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Nene's playoff career-high 24 lift Nuggets in opener

Associated Press

Sunday, May 3, 2009

DENVER -- If not for Nene's breakout first half, Carmelo Anthony's fourth-quarter fireworks and Anthony Carter's defensive deftness wouldn't have mattered much. Nene kept Denver in it until his teammates could turn this one into another laugher, scoring 18 of his playoff career-high 24 points in the first half of the Nuggets' 109-95 rout of the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday in the opener of their second-round series. "'Melo in foul trouble and kind of searching for an offensive confidence, we g ...

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