The Nuggets won 113-109 on Saturday against the Pacers in Indiana. The game’s score was as close as it should have been given how well these two match-up. The two teams are almost identical all the way down to their records. The Nuggets win ended a 5-game losing streak they were on and moved their record to 16-12 on the year. It also improved their away record to 9-5 this season. 

 

The Nuggets were led by Ty Lawson who scored 27 points in the contest. They scored more then 25 in each quarter and scored a very impressive 34 points in the second quarter. After falling behind 35-26 in the first, they were able to come back in the second outscoring the Pacers 34-25. Kosta Koufos led the team in rebounds while Andre Miller led in assists with 4. The Nuggets would really be a team a lot of people would watch out for if not for the recent lose streak. Hopefully, this win will propel them to make people think twice. 

The Pacers move to 17-10 with the loss while their home record slides to 7-3. They had plenty of things to smile about on the night and would have beat many teams. Besides the third quarter, they were able to score 25 plus in each of the games quarters including the impressive 35 they scored to start the game in the first quarter. Danny Granger led the team with 26 points in the contest. David West led the team in rebounds with 7 as well while Darren Collison added 7 assists.