The Denver Nuggets are coming off a huge win on the road against the Houston Rockets on Friday, but are now heading into the second night of a back-to-back, as

Russell Westbrook scored 15 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter against his former team, and the Sacramento Kings withstood 44 points from Nikola Jokic to beat the Denver Nuggets 128-123, ending an eight-game slide.

The Denver Nuggets managed to overcome the loss of Aaron Gordon in the first half and beat the Houston Rockets on the road at the Toyota Center on Friday in an NBA Cup game.

The Houston Rockets fell lose to the Denver Nuggets 112-109 as they see their five-game winning streak snapped Friday night. Here is what I saw and heard before, during and after the game.

Nuggets' 2-for-1 trade already feeling like regret for Denver originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Denver Nuggets had rolled with a very similar starting lineup for a while. This offseason, they took a big swing at changing it.

Denver visits the Memphis Grizzlies after Nikola Jokić scored 44 points in the Nuggets' 128-123 loss to the Sacramento Kings.

Russell Westbrook scored 21 points, including two late buckets, Dennis Schroder also had 21 and the visiting Sacramento Kings beat the Denver Nuggets 128-123 on Saturday night, ending an eight-game losing streak.

Sacramento Kings guard Russell Westbrook had an incident with the mascot of the Denver Nuggets during Saturday's game.

Russell Westbrook anotó 15 de sus 21 puntos en el último cuarto contra su antiguo equipo, y los Kings de Sacramento se sobrepusieron a 44 puntos de Nikola Jokic para imponerse el sábado 128-123 sobre los Nuggets de Denver,