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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | 4OT | Final/4OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 17 | 30 | 29 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 137 |
 Trail Blazers | 23 | 25 | 33 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 140 |
DENTeam statsPOR| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 54-11945.4% | 15-4235.7% | 14-2070.0% | 66 | 28 | 20 |
| POR | 52-12441.9% | 12-4228.6% | 24-2885.7% | 62 | 23 | 13 |
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Portland Trail Blazers140| 60 | 41 | 16-39 | 4-11 | 5-6 | +6 | +2.9 | ||||||||
| 58 | 28 | 10-24 | 2-9 | 6-6 | 0 | +4 | +1.2 | |||||||
| 56 | 18 | 8-16 | 1-1 | 0 | 1-1 | +2 | +0.7 | |||||||
| 46 | 6 | 2-9 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 0 | +6 | −5.9 | |||||||
| 45 | 15 | 6-14 | 1-5 | 2-3 | −1 | −0.4 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 19 | 6-8 | 2-3 | 0 | 5-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +4.9 | ||||
| 20 | 5 | 1-6 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −5.7 | ||
| 18 | 8 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 1-1 | +3 | −0.2 | ||||||||
| 13 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −2.4 | |||||
| Team | 140 | 52-12441.9% | 12-4228.6% | 62 | 23 | 13 | 24 | 24-2885.7% | 24 | 13 | 5 | |||
Bench 32 points on 10 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Meyers Leonard, Jake Layman, Skal Labissiere and Anfernee Simons (coach’s decision).
Denver Nuggets137| 65 | 33 | 13-25 | 4-7 | 3-5 | +5 | +5.5 | ||||||||
| 55 | 34 | 14-32 | 4-12 | 2-2 | 0 | +6 | −0.3 | |||||||
| 50 | 13 | 6-12 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | +3 | −3.7 | |||||||
| 49 | 17 | 8-13 | 1-2 | 0-2 | −8 | +2.3 | ||||||||
| 36 | 4 | 2-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8.9 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 39 | 22 | 8-18 | 3-7 | 3-4 | −4 | +5.7 | ||||||||
| 23 | 11 | 3-6 | 2-5 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +1.0 | |||||
| 12 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −4.7 | ||||
| 12 | 3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −2.2 | |||||
| Team | 137 | 54-11945.4% | 15-4235.7% | 66 | 28 | 20 | 27 | 14-2070.0% | 24 | 11 | 8 | |||
Bench 36 points on 11 for 29 shooting
Did not play: Trey Lyles, Juancho Hernangomez, Jarred Vanderbilt and Isaiah Thomas (coach’s decision).
Trail Blazers140Nuggets137ClickTap 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.
Rodney Hood made a pull-up 3-pointer on a pass from CJ McCollum with 18 seconds left in the fourth overtime, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Denver Nuggets 140-137 in four overtimes for a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference semifinals.
It was tied 102-102 at the end of regulation, 109-109 after the first overtime, 118-118 after the second overtime and 129-129 after the third overtime.
The Nuggets had the ball down 3 with 2.8 seconds left, but McCollum stole the ball from Paul Millsap. A 3-pointer would have tied the game.
During clutch time, the Trail Blazers outscored the Nuggets 47-44. McCollum scored 18 of the Trail Blazers’ 47 on 8 for 21 shooting. In the fourth quarter and overtime, Nikola Jokić had 8 of his 14 assists, 3 of them on baskets by Will Barton, Jamal Murray and Millsap that tied the game and 2 on baskets by Murray and Millsap that put the Nuggets ahead. In that stretch, McCollum had 3 of his 4 steals, one of them leading to his 18-foot pull-up jumper that tied the game at 104, and the Trail Blazers scored 2 points off them. With 16 seconds left in overtime, Damian Lillard stole the ball from Torrey Craig, and McCollum’s floater off it tied the game at 109.
McCollum had 41 points, 8 rebounds and 4 steals. Lillard added 28 points and 8 assists, and Hood scored 19 points on 6 for 8 shooting off the bench.
For the Nuggets, Murray had 34 points and 9 rebounds, and Jokić added 33 points, 18 rebounds and 14 assists. Barton had 22 points, 9 rebounds and 3 blocks off the bench. The Nuggets had 2 30-point scorers.
The Nuggets committed 21 turnovers to the Trail Blazers’ 14. They gave up 24 offensive rebounds, about 9 more than usual for the shots the Trail Blazers missed. Gary Harris fouled out.
Portland Trail BlazersDenver NuggetsPS, 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. The Trail Blazers’ chance bottomed out at 8.4% (3OT, 32s left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
116 points from the field on 123 shots: 11.8 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 20-40 | 50.0% | 63% |
| In the paint | 9-21 | 42.9% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 11-21 | 52.4% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 1-6 | 16.7% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-36 | 30.6% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Harris | 34 | 7 | 2-8 | −4 |
| Will Barton | 27 | 13 | 6-8 | +5 |
| Jamal Murray | 13 | 0 | 0-6 | −4 |
| Torrey Craig | 12 | 4 | 2-5 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 24 | 17 | 7-18 | +10 |
The tracking credits him with 41 points on 109 possessions. He usually scores about 34 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torrey Craig | 38 | 12 | 4-5 | −1 |
| Gary Harris | 35 | 7 | 2-6 | −5 |
| Malik Beasley | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Jamal Murray | 6 | 4 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 5 | 2-10 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 28 points on 102 possessions. He usually scores about 36 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Barton | 14 | 5 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Malik Beasley | 11 | 5 | 1-1 | +3 |
| Jamal Murray | 6 | 4 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Monte Morris | 4 | 2 | 0-0 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 44 possessions. He usually scores about 9 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.
POR win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Hood 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (19 PTS) (McCollum 4 AST)
4OT 0:19
47.3%
37→85
McCollum 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot (30 PTS) (Aminu 3 AST)
OT 0:09
36.1%
11→47
Lillard 2' Driving Layup (28 PTS)
3OT 0:08
33.9%
13→47
Murray 26' 3PT Jump Shot (32 PTS) (Jokic 11 AST)
OT 2:16
32.8%
82→49
Hood 14' Pullup Jump Shot (14 PTS)
4OT 1:07
28.5%
30→58
