SAN FRANCISCO – Disaster averted.
The Nuggets avoided what would’ve been a monumental collapse late in the fourth quarter Friday night, staving off a frantic Warriors comeback to secure their first win of the season, 128-123.
After Bones Hyland’s errant pass wound up in the hands of Jordan Poole, cutting Denver’s margin to one with 14 seconds left, Nikola Jokic grabbed the inbounds pass and whipped it ahead to Bruce Brown for a game-saving dunk. Jokic finished the night with 26 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists for his first triple-double of the season.
With barely three minutes remaining, Jokic rammed home a fourth-quarter jam that should’ve ended the drama before a few of Denver’s 20 turnovers left the door open for a comeback.