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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Trail Blazers | 19 | 39 | 27 | 33 | 118 |
 Nuggets | 31 | 35 | 21 | 23 | 110 |
PORTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POR | 43-9246.7% | 15-4136.6% | 17-2181.0% | 53 | 30 | 16 |
| DEN | 36-7746.8% | 9-2634.6% | 29-3485.3% | 37 | 24 | 12 |
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Portland Trail Blazers118| 35 | 28 | 10-22 | 2-9 | 6-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −1.3 | |||||
| 32 | 17 | 8-16 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | +10 | +7.2 | |||||||
| 31 | 9 | 3-8 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8.6 | ||||||
| 30 | 20 | 5-11 | 1-5 | 9-10 | 0 | +3 | +4.9 | |||||||
| 26 | 8 | 3-10 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | +4 | −4.4 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 17 | 7-11 | 3-4 | 0-0 | +13 | +9.1 | ||||||||
| 22 | 8 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −1.2 | |||||
| 15 | 7 | 2-6 | 1-5 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +22 | −1.9 | |||||
| 15 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −1.4 | |||||
| 2 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −0.6 | ||
| Team | 118 | 43-9246.7% | 15-4136.6% | 53 | 30 | 16 | 25 | 17-2181.0% | 21 | 3 | 5 | |||
Bench 36 points on 14 of 25 shooting
Did not play: Branden Carlson, Yang Hansen and Micah Potter (coach’s decision).
Denver Nuggets110| 39 | 35 | 10-19 | 4-9 | 11-11 | −4 | +10.9 | ||||||||
| 37 | 14 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −0.2 | ||||||
| 36 | 26 | 10-22 | 2-7 | 4-4 | −3 | +8.0 | ||||||||
| 34 | 7 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | −5 | −4.6 | |||||||
| 30 | 5 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | −14 | −5.8 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | 9 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −2.6 | |||
| 18 | 6 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | +6 | +1.2 | |||||||
| 12 | 6 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | −5 | −1.4 | ||||||
| 8 | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −0.9 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −2.3 | |||
| Team | 110 | 36-7746.8% | 9-2634.6% | 37 | 24 | 12 | 20 | 29-3485.3% | 9 | 13 | 3 | |||
Bench 23 points on 8 of 18 shooting
Did not play: DaRon Holmes II, Bryce Hopkins and Zeke Nnaji (coach’s decision).
Trail Blazers118Nuggets110ClickTap 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.
Jrue Holiday had 17 points (nine in the second quarter, on a 3-pointer, a layup, a floater and a jumper) and 10 assists, and the Portland Trail Blazers went on a 15-4 run that bridged the third and fourth quarters to beat the Denver Nuggets 118-110.
The Nuggets led 87-82 with 1:24 left in the third quarter. Chris Youngblood’s tip-in put the Trail Blazers ahead for good with 9:28 left in the fourth quarter. They took a 97-91 lead with 8:13 left.
The Nuggets got within 101-99 on Nikola Jokić’s 3-pointer with 5:31 to play, but Deni Avdija answered with a reverse layup, and the Nuggets got no closer than 110-107.
During clutch time, the Trail Blazers outscored the Nuggets 10-0. Avdija (No. 10 in clutch points, 2025-26) scored five of the Trail Blazers’ 10 on 2-of-2 shooting and 1 of 2 at the line.
Avdija scored 28 points, and Damian Lillard added 20 points (eight in the second quarter, on a 3-pointer and five free throws) and six assists.
For the Nuggets, Jamal Murray had 35 points and six assists, and Jokić added 26 points, nine rebounds, eight assists and four steals.
The Trail Blazers grabbed 21 offensive rebounds to the Nuggets’ nine. They took 33 of their 92 shots at the rim (36%), the highest share of their season. They had averaged 22%. The Trail Blazers outscored the Nuggets 21-11 in four minutes with Holiday, Henderson, Camara, Clingan and Youngblood on the floor together.
Portland Trail BlazersDenver NuggetsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. Wins: how much his shots, free throws, turnovers and passes moved his team’s chance to win (1.00 is a whole win).
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. The Trail Blazers’ chance bottomed out at 16% (2nd quarter, 5:26 left).
101 points from the field on 92 shots: 3.2 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 20-33 | 60.6% | 67% |
| In the paint | 7-16 | 43.8% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 1-2 | 50.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 5-9 | 55.6% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-32 | 31.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Gordon | 26 | 8 | 3-7 | −1 |
| Trevon Brazile | 10 | 6 | 2-4 | +3 |
| Christian Braun | 8 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Jamal Murray | 6 | 6 | 2-4 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 4 | 1-3 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 64 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Braun | 24 | 4 | 2-5 | −4 |
| Cameron Johnson | 8 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Jamal Murray | 7 | 1 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Aaron Gordon | 6 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 10 | 1-2 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 55 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Jokić | 39 | 6 | 3-5 | −2 |
| Marvin Bagley III | 8 | 0 | 0-4 | −2 |
| Aaron Gordon | 5 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Jamal Murray | 4 | 5 | 2-3 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 8 | 6 | 3-3 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 64 possessions. He usually scores about 14 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.
Score margin over time — positive = DEN leads, negative = POR leads
DEN Largest Lead
14
Q2 11:37
POR Largest Lead
9
Q4 3:05
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
DEN 10-0 run
Q2 8:23 – Q2 6:12
+4 → +14
POR 8-0 run
Q2 5:26 – Q2 4:28
+14 → +6
POR 8-0 run
Q3 10:03 – Q3 9:05
+12 → +4
