Nuggets 110, Mavericks 96
J.J. Hickson totaled 22 points and eight rebounds and Denver saw six players reach double figures to hand Dallas its first home loss.
Ty Lawson collected 19 points and dished out 11 assists for the Nuggets, who completed a sweep of a home-and-home series against the Mavericks after a 102-100 win in Denver on Sunday. Nate Robinson added 17 points and Kenneth Faried pitched in with 10 points and 10 rebounds for Denver, which has won three straight overall.
Monta Ellis compiled 22 points to lead Dallas, which has dropped two in a row after a four-game win streak. Dirk Nowitzki finished with 18 points and Shawn Marion added 13 to go with a game-high 12 rebounds for the Mavericks, who couldn't get the longball going and finished just 5-of-19 from beyond the arc.
The Nuggets took a 56-51 lead into the locker room, led by a combined 22 points from Hickson and Wilson Chandler. Nowitzki, Ellis and Jose Calderon totaled 36 points at the break for Dallas, accounting for more than 70 percent of the Mavericks' first half offense.
Denver utilized a 16-4 run in the third quarter, led by eight from Lawson, to open up a 15-point lead. The Nuggets closed the third up 85-77 and, after Dallas pulled to within 89-85 with 9 minutes remaining, Nate Robinson scored 11 straight points in a span of 3:07 to restore Denver's double digit lead and the visitors cruised from there.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Denver has defeated Dallas four times in their last five meetings. ... Nowitzki passed Brooklyn F Kevin Garnett for 14th place on the NBA's all-time scoring list, reaching 25,353 career points late in the first half. ... Nowitzki missed a free throw with 4:31 to play to snap a streak of 35 straight.