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DENVER -- Brian Shaw had to sweat out his first win as an NBA coach right to the final horn. When it was finally over, relief trumped joy. Ty Lawson had 23 points, eight assists and seven rebounds and the Denver Nuggets held on to beat the Atlanta Hawks 109-107 on Thursday night for Shaws first victory. "I feel relieved to finally get it," he said. "It wasnt easy." Nate Robinson added 15 points and JaVale McGee had 14 for Denver (1-3), which rallied from eight points down in the fourth quarter before surviving a late Atlanta rally. The win leaves Utah (0-5) as the NBAs only winless team. Paul Millsap scored a season-high 29 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Hawks but missed a short jumper that would have tied the game with 1.9 seconds left. Al Horford, who had 21 points, grabbed the rebound but his shot was off as time expired. When Horfords shot skimmed off the rim, the Nuggets could finally relax. "Nothing is going to be easy with this team, every night its going to be a dog fight," Shaw said. "We almost did everything in our power to not win it." The Nuggets led by as many as nine points in the first half and five in the third quarter but found themselves trailing in the final 7 minutes. The Hawks took the lead early in the fourth quarter when Kyle Korver hit a 3-pointer and Shelvin Macks desperation heave at the shot-clock buzzer made it 93-88. Macks layup and a basket by Jeff Teague extended the lead to 98-90 with 6:52 left. "It was hectic," Horford said. "I felt like when we were up 98-92 it was a good chance for us to put them away and we werent able to. They kept making tough shots." Denver rallied to take the lead on Lawsons jumper with 1:46 left and his 3-pointer made it 107-102 with 59 seconds remaining. "They were making big plays, we were making big plays," Lawson said. "I tried to tell our guys they were going to make another push and the game wasnt over." The Hawks proved him right by mounting a comeback. Teagues basket made it a three-point game and Millsap hit two free throws with 26 seconds left to make it 107-106. Robinson and Millsap traded free throws, and Lawson hit 1 of 2 from the line to make it 109-107. Atlanta called time out to set up a play, and the ball went into Millsap. His turnaround jumper over Andre Miller -- giving up 6 inches -- was short, Horford got the rebound but missed a short jumper. "I had a smaller guy on me so I figured I could shoot over the top of him," said Millsap, who missed his final four shots after starting 10 of 11 from the field. "I knew it would be difficult to get to the basket. I settled for my step-back jump shot. I felt like it was a good shot, it didnt go in." The veteran Miller was expecting Millsap to go to the basket. "I didnt think he was going to post me, I thought they were going to go to the pick-and-roll but luckily I got him off the block enough," Miller said. He did enough to help the Nuggets avoid starting 0-4 for the first time since the lockout-shortened 1999 season. "It was weighing on everybody. Coach Shaw, the assistant coaches had speeches for us today," Lawson said. "To get this monkey off our back feels good for everyone." The Nuggets used an 11-2 run at the end of the first quarter to tie the game at 26-all. Evan Fournier hit two 3-pointers to bring Denver close after Atlanta had scored 14 straight to take a 10-point lead. Denver went up 44-35 midway through the second when JaVale McGee slammed a lob from Randy Foye, but the Hawks went on a 13-4 run to tie it at 48. Lawsons driving layup with 3.6 seconds left in the first half gave the Nuggets a 54-51 halftime lead. NOTES: Hawks G Dennis Schroder served his one-game suspension Thursday. Schroder was suspended by the league for striking Sacramentos DeMarcus Cousins in the groin during Atlantas win over the Kings on Tuesday. ... 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Ironicus, who has a win and a second in two prior Gulfstream starts, will break from post 3 with jockey Joel Rosario in the 14-horse field of 3-year- olds going 1 1/16 miles on the turf. He ran a couple times down here last year and the second time he ran he finished second and cracked a cannon bone. We gave him some time off, and he came back good, McGaughey said. The last two times he ran he ran against straight 3-year-olds. The gray colt won his second career start on New Years Day at Gulfstream Park and five weeks later was second at the track, both races on grass. He came back in late October with a third on the turf at Belmont Park and lost by a nose in a grass race at Aqueduct on Nov. 16. Weve always thought he was a nice horse. Hes got a good pedigree and hes a good-looking horse, McGaughey said. We thought he was a nice horse. Hes straight-forward. Everything he did, he did easy. Ironicus has banked $55,190 from five career starts. Cabo Cat, winner of Belmont Parks Manila Stakes in June, has drawn post 12 with Joe Bravo getting the riding assignment. Hes doing well. Hes another one whos done well since hes gotten down here, said trainer Mark Hennig about Cabo Cat. Hopefully, he can rebound on his form a little bit. He ran wwell over this course last year and I think hes developed since then.dddddddddddd The chestnut colt, owned by Lee Lewis, was second in the Dania Beach at Gulfstream last December followed by a third in the tracks Kittens Joy, seventh in the Palm Beach and second in the Mr. Light Stakes. He needs some pace. Pace helps him a lot because he has a tendency to lag and punch it home, Hennig said. He needs a set up, otherwise it doesnt work out so well because his punch is more effective off fast fractions. Cabo Cat was second in Belmonts Paradise Creek Stakes in May before claiming the Manila. At Saratoga, the colt was fourth in the Sir Cat and third in the Saranac. He was sixth in the Kent Stakes at Delaware Park and third in a Belmont allowance race two months ago. The 3-year-old has two wins, three seconds and three thirds from 12 starts for $216,792. Here is the field for the Tropical Park Derby in post position order: Sky Flight, Jose Lezcano; Other Cheek, Julien Leparoux; Ironicus, Joel Rosario; My Storm Trooper, Jeffrey Sanchez; Breitling Flyer, Edgard Zayas; Best Plan Yet, Jesus Rios; Cement Clement, Kaylia Albright; Daddys Kid, Travis Dunkelberger; Smooth Daddy, Javier Castellano; Roman Approval, Irad Ortiz Jr.; Morning Calm, Leandro Goncalves; Cabo Cat, Joe Bravo; Wallyanna, Mario Pino and Bashart, Luis Saez. Shiva Ryan and Idiosyncratic are also eligibles. The Tropical Park Derby has an approximate post time Saturday of 3:58 p.m. ET. ' ' '