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Nikola Jokic had a tripledouble wrapped up in the first half, and the Denver Nuggets put together one of the best 3-point shooting nights in league history in a 134-123 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night.
Denver matched a franchise recordwith 24 3-pointers, one shy of the NBA record, on 40 attempts.
Jokic finished with 30 points, 15 rebounds and a career- high 17 assists, reaching a triple- double with 1:54 remaining in the second quarter.
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 36 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists for his ninth career triple- double, passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for most in Bucks history.
TIMBERWOLVES 119, LAKERS 111 »
Taj Gibson scored a season-high 28 points and Jimmy Butler added 24, lifting Minnesota to a comeback victory over Los Angeles in Minneapolis.
Jeff Teague pitched in 20 points and Jamal Crawford added 15 for the Timberwolves, who rallied from a deficit as large as 15 points in the second quarter and 12 points late in the third. CARTER DIES AT 84 » Don Carter, the owner who was instrumental in bringing the NBA to Dallas with the expansion Mavericks in 1980, has died. He was 84. The Dallas County medical examiner said he died Wednesday night. The cause was not disclosed. Carter co-founded the franchise with Norm Sonju, the club’s first president.