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 DENVER (AP) - Once again at the Pepsi Center, the defense was dismal, the shots were wild and crazy and the crowd had seen enough to stream for the exits midway through the fourth quarter. For once, Denver coach George Karl could laugh it all off.
Carmelo Anthony and J.R. Smith scored 28 points apiece and the Nuggets beat the Golden State Warriors 123-111 Monday night in the duo's best combined performance since their suspensions for fighting back in December.
The Warriors were without their leading scorer, guard Baron Davis, who is scheduled to undergo arthroscopic knee surgery on Tuesday. And guard Stephen Jackson didn't arrive until halftime after testifying in a trial in Indianapolis of a man who hit him with a car during a fight outside a strip club last fall. The man was convicted Monday in a ruling by a judge.
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