Title contenders meet during the Wednesday NBA schedule as the Houston Rockets travel to take on the Cleveland Cavaliers. Kevin Durant and the Rockets are off to a 9-3 start, while the Cavs are 10-5.

Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland Cavaliers have won back-to-back games to pull into the No. 2 spot in the Eastern Conference standings ahead of Wednesday’s ma

Cleveland will be missing point guard Darius Garland but still have plenty of offensive firepower with Donovan Mitchell leading the way. The Cavs push the pace and rank seventh in the NBA in scoring (120.9 ppg) while the Rockets average a league-high 124.8 ppg.

On Wednesday in Cleveland, the Rockets (10-3, 1-1) reverted to the "skyline lineup" they utilized for the first two contests of the season in an attempt to match the Cavaliers' towering frontcourt featuring forward Evan Mobley, the reigning NBA Defensive Player of the Year, and center Jarrett Allen.

Denver was on a nasty seven-game winning streak before the Chicago Bulls on the second night of a back-to-back snapped it. The Nuggets are now 8-1 in the last nine games and rank top three overall in offensive and defensive efficiency on the year.

Houston has had plenty of stars come through the organization, many of whom The Athletic's readers believe are some of the best in recent history.

Credit to them,” Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson says of the Rockets (10-3), who won by double digits in Cleveland. “Heck of a team. Contender.”

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