Lus Nuggets they suffered to get the victory at homebut as always, They had the power of Nikola Jokic who scored the triple-double number 80 of his career, finishing with 31 points, 14 assists and 12 rebounds for Denver will defeat the Utah Jazz 115-110.
Jamal Murray added 30 points for the Nuggetswho scored the last five to finally pull away from a Utah team that was missing four of its six leading scorers.
In his second start of the season, Nickeil Alexander-Walker had a season-high 27 points for the Jazz, who lost their eighth game of 11 after an unexpected 12-6 start.
The score was tied at 110 when Jokic found Bruce Brown for a dunk with 1:20 left. Jokic hit one of three free throws with 9.1 seconds left to make it 113-110 and Alexander-Walker missed a 3-pointer with five seconds remaining.
At the other end of the field, Murray made two free throws to seal the victory.
It was Jokic’s four triple double this season, on the third night the Nuggets had multiple players with at least 30 pointsa feat they failed to achieve at any point last season.
