The Denver Nuggets (44-26) visit the Portland Trail Blazers (31-39) on Friday in a matchup with playoff implications for both teams ( 10 p.m. ET, League Pass ). Denver sits third in the West after falling to the Lakers on Wednesday, while Portland has won three straight, closing the gap to just two games behind Phoenix for the No. 10 seed.

This is a huge game for the Houston Rockets. In the micro, a win tonight would give Houston their tenth straight win. In the macro, it would move Houston to three games above the Denver Nuggets and give them the tiebreaker for the season series.

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