The Dallas Mavericks lost 112-101 to the Denver Nuggets on Sunday afternoon despite entering the fourth quarter with an 89-79 lead. They had led for most of the game, but the offense went dry when they needed it most, and the Nuggets found an offensive formula that worked down the stretch.

The Denver Nuggets, fired by standout performances from Russell Westbrook and Nikola Jokic, rallied from a 19-point third-quarter deficit to beat the Dallas Mavericks 112-101 on Sunday.In fact the Nuggets put together two impressive comeback runs,

Nikola Jokic had 19 points, 18 rebounds and nine assists, Russell Westbrook finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds and the visiting Denver Nuggets used a big fourth quarter to rally past the short-handed Dallas Mavericks 112-101 on Sunday.