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Nikola Jokic also had 34 points to go with 15
rebounds and nine assists. Michael Porter Jr. scored 19 points,
Will Barton had 16 and JaMychal Green added 10 for the Nuggets.
Zach LaVine scored 32 points, Otto Porter Jr. had 22, Coby White
scored 17, Thaddeus Young had 11 points and 10 rebounds and
Lauri Markkanen finished with 10 for the Bulls.
Chicago led by 14 early in the fourth but then Denver, which
trailed for most of the game, rallied.
White was called for a flagrant-1 foul on Michael Porter Jr.'s
3-point attempt and it turned into a four-point trip for Denver.
Two turnovers by the Bulls led to a jumper by Jokic and a layup
from Murray to make it 103-97 with 6:06 left.
The Nuggets kept coming, and Murray drained a 3-pointer to give
the Nuggets a 108-107 lead, their first since early in the game.
Otto Porter Jr. answered with a 3-pointer, and after Denver
turned it over, LaVine hit a foul-line jumper to make it 112-108
with 1:14 left. The Nuggets had two chances to get closer but
missed both shots, and White hit a layup to make it a six-point
lead with 45 seconds left.
Jokic hit a 3-pointer from the top of the circle, and a steal by
Facundo Campazzo led to a Murray layup. LaVine hit two free
throws to extend the lead to 116-113, but Murray sent it to
overtime with a corner 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left.
Murray's 3-pointer sparked nine straight points for the Nuggets
to start overtime, but the Bulls answered with seven straight to
cut it to 125-123 with 1:13 left.
Jokic and LaVine each scored four points to keep it a two-point
game with 30 seconds left, and Murray hit a baseline jumper with
10.3 seconds left to seal it.
--Field Level Media
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