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Burke scores 17 to lead Jazz to 98-78 win over Nuggets

Oct 23, 2015 - 3:54 AM SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Trey Burke scored 17 and Rudy Gobert had 14 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Utah Jazz to a 98-78 preseason win over the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night.

Danilo Gallinari had 19 points and Gary Harris added 13 for Denver, which finished 4-3 in the preseason.

Jazz: Brazilian rookie Raul Neto had 10 points, including two 3s, for his best scoring game of the preseason. . Gobert missed his first five free throws attempts. . Shot 54 percent and ended the preseason at 3-4.

Nuggets: Regular starters Emmanuel Mudiay (hamstring), Joffrey Lauvergne (back) and Wilson Chandler (hip) sat out the preseason finale.

Hot start: The Jazz started Neto at point guard and jumped out to a 14-0 lead. The Nuggets didn't score until Gallinari's layup with 6:36 left in the first quarter. Jazz led by as many as 27.

Up next: Nuggets open the regular season Wednesday at Houston. Utah starts at Detroit on Wednesday.








  • DENVER: 78
    UTAH: 98
    Final

    Oct 22 11:22 PM


  • DENVER: 58
    UTAH: 73
    End of 3rd

    Oct 22 10:52 PM


  • DENVER: 58
    UTAH: 73
    End of 3rd

    Oct 22 10:52 PM
  • 9
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    RUWTbot Took away 6 roots

    Nuggets 52, Jazz 64  3rd - 2:26Oct 22 10:48 PM
  • 15
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    RUWTbot Added 8 roots

    Nuggets 50, Jazz 60  3rd - 3:58Oct 22 10:45 PM


  • DENVER: 37
    UTAH: 52
    Halftime

    Oct 22 10:11 PM
  • 7
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    Nuggets 33, Jazz 46  2nd - 2:47Oct 22 10:03 PM


  • DENVER: 16
    UTAH: 27
    End of 1st

    Oct 22 9:37 PM


  • DENVER: 0
    UTAH: 0
    1st Quarter - 12:00

    Oct 22 9:11 PM