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Nikola Jokic triple-double leads Nuggets to 108-102 win over Nets

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NEW YORK(AP) — Nikola Jokic had 22 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists inhis 28th triple-double of the season, Michael Porter Jr. had 28points and nine rebounds, and the Denver Nuggets beat the BrooklynNets 108-102 on Sunday.

JamalMurray scored 20 of his 25 points in the first quarter for theNuggets, who looked nothing like the slumping team that had droppedfive of six.

Denver shot62.5% in the first half and led comfortably most of the game whileplaying for the second straight afternoon.

MikalBridges scored 23 points and Nic Claxton had 19 for the Nets, whohave lost three straight as they try to hold onto a top-six seedand a guaranteed postseason spot in the Eastern Conference.

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