Utah at Denver

[Real Deal]

TIME: 9:00 PM ET

TV: NBALP

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DENVER -- Kenneth Faried shook off a stomach bug to help the Denver Nuggets shake off a rare home loss.

 

After missing the team's morning shootaround because of the illness, Faried scored 15 points and had 10 rebounds as the Nuggets pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Utah Jazz 110-91 on Saturday night.

 

"I got some medication to help my stomach and also help the dehydration. It paid off a lot," Faried said. "I was able to come out and play, but I still felt kind of queasy. They said it was up to me at game time, but I'm not going to miss no games."

 

Danilo Gallinari scored 26 points and Andre Iguodala added 18 points for the Nuggets, who had intense, focused practices in the aftermath of their eight-game home winning streak being snapped by Minnesota on Thursday.

 

"It hurt because we knew we could play a lot better and we feel we had a game stolen from us," Iguodala said. "Focus was really good at shootaround and I think it carried over to the game."

 

The Nuggets extended their recent success against Utah at home, winning for the eighth time in the past 10 meetings between the teams at the Pepsi Center.

 

"It was a bounce-back game played the right way, with passion and intensity," Nuggets coach George Karl said. "I thought we got everything we wanted to do. We were executing our offense very well and they didn't get anybody hot. Defensively, we were sound the whole game, it broke [open], and fortunately we had an easy one."

 

Paul Millsap had 15 points to lead the Jazz, who were without center Enes Kanter (ankle) and guard Mo Williams (right thumb surgery).

 

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