Fat Lever scored 12 points in the...
Fat Lever scored 12 points in the fourth quarter and the Denver Nuggets broke open the game in the final three minutes for a 135-129 victory over Jugoplastika Split of Yugoslavia in the championship game of the McDonald’s Open basketball tournament at Rome.
It was the third straight year an NBA team has won. The Milwaukee Bucks won the inaugural event in 1987 and the Boston Celtics won last year.
Lever and Davis each finished with 26 points. Center Danny Schayes led the Nuggets with 29.
Bob McAdoo scored 36 points to lead Philips Milan to a 136-104 victory over Barcelona in the consolation game.
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