What should have been an insurmountable lead Sunday night at the Pepsi Center became yet another game in which the Nuggets nearly collapsed.
But Nikola Jokic didn’t let them fold, and Denver survived a relentless attack from the New York Knicks to win 111-105 and improve to 17-8. The win marked their third in a row and capped off a successful Saturday-Sunday back-to-back set.
Jokic had 11 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter, including a 3-pointer that gave the Nuggets a two-point lead with 3:46 left. Will Barton finished with 16 points and nine rebounds.