Nikola Jokic hit a 3-pointer with 1.2 seconds left to cap a 17-point, 14-assist, 10-rebound triple-double, and the host Denver Nuggets beat the Orlando Magic 119-116 on Sunday evening.
Aaron Gordon scored 25 factors, Jamal Murray had 18, Michael Porter Jr. completed with 16 and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Bruce Brown had 12 apiece for Denver, which has gained 13 straight dwelling video games.
Nuggets backup level guard Bones Hyland did not play within the second half resulting from an ankle damage.
Markelle Fultz had 20 factors, Franz Wagner scored 19, Paolo Banchero added 18 and Bol Bol completed with 17 for the Magic.
Orlando led 115-112 with 1:08 left, however Gordon had a dunk and two free throws to place the Nuggets forward 116-115 with 16.8 seconds left. Fultz cut up a pair of free throws to tie it, however Jokic hit his step-back 3-pointer.
The Nuggets led 69-54 at halftime, however Orlando acquired inside 73-65 early within the third. Murray scored the following six factors to push the lead again to 12.
The Magic went on a 9-2 run to get inside 81-76, and after Denver pushed the benefit to 11 factors with 2:21 left within the interval, they surged to inside 94-88 heading into the fourth.
Murray opened the ultimate interval with a 12-foot turnaround jumper, however Orlando rallied to drag inside 98-96 with 10:04 left.
Brown made two free throws, however Bol transformed a three-point play after which had a putback dunk to offer the Magic a 101-100 lead, their first because the first quarter.
Bol answered buckets by Brown and Zeke Nnaji with two extra dunks, and Cole Anthony cut up a pair of free throws to offer Orlando a 106-104 lead with 5:21 left.
Murray and Wagner traded 3-pointers that stored Orlando within the lead, 111-109, with 2:58 left.
Gordon missed two free throws and Banchero made a pair from the road to stretch the result in 4.
Caldwell-Pope hit a 3-pointer to chop the deficit to 113-112 and arrange the ultimate minute.
—Field Level Media/Reuters
