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Denver Nuggets beat Indiana Pacers 114-102 as Nikola Jokić posts 19 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists in Mexico City
Nikola Jokić had 19 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists, Cameron Johnson scored 18, and Denver used a 15-0 second-quarter run to beat Indiana 114-102 in the NBA Mexico City Game.
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Nikola Jokić had 19 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Indiana Pacers 114-102 at Arena CDMX on Saturday, November 7, in the NBA Mexico City Game. Denver improved to 5-3. Indiana, the designated home team on the neutral floor, fell to 3-7.
Jokić shot 7-of-20 from the field and 4-of-4 at the line in 36 minutes, with 6 of his rebounds coming on the offensive glass. He scored 10 of his 19 points in the first quarter and added a steal and a block. Cameron Johnson scored 18 on 8-of-12 shooting, and Jamal Murray finished with 16 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists.
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How it turned
Indiana led 5-0 in the opening minutes on a Pascal Siakam three and an Ivica Zubac layup, the Pacers’ only lead of the night and their largest. Denver answered immediately, went ahead 8-7 on a Jokić basket and led 27-19 after one quarter.
The Nuggets then ripped off a 15-0 run in the second quarter during a stretch of nearly four minutes without an Indiana field goal. Marvin Bagley III, Tyus Jones, Johnson, Spencer Jones and DeMar DeRozan all scored in the burst, turning a 34-28 edge into 49-28. Murray’s jumper with 1:05 left in the half made it 64-37, Denver’s largest lead, and the Nuggets took a 64-41 advantage into the locker room.
Indiana won the third quarter 37-26. Aaron Nesmith hit back-to-back threes to cut the deficit to 79-67, and a Quenton Jackson layup with 1:16 left in the period brought the Pacers within 88-78. Denver led 90-78 after three.
Jarace Walker’s three with 7:26 remaining made it 102-95. The Nuggets scored the next six points — a Spencer Jones layup, an Aaron Gordon dunk and two Christian Braun free throws — to push the lead back to 108-95. Andrew Nembhard’s three with 2:07 left got Indiana as close as 110-102, but Murray made two free throws and Gordon added two more to close it.
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The supporting cast
Spencer Jones scored 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting, including 3-of-3 from three, with 6 rebounds in 21 minutes off the bench and finished plus-14. DeRozan, listed as available after low back spasms, had 11 points and 5 assists in 22 minutes. Bagley added 10 points. Gordon scored 12. Denver assisted on 29 baskets, won the boards 51-45 and committed only 5 turnovers while scoring 54 points in the paint.
Jokić, on the win: “I just try to play the game the right way, hopefully we can win more games; to win is the most important thing, I do not think about stats.”
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Indiana’s side
Siakam led all scorers with 23 points on 10-of-18 shooting and surpassed 13,000 career points. Larry Nance Jr. added 15 off the bench, going 5-of-7 from three. Zubac had 10 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists in 19 minutes, and Nembhard finished with 9 points and 8 assists.
The Pacers played without Tyrese Haliburton (hamstring) and shot 15-of-48 from three. They scored 21 fast-break points but went only 5-of-7 at the line and were outscored 54-44 in the paint. T.J. McConnell scored 6 points in 9 minutes in his season debut. Attendance was 20,191.
Siakam on the setting: “It was tough environment, we are not used to this, the altitude and everything is hard to get going. Our force and energy was better in the second half, but it was not enough.”
What’s next
The Nuggets visit the Houston Rockets on Monday, November 9, at 8:30 p.m. ET (3:30 a.m. Tuesday Cairo time). The Pacers visit the Dallas Mavericks on Monday, November 9, at 8 p.m. ET (3 a.m. Tuesday Cairo time).
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