Denver Nuggets Final Score: Nets Send Nuggets To Second Straight Loss

Though the Nuggets brought the game to a 96-92 deficit in the fourth quarter, a late 19-4 run by the Nets sent the Nuggets to a 115-99 loss, their second straight loss. It was the team's fourth straight road loss in which they allowed 100-plus points.The two teams split the season series, with the Nuggets winning the November game.

Carmelo Anthony scored 37 points (12-of-22 shooting) and pulled down nine boards. Chauncey Billups and Nene contributed 19 and 16 points, respectively. Kenyon Martin logged 32 minutes, scoring five points and grabbing six rebounds.

Nets center Brook Lopez finished with 27 points, and Travis Outlaw put 21 points on the board. Point guard Devin Harris, whom the Nuggets would have acquired had the Carmelo Anthony trade gone through, dished the ball out 18 times.

The Nuggets (28-20, 8-15 away) went 3-2 on their five-game road trip. They return home to the Pepsi Center for a Wednesday, Feb. 2 contest against the Portland Trail Blazers.

Nuggets-Nets Score: New Jersey Leads Denver, 63-50, Despite Melo's 23 Points

The Denver Nuggets struggled defensively in the first half of their game against the New Jersey Nets, trailing 63-50 at halftime. Those 63 points are a season-high for the Nets in a single half of basketball. Travis Outlaw has scored 18 of those points, the most he has had since scoring 21 in a December 3 game against the Charlotte Bobcats. Rookie forward Derrick Favors, who the Nuggets wanted in the proposed Carmelo Anthony deal, score two points and pulled down three boards.

For the Nuggets, Carmelo Anthony leads the team with 23 points on 6-of-12 shooting from the field, 9-of-10 from the line. Nene's six points has him as the team's second-highest scorer. As a team, the Nuggets are shooting 47.1 percent from the field and 50.0 percent from beyond the arc. However, the Nets are shooting an outstanding 62.5 percent from the field and making two-thirds of their three-point shots.

Nuggets Vs. Nets Preview: Melo Bowl

By now everyone should know about the purported flirtations between the Denver Nuggets and New Jersey Nets surrounding Carmelo Anthony. And everyone should also know about the way comments Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov made announcing that there would be no more trade talks between the two clubs. So the fact that Melo is in New Jersey tonight makes this NBA Must See TV.

The biggest question on everyone’s mind will be how Melo performs in front of a crowd he essentially dissed, privately saying that he didn’t want to be traded to NJ and suggesting to everyone he wouldn’t sing an extension if dealt to the land of Snooki, J-Wow and The Situation.

In their only other meeting this season, Melo torched the Nets for 28 points while grabbing eight boards and dishing out five assists. So New Jersey knows firsthand what they could be getting if they landed the eighth year man out of Syracuse. But apparently they no longer want that kind of production, so expect Melo to heed the challenge and again show them what they’re missing.

The last of a Nuggets five-game road trip ends tonight at 5:00 p.m. MT and the game can be seen on Altitude.