The Houston Rockets (26-12) travel to play the Denver Nuggets (24-15) on Wednesday at Ball Arena, the first game this season between the two teams. The Rockets won the season series 3-1 in 2023-24, with Alperen Şengün averaging 20.

The Rockets' two top scorers have a chance to be voted into the NBA All-Star Game, recognition their teammates say both players earned. So we had them pitch it.

The Denver Nuggets have had a solid season thus far and their superstar center Nikola Jokić is once again in the MVP conversation. Denver currently sits fourth in the Western Conference standings ...

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The Finnish power forward led the Salt Lake City team with 35 points, but saw Trae Young beat the buzzer from half-court for the win. Clint Capela had 18 points for the Hawks, Zaccharie Risacher added 14, Vít Krejčí scored 13, and Bogdan Bogdanović contributed 11 points.

The Houston Rockets blew out the Denver Nuggets 128-108, behind a strong scoring performance from star guard Jalen Green.

Hawks 110 (21-19), Bulls 94 (18-23): Atlanta was without Trae Young, Jalen Johnson and Dominique Wilkins, but Keaton Wallace (27 points, six rebounds, six assists, four steals) led the Hawks over a Bulls team that shot 6 of 27 from deep and turned it over 20 times.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the Thunder’s MVP candidate, is an All-Star lock. Williams — who is second on the team in points and assists, third in rebounds and is a versatile cog in their top-ranked and historically disruptive defense — is their only other true candidate. That might be Williams’ simplest case.

The undermanned Nuggets got pushed around at home by the Rockets. The latter took 19 extra shots as a result of forcing 18 turnovers plus recovering four more rebounds. And Jalen Green’s jumper was like a cannon with bottomless rounds.

Randolph and Allen commended Durant for being "ready for all the smoke" and asked him why he feels the need to be outspoken and champion American basketball players. "'Cause this basketball s**t is ours," Durant said. "We created this s**t for real. The best players come from the places we come from.

There is a responsibility on keeping the franchise in a good space and good spot when it comes to where we leave this thing when we’re done,” Curry told reporters after the Warriors lost to the Raptors on Monday.

The two teams have yet to face off this season, but there's an extra level of excitement when Nikola Jokic faces off against Alperen Sengun. Unfortunately, it seems like that battle will have to ...