Nuggets Notes: Murray, Starters, Jokic, Gordon, DeRozan, More

The Nuggets sat on a plane for about six hours on Saturday night/early Sunday morning in Mexico City, per Bennett Durando of The Denver Post. The team was attempting to fly to Houston ahead of Monday’s game against the Rockets, but mechanical issues with the aircraft led to a lengthy delay and little sleep.

All five Nuggets starters — Jamal Murray, Christian Braun, Cameron Johnson, Aaron Gordon and Nikola Jokic — along with veteran forward DeMar DeRozan, were initially listed as questionable prior to Monday’s contest due to various ailments. Head coach David Adelman said he sent a text to the six players assess where they were at both physically and mentally and essentially gave them option…