Jokic returns with triple-double, Nuggets top Pelicans 99-98

Jokic returns with triple-double, Nuggets top Pelicans 99-98

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nikola Jokic capped a 25-point, 11-rebound, 10-assist performance in his return from hamstring tightness with a go-ahead floater in the paint with 16.9 seconds left, and the Denver Nuggets escaped with a 99-98 victory over the undermanned Pelicans. Jamal Murray scored 25 points for the Nuggets, who led nearly the entire game and by as many as 19 points before New Orleans stormed back to take it…

Jokic returns with triple-double, Nuggets top Pelicans 99-98

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nikola Jokic said he could still feel a slight difference between the injured left hamstring that sidelined him for two games and his healthy one when he returned to Denver's lineup.

Jokic returns with triple-double, Nuggets top Pelicans 99-98

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nikola Jokic said he could still feel a slight difference between the injured left hamstring that sidelined him for two games and his healthy one when he returned to Denver's lineup.

Jokic returns with triple-double, Nuggets top Pelicans 99-98

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nikola Jokic said he could still feel a slight difference between the injured left hamstring that sidelined him for two games and his healthy one when he returned to Denver's lineup.

Jokic returns with triple-double, Nuggets top Pelicans 99-98

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nikola Jokic said he could still feel a slight difference between the injured left hamstring that sidelined him for two games and his healthy one when he returned to Denver's lineup.

Jokic returns with triple-double, Nuggets top Pelicans 99-98

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nikola Jokic said he could still feel a slight difference between the injured left hamstring that sidelined him for two games and his healthy one when he returned to Denver's lineup.