Nuggets beat Pacers 117-100

Nikola Jokic had 32 points, 14 rebounds and 14 assists for his sixth triple-double in nine games this season, and the short-handed Denver Nuggets beat the Indiana Pacers 117-100 on Saturday night to sweep a four-game homestand.

Denver played without regulars Jamal Murray (left calf tightness) and Aaron Gordon (left hamstring) on the second game of a back-to-back. Jalen Pickett and Peyton Watson, who had a season-high 16 points, started instead.

Gordon, who missed 31 games last year with injuries, is averaging a career-best 20.1 points.

“If he feels something that can turn into something worse, there is a little bit of apprehension,” Denver coach David Adelman said before the game.   

Indiana, which has been without multiple players at the start of the season, lost for the eighth time in nine games.