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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Trail Blazers | 17 | 22 | 32 | 29 | 100 |
 Nuggets | 29 | 19 | 24 | 24 | 96 |
PORTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POR | 38-9340.9% | 4-2615.4% | 20-2483.3% | 55 | 16 | 4 |
| DEN | 33-8937.1% | 2-1910.5% | 28-3971.8% | 51 | 15 | 5 |
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Portland Trail Blazers100| 45 | 13 | 3-17 | 2-9 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −3.7 | ||||||
| 45 | 37 | 17-29 | 1-3 | 0 | 2-2 | +6 | +8.1 | |||||||
| 40 | 12 | 6-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.4 | ||||||
| 17 | 6 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-1 | −7 | +2.8 | |||||||
| 7 | 3 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −3.2 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 7 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | +5 | −0.7 | |||||||
| 20 | 6 | 2-6 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −3.6 | |||
| 19 | 14 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 8-9 | 0 | +1 | +4.4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −7.3 | ||
| 7 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −3.9 | ||
| Team | 100 | 38-9340.9% | 4-2615.4% | 55 | 16 | 4 | 31 | 20-2483.3% | 12 | 5 | 7 | |||
Bench 29 points on 8 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Skal Labissiere, Anfernee Simons and Jake Layman (coach’s decision).
Denver Nuggets96| 42 | 29 | 11-26 | 2-6 | 5-7 | 0 | −2 | +3.1 | |||||||
| 39 | 15 | 7-11 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −1.9 | |||||
| 38 | 17 | 4-18 | 0-4 | 9-9 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −4.2 | ||||||
| 33 | 8 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −1.2 | ||||||
| 32 | 10 | 3-13 | 0-2 | 0 | 4-6 | 0 | +3 | −6.8 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | 8 | 4-9 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −2.7 | |||||
| 19 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-5 | 0 | −7 | −2.1 | |||||
| 10 | 5 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +0.5 | |||||
| 7 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −2.8 | ||
| Team | 96 | 33-8937.1% | 2-1910.5% | 51 | 15 | 5 | 23 | 28-3971.8% | 13 | 1 | 9 | |||
Bench 17 points on 6 for 16 shooting
Did not play: Isaiah Thomas, Juancho Hernangomez, Trey Lyles and Jarred Vanderbilt (coach’s decision).
Trail Blazers100Nuggets96ClickTap 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.
CJ McCollum scored 37 points (20 in the paint), and the Portland Trail Blazers rallied from 17 points down in the second quarter to beat the Denver Nuggets 100-96 in Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals to reach the Western Conference finals.
The Trail Blazers trailed 39-22 with 7:26 left in the second quarter. They outscored the Nuggets 78-57 the rest of the way.
McCollum’s 16-foot pull-up jumper with 12.4 seconds left made it 98-95.
During clutch time, the Trail Blazers outscored the Nuggets 13-8. McCollum scored 6 of the Trail Blazers’ 13 on 3 for 5 shooting.
For the Nuggets, Nikola Jokić had 29 points (16 in the paint), 13 rebounds and 4 blocks.
The Trail Blazers shot 40.9% from the field and 15.4% from 3 to the Nuggets’ 37.1% and 10.5%. The Nuggets forced 4 turnovers, about 9 fewer than usual for this many possessions. Paul Millsap 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 6.7% (2nd quarter, 8:20 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
80 points from the field on 92 shots: 15.5 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 18-32 | 56.3% | 63% |
| In the paint | 6-19 | 31.6% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 10-16 | 62.5% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 2-8 | 25.0% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 2-18 | 11.1% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Harris | 44 | 12 | 6-8 | −2 |
| Will Barton | 14 | 11 | 4-6 | +7 |
| Torrey Craig | 12 | 4 | 2-4 | 0 |
| Nikola Jokić | 5 | 10 | 5-10 | +8 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 10 | 5-7 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 47 points on 86 possessions. He usually scores about 27 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Millsap | 19 | 9 | 2-4 | +6 |
| Will Barton | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Jamal Murray | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Mason Plumlee | 3 | 2 | 1-3 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 6 | 2 | 0-0 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 13 points on 37 possessions. He usually scores about 6 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torrey Craig | 41 | 2 | 1-5 | −12 |
| Gary Harris | 18 | 0 | 0-1 | −6 |
| Nikola Jokić | 8 | 3 | 1-7 | 0 |
| Malik Beasley | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 5 | 1-5 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 10 points on 87 possessions. He usually scores about 31 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
McCollum 16' Pullup Jump Shot (37 PTS)
Q4 0:12
24.0%
30→6
McCollum 15' Pullup Jump Shot (35 PTS)
Q4 1:25
16.9%
37→21
Murray 13' Pullup Jump Shot (17 PTS)
Q4 0:31
15.1%
15→30
Jokic 4' Floating Jump Shot (28 PTS) (Murray 5 AST)
Q4 1:43
13.4%
24→37
Collins 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Lillard 8 AST)
Q4 11:12
12.3%
53→40
