The Houston Rockets, despite their excellent start to the season, have yet to beat one of their foes at the top of the Western Conference.
The Houston Rockets dropped one of their best-played games of the season, 125-128, to the ascendant Denver Nuggets in a nail-biting, overtime matchup.
While the loss can be taken relatively lightly on its own, given the high level of performance the team saw across the entirety of the roster, it also represents the emergence of a worrying trend in the greater context of the Rockets' championship hopes: their inability to beat the best teams in the Western Conference.