MINUTI	38
POENI	15
SKOKOVI	20
ASISTENCIJE	11
ŠUT	5-14 | 35.7%
TROJKA	1-4 | 25%
SLOBODNA BACANJA	4-4 | 100%
BLOKADE	1
OSVOJENE LOPTE	2
IZGUBLJENE LOPTE	2

The Denver Nuggets are playing playoff-caliber basketball. One more win and they’ll be doing it for real.

Facing elimination and an 11-point deficit midway through the third quarter Monday night, the Nuggets rallied past the Portland Trail Blazers 88-82 for their sixth consecutive victory.

„That was another playoff game. That was just tough, physical for 48 minutes,“ Nuggets coach Michael Malone said.

The Nuggets’ big win came exactly one year after Russell Westbrook’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer gave Oklahoma City a 106-105 win at Denver that eliminated the Nuggets from last year’s playoff party.

One more win Wednesday night at Minnesota and the Nuggets will end a five-year playoff drought.

The Nuggets kept their season alive thanks to Nikola Jokic’s 10th triple-double of the season and a stifling defense on a night their starters made just 22 of 61 shots.

Nikola dominated on an off shooting night. That’s a sign of progress. Jokic grabbed 20 rebounds, winning the rebounding battle in the second half after Jusuf Nurkic spent the first two quarters killing Denver on the glass. He also handed out more assists (11) than Portland did as a team. All of it added up to Jokic’s 10th triple-double of the season.

IZVOR: ESPN

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