DENVER ? The game went down to the wire and the Denver Nuggets won ... and that's no misprint.

After dropping three games by one or two points in the new year, and suffering four other losses by four points or fewer in the last five weeks, eking out a victory comes as quite a novelty for the Nuggets.


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Denver snapped a five-game losing streak Thursday night, using double-doubles from Raef LaFrentz and Nick Van Exel to edge Cleveland, 96-91, and spoil the return to the Pepsi Center of former Nuggets assistant coach John Lucas, who now heads the Cavs