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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Trail Blazers | 25 | 32 | 21 | 28 | 106 |
 Nuggets | 34 | 23 | 21 | 33 | 111 |
PORTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POR | 41-8747.1% | 14-4134.1% | 10-10100.0% | 47 | 21 | 9 |
| DEN | 40-9442.6% | 14-3638.9% | 17-1894.4% | 40 | 25 | 1 |
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Denver Nuggets111| 40 | 12 | 4-9 | 2-4 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | +8 | −2.4 | ||||||
| 38 | 24 | 7-18 | 4-8 | 0 | 6-6 | +10 | +7.2 | |||||||
| 38 | 41 | 17-32 | 3-6 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +11.3 | ||||||
| 33 | 8 | 2-8 | 2-5 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −2.4 | |||||
| 31 | 9 | 4-11 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −2.6 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +4 | −1.1 | ||||||
| 24 | 10 | 4-8 | 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +10 | −0.4 | |||||
| 10 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +5 | +0.5 | |||||
| Team | 111 | 40-9442.6% | 14-3638.9% | 40 | 25 | 1 | 10 | 17-1894.4% | 10 | 8 | 3 | |||
Bench 17 points on 6 for 16 shooting
Did not play: Bol Bol, Vlatko Čančar, R.J. Hampton and Markus Howard (coach’s decision).
Portland Trail Blazers106| 38 | 16 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −3 | +5.0 | ||||||
| 35 | 25 | 9-21 | 4-11 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | −15 | +3.2 | ||||||
| 35 | 18 | 7-16 | 4-11 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −3.3 | ||||
| 29 | 18 | 7-9 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +7 | +6.8 | |||||
| 26 | 0 | 0-5 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −8.4 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 32 | 24 | 9-17 | 3-7 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | −6 | +2.8 | |||||
| 17 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −8.2 | ||||
| 14 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −2.2 | |||||
| 13 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +12 | −3.4 | |||||
| Team | 106 | 41-8747.1% | 14-4134.1% | 47 | 21 | 9 | 19 | 10-10100.0% | 7 | 0 | 7 | |||
Bench 29 points on 11 for 27 shooting
Did not play: CJ McCollum, Zach Collins and Jusuf Nurkić (injury/illness); Keljin Blevins and CJ Elleby (coach’s decision).
Nuggets111Trail Blazers106ClickTap 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 scored 41 points, and the Denver Nuggets went on an 11-2 run in the fourth quarter to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 111-106.
It was tied at 90 when Jamal Murray’s step-back 3-pointer put the Nuggets ahead for good with 5:59 left. He scored 7 points as they pulled away to a 101-92 lead with 2:03 left.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Trail Blazers 13-0. Murray (No. 6 in clutch wins added, 2020-21) scored 8 of the Nuggets’ 13 on 2 for 2 shooting and 4 for 4 at the line.
Murray had 24 points and 8 assists. Jokić and Murray set each other up for 9 baskets and 21 points, 2 of them during the 11-2 run.
For the Trail Blazers, Damian Lillard had 25 points (12 in the fourth quarter) and 13 assists, and Carmelo Anthony added 24 points (16 in the second quarter) off the bench. Derrick Jones Jr. had 18 points and 3 blocks on 7 for 9 shooting.
The Trail Blazers forced 1 turnover, about 11 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Trail Blazers were outscored 22-12 in 8 minutes with Anthony, Freedom, Lillard, Hood and Little 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).
94 points from the field on 94 shots: 4.2 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 14-21 | 66.7% | 64% |
| In the paint | 6-21 | 28.6% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 6-16 | 37.5% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 6-12 | 50.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 8-24 | 33.3% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enes Freedom | 55 | 37 | 16-28 | +16 |
| Derrick Jones Jr. | 5 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Rodney Hood | 3 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 6 | 2-4 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 43 points on 71 possessions. He usually scores about 27 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick Jones Jr. | 25 | 8 | 3-7 | 0 |
| Gary Trent Jr. | 13 | 0 | 0-4 | −4 |
| Rodney Hood | 10 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Damian Lillard | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 14 | 5-11 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Covington | 20 | 6 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Carmelo Anthony | 14 | 2 | 1-1 | −2 |
| Nassir Little | 10 | 2 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Gary Trent Jr. | 10 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 0 | 0-4 | −5 |
The tracking credits him with 12 points on 72 possessions. He usually scores about 19 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
Murray 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Campazzo 6 AST)
Q4 9:01
18.9%
35→54
Nnaji 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Campazzo 4 AST)
Q3 0:02
17.6%
37→55
Morris 25' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Barton 2 AST)
Q3 6:02
15.9%
41→56
Lillard 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (18 PTS)
Q4 6:24
15.5%
68→53
Murray 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (16 PTS)
Q4 5:59
15.5%
53→68
