Kevin Durant scored 31 points, Reed Sheppard scored the final 11 points of the third quarter to blow open a close game, and the Houston Rockets rolled past the Denver Nuggets 115-101. Sheppard hit six of nine from long range and Jabari Smith added 20 for the Rockets. The Rockets shot 54% from beyond the arc, compared to Denver’s 27%. Denver coach Dave Adelman was ejected in the fourth quarter. Nikola Jokic scored 25 points for Denver, but the team struggled without defender Peyton Watson. The Rockets avenged a previous loss to Denver and snapped the Nuggets’ six-game winning streak.