Nikola Jokić had 29 points (18 in the paint), 18 rebounds and 16 assists, his 132nd career triple-double, and the Denver Nuggets rallied from 17 points down in the second quarter to beat the Brooklyn Nets 144-139 in overtime.
The Nuggets trailed 44-27 with 10:49 left in the second quarter. They outscored the Nets 117-95 the rest of the way.
Christian Braun’s 3-pointer with 1:05 left in overtime made it 138-132, and Jamal Murray’s free throw with 22.3 seconds left in overtime put it away at 142-137.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Nets 29-15. Jokić (No. 4 in clutch points, 2024-25) scored 10 of the Nuggets’ 29 on 3 for 5 shooting and 4 for 4 at the line. In the fourth quarter and overtime, Jokić had 5 of his 16 assists, 1 of them on a basket by Julian Strawther that tied the game.
Aaron Gordon scored 24 points (14 in the paint) on 8 for 11 shooting. Murray added 24 points, and Russell Westbrook scored 22 points off the bench. The Nuggets had 4 20-point scorers. Jokić assisted on 6 of Murray’s 8 baskets.
For the Nets, Dennis Schröder had 28 points and 14 assists. Cam Thomas scored 26 points but went 1 for 8 from 3. Cameron Johnson scored 20 points with 6 3-pointers. Ziaire Williams scored 18 points on 7 for 8 shooting off the bench. Nic Claxton had 16 points, 12 rebounds and 3 blocks on 8 for 9 shooting off the bench. The Nets had 3 20-point scorers and 7 players in double-digit scoring.
The Nuggets went 39 for 47 at the line to the Nets’ 21 for 27. The Nets made 20 3-pointers, 6 of them by Cameron Johnson and 5 by Schröder. Claxton fouled out.