The Houston Rockets play the Denver Nuggets in an NBA Cup in-season tournament group play matchup. The teams match up Friday for the first time this season.

Peyton Watson scored 32 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, both career highs, Nikola Jokic had 28 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds, and the visiting Denver Nuggets beat the New Orleans Pelicans 125-118 on Wednesday night.

-The Nuggets grab a road win against the Timberwolves. Denver rode a 68-52 second half to this comeback victory. This marks their seventh-straight victory, despite missing two starters in this game. Nikola Jokić had yet another triple-double in that victory.

Denver Gazette beat writer Vinny Benedetto takes you around the NBA and inside the Nuggets locker room: NBA Insider The outfits, outlook and energy remain the same, but Bruce Brown’s still acclimating in his return to Denver.

Zion Williamson returned to the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday night against the Denver Nuggets after missing eight games with a strained left hamstring. The Pelicans won two games without him but have since lost six straight to fall to 2-12 this season.

As per new reports, the Pelicans star, Zion Williamson, is questionable for tonight’s showdown against the Denver Nuggets.

ESPN confirmed back in October that NBA Countdown veterans Malika Andrews and Kendrick Perkins would be joined on the show by former Denver Nuggets coach Mike Malone this year. Now, the network has revealed via a press release that senior basketball writer Brian Windhorst is joining the program following his multi-year contract extension.