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After the Lakers beat the Rockets a few days ago, the Lakers finished third in the West. If the Nuggets want to retain their current fourth place in the West, they will have to win their next game on the road against the Houston Rockets. The Nuggets and Clippers currently have the same record, while the Warriors and Timberwolves are only one win away from the Nuggets and Clippers.

Therefore, the Nuggets must win against the Rockets in the next game to secure their fourth place in the West. Otherwise, once the Rockets beat the Nuggets, the Nuggets are highly likely to fall into the play-in area, which is by no means alarmist. So, no matter how things change, the Nuggets just need to remember that a win on the road against the Rockets will give them a chance to lock up fourth place in the West.

And for the Rockets, winning or losing really doesn't matter anymore. In the first two games, the Rockets fielded a large number of substitutes to replace the starters. Although they lost, the Rockets also gained a lot. For example, Shepard, who made multiple three-pointers in two games, was one of the Rockets' findings. Rockets forward Whitmore, who scored a career-high 34 points in the previous game, also showed talent and talent on the offensive end.

How will the Rockets' starting lineup be arranged for the next game? Rockets reporter Ben Dubose also gave a personal prediction. In his opinion, in the next game, the Rockets and Nuggets will line up their strongest starting lineups to face off. A number of Rockets players are officially back and are not on the injury list. The Rockets' projected starting lineup is: point guard VanVleet, shooting guard Jalen Green, small forward Dillon Brooks, power forward Amen Thompson, and center Shin Kyung. The starting lineup of the Nuggets is: point guard Jamal Murray, scoring guard Braun, small forward Michael Porter Jr., big forward Aaron Gordon, and center is naturally super interior Jokic.

Therefore, the Nuggets will definitely send the strongest lineup in this game, defeat the Rockets with their strength, and win this precious victory. And the Rockets do not plan to rotate the main players in the next game, and Coach Udoka "does not give an inch". After all, the playoffs are coming, and if you don't let the main players play to warm up, then almost no one knows whether the feel and condition of the main players of the Rockets can be guaranteed in the first game of the playoffs. Therefore, against the Nuggets, the Rockets may not go all out to win, but their strongest starting lineup should be on the court to test their skills against the Nuggets.

The mentality of the two teams is very different. The Rockets' game is basically a warm-up game, while the Nuggets are basically in a life-and-death situation. If they can't win, no one knows where they'll fall, and it's not impossible to play in the playoffs. However, now that the Rockets have fielded their main players, they may also take the game seriously. After all, the Rockets' current roster is not inferior to the mighty Nuggets, and it would not be surprising if they won.