Nikola Jokic had 28 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds, and the Denver Nuggets defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 125-118 on Wednesday night. Peyton Watson scored a career-high 32 points as Denver won for the eighth time in nine games.

Now, Jokic has totaled 16,590 points throughout his 11-year career with the Nuggets—effectively passing Issel's 16,589 over the decade that he played with Denver, and the only one sitting behind slot number one in the all-time rankings.

Playing in Denver on the second night of a back-to-back against a Nuggets team on a seven-game win streak, the Bulls made clutch plays down the stretch

Nikola Jokic aportó 28 puntos, 12 asistencias y 11 rebotes para que los Nuggets de Denver derrotaran el miércoles 125-118 a los Pelicans de Nueva Orleáns.

The Nuggets were stunned at home by the visiting Bulls on Monday night, as Denver also saw its win streak end.

www.si.com/nba/nuggets/onsi 3 Takeaways From Nuggets' Shorthanded Win Over Pelicans Explorations of a submerged passage in the Tlayococ cave in Mexico led to an undiscovered room. Within the room, cave explorers discovered bracelets sitting atop stalagmites and other artifacts from a lost civilization.

The Houston Rockets will host the Denver Nuggets in an important NBA Cup Group Play game at Toyota Center on Friday, November 21.