Denver Jan. 6 (BUS): Bojan Bogdanovic scored a season-high 36 points, and the Utah Jazz continued their winning streak on the road to 10 games by defeating the Denver Nuggets 115-109 on Wednesday night.
Rudy Gay scored 18 and Donovan Mitchell added 17 for the Jazz, who have not lost on the road since a 107-100 setback in Orlando on November 7, the Associated Press reported.
Nuggets star Nikola Jokic scored 26 points, 21 rebounds and 11 assists in his 64th career three-pointer. Monty Morris and Will Barton added 20 points each.
The Jazz led by one at the end of the first half, by 13 points in the third quarter and led 88-78 in the fourth.
Denver battled to 94-91 on a 3-pointer for Morris from a feed from Jokic, but Bogdanovic had a lighter throw and Royce O’Neill and Jordan Clarkson fired three-pointers around a pair of free throws by Barton while Utah built a nine-point lead with just over six remaining. minutes.
Denver again managed to reduce the blow distance on Jokic’s immersion, who reduced the difference to 113-109 before 44.3 seconds of play, but Bogdanovic made two free throws in the last moments and the Nuggets failed to score again.
The Jazz advanced 57-56 in the first half with the support of Bogdanovic, who scored 19 points in the first two quarters.
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Jazz: Bogdanovic’s previous season high was 27 points against Philadelphia on November 16…F Joe Ingles was disqualified after entering NBA health and safety protocols. …Hassan Whiteside missed the third game in a row due to a concussion. … C Rudy Gobert suffered from an infection in his left shoulder. …F Eric Paschall is back on the team after missing the previous four matches to take care of personal matters.
Nuggets: Sea Flatko Kancar is out indefinitely after breaking his right foot during Monday’s loss to Dallas. … Denver coach Michael Malone remained on the bench due to health and safety protocols, along with F Jeff Green and F Zeke Nnagy.
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Jazz: They continued their five-game wild ride in Toronto on Friday night.
Nuggets: Host the Sacramento Kings on Friday night.