DENVER, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- James Posey buried a wide-open jumper from just inside the 3-point line with time expired Friday night as the Denver Nuggets rallied for a 72-70 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers.
Denver is the lowest scoring team in the NBA and was held below 80 points for the sixth straight game, extending its own dubious record. But the Nuggets used a rare offensive explosion to rally from a 16-point fourth-quarter deficit.
Denver used a 20-2 run and took a 70-68 lead when Donnell Harvey followed in Kenny Satterfield's airball with 14 seconds left. But Los Angeles inbounded to Michael Olowokandi, who buried a hook shot to tie it at with 11 seconds to go.
After Satterfield nearly committed a turnover, the Nuggets inbounded the ball from underneath the basket with 1.6 seconds left.
Juwan Howard set a high screen on Los Angeles guard Marko Jaric to free Posey, who curled around the top of the circle, darted down the left side, took the inbounds pass from Harvey and buried a wide-open 18-footer for the win.
Posey finished with 16 points on 6-of-19 shooting and Howard scored 18 points for the Nuggets, who snapped a five-game losing streak.
Los Angeles was held to just eight points in the fourth quarter - just two better than the NBA record -and managed just four in the final 9:45.
Andre Miller scored 25 points and Olowokandi added 12 for the Clippers, who lost for the fifth time in six games.
