Nikola Jokic had 29 points, 18 rebounds and 16 assists, Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon scored 24 points apiece and the Denver Nuggets rallied to beat the Brooklyn Nets 144-139 in overtime on Tuesday in New York.
Russell Westbrook had 22 points off the bench, Michael Porter Jr. contributed 16 and Christian Braun added 12 for Denver, which won in OT for the second consecutive night.
Brooklyn had seven players score in double figures, led by Dennis Schroder, who had 28 points and 14 assists. Cam Thomas contributed 26 points.
Brooklyn scored first in overtime before the Nuggets reeled off eight straight points to go ahead 133-127. Schroder hit a 3-pointer to cut the Nets’ deficit to 135-132, but Braun answered from deep and Murray split a pair of free throws to stretch Denver’s lead to seven.
Cameron Johnson drained a 3-pointer to make it 141-137 with 26.5 seconds left, but the Nuggets closed it out.
Mavericks 120, Timberwolves 114
Kyrie Irving scored 35 points on 13-for-23 shooting as Dallas held on to beat Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Luka Doncic finished with 24 points, eight rebounds and eight assists for Dallas, which earned its second victory in as many nights. P.J. Washington had 17 points to go along with eight rebounds, and Daniel Gafford added 14 points.
Anthony Edwards scored 37 points on 12-for-20 shooting to lead Minnesota, which had a two-game winning streak end. Julius Randle finished with 20 points, seven rebounds and seven assists, and Naz Reid contributed 14 points and nine rebounds off the bench.
Kings 113, Jazz 96
Domantas Sabonis posted 28 points and 11 rebounds, DeMar DeRozan added 20 points and eight assists and Sacramento routed Utah in Salt Lake City.
All five Kings starters scored in double figures. De’Aaron Fox finished with 19 points, while Keegan Murray and Kevin Huerter each had 14 points.
Jordan Clarkson notched 21 points on 8-of-16 shooting for the Jazz, who also got 18 points and seven boards from reserve John Collins.
Warriors 124, Pelicans 106
Buddy Hield responded to a promotion to the starting lineup with a team-high 28 points and short-handed Golden State rallied from a 20-point deficit to beat New Orleans in the opener of a two-day, two-game sequence in San Francisco.
Playing without Stephen Curry, Andrew Wiggins and De’Anthony Melton, the Warriors prevailed in large part because of the play of new starters Hield, Brandin Podziemski (19 points) and Moses Moody (17 points).
Zion Williamson had a game-high 31 points and Brandon Ingram added 30 for the Pelicans, who split a similar two-game, same-site NBA-style doubleheader last week at Portland.
–Field Level Media