Anthony's absence doesn't doom Nuggets vs. Rockets
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Source: AP
Published Sun Nov 30, 2008, 08:54 PM MST
Updated Sun Nov 30, 2008, 08:54 PM MST
DENVER (AP) - The Denver Nuggets didn't need Carmelo Anthony's usual double-digit performance to beat the Houston Rockets 104-94 Sunday night.
Chauncey Billups scored 28 points, including 11 in a 19-7 third-quarter run the Nuggets used to break away from the Rockets, who played their third straight game without injured star Tracy McGrady (sore left foot).
The Nuggets lost their leader when Anthony took a seat in the second quarter after aggravating a sore right elbow that's been bothering him for two weeks.
Anthony scored just two points, halting his NBA-best streak of consecutive games in double figures at 221. That honor now goes to LeBron James, who has scored in double figures 134 straight times.
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