Nene busts out, helps Nuggets race past Mavericks

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Nene busts out, helps Nuggets race past Mavericks

Ashly Elam

Story Created: May 3, 2009 at 8:30 PM CST

Story Updated: May 3, 2009 at 8:30 PM CST

By ARNIE STAPLETON
AP Sports Writer
DENVER (AP) - Nene kept Denver in it until his teammates could
turn this one into another runaway.
Nene scored 18 of his career playoff high 24 points in the first
half and the Denver Nuggets raced past the Dallas Mavericks 109-95
Sunday in the first day game in the Pepsi Center's 10-year history.
Carmelo Anthony scored 23 points, including a dunk off J.R.
Smith's behind-the-back assist that rocked the arena in the closing
minutes. Smith added 15 points, leading a bench that outscored
Dallas' celebrated reserves 38-24 before both teams emptied their
benches in the meaningless final minutes.
Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 28 points and 10 boards and Josh
Howard, Jason Kidd and Jason Terry each scored 15.
Game 2 is Tuesday night.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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