HOUSTON — Nikola Jokic wandered over to his chair on the visiting bench and tossed his towel down in frustration.
It was at that moment, with 5:33 remaining in the fourth quarter and Denver facing a 15-point deficit, that the Nuggets threw in the towel as well. A full five-man sub trickled in to play out the rest of Tuesday’s ugly, dispiriting effort against Houston. The final score, 124-103, got m . . .