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DENVER (AP) — Jamal Murray scored 32 points, Nikola Jokic had 14 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists in just three quarters for his fourth straight triple-double and the Denver Nuggets had a big run to beat the short-handed Sacramento Kings 117-96 on Wednesday night. Jokic had his 19th triple-double of the season as Denver avoided losing all four games …

Denver Nuggets (36-16, second in the Western Conference) vs. Sacramento Kings (29-21, seventh in the Western Conference) Sacramento, California; Friday, 10 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NBA LINE: Kings -1; over/under is 232.5 BOTTOM LINE: Denver seeks to extend its three-game win streak with a victory over Sacramento. The Kings are 18-13 in Western Conference games. Sacramento ranks third in the …

DENVER (AP) — The NBA MVP race just became a little more wide open now that Joel Embiid’s chances at a repeat have ended. The Philadelphia 76ers big man was the odds-on favorite at the midway mark of the season, before the announcement that he would need surgery to repair the lateral meniscus in his left knee. Embiid had surgery …

DENVER (AP) — Jamal Murray loves that the Denver Nuggets can turn to their championship mettle in crunch time. He hates that they have to rely on that so often. “I think we should just be a little bit more on point to start the game, not to have to kick it into another gear,” Murray said after the Denver …