Carmelo Anthony didn't mind the extra work, not even when he got kneed in the face in the middle of the third overtime.

"I wasn't going to miss no time, not in a game like that," said Anthony, who scored 43 points, including the game-winner with 2.9 seconds left that sent the Denver Nuggets past the Phoenix Suns 139-137.

Anthony played the final 2? minutes with watery eyes and tissue paper in his left nostril to keep blood from gushing out after he was inadvertently kicked in the face by teammate Eduardo Najera.

Eddie House was short on a long jumper after a timeout. Shawn Marion tried unsuccessfully to toss it back up and send the game to a fourth overtime as the buzzer sounded.

"We played with a lot of heart for seven periods," said Earl Boykins, who added a career-best 33 points for the Nuggets in their first triple-overtime game in a decade.

It was the Suns' second triple-overtime game this month alone: They lost at New York on Jan. 2.

"I don't know what it is about overtimes," lamented Suns coach Mike D'Antoni. "We don't get overtime pay, so I don't know why we do it."