SALT LAKE CITY, April 3 (UPI) -- Danilo Gallinari scored 21 points Wednesday in sending Denver to a 113-92 win over Utah -- the Nuggets' 17th victory in 19 games.
Denver knocked the Jazz a half game behind the Los Angeles Lakers for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
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The Nuggets broke the game open in the third period with Kenneth Faried scoring 19 points and Evan Fournier adding 18. Denver is 3 1/2 games behind Oklahoma City for the No. 2 seed in the West.
Utah, which had a five-game winning streak snapped, was led by 18 points from Gordon Hayward and 16 each from Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap.
