Billups helps Nuggets end 3-game skid (AP)

Posted on | Thursday, December 30, 2010 | No Comments

Building a hefty cushion, the Denver Nuggets didn't have to worry about another fourth-quarter breakdown. Chauncey Billups scored 18 points and the short-handed Nuggets took a 20-point lead into the fourth quarter en route to a 95-77 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night. Denver snapped a season-high, three-game losing streak, including Sunday's loss to Philadelphia in which...