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Nuggets’ Michael Porter Jr. finds the court is his refuge from his brothers’ troubles

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Published 11:14 PM

By PAT GRAHAM
AP Sports Writer

DENVER (AP) — Michael Porter Jr. checked his thoughts at the bench and used the court as his safe place. He said it wasn’t easy to keep his focus from drifting toward his younger brother, Jontay, who was banned by the NBA in a gambling probe last week. Or his other brother, Coban, who was sentenced Friday to six years in prison for a fatal drunken driving crash. But the sixth-year pro nicknamed “MPJ” kept thinking of his Denver Nuggets teammates who have taken him under their wing. Porter delivered a 19-point, eight-rebound, two-block performance for the Nuggets in a 114-103 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night in Game 1 of their first-round series.

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