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Nuggets Roll Pacers

Nikola Jokic notched his 35th double-double with 32 points and 14 rebounds, leading the Denver Nuggets over the travel-weary Indiana Pacers 121-106 on Monday night.

 

Michael Porter Jr. and Will Barton each scored 20 points for the Nuggets, who used a big fourth quarter to get the win.

 

Malcom Brogdon led Indiana with 24 and Justin Holiday had 19. Domantas Sabonis finished a rebound shy of a triple-double with 10 points and 10 assists.

 

The start of the game was moved back an hour because the Pacers were unable to fly from Phoenix into Denver until Monday afternoon. A snowstorm that officially dropped 27 inches at Denver

International Airport closed the runways from late Sunday morning. Four runways were reopened mid-afternoon Monday.

 

Indiana rallied from 20 down in the first half to take a 79-74 lead midway through the third quarter.

 

The Pacers led 91-87 after three, but the Nuggets opened the fourth with 14 straight points to take a 101-91 lead.

 

The Pacers didn't score their first points until nearly five minutes into the fourth and were outscored 34-15. Caris LeVert didn't want to blame the travel issues for the loss.

 

The Pacers host Brooklyn on Wednesday night.

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