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Nuggets tie record for 3s as Warriors thumped
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THE sellout crowd at the Pepsi Center came to see the sharpshooters, and they did. Only, it wasn’t the Golden State Warriors hitting from long range, but the short-handed Denver Nuggets.
“Once we saw a few go in, we just wanted to keep going, see how many we could hit,” Will Barton said after the Nuggets tied an NBA record with 24 3-pointers while shocking the Warriors 132-110 in Denver, Colorado, on Monday night.
The Nuggets beat the Warriors at their own game, but it wasn’t by design.
The Warriors couldn’t counter Denver’s dizzying display, sinking just 8 of 32 3-pointers.
Even Stephen Curry couldn’t keep up with Denver’s surprise sharpshooters, finishing 1 of 11 from beyond the arc.
“I felt confident, every shot I took felt like it was going in,” Curry said. “Just got served a humble slice of cupcake.”
The only Denver player who didn’t join the long-range barrage was Nikola Jokic, who was too busy setting career highs with 12 assists and 21 rebounds to go with 17 points in his second career triple-double.
The Nuggets tied the 3-point mark set by the Houston Rockets in December against the New Orleans Pelicans when rookie Juan Hernangomez sank his sixth three at the 2-minute mark. “Yeah, we knew it at the end,” Gary Harris said. “We were trying to get one more.”
But their last two 3’s in the final minute rattled out, and Jamal Murray passed up an uncontested 3 to dribble out the clock. Denver finished 24 of 40 from beyond the arc. Hernangomez scored a season-high 27 points to go with a season-best 10 boards, Barton added 24 points and Jameer Nelson 23.
Kevin Durant led Golden State with 25 points 48 hours after his emotional return to Oklahoma City.
The Warriors’ ninth loss of the season matched their total from last year when they set an NBA record by winning 73 games. It was also their biggest loss since a 100-129 blowout at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs in the season opener.
Elsewhere on Monday, it was: 76ers 105, Hornets 99; Spurs 110, Pacers 106; Grizzlies 112, Nets 103; Magic 116, Heat 107; Bucks 102, Pistons 89; Wizards 120, Thunder 98; Celtics 111, Mavericks 98; Clippers 88, Jazz 72; Pelicans 110, Suns 108; and Hawks 109, Trail Blazers 104, OT.
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