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.

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The Oklahoma City Thunder and Denver Nuggets are getting set to do battle for the second time in as many days. A back-to-back between the same two teams in the same building with another National TV slot to show for it.