<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> Cuttino Mobley scored 21 points as the Houston Rockets never trailed and beat the Denver Nuggets 102-85 Thursday night in the first game played at Toyota Center, their new downtown arena. A sellout crowd of 18,189 was on hand as the coach Jeff Van Gundy era started with a runaway victory. Leading 48-42 at halftime, the Rockets started the third quarter with a 13-5 run that made it 61-47 with 7:28 left in the period, their biggest lead of the game to that point. Steve Francis capped the run with a long pass to Mobley for a fast break dunk for the Rockets, who were up 72-60 at the end of the third quarter. The Nuggets beat defending champion San Antonio in their season opener Thursday night shooting only 29 percent from the field but they couldn't keep pace with the Rockets, who had all five starters plus sixth man Maurice Taylor in double figures. Yao Ming scored 17 points in 20 minutes and finished the game with five fouls. Francis finished with 17 points and Kelvin Cato, Jim Jackson and Taylor each scored 10 points. Andre Miller led the Nuggets with 19 points and rookie Carmelo Anthony added 18, shooting 4-of-15 from the field.</div> <font color="DimGray"><font size="1">Houston's Bostjan Nachbar is getting used to facials</font></font> Full Story Box Score
Once again Denver had no answer for Yao Ming..19 points in 20 minutes Lets see if the Nuggets can bounce back and beat another elite team in the Kings..
