The Rockets lost a basketball game to the Nuggets 117-110, but the game felt like a meaningless speck in the atmosphere that surrounded the NBA community Sunday afternoon.
The Rockets played today’s game without James Harden and played relatively well for a team without their best player.
Russell Westbrook continued to carry the load with a team-high 32 points and Eric Gordon contributed 19 points while replacing Harden in the starting lineup.
While the Rockets played well and led for majority of the first half, the Nuggets’ onslaught was too much, headlined by Nikola Jokic’s triple-double and Jerami Grant’s season-high 27 points.