Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic and forward Aaron Gordon are not playing in the team's home game against the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night.Jokic injured his elbow during warmups and was ruled out before the start of the game while Gordon is out due to right calf injury management.

A day to evaluate Nikola Jokic's elbow injury provided a new designation. After injuring his right elbow during his pregame warmup prior to Wednesday's loss to Houston, the team listed the three-time Most Valuable Player's injury as right elbow inflammation.

Nikola Jokic was ruled out for the game with an elbow injury shortly before tip-off. In his postgame press conference Nuggets head coach Mike Malone said the three-time NBA MVP suffered the injury in warmups. He claimed it "popped up last minute." Malone had no word on how serious the injury could be as he hadn't spoken to trainers yet.