Nikola Jokic believes that the key to the Denver Nuggets' important 123-118 road win against the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday was their decisiveness. 

After all, a missed shot is always better than a turnover, and the Nuggets gave the ball away just four times while shooting 50 percent from the field. 

"If you're open, shoot it; if you're not, just try to be aggressive," Jokic said postgame. "I think playing aggressively is maybe the key, just because if you play aggressively and you make a mistake, it's going to be an aggressive mistake.

"So, I think that was maybe the key that created open looks for guys to shoot the ball, even if we didn't make them." 

Because Jokic and Jamal Murray handle so much of the ball for the Nuggets, it's their job to set the tone by playing clean.

They committed just one turnover apiece against the Grizzlies, and that type of efficiency is always going to give Denver a chance to win games. 

Jokic paced the Nuggets with another near triple-double, posting 27 points, 11 rebounds, and eight assists. He shot a sharp 10-for-16 from the field. 

Jokic is averaging nine assists per game so far with a three-assist-to-turnover ratio. Whenever he can dish out eight dimes with just one giveaway, the Nuggets will never be out of a contest. 

Murray is leading Denver in scoring this season, and he did so again in Memphis with 30 points, going 12-for-19 from the field and 4-for-7 from three-point range. 

He added eight assists, with him and Jokic combining for 16 of the Nuggets' 34 assists. That statistic has been a crucial part of a lot of the Nuggets' (6-4) wins. 

Murray is averaging 5.9 assists per game with a 2.6 assist-to-turnover ratio. 

The Nuggets responded well as a collective to their poor display in their loss to the Houston Rockets on Monday. 

Nobody outside of Jokic and Murray performed up to the required standard in that one. Against the Grizzlies, Denver boasted three starters scoring over 20 points and four in double figures. 

Cameron Johnson erupted for 23 points on 9-for-15 shooting (4-for-7 3PT) — something that the Nuggets would like to see more of consistently. 

Christian Braun chipped in 12 points as Denver nailed 14 three-pointers as a team. 

The Grizzlies never led, while the Nuggets had an advantage as big as 18 at one point. Memphis made it a close game in the second half, but the Nuggets were able to hold them at arm's length. 

The Nuggets have now won three of their last four games and five of their last seven.

The stability is providing them with a much better springboard toward future success; however, it still feels as though they are missing one more All-Star-caliber, or thereabouts, player if they want to be considered a serious Western Conference contender.