Houston, TX (Sports Network) - Arron Afflalo scored 26 points, Ty Lawson
dropped in 25 and the Denver Nuggets gained some cushion over the Houston
Rockets in the Western Conference standings with a 105-102 victory at Toyota
Center.
Al Harrington added 15 points and nine rebounds for the Nuggets, who took both
portions of a home-and home series to take a two-game lead over the Rockets
for the seventh seed in the Western Conference.
Chandler Parsons and Goran Dragic each netted 21 points to pace Houston, which
has lost its last four games to fall to just a half-game ahead of Phoenix for
the eight and final playoff spot in the West.
The Suns are currently playing Portland and can pull even with the Rockets
with a win.
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