George and Clippers overcome Jokic’s triple double to beat Nuggets 102-100

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul George scored 28 points, James Harden added 20 and the Los Angeles Clippers overcame an early 17-point deficit to beat the Denver Nuggets 102-100 on Thursday.

The Clippers snapped a five-game losing streak at home, despite being without Kawhi Leonard, who missed his second straight game with right knee soreness.

Nikola Jokic added 36 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists to record his 24th triple double of the season. He thus led Denver, which had won two games in a row and six of the last eight.

Aaron Gordon added 18 points.

Nuggets coach Michael Malone was ejected with 7:54 left. He entered the court to argue with the referees, who called him two technical fouls.