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The Denver Nuggets bounced back from their loss to the Los Angeles Lakers and defeated the Indiana Pacers, 125-116, on Monday. Denver now sits at 38-20 on the season and reclaimed second place in the Western Conference standings

This was a great win for the Nuggets. Indiana was playing some great basketball heading into Monday, having won 16 of their last 21 games. Indiana also had the NBA’s fifth-best offense during that stretch, but Denver limited them to just 32.6 percent shooting from the three-point line.

Nikola Jokić had the best passing night of his career and dished out a career-best 19 assists against the Pacers. He also pitched in 18 points and 9 rebounds.

Aaron Gordon was Denver’s leading scorer with 25 points on 11-of-17 shooting and 5 rebounds. Gordon’s scored 49 combined points in his last two games and has nailed 6 of his last 11 three-pointers.

Michael Porter Jr. recorded his eighth double-double of the season with 19 points on 9-of-16 shooting and 11 rebounds

Gordon set the tone early with 12 points in the first quarter on some super tough midrange jumpers. Jamal Murray also was on fire and nailed 4 three-pointers. Jalen Pickett checked in during the second quarter and gave the Nuggets great minutes, highlighted by a surreal circus shot from behind the backboard. That helped Denver go into the break with a 64-58 lead.

Things stayed close for most of the third quarter until Nnaji hit an up-and-under layup and then another bucket off a nice backdoor cut. Denver went on an 8-0 run and built a double-digit cushion. Indiana had one last push in them and went on a 15-6 run in the fourth quarter to make it a 7-point game. However, the Nuggets responded calmly with some two-man action between Jokić and Christian Braun to dice up the Pacers’ defense. Braun’s 8 fourth-quarter points helped put Indiana away.