The Denver Nuggets did not match up well with the Houston Rockets this season. To be fair, virtually no team did, but the Nuggets otherwise had a knack for playing to their competition—both up and down. Some of their best performances came in wins over the Golden State Warriors, Portland Trail Blazers, and Boston Celtics. Denver can run with the big boys, but Houston ran them off the floor in all three of the teams’ meetings this season.
The last of those three games was played in Denver on February 25th, when the Rockets left the Pepsi Center with a 119-114 victory in hand.