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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Trail Blazers | 27 | 29 | 35 | 30 | 121 |
 Nuggets | 40 | 35 | 32 | 25 | 132 |
PORTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POR | 43-9445.7% | 14-3836.8% | 21-2972.4% | 45 | 27 | 11 |
| DEN | 49-9651.0% | 15-3839.5% | 19-2479.2% | 49 | 26 | 12 |
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 Nuggets132| 45 | 21 | 7-13 | 2-4 | 0 | 5-7 | +11 | +5.8 | |||||||
| 42 | 55, Career high (his best before, 50) | 20-36 | 7-15, Season high (his best before, 6) | 8-9 | 0 | +26 | +15.7 | |||||||
| 37 | 16 | 6-9 | 2-4 | 0 | 2-4 | +11 | +7.2 | |||||||
| 36 | 26 | 11-20 | 0-3 | 4-4 | 0 | +6 | +8.0 | |||||||
| 25 | 11 | 4-10 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −6.2 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −8.4 | |||||
| 12 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | +5 | −2.0 | |||||||
| 8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −0.7 | |||
| 6 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −3.2 | |
| Team | 132 | 49-9651.0% | 15-3839.5% | 49 | 26 | 12 | 20 | 19-2479.2% | 12 | 9 | 7 | |||
Bench 3 points on 1 for 8 shooting
Did not play: Trey Alexander, PJ Hall and Spencer Jones (coach’s decision).
Portland Trail Blazers121| 38 | 13 | 4-10 | 1-4 | 4-4 | 0 | −12 | −3.1 | |||||||
| 38 | 26 | 9-19 | 3-9 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +0.8 | |||||
| 31 | 17 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0 | −10 | +9.5 | |||||||
| 28 | 14 | 5-12 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −15 | −3.1 | ||||||
| 20 | 6 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | +7 | +1.0 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 14 | 5-13 | 3-8 | 0 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | −19 | −5.1 | |||||
| 30 | 14 | 5-15 | 1-6 | 3-4 | 0 | −7 | −1.0 | |||||||
| 19 | 17 | 6-7 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0 | +3 | +8.8 | |||||||
| 5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −1.7 | ||
| Team | 121 | 43-9445.7% | 14-3836.8% | 45 | 27 | 11 | 19 | 21-2972.4% | 14 | 7 | 6 | |||
Bench 45 points on 16 for 35 shooting
Did not play: Bryce McGowens, Duop Reath and Sidy Cissoko (coach’s decision); Jerami Grant, Robert Williams III and Scoot Henderson (injury/illness).
Nuggets132Trail Blazers121ClickTap 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.
Jamal Murray scored a career-high 55 points, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Portland Trail Blazers 132-121 for their eighth straight win.
The Nuggets took control with a 33-12 run in the first quarter and led by as many as 23.
Nikola Jokić had 26 points (20 in the paint), 15 rebounds and 10 assists, his 155th career triple-double, and Christian Braun added 21 points (11 in the first quarter), 10 rebounds and 6 assists. The Nuggets had 3 20-point scorers. Jokić and Braun set each other up for 8 baskets and 17 points.
For the Trail Blazers, Anfernee Simons had 26 points and 6 assists, and Donovan Clingan added 17 points, a career-high 20 rebounds and 3 blocks. Jabari Walker scored 17 points off the bench. The Trail Blazers had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
The Nuggets shot 51.0% from the field and 39.5% from 3 to the Trail Blazers’ 45.7% and 36.8%. The Trail Blazers outscored the Nuggets 45-3 off the bench. The Nuggets outscored the Trail Blazers 42-29 in 14 minutes with Jokić, Murray, Pickett, Nnaji and Braun 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).
113 points from the field on 94 shots: 13.0 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 | 17-23 | 73.9% | 66% |
| In the paint | 11-22 | 50.0% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 6-13 | 46.2% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-9 | 33.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 12-29 | 41.4% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anfernee Simons | 18 | 11 | 5-8 | +6 |
| Dalano Banton | 17 | 4 | 2-3 | −1 |
| Kris Murray | 14 | 4 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Deni Avdija | 13 | 10 | 4-6 | +6 |
| Everyone else | 29 | 23 | 7-15 | +15 |
The tracking credits him with 52 points on 91 possessions. He usually scores about 26 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toumani Camara | 43 | 10 | 5-10 | −7 |
| Donovan Clingan | 18 | 11 | 5-7 | +4 |
| Jabari Walker | 6 | 2 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Anfernee Simons | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 0 | 0-1 | −5 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 84 possessions. He usually scores about 34 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anfernee Simons | 25 | 9 | 2-4 | +3 |
| Shaedon Sharpe | 21 | 0 | 0-1 | −5 |
| Deni Avdija | 16 | 3 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Dalano Banton | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 31 | 9 | 4-5 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 101 possessions. He usually scores about 24 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
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Highest Leverage Moments
Strawther 25' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Murray 3 AST)
Q2 11:45
11.0%
82→93
Walker 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Simons 2 AST)
Q2 4:25
10.6%
89→78
Walker 3' Running Layup (2 PTS) (Murray 3 AST)
Q2 4:57
9.8%
92→82
Murray 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (26 PTS)
Q2 1:15
9.8%
82→92
Murray 3PT Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Jokic 7 AST)
Q1 4:24
9.0%
68→77
