For a gang that couldn’t shoot straight for much of Friday night’s game, the Nuggets did all right.
Their defense saw to that. And so did rookie guard Bones Hyland.
Despite shooting just 44.9 from the field, including 10-for-35 from 3-point land, the Nuggets beat the flightless Atlanta Hawks, 105-96, at Ball Arena.
Denver (8-4) won its fourth consecutive game while Atlanta (4-9) lost its six straight. The Nuggets have won 13 of their past 18 games in Denver against the Hawks.
MVP Nikola Jokic, coming off his one-game suspension for an altercation in Denver’s win over Miami on Monday, notched his second straight triple-double.