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Nuggets Defeat Kings in Overtime
02/02/2010
If you thought that Wal-Mart was going to put K-Mart out of business, you were dead wrong N K-Mart is alive and doing well.
Very well, actually, as Denver Nuggets forward Kenyon Martin had another huge night, carrying his team to a 112-109 overtime victory over the scrappy Sacramento Kings yesterday at the Pepsi Center .
Martin went off for 24 points and 12 rebounds, which included a clutch overtime bucket to put the Nuggets ahead late.
Even without All-Star Carmelo Anthony, after being beat twice already this season by the 16 win Kings, Denver wasn't going to be swept by the good young team full of rookies.
Denver had little energy in the first half and they trailed for most of three quarters N by 17 at one point.
But the Nuggets buckled down late behind Chauncey Billups and some great team basketball, getting themselves back in a game where they had little rhythm until late.
Billups was 1-for-13 shooting until he hit two huge three pointers in the third quarter, and he rallied to finish with 23 points and nine assists.
But it was a brilliant effort on the defensive end that held the Kings only 14 points in the third quarter before the cavalry could arrive.
After finding their scoring touch, six different Nuggets finished with at least 11 points.
Aaron Afflalo broke up a 109-109 ball game with 18 seconds left in overtime, hitting a 20-foot fade away baseline jumper draped by a defender, and Billups sealed the victory with a free throw.
Melo missed his fifth straight game with an ankle injury, but the team has survived without him and is now 7-3 in games he missed this season.
The Nuggets improved to 22-3 at home this season, and now 20-9 against Western opponents. They are now 33-15 overall this season with only the Lakers sitting above them in the West.
Denver has today off before hosting the Phoenix Suns on national television tomorrow at 8:30 p.m. at the Pepsi Center .
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