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Telling reporters afterward that he's "playing the best basketball of my life," Denver star Nikola Jokic had 35 points, 18 rebounds and 8 assists, as his Nuggets defeated the Western Conference-leading Oklahoma City Thunder 140-127 on Monday night.

The Oklahoma City Thunder and Denver Nuggets will tango for the second time in a little over 24 hours. This is the second night of a rare same team back-to-back