Denver Nuggets heart Nikola Jokic and ahead Aaron Gordon is not going to play within the crew’s residence sport in opposition to the Houston Rockets on Wednesday evening.
Jokic injured his elbow throughout warm-ups and was dominated out earlier than the beginning of the match whereas Gordon is out with a proper calf damage. Gordon missed 9 video games along with his damage earlier than returning for the 2 wins in Dallas on Sunday and Tuesday.
Gordon, who’s tied for fourth on the crew with 13.4 factors per sport, has performed in simply 19 of Denver’s 40 video games, together with Wednesday’s sport.
Jokic leads the crew in scoring (30.6), rebounds (13.2) and assists (9.9). He’s third within the NBA in scoring and rebounds and second in assists.
That is the primary sport Jokic has missed this season as a result of damage. He missed three video games in November because of the beginning of his son and two extra final week as a result of sickness.
The Nuggets (24-15) entered Wednesday in fourth place within the Western Convention, a half-game behind third-seeded Memphis and a pair of 1/2 video games behind second-seeded Houston.
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