The Paddock Report: Rockets Handle Nuggets 110-100

Houston walked away with a 110-100 win over Denver, and the scoreboard does most of the talking. Ten points is a clean, decisive margin in the NBA, the kind that says one team owned the night without needing a late miracle to get there.

For the Nuggets, the 100-point total is the number that should sting. Denver is built to be a problem on offense, so a hundred points on the road is not the output that wins games for a team with real aspirations in the West. Whatever the gameplan was, it didn't generate enough points to keep pace with the Rockets, and that's the headline for the visitors.

Houston deserves a nod for getting to 110. Scoring that many at home is the baseline for a team trying to build momentum, and the Rockets did exactly that. Nobody is handing out trophies for a 10-point win, but over a long season, clean home victories like this stack up fast.

Verdict: Rockets did the job, and Denver has some film to watch and a number to chew on. Pull up a chair in the thread and tell us where you think Denver's offense went missing.