Not winning isn’t an option for the Nuggets, who went into the night two back of Minnesota and Utah and shot 50 percent from 3 to at least keep pace. Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray each scored 25 points and hit big shots in important moments as Denver was missing guard Gary Harris for the fourth consecutive game because of a knee injury.

„This team still believes,“ Malone said. „There’s a lot of basketball still to be played. Before we worry about what everybody else is doing, we have to handle our own business, and thank goodness we were able to do that.“

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