Michael Porter Jr., Nikola Jokic pace surging Nuggets to fifth consecutive win

Sacramento Kings guard De’Aaron Fox tries to slap the ball away from Denver Nuggets guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, right, during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. The Nuggets won 113-106. (AP Photo/José Luis Villegas)Bandaged and bruised, the Nuggets did it again.

They clawed back from a 20-point first-half deficit, overcoming numerous injuries, to win their fifth game in a row and eighth in their last nine games. Sacramento was in control, threatening to run the Nuggets out of the gym early. But Michael Porter Jr. kept firing, and Nikola Jokic kept plotting, and the Nuggets survived, 113-106, on Tuesday night. . . .

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