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Thursday's NBA roundup

November 1, 2019 at 4:47AM
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Jahlil Okafor scored 26 points, Brandon Ingram added 25 and the host New Orleans Pelicans beat the Denver Nuggets 122-107 on Thursday night for their first victory in five games this season.

Ingram has scored at least 22 points in each of his first five games for New Orleans after coming over from the Los Angeles Lakers.

Jrue Holiday added 19 points and seven assists after missing the previous two games because of a sprained left knee sprain. Frank Jackson had 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting.

Michael Porter Jr. led the Nuggets with 15 points in his NBA debut. Jamal Murray and Jerami Grant each had 14 points, and Nikola Jokic added 13 points, six rebounds and six assists. Denver has lost two in a row after opening 3-0.

The Pelicans shot 53% from the floor and led the final three quarters.

Miami 106, Atlanta 97: Kendrick Nunn scored a career-high 28 points to add to his record-setting start and the Heat beat the host Hawks for the second time in three days.

Nunn's 112 points are the highest total through the first five games for any undrafted player in NBA history. Connie Hawkins of Phoenix scored 105 points in his first five games of the 1969-70 season.

Nunn, a 6-2 point guard from Oakland University in Michigan, scored 14 points in the third quarter.

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Jimmy Butler, who had 21 points in his Heat debut Tuesday night, scored only five points but added 11 assists and nine rebounds.

Curry undergoes scan: Warriors point guard Stephen Curry underwent a CT scan Thursday on his broken hand, but the team said it would have specialists evaluate the results before providing an update on his status.

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