In large measure, today’s Nuggets game against the Houston Rockets is an experiment.
“We’ve got nothing to lose,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. “They’re the best team in the NBA, they’ve won (11) straight, we’re 10-3 in the last 13. There should be a lot of points on the scoreboard, a very exciting game. Hopefully we can kind of keep pace with them.”
Defensively, the Nuggets have to find schemes that work in slowing the Rockets down. In the first two meetings of this series this season, Houston has won the games by an average of 28 points.