Aaron Gordon scored 38 points as the Denver Nuggets shrugged off the absence of Nikola Jokic to halt the Golden State Warriors' seven-game winning streak with a 114-105 victory over their NBA Western Conference rivals on Monday.

The Warriors suffered their worst loss of the Jimmy Butler Era. Against the Nuggets team without Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray and Christian Braun, Golden State never got into gear. The Warriors turned it over 10 times in the first half and missed 12 of their first 13 3-pointers,

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The Nuggets perimeter defense has suffered with Aaron Gordon on the shelf, and that could open the door for an improving Wizards squad.