The Denver Nuggets and Houston Rockets are playing live on the NBA schedule on Saturday night and the matchup from the Toyota Center starts at 8 pm ET and has the Rockets coming in as one of the best teams in the league as Dwight Howard, James Harden and Kenneth Faried hit the court.
Howard is set to return to the lineup after sitting out for 11 games and he has not even been that missed by the team, as the team is 17-5 this season. The team is fourth in the league in defense this season and they are averaging nearly 100 points per game and they have started off as one of the best out west. The team is just behind Memphis and right there with the Spurs in the division race and they should be a force in the west this season after losing in the first round last year.
The team last won over the Kings in overtime and now will play back to back games home and on the road against the Nuggets. The team got 44 points from James Harden and eight assists along with 10 rebounds from Patrick Beverley and Harden is one of the league leaders again in scoring. The Nuggets come into the game at 10-12 on the season and they are coming in after a win against the Heat and will play against the Spurs next.
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