Overview
- Denver stopped a two-game slide as Murray hit the go-ahead free throws with 31.8 seconds left and finished 8-for-13 from three.
- An initial shooting foul on Jokic with 16.3 seconds remaining was overturned to a blocked shot on review, preventing his sixth foul.
- Jokic posted 22 points and 12 rebounds and added two free throws with 6.1 seconds left before Keyonte George missed a potential tying three at the buzzer.
- George led injury-hit Utah with 36 points in his second game back, as the Jazz played without Lauri Markkanen, Walker Kessler, Jusuf Nurkic, Vince Williams Jr., Jaren Jackson Jr., and Kevin Love (rest).
- Playing the second night of a back-to-back, Denver had Cam Johnson scratched late with an ankle issue, while Utah’s loss was its sixth straight; next up are the Lakers for the Nuggets on Thursday and the 76ers for the Jazz on Wednesday.