NEW YORK — The Nuggets’ longest road trip of the season ended with a kick in the butt and a poke in the eye.
Denver trailed by as many as 38 and never led in a 122-84 loss to the Knicks on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden, snapping a three-game win streak. The Nuggets (31-15) finish their five-game, 12-day Eastern Conference swing with a 3-2 record. Still, they’ll return to Colorado a little bit bloodied and needing to bounce back when Joel Embiid and the 76ers visit for a Saturday matinee rematch.
Nikola Jokic went to the locker room with a left eye injury after getting poked by Knicks guard Donte DiVincenzo with 4:01 left in the second quarter.