Nuggets’ Mexico City Trip Takes Troubling Turn With Nikola Jokic Among 6 Questionable

Following a victory over the Indiana Pacers in Mexico City, the Denver Nuggets faced severe aircraft delays that disrupted travel ahead of Monday's game against the Houston Rockets. The team boarded their aircraft on Saturday night, remained on board until early Sunday morning, and were forced to return to a hotel before finally departing on Sunday afternoon.

The exhausting ordeal led Denver to cancel Monday's shootaround and coincided with six key players being listed as questionable. All five starters—Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, Aaron Gordon, Cameron Johnson, and Christian Braun—along with DeMar DeRozan, are dealing with various injuries or ailments heading into the matchup.