Getting your player ready...
First-quarter 3s:
Five Nuggets drained a 3-pointer in the opening quarter, and only one Denver player missed one.
Getting to the line:
The Nuggets were the best in the league at reaching the free-throw line, and Monday was just a parade of players in powder blue taking freebies. The Nuggets got 44 attempts.
Smith driving:
J.R. Smith had a third-quarter jaunt to the bucket that took him past three Mavericks and over the fourth for a bucket and a foul.
Chris Dempsey, The Denver Post
