SALT LAKE CITY — — Jamal Murray made 10 3-pointers — together with a half-court heave that beat the first-quarter buzzer — and scored 37 factors to guide the Denver Nuggets to a 130-117 victory over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday evening.
Nikola Jokic had 17 rebounds, 15 factors, and 12 assists for his fifth triple-double in six video games to assist the Nuggets earn their seventh straight victory. Cam Johnson added 19 factors, eight rebounds and 6 assists. Christian Braun had 18 factors and 6 rebounds.
Brice Sensabaugh led Utah with 28 factors, together with six 3-pointers, and 6 rebounds. Kyle Filipowski added 25 factors and 12 rebounds for the Jazz, who dropped their seventh straight and are 3-19 of their final 22 video games. Kennedy Chandler had 16 factors and 6 assists off the bench.
Murray buried 3-pointers on every of Denver’s first three possessions to assist the Nuggets open with 12 unanswered factors and seize a 17-3 lead. Each of Denver’s first six area objectives got here past the arc.
Overall, the Nuggets went 9 of 18 from the perimeter throughout the first quarter. Murray had 5 3s in that stretch, culminating in a half-court heave that beat the buzzer and put Denver up 39-28 getting into the second quarter.
Utah trailed wire-to-wire, however pulled inside 30-27 late within the first quarter on three straight baskets from Sensabaugh and Filipowski. The Nuggets restored a double-digit lead with a 15-2 run spanning into the second quarter. Jonas Valanciunas drove for a layup to punctuate the run and lengthen Denver’s result in 45-29.
The Jazz trailed by as many as 18 earlier than reducing the deficit to 101-97 on Sensabaugh’s finger roll layup early within the fourth quarter. Murray and Braun answered with back-to-back baskets, sparking one other 15-2 run that helped Denver draw back once more.
Nuggets: Host San Antonio on Saturday.
Jazz: Play at Houston on Friday.
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