The Houston Rockets own the longest win-streak in the NBA presently, nearly doubling up the next best team with nine-straight. Most recently, the team earned a tight win over Miami, getting Amen Thompson back in the lineup,

Denver is forced to attempt to snap a two-game skid without Jokic against a Rockets team riding a nine-game win streak. The Nuggets are just 3-5 in their last eight games and just 7-8 since going on a nine-game win streak in February. They are still 44-27 on the year but have fallen to third in the Western Conference.

The Houston Rockets (46-25) host the Denver Nuggets (44-27) on Sunday at Toyota Center in a game that has significant implications for playoff seeding. The Rockets enter the game in second place in the Western Conference two games ahead of the Nuggets,