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January 3, 2013, Thursday
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THE Nuggets brought the Los Angeles Clippers' franchise record 17-game winning streak to a halt on Tuesday with a 92-78 victory in Denver.
The Clippers (25-7), who went 16-0 in December to join the 1995-96 San Antonio Spurs and 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers as the only teams to go a calendar month undefeated, stumbled into the new year absorbing their most lopsided loss of the season. It was the Clippers' first defeat since November 26.
The winning run was the longest in the NBA since 2009 when the Boston Celtics strung together 19.
"What did we accomplish is cool but they didn't care about that tonight," Clippers guard Chris Paul said. "We're just upset about the loss, we didn't care about the streak."
Danilo Gallinari led Denver with 17 points while Kenneth Faried contributed 14 and 11 rebounds. Andre Miller chipped in with 12 points and 12 assists as the Nuggets improved their home record to 10-1.
LA's Blake Griffin scored 12 points and pulled in nine rebounds but Paul (10) and DeAndre Jordan (11) were the only other Los Angeles starters to score in double figures.
Leading by two after the first quarter, the Nuggets went on a 7-0 run to open the second and led the sluggish Clippers 48-43 at the half. Denver continued to pull away after the break, outscoring Los Angeles 27-16 in the third quarter to open up a 16-point cushion then eased to a comfortable win.
In New York, the Portland Trail Blazers overcame Carmelo Anthony's 45 points and spoiled Amare Stoudemire's season debut, beating the New York Knicks 105-100. Nicolas Batum led the way for Portland with 26 points, while Damian Lillard added 21 points.
Stoudemire had six points on 3-of-8 shooting and one rebound in 17 minutes off the bench in his return from knee surgery. Anthony shot 14 of 24 and nearly led the Knicks back from 19 points down after missing two games with a knee injury, but the Trail Blazers had too many options.
In Washington, Vince Carter scored 23 points and O.J. Mayo and Darren Collison had 15 apiece as the Dallas Mavericks ended a six-game losing streak with a 103-94 win over the Washington Wizards.
Dallas, which had arrived in Washington in the midst of its longest slump in nearly 14 years, rallied after trailing by four at the half by outscoring the Wizards 35-19 in the third to take an 83-71 lead.
In Los Angeles, the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Los Angeles Lakers 103-99, and the Atlanta Hawks topped the Charlotte Bobcats 95-86.
The Clippers (25-7), who went 16-0 in December to join the 1995-96 San Antonio Spurs and 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers as the only teams to go a calendar month undefeated, stumbled into the new year absorbing their most lopsided loss of the season. It was the Clippers' first defeat since November 26.
The winning run was the longest in the NBA since 2009 when the Boston Celtics strung together 19.
"What did we accomplish is cool but they didn't care about that tonight," Clippers guard Chris Paul said. "We're just upset about the loss, we didn't care about the streak."
Danilo Gallinari led Denver with 17 points while Kenneth Faried contributed 14 and 11 rebounds. Andre Miller chipped in with 12 points and 12 assists as the Nuggets improved their home record to 10-1.
LA's Blake Griffin scored 12 points and pulled in nine rebounds but Paul (10) and DeAndre Jordan (11) were the only other Los Angeles starters to score in double figures.
Leading by two after the first quarter, the Nuggets went on a 7-0 run to open the second and led the sluggish Clippers 48-43 at the half. Denver continued to pull away after the break, outscoring Los Angeles 27-16 in the third quarter to open up a 16-point cushion then eased to a comfortable win.
In New York, the Portland Trail Blazers overcame Carmelo Anthony's 45 points and spoiled Amare Stoudemire's season debut, beating the New York Knicks 105-100. Nicolas Batum led the way for Portland with 26 points, while Damian Lillard added 21 points.
Stoudemire had six points on 3-of-8 shooting and one rebound in 17 minutes off the bench in his return from knee surgery. Anthony shot 14 of 24 and nearly led the Knicks back from 19 points down after missing two games with a knee injury, but the Trail Blazers had too many options.
In Washington, Vince Carter scored 23 points and O.J. Mayo and Darren Collison had 15 apiece as the Dallas Mavericks ended a six-game losing streak with a 103-94 win over the Washington Wizards.
Dallas, which had arrived in Washington in the midst of its longest slump in nearly 14 years, rallied after trailing by four at the half by outscoring the Wizards 35-19 in the third to take an 83-71 lead.
In Los Angeles, the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Los Angeles Lakers 103-99, and the Atlanta Hawks topped the Charlotte Bobcats 95-86.
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