Nuggets surge past Bulls with strong 4th quarter

Jamal Murray scored 28 points, Tim Hardaway Jr. added 23 and Nikola Jokic posted his second consecutive triple-double to lift the visiting Denver Nuggets to a 136-120 victory against the Chicago Bulls on Saturday.

Denver opened the fourth quarter on a 12-0 run and outscored Chicago 39-16 over the final 12 minutes.

Murray scored 21 points after halftime but left the game in the closing minutes with an apparent groin injury.

Julian Strawther scored 19 points for Denver, Cameron Johnson followed with 14 and Christian Braun...