Denver basketball players beat Golden State 131:124 and achieved their 11th victory in the last 13 games in the NBA league.
The Nuggets were led by Nikola Jokić with a triple-double performance of 32 points, 15 rebounds and 13 assists. It's his second straight triple-double, 11th in his last 23 games, 18th of the season, 75th of his career.
Monte Morris contributed to the victory with 18 points and seven assists, and Jeff Green with 18 points and five rebounds.
The Golden State team, which lost its fifth consecutive game, was without Steph Karai, Klay Thompson and Andrew Wiggins, as coach Steve Kerr wanted them to rest, while Andre Iguodala and Gary Payton missed the game due to injuries.
The most effective among the Warriors were Jordan Poole with 32 points and seven assists and Moses Moody with 30 points.
Golden State lost for the seventh time in its last eight games, and suffered all three losses against Denver this season.
Detroit basketball players beat Atlanta 113:110 after overtime. Cade Cunningham was the most effective in the winning team with 28 points and 10 assists, Jeremy Grant scored 23 points, and Marvin Bagley scored 19 points with 10 rebounds.
Serbian representative Bogdan Bogdanović was the most effective in the Atlanta team with 22 points, six assists and five rebounds, John Collins added 17 points and 11 rebounds, and Trae Young added 14 points and 12 assists.
San Antonio basketball players beat the Los Angeles Lakers 117:110, and their coach Gregg Popovich equaled Don Nelson's record with 1.335 wins in the NBA. He could become the record holder if his team beats Toronto on Wednesday night.
Popovic decided not to talk about that achievement, he didn't mention it to the players after the match, and he didn't answer questions from journalists.
Dejonte Murray was the most effective in the San Antonio team with 26 points with 10 rebounds, Jakob Peltl added 18 points, eight rebounds and four assists, and Josh Richardson finished the game with 18 points.
In the team from Los Angeles, Taylen Horton Tucker scored 18 points, and Russell Westbrook scored 17 points, along with 10 rebounds and six assists. Carmelo Anthony added 17 points and seven rebounds, and Malik Monk added 17 points. LeBron James and Anthony Davids were missing from the team.
Dallas basketball players beat Utah 111:103 and achieved their fifth consecutive victory. Dallas was led by Luka Doncic with 35 points, 16 rebounds, seven assists and three steals.
Spencer Dinwiddie added 23 points, and Dorian Finney-Smith added 21 points.
In the Utah team, Bojan Bogdanović was the most effective with 21 points, Donovan Mitchell scored 17 points with nine assists, and Rudi Gober scored 12 points with 13 rebounds.
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