Rookie Bones Hyland scored 22 points, Nikola Jokic added 21 and the Denver Nuggets beat the New York Knicks 132-115 on Tuesday night for their fourth straight loss and 10th in their last 12 games.
JaMychal Green and Will Barton each added 20 points and Aaron Gordon had 19 for Denver, which has won consecutive games after losing three in a row. It was his ninth straight win against the Knicks and his 14th against New York at Denver.
Julius Randle had 28 points for the Knicks. Evan Fournier chipped in 21 and RJ Barrett added 18.
Down by 23 at halftime, the Knicks closed within 13 in the fourth quarter, but it was as close as they got. Jokic hit a jumper and a pair of free throws, while Barton added a pair of baskets, before and after a layup by Alec Burks as the Nuggets rebuilt their 19-point lead with just over three minutes left.
Denver led by as many as 27 points before going into halftime 83-60. The first-half total score is the most of the season, eclipsing the 77 points the Nuggets scored against Houston on Jan. 1.