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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Trail Blazers | 32 | 28 | 28 | 25 | 113 |
 Nuggets | 34 | 24 | 35 | 23 | 116 |
PORTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POR | 40-8845.5% | 12-3435.3% | 21-2295.5% | 39 | 25 | 9 |
| DEN | 45-8155.6% | 9-2240.9% | 17-2085.0% | 35 | 21 | 11 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Denver Nuggets116| 37 | 13 | 5-9 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +0.1 | ||||||
| 37 | 40, Season high (his best before, 39) | 15-23 | 4-7 | 6-8 | 0 | 0 | +17 | +14.6 | ||||||
| 33 | 24 | 9-18 | 1-5 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +1.3 | ||||||
| 27 | 11 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −1.4 | |||||
| 25 | 3 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −6.0 | |||||
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| 27 | 10 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +3.6 | ||||
| 21 | 8 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −0.8 | ||||
| 14 | 7 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −3.9 | |||
| 12 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −3.7 | ||||
| 6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.5 | |||
| Team | 116 | 45-8155.6% | 9-2240.9% | 35 | 21 | 11 | 20 | 17-2085.0% | 4 | 5 | 0 | |||
Bench 25 points on 11 for 20 shooting
Did not play: Brandon Goodwin and Thomas Welsh (coach’s decision).
Portland Trail Blazers113| 38 | 26 | 8-21 | 2-10 | 8-8 | 0 | 0 | −7 | +1.8 | ||||||
| 37 | 18 | 7-19 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −5.7 | |||||
| 34 | 9 | 2-7 | 1-5 | 4-4 | 0 | −8 | −0.2 | |||||||
| 25 | 12 | 5-14 | 0-0 | 2-2 | +3 | +0.9 | ||||||||
| 18 | 13 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +3.5 | |||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 13 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +3.0 | ||||
| 19 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −0.8 | |||||
| 18 | 7 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −2.5 | |||||
| 14 | 8 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +1.0 | ||||||
| 8 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −0.2 | |||
| Team | 113 | 40-8845.5% | 12-3435.3% | 39 | 25 | 9 | 22 | 21-2295.5% | 8 | 5 | 1 | |||
Bench 35 points on 13 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Maurice Harkless (injury/illness); Anfernee Simons and Gary Trent Jr. (coach’s decision).
Nuggets116Trail Blazers113ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Nikola Jokić had a season-high 40 points and 10 rebounds, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Portland Trail Blazers 116-113.
Jokić’s hook shot put the Nuggets ahead for good with 1:07 left in the fourth quarter.
The Trail Blazers got within 114-113 on CJ McCollum’s step-back 3-pointer with 27 seconds to play, but Jamal Murray answered with 2 free throws, and the Trail Blazers got no closer.
Murray’s floater with 30.6 seconds left made it 114-110. The Trail Blazers had the ball down 3 after a timeout, but Damian Lillard missed a 33-foot pull-up 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Trail Blazers 12-11. Jokić scored 6 of the Nuggets’ 12 on 1 for 4 shooting and 4 for 4 at the line.
Murray scored 24 points.
For the Trail Blazers, Lillard had 26 points (13 in the first quarter) and 7 assists.
The Nuggets shot 55.6% from the field and 40.9% from 3 to the Trail Blazers’ 45.5% and 35.3%. The Nuggets outscored the Trail Blazers 19-5 in 6 minutes with Plumlee, Jokić, Beasley, Morris and Craig on the floor together.
Denver NuggetsPortland Trail BlazersPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
99 points from the field on 81 shots: 16.2 more than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 18-26 | 69.2% | 63% |
| In the paint | 10-21 | 47.6% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 8-12 | 66.7% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 2-4 | 50.0% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 7-18 | 38.9% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jusuf Nurkić | 36 | 14 | 6-13 | +3 |
| Al-Farouq Aminu | 14 | 8 | 4-5 | +4 |
| Meyers Leonard | 8 | 8 | 3-3 | +6 |
| Damian Lillard | 7 | 5 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 5 | 1-1 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 40 points on 71 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damian Lillard | 23 | 4 | 2-3 | −3 |
| Evan Turner | 20 | 5 | 2-4 | −1 |
| CJ McCollum | 8 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Jusuf Nurkić | 5 | 4 | 1-5 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 9 | 4-9 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 67 possessions. He usually scores about 19 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CJ McCollum | 44 | 0 | 0-0 | −10 |
| Damian Lillard | 14 | 4 | 2-4 | +1 |
| Evan Turner | 6 | 6 | 2-3 | +5 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 6 | 2-3 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 72 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
DEN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
POR
50/50
DEN
Highest Leverage Moments
McCollum 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (18 PTS) (Turner 5 AST)
Q4 0:28
23.0%
96→73
Murray 6' Floating Jump Shot (22 PTS)
Q4 0:31
22.9%
73→96
Lillard 1' Driving Dunk (26 PTS)
Q4 0:48
18.9%
92→73
Lillard 1' Driving Layup (24 PTS)
Q4 2:14
16.3%
73→56
Millsap 1' Tip Layup Shot (11 PTS)
Q4 2:29
14.8%
58→73
