The ugly first quarter of the 2022-23 season for the Houston Rockets arguably hit a low point in Wednesday's 120-100 loss to the Denver Nuggets.
Houston's second straight double-digit defeat in Denver wasn't even as close as the final score indicated, as Stephen Silas's squad trailed 44-24 after the first 12 minutes and by as many as 33 late in the second quarter. Two nights after being diced by Nikola Jokiu0107 in a blowout loss, the Rockets came out listless Wednesday night.
"I haven't been disappointed with our readiness ... pretty much all season," Silas told the media in Denver postgame.