Going into Wednesday night, the anticipation between the Denver Nuggets game against the Houston Rockets was huge. Both teams are on a four-game winning streak

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic and forward Aaron Gordon are not playing in the team's home game against the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night. Jokic injured his elbow during warmups and was ruled out before the start of the game while Gordon is out due to right calf injury management.

The Nuggets got some bad news prior to Wednesday's game against the Rockets. Not only was Aaron Gordon ruled out with right calf injury management an hour before Denver hosted Houston in a battle of top-four teams in the Western Conference,

Jimmy Butler could be returning to action for the Miami Heat when they host the Denver Nuggets, as he isn't listed on the Heat's injury report for Friday's game.

Jimmy Butler is expected to play for Miami again Friday when it hosts the Denver Nuggets, a game that would be his first since the Heat confirmed that he wants a trade and that they are trying to accommodate that request.