{"id":412685,"date":"2023-02-16T00:39:28","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T05:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=412685"},"modified":"2023-02-16T00:39:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T05:39:28","slug":"reserve-jeff-green-scores-season-high-in-nuggets-victory","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/reserve-jeff-green-scores-season-high-in-nuggets-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Reserve Jeff Green scores season-high in Nuggets&#8217; victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58\">Reserve Jeff Green finished with a season-high 24 points, <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/nikola-jokic\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/nikola-jokic\/\">Nikola Jokic<\/a><\/a> notched his 21st triple-double of the season and the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/denver-nuggets\/\">Denver Nuggets<\/a> defeated short-handed Dallas Mavericks 118-109 on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Going into the break with a W <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FPRGwNMfIZ\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/FPRGwNMfIZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nuggets\/status\/1626073309178925058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58\">Nikola Jokic finished with 14 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists in the Western Conference-leading Nuggets&#8217; last game before the All-Star break.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Not bad final stats <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LbbN9NGQv7\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/LbbN9NGQv7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nuggets\/status\/1626073958092267520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58\">Michael Porter Jr. hit five 3-pointers and finished with 22 points as Denver moved to an NBA-best 27-4 at home this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58\">\u201cFor us to continue to find ways to win and have different guys step up every night, I think it speaks to our chemistry, our depth,\u201d Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got a really good team in there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58\">Luka Doncic scored 37 points in leading the Dallas team that was missing guard Kyrie Irving &#8211; acquired as part of a deal with Brooklyn on Feb. 6, due to lower-back tightness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58\">Two-time reigning MVP Jokic joined some elite company by going over 500 assists and 500 rebounds before the All-Star break. The other NBA players to accomplish the feat were Russell Westbrook (three times, \u201916-17, \u201917-18, \u201918-19) and Oscar Robertson (\u201961-62).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58\">It was Doncic&#8217;s 65th career game with 35 or more points. Only LeBron James had more (87) before his 24th birthday. Doncic turns 24 on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58\">After the All-Star break, the Mavericks start a six-game homestand against San Antonio Spurs on Feb. 23. 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