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Nikola Jokic and Aaron Gordon powered the Denver Nuggets to a 122-110 win over the host Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday, November 3 (Friday, November 4, Manila time).
Jokic had 15 points, 13 rebounds, and 14 assists for his 79th career triple-double, breaking a tie with Wilt Chamberlain for sixth-most in NBA history.
Gordon scored a season-high 27 points as the Nuggets snapped the Thunder’s four-game winning streak.
Denver shot 58.1% from behind the three-point line (18-of-31), its best shooting percentage from beyond the arc since January 2021.
The Nuggets led by as many as 19 points but Oklahoma City stormed back in the third, taking its first lead with less than two minutes to play in the frame.
The Thunder did it by pounding the ball inside, scoring 24-of-38 third-quarter points in the paint, and turning the pressure up defensively. Oklahoma City scored 11 points off Denver’s 9 turnovers in the quarter.
Oklahoma City outscored the Nuggets, 72-46, in the paint for the game.
But Jamal Murray helped the Nuggets stay in the game, scoring Denver’s first 9 points of the fourth before the rest of the offense came alive.
The Nuggets reeled off a 16-4 run over four minutes in the middle of the fourth to take control, including three straight baskets assisted by Bruce Brown.
Murray scored 14 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter.
Jokic had just 2 points on 2 shots in the first half, but he helped the Nuggets control the game early offensively with 8 assists before the break.
Gordon scored 23 points before the break, going 8-of-10 from the field.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder with 37 points on 13-of-17 shooting. Gilgeous-Alexander was perfect on 11 free throw chances and is 51-of-52 this season.
Luguentz Dort added 19 points and Josh Giddey 16 for Oklahoma City.
The Nuggets jumped all over the Thunder from the start, scoring the first 13 points and leading 21-4 five minutes into the game.
Oklahoma City started just 2-for-10 from the field before settling down. Gilgeous-Alexander scored 17 of the Thunder’s 29 first-quarter points. – Rappler.com
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