In a game of dueling masterpieces from Nikola Jokic and Kyrie Irving, neither of them dealt the decisive blow.
Michael Porter Jr. attacked a close-out and buried a go-ahead 14-footer with 6.5 seconds left, and the Nuggets won a 122-120 thriller over the Mavericks to complete a perfect five-game homestand on Sunday.
Jokic went for 37 points, 18 rebounds and 15 assists — only the 11th 35-15-15 game in NBA regular-season history and his second. Irving scored 43 points on 17-of-22 shooting from the field. The only two 3-pointers he missed were his last two. Peyton Watson contested one of them to give Denver (7-3) a chance to break the tie.