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Denver, CO (SportsNetwork.com) - Danilo Gallinari scored a season-high 19 points to lift the Denver Nuggets to a 76-73 win over the Indiana Pacers on Saturday. Ty Lawson deposited 15 points with 10 assists and J.J. Hickson added 10 points off the bench for Denver, which has won two straight on the heels of a three- game skid. Timofey Mozgov pulled down a game-high 15 rebounds and tied a career high with five blocks in the win. David West led the Pacers with 19 points to go with 10 rebounds and C.J. Miles netted 16 points off the bench in the loss. Indiana has dropped 10 of its last 11 games. The Pacers scored the first five points of the fourth quarter to make it 60-55. Denver then ripped off a 10-0 run highlighted by Mozgovs putback slam off a Kenneth Faried miss. Indiana cut the deficit to one with 2 1/2 minutes left prior to Wilson Chandlers 3-pointer and Farieds dunk. Lavoy Allen converted a putback layup with 1:05 remaining to make it a 74-70 deficit for the visitors. Donald Sloan pulled down a Miles miss in the closing seconds and nailed a trey to make it a one-point game with 1.2 seconds left. Arron Afflalo proceeded to knock down a pair of free throws with under a second on the clock to push the advantage to three. Miles was again off the mark from beyond the arc as the buzzer sounded and the Nuggets won their sixth straight over the Pacers at home. In a forgetful first half, Indiana brought a slim 33-32 lead into the halftime break. West had 11 points in the first quarter to help the Pacers to a 21-15 edge. Indiana then got cold. shooting just 3-for-19 (15.8 percent) from the floor in the second, but Denver didnt do much better and managed to trim the deficit to one after two quarters. The Nuggets ended up tying the score at 55-55 entering the fourth. Game Notes Indiana has lost eight straight on the road ... Denver finished the game 30- of-82 (36.6 percent) from the floor while limiting the Pacers to 30 percent shooting ... Solomon Hill had 11 points in the setback ... There were nine ties and 14 lead changes ... Denver had a 48-18 edge in the paint. Chris Taylor Jersey . The Hockey Canada Foundation is donating $50,000, with Hockey Quebec contributing $15,000. Hockey Canada also announced it will hold a skills camp for all levels of minor hockey in Lac-Mégantic during the 2013-14 season. Representatives from Hockey Canada, the Hockey Canada Foundation and Hockey Quebec were on hand Tuesday night at a meeting of the AHM de Lac-Mégantic to make the announcement and presentation. Mark Lowe Jersey .Y. -- First, Ryan Miller. http://www.dodgersteamproshop.com/Dodgers-Alex-Wood-Kids-Jersey/ . "It was a little weird looking over and seeing all the green uniforms," he said of his first game against the Boston Celtics. Fernando Valenzuela Jersey . Subway workers in Rio de Janeiro, meanwhile, were holding an assembly to vote on whether they would strike to demand higher wages, threatening to disrupt transportation. By late Tuesday night there was no announcement of their decision. Maury Wills Jersey . People familiar with the case told The Associated Press on Friday that arbitrator Fredric Horowitz could issue his decision this weekend.NEW YORK -- New Orleans safety Rafael Bush was fined $21,000 by the NFL on Friday for his hit on Seattles Percy Harvin during an NFC divisional-round game. Harvin has a concussion and has been ruled out of Sundays NFC championship game. The wide receiver did not practice all week and was not cleared through the leagues concussion protocol. Harvin was belted by Bush on Seattles opening possession last Saturday, a hit that drew a 15-yard penalty. He left the game later in the first half after a second hit in which he was jumping for a pass in the end zone. He banged his head on the turf when he came ddown as he was being hit by safety Malcolm Jenkins.dddddddddddd Three players were fined $7,875 each from the 49ers victory over Carolina last weekend: San Francisco running back Frank Gore and wide receiver Anquan Boldin and Carolina cornerback Josh Thomas. Gore grabbed the facemask of Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis. Boldin was fined for a head butt. Thomas threw a punch toward 49ers receiver Quinton Patton but was not ejected. New England running back Stevan Ridley was fined $5,250 for a uniform violation for wearing red shoes in a win over Indianapolis. ' ' '