BOULDER—Joffrey Lauvergne had 18 points and eight rebounds, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Bulls 112-94 on Thursday night in an exhibition at the University of Colorado’s Coors Event Center.Will Barton had 17 points and Jokic Nikola added 14 for the Nuggets (2-1).Lauvergne has been getting the bulk of the preseason time at center in the absence of starter Jusuf Nurkic, who is sidelined by a left patellar tendon injury.Nikola Mirotic led the Bulls (1-1) with 18 points, making a pair of 3-pointers. Joakim Noah appeared shaken up when he hit the floor hard in a first-quarter tussle for the ball with Kenneth Faried, but he returned to play in the second quarter and finished with five rebounds and two points in 15 minutes.The Nuggets’ Darrell Arthur missed the game with a right hamstring strain. The Bulls’ Derrick Rose is continuing his recovery from a left orbital bone fracture suffered Sept. 29 in the team’s first practice of the season.The Bulls next play the Minnesota Timberwolves in Winnipeg Saturday night.