With Nikola Jokic out dealing with a “Non-Covid Illness”, DeMarcus Cousins got his first start in a Denver Nuggets uniform. The Houston Rockets came into this game having lost 11 in a row and dropped another one. Will Barton entered this game trailing J.R. Smith for the all-time 3 pointers made by a Nugget by 1, he had missed his last 16 three-pointers as well. The Nuggets kept the game closer than many would have anticipated but won 116-101.
Thrill broke the record late in the 3rd quarter. But the story of this game was Boogie’s first 30 point game since January 2018.