Nuggets halt Mavericks' four-game win streak
DENVER -- Will Barton scored a season-high 31 points and grabbed eight rebounds, Gary Harris had 20 points and the Denver Nuggets beat the Dallas Mavericks 110-87 on Monday night.
Wilson Chandler had 14 points and 10 rebounds and Barton added two blocks and five assists to pick up the slack for Nikola Jokic, who played just 24 minutes because of foul trouble.
Seth Curry and Yogi Ferrell scored 15 points each and Dwight Powell had 14 off the bench for the Mavericks.
Denver (23-28) was without Danilo Gallinari (groin), Emmanuel Mudiay (back) and Kenneth Faried (personal) but managed to stop Dallas' four-game winning streak. The Nuggets went with a three-guard lineup for much of the night to match up with the Mavericks' small-ball lineup.
Jokic averaged 27 points and 14 rebounds in the first two games with Dallas, but early foul trouble kept him on the sideline. He finished with 13 points and nine assists.
The Mavericks (20-31) came into Monday having won six of their last seven. Their four-game winning streak came after Ferrell, an undrafted rookie, signed a 10-day contract. He had nine 3-pointers and 32 points in Friday's win at Portland, but Denver kept him in check for most of the game.
The Nuggets outscored the Mavericks 30-13 in the second quarter to take a 59-37 lead at the break. The 13 points were the fewest Denver has allowed in a quarter this season.
The lead grew to 27 in the third quarter, but Dallas rallied to within 15 at the end of the quarter and scored the first four points of the fourth to cut it to 82-71.
Harris scored the next five points for Denver, Barton converted a 3-pointer and Harris hit his fourth 3-pointer of the night to make it 95-77 with 4:12 left.
Dallas' 87 points were the fewest Denver has given up this season.
NOTES: Nuggets F Kenneth Faried missed the game because of personal reasons. ... Denver G Emmanuel Mudiay, who aggravated a back injury Saturday at San Antonio, did not play. ... Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said G Deron Williams could return "sometime soon." Williams missed his sixth game with a sprained left toe. ... F Danilo Gallinari, Denver's leading scorer, said he will miss approximately 10 more days with a left groin strain. He left the Wednesday loss to Memphis with the injury. ... Dallas G J.J. Barea (left calf strain) missed his seventh straight game and C Andrew Bogut (right hamstring strain) was out for his fourth consecutive game.