David Adelman gets first career ejection, Rockets beat Nuggets in revenge win

Denver Nuggets head coach David Adelman during a time out in a game against the Houston Rockets on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, at Ball Arena in Denver. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)David Adelman’s coaching rite of passage wasn’t enough to spark the Nuggets to an improbable comeback.

Adelman earned the first ejection of his career as an NBA head coach Saturday, and the Nuggets’ offense looked mortal for the first time all season in a 115-101 loss to the Houston Rockets.

Their defense was mostly stingy enough to keep them in the game for most of three quarters, but Rockets guard Reed Sheppard executed an 11-0 run single-handedly to finish the third with an 82-66 lead. He made six…