Carmelo 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.

Greg Oden missed a pair of free throws with 4.6 seconds left, squandering a chance for Portland to go ahead.

Anthony hit a jumper with 4:26 left to tie it at 85, then added another to give the Nuggets their first lead since the second quarter.

It stayed close with the teams trading free throws. But Portland started to have trouble at the line and Nene hooked a shot and Denver led 95-91.

Brandon Roy`s bank shot narrowed it again, but LaMarcus Aldridge continued the Blazers` free-throw woes by making just one of two.

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George Karl hasn’t seen much to write home about from his team during preseason games, but he’s got plenty to smile about anyway.

We’re talkin’ about practice.

This team is taking the every day sessions with a professional approach Karl has never seen from a Nuggets squad during his tenure. And that has him practically giddy about the possibilities ahead.

“The compliment I give to them is we’ve had more ‘A’ practices in this camp than any camp I’ve had with this team,” said Karl, in his sixth year with the Nuggets. “Practices at times in the past have been hard. They’ve been pulling teeth. There seems to be a professional respect towards the training camp (this year) that ‘Hey we’ve got to get better.’


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Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony frequently uses his signature jab step to catch the defense off guard.

But when Hispanic Business magazine named him to their 100 most influential Hispanics list last year, it was Anthony who was surprised. “I didn’t really expect to be on that list,” said the 24-year-old NBA superstar over the phone from Denver. The reason, he says, is that many of his fans don’t recognize him as Latino.

Click here to read the full article – By Lee Hernández and Collin Orcutt of nydailynews.com

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