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 3-pointers en route to 28 points. He was only topped by Kevin Durant, who scored 31 on 8-of-14 shooting.