Denver Nuggets defeat Houston 123-116

Randy Foye scored 22 of his 30 points in the third quarter to go along with 15 assists, helping the Denver Nuggets to a 123-116 win over the Houston Rockets on Wednesday.

Kenneth Faried netted 23 points with nine rebounds and Timofey Mozgov had 22 points in the win.

Jeremy Lin paced Houston with 18 points, Chandler Parsons tallied 16 and Omer Asik recorded 12 points with 12 rebounds in the setback. The Rockets had their three-game winning streak snapped.

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