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The Houston Rockets, with the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference wrapped up, finish the regular season on Sunday at Toyota Center against the Denver Nuggets, who could finish between No. 4 and No. 7.

The Houston Rockets are facing their season finale this afternoon as they host Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets at Toyota Center. The Rockets are already locked into the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference standings,

Luka Dončić's 39-point outburst in three quarters propelled the Los Angeles Lakers to a comfortable 140-109 home win over a Houston Rockets team resting most of their starters after locking up the Western Conference's No. 2 seed in advance of the playoffs.

The Lakers blew out a very short-handed Rockets team, and in doing so, they wrapped up the third seed in the Western Conference.