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Kleiza to the rim.
The native Lithuanian jammed in two thunderous first-quarter dunks on baseline cuts. He had six points and four rebounds in the period.
Smith in the second.
J.R. Smith sparked the Nuggets a bit off the bench, with eight points, an assist and a rebound.
Third-quarter crowd.
Despite watching the Nuggets self-destruct, the Pepsi Center Nuggets faithful tried their best to rally the team. It didn’t work.
Ovation for Nene.
The oft-injured Nuggets forward entered the game to a huge crowd reaction at 1:22 in the first quarter.
— Chris Dempsey, The Denver Post
