Nikola Jokic scores 40 points to lift the Nuggets past the Raptors in OT

Nikola Jokic scored seven of his 40 points in overtime and added 10 rebounds as the Denver Nuggets beat the Toronto Raptors 127-125 on Monday night.

Christian Braun scored 17 points for the Nuggets, who won for the first time in three games. Jamal Murray also scored 17 points, Michael Porter Jr. had 13 points and nine rebounds and Aaron Gordon scored 16 points and had 11 rebounds.

Scottie Barnes scored 21 points and 12 rebounds for the Raptors, who lost for the second straight season.

Jakob Poeltl contributed 16 points and 19 rebounds for the Raptors. Toronto's RJ Barrett (shoulder) played his first game of the season and scored 20 points. Gradey Dick scored 15 points. Davion Mitchell scored 16 points and Ochai Agbaji 15.

After regular time the score was 114:114.

Jokic's 3-pointer gave Denver a 122-116 lead with 3:47 left in overtime. Jokic's layup extended the lead to eight. Mitchell's 3-pointer cut the lead to three points.

Toronto led 30-29 after one quarter and 62-54 at halftime.

Toronto opened the third quarter with a 9-2 run and led by 15 points. Denver used a 7-0 lead to cut the lead to eight with 6:08 left in the third. Denver got within five before Toronto took an 84-73 lead on Chris Boucher's 167 with 3:28 left. Denver scored the final six points of the quarter and Toronto led 88-83.

Porter's 20-foot jumper cut the lead to two with 9:32 left in the fourth quarter.

The Raptors extended the lead to 10 when Dick hit a three-pointer with 7:14 left in the fourth quarter before the Nuggets increased it to six. Barnes made a big block on Braun with 4:33 left to keep the lead at nine. Russell Westbrook's layup cut the lead to two with 24 seconds left. Toronto led by two when Mitchell made one of two free throws with 9.2 seconds left. Murray tied the game with a reverse layup to force overtime.

–Field level media