National Basketball Association

Angry Nuggets crush Warriors

Published Dec. 2, 2009 7:54 a.m. ET

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Stunned and angered by an embarrassing loss, the Denver Nuggets lit up the scoreboard the next time out and there was next to nothing the short-handed Golden State Warriors could do about it.

Carmelo Anthony scored 25 points, Chauncey Billups had 22 and the Nuggets used their biggest scoring first half of the season to rout the Warriors 135-107 Tuesday night.

Nene (18 points) and Chris Andersen (14) were among seven Denver players scoring in double figures. They helped the Nuggets finish with a season high for points and rebound emphatically from Sunday's loss to Minnesota, which had entered with one win on the season. The Timberwolves snapped their 15-game losing streak at Denver's expense while putting an end to the Nuggets' 17-game home-winning streak.

"I think everybody was mad," Anthony said. "When you lose a game like that against Minnesota, the way we lost, negativity comes around. Tonight, we did a good job of keeping that out of the locker room."