Jamal Murray scored a season-high 34 factors, Nikola Jokic had a season-high 16 assists to go along with 14 factors and 11 rebounds for his eleventh triple-double of the season, and the host Denver Nuggets beat the LeBron James-less Los Angeles Lakers, 122-109 on Monday night time.
Jokic made all 5 of his shot makes an attempt.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had 16 factors, Bruce Brown scored 15 factors, Bones Hyland and Michael Porter Jr. added 12 apiece, and Aaron Gordon completed with 9 factors, 10 rebounds and 4 blocks for Denver, which has received 11 straight dwelling video games.
Russell Westbrook scored 25 factors, Thomas Bryant had 17 factors and 10 rebounds, Kendrick Nunn completed with 15 factors, and Max Christie and Dennis Schroder scored 14 every for the Lakers, who noticed their five-game profitable streak finish.
James, who’s 35 factors shy of becoming a member of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the one NBA gamers to attain 38,000 profession factors, was named the Western Conference participant of the week after averaging 35 factors, 8.7 rebounds and seven.7 assists in three video games.
The Lakers misplaced guard Patrick Beverly for the second half with a proper hip harm.
Los Angeles hung shut for a lot of the first half and trailed by simply three with 8:33 left within the second quarter. But the Nuggets went on a 21-6 run from there that gave them a 55-37 lead with three minutes left within the half earlier than carrying a 62-48 benefit into the locker room.
Denver elevated the result in 15 early within the third quarter however the Lakers got here again to make it shut. Schroder made a technical free throw, Nunn hit a jumper and Westbrook a 3-pointer to get the deficit to 73-66.
Jokic made a putback, and a free throw gave the Nuggets a 10-point lead. A fast 7-2 run made it 76-71 however a pair of nook 3-pointers by Brown sparked Denver responded to an 88-73 lead with 1:41 left within the interval. The Nuggets carried a 15-point lead into the fourth.
Hyland opened the ultimate interval with a 3-pointer and Murray made a fast-break layup to provide Denver a 99-79 lead.
Los Angeles reduce it to 106-93 on Bryant’s three-point play however by no means threatened.
—Field Level Media/Reuters
