DENVER AT HOUSTON

6 p.m. Monday, ALT; 950 AM

Spotlight on James Harden: Defending the MVP candidate, take two. Harden had 40 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists against the Nuggets on Saturday, his second 40-point triple-double in a row. The Nuggets will live with Harden doing his damage in the scoring department, but they also know they can’t foul him on 3-point attempts three times, as they did Saturday. “You can’t make those mistakes over and over,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. “As long as we’re learning from it, we’ll be better off for it.”