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DENVER (AP) - Nene scored 25 points, reserve Al Harrington had 18 points and seven rebounds, and the Denver Nuggets rolled to a 117-100 win over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night.
Ty Lawson had 15 points and Danilo Gallinari had 11 points and five rebounds for the Nuggets, who have won their first two games of the season by double digits.
Al Jefferson had 19 points and rookie Alec Burks had 15 points for Utah, which was blown out for the second consecutive night.
Paul Millsap and C.J. Miles scored 13 each for the Jazz.
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Nene played an efficient 24 minutes. He hit 10 of 13 shots, made all five of his foul shots and pulled down seven rebounds. He also sparked a decisive run in the first half that gave Denver control of the game.
The Nuggets led 42-40 with 5:39 left in the second quarter when Nene took over on offense. The Brazilian scored 11 points the rest of the half and bounced a pass to Andre Miller in the lane to help Denver take a 63-46 lead into the locker room.
Lawson, coming off a 27-point performance against Dallas on Monday, had five points in the run and fed Gallinari for a 3-pointer that made it 52-42 with 3:31 left in the second.
The Jazz, who lost by 25 at the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday, tried to get back into the game early in the third. They got within 13 on Jefferson's three-point play, but a basket by Gallinari, a layup by Arron Afflalo and a dunk by Nene made it 75-56.
Nene scored his final points on a jumper to give Denver a 77-58 lead with 6:10 left in the third quarter. He left the game a minute later and watched with his warm-ups on while his team led by as many as 27 in finishing the rout.
The Jazz improved their shooting against Denver but gave up easy baskets all night. Denver had 27 fast-break points and shot 53 percent despite missing 12 of its first 14 shots from behind the 3-point line.
Notes: The Nuggets have won six of their last seven home games against the Jazz. ... Since the start of the 2009-10 season Denver is 30-4 at home when playing a team on the second game of a back-to-back. ... Burks, who played his college ball up the road at the University of Colorado, scored all of his points in the fourth quarter after the game was in hand.
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