Nikola Jokic's big night pushes Nuggets past Wizards

Nikola Jokic scored a season-high 43 points and added 14 rebounds and eight assists, Bones Hyland had 23 points and the host Denver Nuggets beat the Washington Wizards 141-128 on Wednesday night.

Aaron Gordon had 22 points, Bruce Brown added 13, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope finished with 11 and Jeff Green had 10 for Denver, which scored a season high to win its third straight.

Kyle Kuzma led Washington with 24 points, and W