DENVER (AP) Jalen Green scored 34 points, Alperen Sengun had 20 points, nine rebounds and eight assists and the Houston Rockets beat the short-handed Denver Nuggets 128-108.Fred VanVleet added 16 points, eight assists and three steals for the Rockets, who beat Denver for the fifth time in six meetings.The Nuggets were without Nikola Jokic (right elbow inflammation) and Aaron Gordon (right calf injury).Jamal Murray and Christian Braun each scored 22 points for Denver, which had 18 turnovers in the loss, including five apiece from its starting backcourt of Murray and Russell Westbrook.