Nikola Jokic had 26 factors, 15 rebounds and 11 assists to counter his 9 turnovers, Jamal Murray completed with 23 factors, and the host Denver Nuggets held off the Memphis Grizzlies 122-116 on Wednesday evening.
It was Jokic’s twentieth triple-double this season and 184th of his profession.
Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 21 factors, Christian Braun had 14 factors, Julian Strawther contributed 11 and Bruce Brown had 10 for Denver, which enters the All-Star break third within the Western Convention.
GG Jackson scored a season excessive with 21 factors, Ty Jerome added 19 factors, Jaylen Wells scored 17, Olivier-Maxence Prosper had 14 factors and Taylor Hendricks 10 for Memphis.
The Grizzlies have misplaced 4 in a row.
Memphis ahead Cedric Coward was inactive with a knee harm suffered late within the first half of the loss at Golden State on Monday evening. Lawson Lovering, who was signed to a 10-day contract Tuesday, scored three factors in his NBA debut for the Grizzlies.
The Nuggets led 30-28 after one quarter and stretched it to 14 late within the second quarter however Memphis completed the half on a 10-2 run to path 60-54 at intermission.
The Grizzlies tied it at 68 on Jackson’s 3-pointer however Denver responded. Jokic hit one among two free throws and a putback, Murray drained a 3-pointer and Jokic fed Braun for a dunk to make it 78-72.
The Nuggets went up 83-72 on Hardaway’s bucket moments later, Jokic was fouled on a 3-point try and made two free throws and bought his tenth help to finish his triple-double on Hardaway’s 3-pointer that gave Denver a 93-81 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
The Nuggets went up 103-88 with 8:40 remaining however the Grizzlies reeled off 12 straight factors, capped by Jerome’s 3-pointer, to make it a 103-100 sport halfway by the fourth.
Prosper hit a nook 3-pointer and Lovering’s layup — his first NBA factors — tied it with 3:50 left. Hardaway’s 3-pointer put Denver again in entrance, Jokic scored 4 factors to make it 116-111, the Grizzlies bought inside some extent however Jokic’s putback and 4 free throws by Murray sealed it.
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