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  • Anthony’s 42 trump Mayo’s career-high 40 (AP)

    Memphis Grizzlies head coach Lionel Hollins, left, questions a call by referee Monty McCutchen in the third quarter of the Denver Nuggets' 133-123 victory over the Grizzlies in an NBA basketball game in Denver on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009.

    After a taste of playoff success, Carmelo Anthony has a voracious appetite for more. He's polished up his game and is averaging 37.6 points in the Denver Nuggets' 3-0 start after leading the NBA with a 23.6 average in the preseason. The Nuggets outlasted the Memphis Grizzlies in a 133-123 shootout Sunday night because Anthony extended his torrid start with 42 points, negating a career-best…

  • Anthony scores 41, Nuggets top Blazers (AP)

    Denver Nuggets players, from right, Chauncey Billups(notes), Chris Anderson and Nene listen as referee Dan Crawford explain a foul call during the second half of their NBA basketball game against the Portland Trail Blazers in Portland, Ore., Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009.  Sixty fouls for a total of 90 free throws were called as Denver beat Portland 97-94.

    Carmelo Anthony almost couldn't miss and Greg Oden missed when it mattered most. Anthony scored 19 of his 41 points in the fourth quarter and the Denver Nuggets were helped by Portland's trouble at the free-throw line for a 97-94 victory Thursday night. Oden missed a pair of free throws with 4.6 seconds left, squandering a chance for Portland to go ahead.