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Jeff Green and Monte Morris scored 18 points each for the
Nuggets, who have won nine of 10. Davon Reed contributed 17,
Austin Rivers had 15 and DeMarcus Cousins added 13.
Jordan Poole had 32 points and rookie Moses Moody scored a
career-high 30 for the Warriors, who have lost five straight.
Jonathan Kuminga had 16, Kevon Looney finished with 13 points
and 11 rebounds and Quinndary Weatherspoon added 13 points.
Golden State was without Stephen Curry (hand), Klay Thompson
(Achilles), Draymond Green (back), Andrew Wiggins (foot), Andre
Iguodala (back) and Otto Porter Jr. (illness) and Gary Payton II
(knee).
Denver played without Will Barton, who sprained his left ankle
in the team's overtime win against the visiting Pelicans on
Sunday. Jokic finished with 46 points, 12 rebounds and 11
assists vs. New Orleans.
Although the Warriors were missing their biggest stars, they
kept pace with the Nuggets through the first half. Golden State
trailed by as many as 12 but cut the deficit to 71-69 at
halftime.
The Warriors opened the third quarter quickly to take the lead.
Moody converted a three-point play and Poole hit three
3-pointers to give the visitors an 83-77 lead.
Denver then went on a 15-0 run. Morris scored five points, Jokic
had four and Jokic fed Aaron Gordon with a lob for a dunk to
complete his 75th career triple-double. Moody broke the string
with a layup, but another Denver run, this time 10-3, made it
102-88 late in the third quarter.
The Warriors came back, outscoring the Nuggets 13-2 to end the
quarter down just 104-101.
Cousins scored the first four points of the fourth and Denver
went ahead 115-105 on a layup by Green with 8:37 left. However,
six straight points by Golden State made it a four-point game.
The Warriors had two chances to tie or get within a point in the
last five minutes, but Chris Chiozza missed a 3-point attempt
and Green blocked Poole's fastbreak layup attempt. Rivers later
had a steal and a dunk to make it 121-116 with 2:29 to go, and
the Nuggets closed it out.
--Field Level Media
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