Jamal Murray poured in a season-high 53 points while Nikola Jokic nearly recorded a historic 20-20-20 game with 23 points, 21 rebounds, and 19 assists, powering the Denver Nuggets to a 142-135 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night.

The Nuggets (46-28) secured their fourth straight win and moved into a tie for fourth place in the Western Conference. Jokic reached the 6,000th career assist milestone during the game, continuing his remarkable season as Denver maintains a tiebreaker advantage over Minnesota.

Murray connected on 9 of 14 3-pointers and scored 14 straight points in one stretch. For Dallas, rookie Cooper Flagg had 26 points, but the Mavericks have now lost five consecutive games and 24 of 28 since late January, continuing their downward spiral in the standings.