Nikola Jokic has 6th triple-double in 9 games as Nuggets beat Pacers 117-100

Nikola Jokic had 32 points, 14 rebounds and 14 assists for his sixth triple-double successful 9 games this season, and the short-handed Denver Nuggets bushed the Indiana Pacers 117-100

DENVER -- Nikola Jokic had 32 points, 14 rebounds and 14 assists for his sixth triple-double successful 9 games this season, and the short-handed Denver Nuggets bushed the Indiana Pacers 117-100 connected Saturday nighttime to expanse a four-game homestand.

Denver played without regulars Jamal Murray (left calf tightness) and Aaron Gordon (left hamstring) connected the 2nd crippled of a back-to-back. Jalen Pickett and Peyton Watson, who had a season-high 16 points, started instead.

Gordon, who missed 31 games past twelvemonth with injuries, is averaging a career-best 20.1 points.

“If helium feels thing that tin crook into thing worse, determination is simply a small spot of apprehension,” Denver manager David Adelman said earlier the game. “Aaron’s a feline we person to support ... due to the fact that there’s conscionable not that galore quality beings that are that large and leap that precocious and detonate similar that.”

Indiana, which has been without aggregate players astatine the commencement of the season, mislaid for the eighth clip successful 9 games. The Pacers got Andrew Nembhard backmost from a near enarthrosis strain that outgo him the past 7 games.

Aaron Nesmith scored 25 points for Indiana and Nembhard added 22. Monte Morris, signed Friday, had 1 constituent successful 15 minutes.

Jokic, who had a season-high 8 turnovers, secured the triple-double connected a walk to Cam Johnson with 7:49 near successful the 3rd quarter.

The Pacers rallied wrong 64-61 aboriginal successful the third, aided by Gordon’s method foul portion sitting connected the seat successful thoroughfare clothes.

The Nuggets led by 13 aft 3 quarters and went up 109-88 connected Jokic’s heavy 3-pointer midway done the fourth.

Pacers: At Golden State connected Sunday night.

Nuggets: At Sacramento connected Tuesday night.

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