The Denver Nuggets remain winless in Summer League play, but are looking for their first as the league playoffs begin today. The 23rd-seeded Nuggets (better than the New Orleans Pelicans!) will face the 10th-seeded Houston Rockets again, this time in an elimination game. The top-8 teams get a bye to the second round. The Nuggets will be playing without Juancho Hernangomez, and at a very inconvenient-for-the-working-fan 2:30 PM Mountain Time tip-off, but would love to find a way to get that first win and keep playing.
The Basics:
Who: Denver Nuggets vs Houston Rockets
Where: Thomas and Mack Center, Las Vegas NV
When: 2:30 pm MT
How to watch: ESPNU
| Position | Nuggets | Rockets | Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|
| PG | Monte Morris | Isaiah Taylor | Rockets |
| SG | Malik Beasley | Chris Johnson | Nuggets |
| SF | Not Juancho Hernangomez | Cameron Oliver | Rockets |
| PF | Tyler Lydon | Troy Williams | Rockets |
| C | Petr Cornelie | Zhou Qi | Rockets |
| Bench | ¯_(u30c4)_/¯ | ¯_(u30c4)_/¯ | Whatever |
Things to look for
Someone to step up: With Hernangomez not expected to play thanks to Spanish National Team commitments, his Summer League should be done.