DENVER ? The Denver Nuggets experienced one of those fourth quarters Wednesday night when things went from bad to worse.

Trailing by 12 and with shooting ice cold from the field, Nick Van Exel added to his team's misery by drawing a pair of crucial technical fouls as the visiting Indiana Pacers went on to a relatively easy 99-85 victory at the Pepsi Center.


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The Nuggets' season-high-equaling fourth loss in a row dropped them to 6-9 this season in what amounted to a role reversal.

A rested Nuggets team looked tired, especially by the final period. An Indiana team (now 9-9) that played the previous night in Portland, Ore., looked fresh and rested.