Ryan Nembhard finished with 28 points and 10 assists, both career-highs, Anthony Davis scored a season-high 32 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, and the visiting Dallas Mavericks beat the Denver Nuggets 131-121 on Monday night.

Cooper Flagg had 24 points and Klay Thompson added 15 for Dallas, which has won consecutive games for the first time this season.

Spencer Jones scored 28 points to set a career-high for the second straight game and Nikola Jokic had 29 points, 20 rebounds and 13 assists for Denver.

Nuggets guard Jamal Murray went to the floor while ballhandling early in the third quarter and walked to the locker room with 56 seconds gone in the period.

He returned a few minutes later but didn't play in the fourth quarter. He finished with 10 points and nine assists.

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