Denver
Nuggets
106
–
105
FINAL
Portland
Trail Blazers
Date
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Arena
Attendance
N/A
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 35 | 25 | 22 | 24 | 106 |
| POR | 36 | 21 | 27 | 21 | 105 |
Game MVPs
Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet
Key Contributor
Will Barton
DEN
14
PTS
6
REB
4
AST
+4
+/−
Key Contributions
Deflections3
Contested Shots5
Opp FG% When Defending33.3%
Pts Allowed / Poss0.13
Impact Composite69.8
Hustle: 13.5Defense: 55.5Impact: 0.8
3 deflectionsheld opponents to 33.3% FGonly 7 pts allowed on 54.0 possessions
Box Score MVP
Nikola Jokić
DEN
25
PTS
9
REB
5
AST
+3
+/−
Game Performance
FG9-18 (50.0%)
3PT1-6
FT6-7
TS%59.3%
eFG%52.8%
BLK1
TOV4
ORTG119
DRTG113
NET+6
10 contested shotsonly 25 pts allowed on 58.8 possessions
Box Score
| DEN | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PJ Dozier | 25:18 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3-10 | 30% | 1-5 | 20% | 0-0 | 0% | -2 |
| Will Barton | 33:58 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5-13 | 39% | 2-8 | 25% | 2-3 | 67% | +4 |
| Paul Millsap | 12:23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3-9 | 33% | 1-4 | 25% | 2-2 | 100% | -2 |
| Austin Rivers | 13:18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 50% | 1-1 | 100% | 2-2 | 100% | -6 |
| Aaron Gordon | 29:02 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4-11 | 36% | 2-4 | 50% | 2-2 | 100% | +2 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Facundo Campazzo | 27:13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4-6 | 67% | 4-5 | 80% | 0-0 | 0% | +8 |
| JaMychal Green | 18:10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0-3 | 0% | 0-1 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +2 |
| Michael Porter Jr. | 30:37 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8-12 | 67% | 1-4 | 25% | 0-0 | 0% | +2 |
| Shaquille Harrison | 14:24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-4 | 50% | 0-1 | 0% | 1-1 | 100% | -6 |
| Nikola Jokić | 35:37 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9-18 | 50% | 1-6 | 17% | 6-7 | 86% | +3 |
| TOTAL | — | 106 | 46 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 39-88 | 44% | 13-39 | 33% | 15-17 | 88% | — |
JaVale McGee —
Bol Bol —
Vlatko Čančar —
Zeke Nnaji —
Markus Howard —
| POR | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmelo Anthony | 20:10 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5-9 | 56% | 2-5 | 40% | 0-0 | 0% | +2 |
| Robert Covington | 35:16 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5-9 | 56% | 2-4 | 50% | 0-0 | 0% | -2 |
| Enes Freedom | 18:18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5-6 | 83% | 0-0 | 0% | 1-1 | 100% | 0 |
| Damian Lillard | 37:15 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9-23 | 39% | 2-10 | 20% | 2-2 | 100% | -5 |
| Nassir Little | 12:41 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-2 | 0% | 0-1 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -2 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| CJ McCollum | 38:01 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6-13 | 46% | 2-7 | 29% | 0-0 | 0% | +1 |
| Norman Powell | 34:20 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4-10 | 40% | 1-4 | 25% | 8-8 | 100% | +7 |
| Jusuf Nurkić | 28:54 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3-11 | 27% | 0-1 | 0% | 2-2 | 100% | -4 |
| Anfernee Simons | 15:05 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3-4 | 75% | 3-4 | 75% | 0-2 | 0% | -2 |
| TOTAL | — | 105 | 41 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 40-87 | 46% | 12-36 | 33% | 13-15 | 87% | — |
T.J. Leaf —
CJ Elleby —
Harry Giles III —
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson —
Derrick Jones Jr. —
Zach Collins —
Shot Chart & Zone Quality
Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average
Team
View
Player
DEN39/88 (44%)
Paint
21/38 (55%)
Mid
4/13 (31%)
3PT
14/40 (35%)
RA 63%ATB3 33%Corner 3 39%Mid 44%Paint 14%
POR40/87 (46%)
Paint
19/32 (59%)
Mid
9/20 (45%)
3PT
13/38 (34%)
ATB3 32%RA 62%Mid 43%Corner 3 43%Paint 50%
Made
Missed
Hot (+5% vs avg)
Cold (-5% vs avg)
Matchup Breakdown
Matchup Matrix
Defense:
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Primary Matchup
Damian Lillard
defended Facundo Campazzo
7.4 min • 6 pts • 25%
Best Defender
Norman Powell
held Michael Porter Jr.
4.6 min • 0 pts • 0%
Got Cooked
Carmelo Anthony
vs JaMychal Green
5.4 min • 9 pts • 80%
| POR Defense | Aaron Gordon | Austin Rivers | Facundo Campazzo | JaMychal Green | Michael Porter Jr. | Nikola Jokić | Paul Millsap | PJ Dozier | Shaquille Harrison | Will Barton |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norman Powell | 1.4m 0pts 0% | 2.1m 0pts 0% | — | — | 4.6m 0pts 0% | — | — | 1.1m 0pts 0% | — | 1.6m 4pts 50% |
| Damian Lillard | — | — | 7.4m 6pts 25% | — | — | — | — | 1.7m 6pts 50% | 1.5m 2pts 50% | — |
| Robert Covington | 5.8m 3pts 50% | — | — | — | 1.7m 2pts 100% | — | — | 1.2m 0pts 0% | — | 1.5m 0pts 0% |
| CJ McCollum | — | — | — | — | 1.0m 2pts 100% | 1.0m 6pts 100% | — | — | 2.7m 0pts 0% | 5.4m 2pts 50% |
| Jusuf Nurkić | — | — | — | — | — | 7.1m 4pts 22% | — | — | — | — |
| Carmelo Anthony | 1.1m 0pts 0% | — | — | 5.4m 9pts 80% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enes Freedom | — | — | — | — | — | 2.4m 2pts 100% | 3.6m 6pts 75% | — | — | — |
| Anfernee Simons | — | 1.7m 6pts 100% | — | — | — | — | — | 1.5m 0pts 0% | — | 1.4m 3pts 100% |
| Nassir Little | — | — | — | — | 2.0m 0pts 0% | — | — | 2.0m 0pts 0% | — | — |
| Other | 1.9m 6pts 100% | — | 2.3m 11pts 63% | 1.6m 2pts 33% | 1.4m 8pts 100% | 2.2m 10pts 40% | 1.3m 2pts 0% | 2.3m 3pts 100% | — | 2.2m 5pts 100% |
Game Flow
Game Flow
Score margin over time — positive = POR leads, negative = DEN leads
POR Largest Lead
10
Q3 6:51
DEN Largest Lead
6
Q3 1:22
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
POR 8-0 run
Q2 1:35 – Q2 4:49
0 → +6
POR 10-0 run
Q2 1:35 – Q2 5:30
0 → +8
DEN 8-0 run
Q2 7:23 – Q2 8:56
+6 → 0
DEN 8-0 run
Q2 11:24 – Q3 0:52
0 → -5