Jokic, Nuggets outlast Suns 128-125 in OT; Booker sidelined
DENVER (AP) - Nikola Jokic had another monster ３倍になる-二塁打, Aaron Gordon threw 負かす／撃墜する a pivotal dunk that stood up after a review in overtime and the Denver Nuggets 決起大会／結集させるd for a 128-125 victory over the 不死鳥／絶品 Suns on Sunday night.
Jokic had 41 points, 15 回復するs and 15 補助装置s for his 83rd career ３倍になる-二塁打. The two-time 統治するing NBA 最高殊勲選手 had a 40-point, 27-回復する, 10-補助装置 遠出 a week ago.
"Sick," Gordon said of the 統計（学） Jokic is 地位，任命するing these days. "Those are ビデオ game numbers."
It was the fourth 40-point, 15-回復する, 15-補助装置 game in NBA history, によれば ESPN Stats & Info. He joined Oscar Robertson (1961, 1962) and James Harden (2016).
不死鳥／絶品 星／主役にする Devin Booker lasted only 4:20 in his return from a groin 傷害, 得点する／非難する／２０ing two points after getting 58 against New Orleans in his previous start.
Jamal Murray tied it in 規則 for Denver on a dunk with 10.7 seconds left. But it was Gordon's OT 激突する that helped 推進する the Nuggets to the victory. At first, he was called for an 不快な／攻撃 foul, but a review 決定するd that Landry Shamet was moving, awarding Gordon the basket and a 解放する／自由な throw.
Denver Nuggets 中心 Nikola Jokic, 支援する, shoots over 不死鳥／絶品 Suns 今後 Mikal 橋（渡しをする）s in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Best in-game dunk he's ever had?
"Yeah," Gordon said. "Because of the time and 得点する／非難する／２０."
Jokic had a take on the dunk, too, because he was の近くに to Gordon on the play.
"I was open," Jokic 割れ目d.
It certainly raised the noise level in the building.
"Loudest I´ve heard this place in a long time for a nonplayoff game," Nuggets coach Michael Malone said.
不死鳥／絶品 had a chance to tie it in the の近くにing seconds of OT, only to throw away a pass.
The Suns, who led by 12 in the third ４半期/4分の1, 始める，決める up for a winning play in 規則 but Mikal 橋（渡しをする）s was called for an 不快な／攻撃 foul after accidentally running into a Denver player. 橋（渡しをする）s atoned by 封鎖するing Murray's 発射 just before the buzzer.
The Nuggets 改善するd to 2-6 in games held on Christmas. The other 勝利，勝つ was in 1994 against Seattle.
Shamet （機の）カム off the （法廷の）裁判 to 得点する／非難する／２０ 31 points - matching his career high - on a night the Suns lost Booker again to the groin 傷害. Booker was just returning to the 法廷，裁判所 after 行方不明の the last three games because of groin sor eness.
"I didn't even see it," Suns coach Monty Williams. "They （機の）カム to me when I was walking the sidelines and they said, `Man, we´ve got to get 調書をとる／予約する.' I looked up and he had that look on his 直面する and I knew something had happened."
Deandre Ayton 追加するd 22 points and 16 回復するs as 不死鳥／絶品 had six players in 二塁打 人物／姿／数字s. Chris Paul had 17 points and 16 補助装置s, but 行方不明になるd five 解放する／自由な throws.
The Suns have dropped eight of 11.
"We´ll be all 権利," Shamet said. "The important thing is we´re doing the 権利 things."
Gordon finished with 28 points and Murray 26.
The Nuggets led by 15 points 早期に in the game. Shamet 得点する／非難する／２０d 15 points in the second ４半期/4分の1 to help 不死鳥／絶品 work its way 支援する into the game.
Gordon 負傷させる up 11 of 18 from the field and Jokic 16 of 25. Both 延長するd their streaks to 23 games of 狙撃 .500 or better from the field, which broke the franchise 記録，記録的な／記録する 始める，決める by Nene in 2010-11.
TIP-INS
Suns: 不死鳥／絶品 guard Cameron Payne (sprained 権利 foot) and 今後 （機の）カム Johnson (torn meniscus) went through a stepped-up workout Christmas morning. Payne hasn´t played since Dec. 13 and Johnson since Nov. 4.
Nuggets: 今後 Jeff Green fractured his 手渡す against Portland on Friday. The team said he will be reevaluated in four weeks. ... 今後 Michael Porter Jr. had seven points on 3 of 11 狙撃 in his second game 支援する from a heel 傷害.
UP NEXT
Suns: At Memphis on Tuesday night.
Nuggets: At Sacramento on Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
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Denver Nuggets 今後 Aaron Gordon, 権利, 飛行機で行くs over 不死鳥／絶品 Suns guard Landry Shamet to dunk the ball for a basket in overtime of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Denver Nuggets 中心 Nikola Jokic, left, looks to pass the ball as 不死鳥／絶品 Suns 中心 Bismack Biyombo defends in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
不死鳥／絶品 Suns 今後 Mikal 橋（渡しをする）s, 権利, looks to 運動 to the 縁 as Denver Nuggets guard Bones Hyland defends in the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Denver Nuggets 今後 Aaron Gordon, left, goes up for a basket as, from 権利 前線 to 支援する, 不死鳥／絶品 Suns 今後 Mikal 橋（渡しをする）s, guard Chris Paul and 中心 Deandre Ayton defend in the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
不死鳥／絶品 Suns guard Landry Shamet, 前線, chases 負かす／撃墜する a loose ball as Denver Nuggets 中心 Nikola Jokic, 支援する left, and guard Christian Braun defend in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Denver Nuggets 今後 Aaron Gordon, 前線, 運動s to the 縁 as, from 支援する left, 不死鳥／絶品 Suns 今後 Mikal 橋（渡しをする）s, guard Chris Paul and 中心 Deandre Ayton defend in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Dec . 25, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Denver Nuggets 今後 Aaron Gordon, left, shoots over 不死鳥／絶品 Suns guard Chris Paul in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Denver Nuggets 今後 Aaron Gordon, 権利, 運動s past 不死鳥／絶品 Suns 今後 Torrey Craig in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
