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NBA: Murray pours in 52 points in Nuggets' win over Pacers

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Jamal Murray scored a season-high 52 points and Nikola Jokic fell just short of another triple-double to help the Denver Nuggets hold off the short-handed Indiana Pacers 135-120 on Wednesday night.

Murray was 19 of 25 from the field and even better from 3-point range, 10 of 11, despite being listed as questionable because of a sprained right ankle late in the afternoon. He fell three points short of matching his career high.

Jokic had 24 points, eight rebounds and 13 assists playing in front of NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. He came up two rebounds short of starting December with back-to-back triple-doubles, but he still holds the league lead with 11 this season.

Bruce Brown, Tim Hardaway Jr and Peyton Watson all finished in double figures as the Nuggets won for the third time in five games.

Pascal Siakam led the Pacers with 23 points while Andrew Nembhard had 16 points and seven assists on a night where six Indiana players scored in double figures. The Pacers have lost their two straight since winning back-to-back games for the first time season.

 

Antetokoumpo strains calf in win

Kevin Porter Jr. scored 26 points, Ryan Rollins added 22 and the Milwaukee Bucks overcame the loss of Giannis Antetokounmpo to an injury three minutes into the game to beat the Detroit Pistons 113-109.

Antetokounmpo left with what the Bucks said was a right calf strain, not long after coach Doc Rivers said before the game there had been no talks between team officials and the two-time MVP about a potential exit from Milwaukee.

The two-time MVP had just assisted on A.J. Green' layup less than three minutes into the game when he headed back up the court and slipped in the painted area. Antetokounmpo went down, clutched his right leg and eventually was helped up before walking gingerly to the locker room.

AJ Green had 19 points and Jericho Sims finished with a career-high 15 points and tied a career best with 14 rebounds as Milwaukee won for just the second time in 10 games.

Tobias Harris had 20 points, Cade Cunningham 17 and Jaden Ivey 15 for the Pistons, who had won 15 of 17.

Sims' three-point play with 1:34 remaining gave the Bucks a 109-108 lead. A pair of free throws by Rollins with 13 seconds left pushed the Bucks' lead to three. After a Detroit miss, Green sealed the win with a pair of free throws.

 

Kornet’s last-second block lifts Spurs

Luke Kornet blocked Franz Wagner's last-second layup, De’Aaron Fox scored 31 points and the San Antonio Spurs edged the Orlando Magic 114-112.

Fox scored the Spurs' final 10 points, the last on two free throws with 1.4 seconds left after a foul on Jonathan Isaac. Orlando got the ball to Wagner under the basket, but Kornet swatted it out of bounds as the horn sounded, his third block of the game.

San Antonio has won seven of nine with Victor Wembanyama out with a strained left calf.

Wagner led Orlando with 25 points. Jalen Suggs added 24 points and three steals before fouling out with 25.6 seconds left. Desmond Bane, coming off consecutive 37-point games, finished with 14 points and six assists after hitting two big shots down the stretch.

It was the Magic's third loss in 10 games since they lost Paolo Banchero to a strained groin.