Nuggets to face Clippers, Rockets again in newly scheduled games for teams eliminated from in-season tournament

The Nuggets will repeat the last week of November in the first week of December.

In two new regular-season games not originally scheduled but now assigned to NBA teams eliminated from the in-season tournament, the Nuggets will visit the Clippers on Dec. 6 (8 p.m. MT, ESPN) and host the Rockets on Dec. 8 (7 p.m., Altitude TV). It’s an exact replica of Denver’s schedule this week, which started with a 113-104 win at the Clippers on Monday followed by Houston visiting Ball Arena on Wednesday.

The Clippers and Rockets were also eliminated in Group West B of the tournament. The Pelicans won the group and advanced to the knockout stage.

This will be the Nuggets’ fourth time facing the Rockets in their first 23 games of the season, and their third time facing the Clippers. They will not play against Houston the rest of the regular season, and they will have one remaining matchup with the Clippers, also in Los Angeles on April 4, 2024. On Monday, ex-Clippers Reggie Jackson and DeAndre Jordan both registered double-doubles against their former team to lead Denver to an unlikely win without Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon.

The teams that advanced to the quarterfinals of the in-season tournament were New Orleans, Sacramento, Phoenix, Los Angeles (Lakers), Boston, Indiana, Milwaukee and New York. Semifinalists will compete in Las Vegas for the championship while other NBA teams play the new games on their respective schedules.

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