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Jazz have Nuggets on brink of elimination

The Utah Jazz couldn't beat the Denver Nuggets during the regular season, but they aren't having much trouble with that in the playoffs.

The Jazz, the No. 6 seed in the Western Conference, are poised to advance against Northwest Division rival and No. 3 seed Denver when the teams meet for Game 5 of their first-round series Tuesday near Orlando.

After dropping the first game in overtime, Utah has won the last three to take a 3-1 lead in the series.

The Jazz won Games 2 and 3 by 19 and 37, respectively, but Sunday's Game 4 was tight.