The Nuggets opened Summer League play with a loss to the Houston Rockets, 102-99. Malik Beasley scored 29 points on 12-of-30 shooting, Juancho Hernangomez poured in 21 points and snagged 8 rebounds but also had 7 of Denver’s 21 turnovers. Robert Carter Jr. was a pleasant third option tonight with 17 points and 6 rebounds while being a perfect 5-for-5 from the line. All in all, it was a close and high-scoring game without being all that interesting or electric. Summer League is weird that way.
The Nuggets went down a quick 5-0 to start, but Malik Beasley and Petr Cornelie worked a nice pick-and-roll to get Cornelie to the line for the first point for Denver.