The Denver Nuggets kept their NBA playoff campaign alive Wednesday, fending off elimination with a 116-102 victory over Utah in their Western Conference first-round series.

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Carmelo Anthony got the help he was begging for, J.R. Smith found his long-range touch and the Denver Nuggets avoided elimination with a 116-102 victory over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night.

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The Denver Nuggets answered the bell Wednesday to extend their Western Conference first-round series against the Utah Jazz.

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The Denver Nuggets will have Chauncey Billups guard Deron Williams from the start of Game 5 against the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night.

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Carmelo Anthony (notes) said he wasn’t pointing fingers at any of his Denver Nuggets teammates and that "as a unit" the team need to win its postseason series against the Utah Jazz , which its now losing three games to one. But he hasn’t won himself fans in his own locker room with other things he said to the Denver Post last night: "I’m trying to do everything I can in my power to beat the Jazz But, at the end of the day, I need some help

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Utah Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko (notes) has recently had blood drained from his injured left calf and introduced platelet-rich plasma into his bloodstream but he’s now saying that there is a possibility that he could appear in the team’s first-round playoff series against the Denver Nuggets that is tied at one game apiece. It won’t be for Friday’s game, but Kirilenko says it could possibly happen later in the series , according to Deseret News. Kirilenko missed 15 of the team’s final 17 games of the season so even if he comes back, it won’t be at full steam

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Utah Jazz starting center Mehmet Okur (notes) will miss the rest of the playoffs with a ruptured Achilles tendon but the word from Deseret News is that he may miss the start of next season as well. The injury came when he was heading to the basket later in the first half of the team’s Game 1 loss to the Denver Nuggets . "I am very disappointed for my team and the fans," Okur said on his Web site.

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