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Carmelo Anthony had an easier time matching the NBA record for points in a quarter than he did trying to figure it out.

Anthony matched George Gervins NBA record with 33 points in the third and finished with a season-high 45 points in the Denver Nuggets 116-105 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night.

Ive never been a part of a quarter like that before, Anthony said. I just felt that good. I cant explain it. My 3-ball was going in, driving to the basket, getting fouled. Just the complete game tonight.

Gervin scored 33 points for San Antonio in the second quarter against New Orleans on April 9, 1978. Anthony broke the franchise record of 32 set by David Thompson against Detroit, also on April 9, 1978.

Chauncey Billups added 24 points in Denvers eighth straight win over Minnesota. After the game, he was still in awe of Anthonys performance.

Ive played against some great ones and played with some great ones, said Billups, whose team trailed by 16 in the first half. Thats the best Ive ever seen in a 12-minute span. He was awesome. He got us back in the game, got us a nice lead. Single-handedly put us on his back tonight and did what a lot of great players do.

Anthony has struggled with his shot, in part because of a sore right elbow. He said he banged it twice in the first half, but the pain didnt bother him in the third.

I was fighting through the pain. It was all good, though, he said. Once my 3-ball was going, I knew Id be in pretty good shape.

Al Jefferson had 26 points and 12 rebounds, and Randy Foye also scored 26 points for Minnesota, which has lost seven straight games and two in a row since Kevin McHale took over as head coach on Monday.

Anthony, who had nine points at halftime, took over the game in the third quarter, scoring 26 straight points for the Nuggets at one point. His steal and dunk sparked the Nuggets rally from a 12-point halftime deficit, and he pumped his fist after hitting a 3-pointer that tied it at 60.

He got rolling. He put a show on in that third quarter, McHale said.

Anthony, who also had a team-high 11 rebounds, wasnt done. His putback layup gave Denver its first lead since midway through the first quarter, and he followed that with a 3-pointer and a fast-break dunk to make it 68-62 with 4:35 left in the third.

He was taking a lot of his shots from the outside, and those are the ones we wanted him to take, Minnesota forward Ryan Gomes said. But tonight was a night where they were all going in.

He hit two 3-pointers to extend Denvers lead to 82-76, and he finished the quarter with a driving layup with 1.8 seconds left to give the Nuggets an 84-78 lead.

Pretty incredible explosion, Nuggets coach George Karl said. We needed it, too. It was a game we needed someone to step forward, and it was a pretty good show.

Minnesota didnt go away quietly. Foye and Jefferson made back-to-back baskets to cut Denvers lead to 94-92 with 6:47 left, but J.R. Smiths three-point play and a layup by Anthony made it 101-92. Billups and Anthony Carter hit consecutive 3-pointers to push the lead to 10 with 3:38 left. Minnesota got no closer then eight the rest of the way.

Anthony scored only three points in the fourth quarter but left to a standing ovation with 52.7 seconds left in the game and Denver ahead by 11.

Anthonys career high is 49 set against Washington last February. He said Billups was urging him to go for 50 points in the fourth.

Chauncey kept saying, Go get it! Go get it! Anthony said. Ive been looking for a game like this.

Notes

Denvers Kenyon Martin missed his second straight game and third overall because of a sprained left wrist. Renaldo Balkman started in his place. Denvers eight-game winning streak against Minnesota is its longest current streak against any NBA team. The Nuggets assigned G Sonny Weems and C Cheikh Samb to the Colorado 14ers of the NBDL.

Until Dennis Rodman joins the Dallas Mavericks, they don't have anyone to get nasty inside the lane. The Philadelphia 76ers capitalized on that Tuesday night.

Although Allen Iverson's two free throws with 17.1 seconds left were the difference in a 101-100 victory, Theo Ratliff's season-high 25 points and George Lynch's basket over 7-foot-6 Shawn Bradley were pivotal, too.

"Theo was demanding the ball and we had to get it to him the way he was putting it in the hole," 76ers guard Aaron McKie said.

Philadelphia's three-game losing streak appeared likely to grow as Dallas took a 10-point lead early in the fourth quarter. But a layup by Ratliff with 1:22 left tied it at 97.

Steve Nash put Dallas up by one with a technical free throw off an illegal defense, but Lynch answered with a short jumper over Bradley. The basket gave the 76ers a 99-98 lead, their first since midway through the third quarter.

"I went to the basket strong and shielded him off with my body," said Lynch, who is eight inches shorter than Bradley.

New All-Star Michael Finley answered with a jumper at 28.4 seconds and appeared to be the hero again for Dallas when he snagged a rebound of Iverson's miss.

But officials said Cedric Ceballos fouled Iverson on the play and the league's leading scorer swished his first free throw and bounced the second in off the front rim.

Finley had the ball on Dallas' last possession, but he gave it up to Dirk Nowitzki. As two defenders ran at him, he dumped the ball to Steve Nash, who didn't seem to be expecting it. His ugly lob that bounced off the rim at the buzzer reflected that.

"I was wide open, but I didn't really have time to set up," Nash said. "I just wanted to put it up to the rim and see if it fell."

A smiling Iverson ran off the court and hugged coach Larry Brown, who moved into sole possession of 10th place on the career victory list with 708.

On the other end of the floor, the Mavericks--who ended a four-game winning streak--were still upset about the foul called on Ceballos. Finley walked slowly to the scorer's table and gave it a loud whack with his fist.

"He's a superstar and you're going to get those calls," Ceballos said.

The 76ers returned to their winning ways in close games, improving to 11-3 in games decided by three or less. Their previous two games were losses by three and two points.

"I don't like to lose one in a row, much less three," Iverson said. "I don't want to get that losing mentality."

Dallas surprisingly has escaped that mode, having won seven of nine before this one. The loss snapped a four-game winning streak.

But the Mavericks won't go very far if they continue to get outrebounded 54-39 and allow teams to make 51 percent of their shots as the 76ers did. For all the headaches he causes, Rodman can help turn those numbers around.

Rodman arrived in Dallas late Tuesday, but he was not at Reunion Arena. He could decide Wednesday whether to sign with his hometown team.

Ceballos led the Mavericks with 26 points and 12 rebounds. Finley had 21 points and Bradley added 17.

"The All-Star stuff is secondary," Finley said. "My whole agenda is to win games. Tonight is a game we should've won and didn't."

Notes: Former Mavs star Derek Harper received a standing ovation during a first-half timeout. He joined the team's front office Monday. ... This was the first Dallas-Philadelphia game since February 1998. The teams meet again in four weeks. ... The 76ers avoided their longest losing streak of the season.