{"id":142115,"date":"2017-12-27T00:50:52","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T05:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=142115"},"modified":"2017-12-27T00:50:52","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T05:50:52","slug":"murray-scores-22-as-nuggets-beat-jazz-107-83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/27\/murray-scores-22-as-nuggets-beat-jazz-107-83\/","title":{"rendered":"Murray scores 22 as Nuggets beat Jazz 107\u201483"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_142122\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-142122\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/G09JqOqz_400x400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-142122\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/G09JqOqz_400x400.jpg\" alt=\" FILE: Jamal Murray scored 13 of his 22 points in the first quarter and the Denver Nuggets overcame the ejection of Nikola Jokic to beat the Utah Jazz 107-83 on Tuesday night. (Photo: Jamal Murray\/Twitter)\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/G09JqOqz_400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/G09JqOqz_400x400-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/G09JqOqz_400x400-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-142122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Jamal Murray scored 13 of his 22 points in the first quarter and the Denver Nuggets overcame the ejection of Nikola Jokic to beat the Utah Jazz 107-83 on Tuesday night. (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeMore27?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\">Photo: Jamal Murray\/Twitter<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>DENVER \u2014 Jamal Murray scored 13 of his 22 points in the first quarter and the Denver Nuggets overcame the ejection of Nikola Jokic to beat the Utah Jazz 107-83 on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Jokic had 13 points and seven rebounds before getting tossed in the fourth quarter. Wilson Chandler and Gary Harris scored 15 apiece to help Denver win its third in a row.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the rout, Jokic got tangled up with Jonas Jerebko early in the fourth and was called for a flagrant 2 foul and ejected from the game.<\/p>\n<p>The Jazz cut it to 13 after Jokic left, but Murray converted a three-point play and Trey Lyles had a driving dunk to push the lead to 90-72 with 5:38 left.<\/p>\n<p>Derrick Favours had 20 points, and Jerebko and Donovan Mitchell each scored 13 for the Jazz.<\/p>\n<p>The Nuggets showed no sign of complacency after big road wins at Portland and Golden State last weekend. They used a 12-0 run late in the first quarter to take a 13-point lead, and another big run at the end of the second to lead 50-34 at halftime.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the two meetings in Utah this season, Denver didn&#8217;t collapse in the second half. The Nuggets led by 21 less than four minutes into the third and maintained a comfortable lead throughout the second half to improve to 12-3 at home.<\/p>\n<p>TIP-INS<\/p>\n<p>Jazz: Mitchell entered second in the NBA in scoring among rookies at 18 points per game. Lakers G Kyle Kuzma (18.1 ppg) is first. &#8230; G Raul Neto missed his eighth straight game with a concussion. &#8230; C Rudy Gobert (left knee sprain) was with the team but sat out for the sixth straight game.<\/p>\n<p>Nuggets: G Emmanuel Mudiay was active after missing four straight games with a sprained right ankle. He entered in the final two minutes and scored seven points. He hit a 3-pointer, was fouled and made the free throw and then hit another 3 on Denver&#8217;s next possession. &#8230; Denver held the Jazz to 28.9 per cent shooting in the first half and a season-low 34 points over the first two quarters. &#8230; Lyles had 16 points and eight rebounds against his former team.<\/p>\n<p>UP NEXT<\/p>\n<p>Jazz: Play at Golden State on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Nuggets: Travel to Minnesota to play the Timberwolves on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DENVER \u2014 Jamal Murray scored 13 of his 22 points in the first quarter and the Denver Nuggets overcame the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":142122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[15949,40607,14564],"class_list":["post-142115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-jamal-murray","tag-utah-jazz","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}