Mile High Win!

The Rockets beat a very good Denver team tonight by scratching and clawing for all they were worth. With both Yao Ming and Luis Scola fouling out, the rest of the Rockets held on for an exciting 97-95 win in a back-to-back situation for both teams.

They did it with defense tonight, with every player on the team contributing to hold the Nuggets to only 38% shooting. Houston's front line held Nene, the league leader in shooting percentage (60.6% on the season) to only 4-15. The only negative on the night for the Rockets was missing 15 free throws. As a team, they are the third best free throw shooting team in the league, but everyone on the team seemed to miss a few tonight.

Forget the negative. They beat a good team on the road in a back-to-back game at high altitude. All praise to the Rockets this night!