
- The result could affect tiebreakers because one head-to-head win is no longer enough to clinch Denver's tiebreaker situation, David Adelman warned, citing the 2024 playoff example.
- Because of the draw, teams may find extra meetings or altered tiebreakers from the NBA Cup's 'luck of the draw', and David Adelman, Nuggets head coach, repeats his 1-0 series message twice this week.
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