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The Nuggets Get a BIG Road Win and Make It Look EASY, Beating the Pelicans 104-91 · Altitude Sports Radio Game Replays and Highlights

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  Speaker 1: Greetings, Nuggets fans, far and wide. With Mark Bertinoli in
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  Speaker 1: the NBA Tonight Studios, I am Jason Kosminski, and this
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  Speaker 1: is Nuggets basketball. And they move it right to left.
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  Speaker 1: Pelicans go with Trey Murphy III, Zion Williamson, DeAndre Jordan,
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  Speaker 1: DeJounte Murray, and Jeremiah Fears in their starting five. Here's Fears,
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  Speaker 1: comes off the DeAndre Jordan pick, and he lost it.
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  Speaker 1: Back-to-back turnovers to begin the ballgame here. Murray for three. Yes!
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  Speaker 1: Denver cracks the scoreboard first. They're on top here, 3-0.
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  Speaker 1: And the home team's on the board. Here comes Gordon.
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  Speaker 1: Gordon has it top of the key over to Jokic.
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  Speaker 1: Jokic right side over to Christian, back over to Jokic.
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  Speaker 1: Dribble handoff now Murray, and a three. Got him again!
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  Speaker 1: The second one in the first quarter, not exceeded by
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  Speaker 1: a nickel. It's up 8-3. Jokic picks up the dribble,
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  Speaker 1: down low in the dunker's corner, and a dunk by
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  Speaker 1: Trevin Brazile. And a quick timeout called by Jamal Mosley.
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  Speaker 1: Gordon throws top of the key to Murray. Head fake
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  Speaker 1: and a sidestep three. Nope, he throws out of it
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  Speaker 1: over to Jokic. Hands out behind him to Gordon for three.
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  Speaker 1: That one's good. 13-5. Denver leads it by the Ocho.
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  Speaker 1: Gordon has it on the high left side. He's guarded
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  Speaker 1: by Zion Williamson. Throws on top over to Jokic. Jokic
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  Speaker 1: hands it out behind him over to Christian Brown. Throws
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  Speaker 1: up the corner to Murray for three. Got it again!
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  Speaker 1: That's three threes for Jamal Murray in the opening four
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  Speaker 1: minutes and 15 seconds. Denver leads it by 11, 16-5.
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  Speaker 1: Two-man game early here for Denver. Jokic down baseline, triple-team,
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  Speaker 1: and the floater is up and in. Three dudes all
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  Speaker 1: the way around. 18-9 is the score. And Benedict Mathurin
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  Speaker 1: is into the game now as well. for the Pelicans.
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  Speaker 1: High left side is Jamal Murray. Gets a pick there
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  Speaker 1: from Jokic. Lost the basketball. Picked it back up from
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  Speaker 1: his knees. Throws it off to Brazil. Cross court to Jokic.
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  Speaker 1: Dribbles behind his back. Spin move. Jump shot missed. Got
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  Speaker 1: his own board. Put it back up and no good.
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  Speaker 1: Tried to fight for the rebound again and he lost
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  Speaker 1: it to Derrick Queen. And then a steal by Christian Brown.
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  Speaker 1: Three on one Denver. Way up good Christian Brown. Denver
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  Speaker 1: leads it by 16, 29-13. He'll get this team right.
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  Speaker 1: It's just going to take a minute. High left side
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  Speaker 1: is DeRozan. DeRozan back over to Ty Jones for three.
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  Speaker 1: Got it again. Timeout called by Jamal Mosley. Two minutes
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  Speaker 1: into the second quarter. Jokic on the inbound over to
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  Speaker 1: Christian Brown. Everybody calm down here. Just calm down and
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  Speaker 1: get a bucket. High left side is Jokic. Back over
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  Speaker 1: to Murray. Murray jump pass. Throws it away again. Breakaway. Layup.
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  Speaker 1: No good. Put back up and in. That one will
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  Speaker 1: count by Jordan Poole. And Adleman's going to have to
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  Speaker 1: burn another timeout. Denver kind of falling apart here late
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  Speaker 1: in the second half. And the inbound goes over to Jokic.
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  Speaker 1: Back over to Brown. Back over to Jokic. Jokic. Right side.
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  Speaker 1: Murray and a three. Yeah. Boy, that one was needed.
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  Speaker 1: That puts the Denver Nuggets back up by 13, 49-36.
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  Speaker 1: Now lead back down to 12, 51-39. Aaron Gordon has it.
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  Speaker 1: He hands off behind him over to Jamal Murray. Murray
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  Speaker 1: peels off to the high left side. Top of the
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  Speaker 1: key over to Jokic. In the paint to Gordon. Dangerous
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  Speaker 1: pass when he handled it. Head fake and a dunk
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  Speaker 1: for A.G. 53-39. Good patience. He gets a pick there
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  Speaker 1: from Christian Brown. loses the basketball, but he pokes it
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  Speaker 1: out over to CB. Christian Brown, one-on-one, head fake, tried
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  Speaker 1: to step through, couldn't, back over to Murray, now you
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  Speaker 1: gotta do something with it. Murray down the baseline, layup
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  Speaker 1: is good, left handed. Less than a minute to go
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  Speaker 1: in the first half, Denver leads it by 13. And
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  Speaker 1: here comes Jokic, right side, over to Christian Brown. Brown,
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  Speaker 1: dribble handoff over to Murray. Top of the key to Jokic.
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  Speaker 1: Now left side Gordon. Back on top over to Jokic.
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  Speaker 1: Hands it off over to Murray. Back over to Jokic.
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  Speaker 1: No look pass in the paint for the rookie trail
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  Speaker 1: in Brazil. And a layup is good. Good sell job
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  Speaker 1: there by Jamal Murray. Christian Brown has it over to Murray.
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  Speaker 1: Back over to CB. He's got a gap. Dog right-handed tomahawk.
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  Speaker 1: Nuggets back in the lead by 15. 63-48. Point line.
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  Speaker 1: So he knew he was going to be cooked. Inbound
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  Speaker 1: goes over to Jokic. Jokic hands it out behind him
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  Speaker 1: over to Murray. Murray turns the corner. He's at the nail.
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  Speaker 1: Back behind him over to Brazil. Brazil throws it on
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  Speaker 1: the right side over to Christian Brown. Now Jokic, great
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  Speaker 1: dump off and a dunk to the rookie. Two hands
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  Speaker 1: hard for Trevin Brazil. And just like what happened in
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  Speaker 1: the first half, Jamal Mosley has got to burn an
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  Speaker 1: early timeout to begin the second half. Left side is
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  Speaker 1: DeJounte Murray. Throws it off over to Zion. On top
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  Speaker 1: of the key, Murphy to three. That was a little good.
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  Speaker 1: A rebound comes down to Gordon. Leaking out is Brazil. Dog!
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  Speaker 1: Two hands! What a pass by A.G. Nuggets back in
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  Speaker 1: the lead by 17. Bagley has it off over to
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  Speaker 1: Bryce Hopkins. Hopkins hands it off to Murray. He goes baseline.
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  Speaker 1: Opposite corner over to Brazil. Now back on top to DeRozan.
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  Speaker 1: DeRozan kick out over to Murray. Head fake on the three.
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  Speaker 1: Shot clock at six. Murray's at the dotted line. Hook shot. Good! Boy,
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  Speaker 1: that was ugly but effective. Kind of like the girls
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  Speaker 1: I dated in high school. Throws it off over to
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  Speaker 1: Bagley inside the arc. Bagley, dribble handoff over to Christian.
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  Speaker 1: Turns the corner, throws at the corner. Three-pointer Gordon. Yeah!
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  Speaker 1: That one was rather large. Denver leads it by eight,
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  Speaker 1: 88 to 80, and here comes Jokic. Jokic on the elbow,
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  Speaker 1: spins on Zion, gets double-teamed, throws out of it, and
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  Speaker 1: around the horn they go to Murray for three. Buckets.
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  Speaker 1: 91 to 83, Denver back in the lead here by eight.
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  Speaker 1: Up Joker has it, the front court over to Gordon.
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  Speaker 1: Gordon hands it off over to Murray. Jamal has it
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  Speaker 1: behind the three-point line. Crossover move, he beat his man.
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  Speaker 1: Kicks it in the corner to Christian. Back over to DeRozan. DeRozan,
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  Speaker 1: back behind him. Murray, head fake on the three. Gets
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  Speaker 1: down the lane. Layup good! Timeout called by Jamal Mosley
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  Speaker 1: as Denver takes a 10-point lead with 5.08 to go. Gordon,
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  Speaker 1: dribble handoff now to Murray. Murray picks up the dribble
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  Speaker 1: back over to Jokic. Jokic down the lane, in the
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  Speaker 1: corner to DeRozan, back to Christian and a three. Yes!
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  Speaker 1: Attaboy Christian. Nuggets lead it by 11, 96 to 85.
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  Speaker 1: DeRozan has it at the point. Crossover move, throws to
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  Speaker 1: the corner, Christian three, got it again! Christian Brown from downtown.
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  Speaker 1: Denver leads it by 12, 99-87. Three minutes to go. Murray,
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  Speaker 1: jump pass to the corner. Christian, three for the game winner. Yes!
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  Speaker 1: Now that's leaded by 15 points with 1.08 left to
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  Speaker 1: go in the game. And this thing is over! High
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  Speaker 1: left side is Jokic. He does that. Cross-court pass now
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  Speaker 1: to Jamal Murray. Joker, another triple-double tonight, 21-13-10. Murray's going
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  Speaker 1: to burn a shot clock violation here for Denver. Now 5.6
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  Speaker 1: seconds left for Nola coming back the other way. And
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  Speaker 1: the inbound goes over to Derrick Queen, and he will
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  Speaker 1: just burn it there. They're shaking hands. This thing is over. Well,
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  Speaker 1: the Denver Nuggets, after an entertaining game against this team
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  Speaker 1: against NOLA back in the Mile High City, even up
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  Speaker 1: their record on the year at 2-2. A triple-double for
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  Speaker 1: Nikola Jokic, his second one of the year. Final tonight
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  Speaker 1: for the Big Easy, Denver 104, Pelicans 91.