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Nuggets get 1st 13-game win streak
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March 21, 2013, Thursday
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ANDRE Miller scored 13 of his season-best 20 points in the fourth quarter as the Denver Nuggets beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 114-104 on Tuesday for their first 13-game winning streak since joining the National Basketball Association.
A big performance on his 37th birthday started with an inspirational speech and finished with Miller's play doing all the talking for him.
"He's a coach and a teacher and a veteran, and he does it every day in a very classy way, a very quiet way," coach George Karl said. "And then he can do what he did tonight, where he can take the most talented team maybe in the NBA and be the best player on the court for the last 6 minutes of the game."
The Nuggets trailed by one at halftime but took control in the third quarter and never let the hosts reclaim the lead. Denver moved within 3-1/2 games of the Thunder in the Northwest Division and became the first team this season to beat Oklahoma City three times.
Denver's previous longest winning streak since the 1976 ABA-NBA merger was 12 straight in 1982. The club won 15 in a row in the 1969-70 ABA season. "It's cool. I'm sure a lot of people didn't think we would get this game, but we talked about having some pride, working hard and practicing," Miller said.
Ty Lawson led Denver with 25 points. Miller also had nine assists and seven rebounds in 23 effective minutes.
Kevin Durant had 34 points and Russell Westbrook chipped in 25 for Oklahoma City.
Elsewhere, it was: Kings 116, Clippers 101; Pacers 95, Magic 73 and Bucks 102, Trail Blazers 95.
A big performance on his 37th birthday started with an inspirational speech and finished with Miller's play doing all the talking for him.
"He's a coach and a teacher and a veteran, and he does it every day in a very classy way, a very quiet way," coach George Karl said. "And then he can do what he did tonight, where he can take the most talented team maybe in the NBA and be the best player on the court for the last 6 minutes of the game."
The Nuggets trailed by one at halftime but took control in the third quarter and never let the hosts reclaim the lead. Denver moved within 3-1/2 games of the Thunder in the Northwest Division and became the first team this season to beat Oklahoma City three times.
Denver's previous longest winning streak since the 1976 ABA-NBA merger was 12 straight in 1982. The club won 15 in a row in the 1969-70 ABA season. "It's cool. I'm sure a lot of people didn't think we would get this game, but we talked about having some pride, working hard and practicing," Miller said.
Ty Lawson led Denver with 25 points. Miller also had nine assists and seven rebounds in 23 effective minutes.
Kevin Durant had 34 points and Russell Westbrook chipped in 25 for Oklahoma City.
Elsewhere, it was: Kings 116, Clippers 101; Pacers 95, Magic 73 and Bucks 102, Trail Blazers 95.
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