Denver Nuggets 106, Portland Trail Blazers 105 — Recap

April 21, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 106, Portland Trail Blazers 105. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 35-36 POR; Q2 DEN 25-21 POR; Q3 DEN 22-27 POR; Q4 DEN 24-21 POR.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 25 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-18 shooting; Damian Lillard (POR) 22 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-23 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 17 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Norman Powell (POR) 17 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 4-of-10 shooting; CJ McCollum (POR) 14 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

25 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 9-18 FG

Scoring · POR

Damian Lillard

22 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 9-23 FG

Scoring · DEN

Michael Porter Jr.

17 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 8-12 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DEN	35	25	22	24		106
POR	36	21	27	21		105

🧮 How They Scored

DENPOR

42Points in the paint38

14Fast-break points10

13Second-chance points14

22Points off turnovers15

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.7%Effective FG%52.9%

12.0%Turnover %10.5%

33.3%Offensive rebound %23.1%

0.193Free-throw rate0.172

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	36	25	9	5	0	1	4	9-18	1-6	6-7	+3
Will Barton G	34	14	6	4	1	0	4	5-13	2-8	2-3	+4
Michael Porter Jr. F	31	17	5	2	0	0	1	8-12	1-4	0-0	+2
Aaron Gordon F	29	12	6	3	2	0	2	4-11	2-4	2-2	+2
Facundo Campazzo G	27	12	5	3	0	1	1	4-6	4-5	0-0	+8
PJ Dozier G-F	25	7	7	2	1	1	1	3-10	1-5	0-0	-2
JaMychal Green F	18	0	2	2	1	1	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	+2
Shaquille Harrison G	14	5	0	1	2	0	0	2-4	0-1	1-1	-6
Austin Rivers G	13	5	3	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-1	2-2	-6
Paul Millsap F	12	9	3	2	0	1	0	3-9	1-4	2-2	-2

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
CJ McCollum G	38	14	9	5	2	0	3	6-13	2-7	0-0	+1
Damian Lillard G	37	22	4	5	2	0	2	9-23	2-10	2-2	-5
Robert Covington F	35	12	8	0	0	1	0	5-9	2-4	0-0	-2
Norman Powell F-G	34	17	2	2	2	0	2	4-10	1-4	8-8	+7
Jusuf Nurkic C	29	8	7	6	1	0	1	3-11	0-1	2-2	-4
Carmelo Anthony F	20	12	4	0	0	1	1	5-9	2-5	0-0	+2
Enes Kanter C	18	11	4	2	0	0	1	5-6	0-0	1-1	0
Anfernee Simons G	15	9	0	1	0	0	1	3-4	3-4	0-2	-2
Nassir Little F	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	36	25	59.3	31.6	+6.0	15.7
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	31	17	70.8	18.6	+1.4	11.8
Will Barton	Bench	34	14	48.9	22.1	+7.7	6.6
Aaron Gordon	Bench	29	12	50.5	21.2	+5.6	10.3
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	27	12	100.0	11.5	+15.1	10.3
Paul Millsap	Bench	12	9	45.5	32.3	-13.0	14.5
PJ Dozier	Bench	25	7	35.0	19.0	-4.1	7.8
Shaquille Harrison	Bench	14	5	56.3	10.8	-28.1	9.5
Austin Rivers	Bench	13	5	86.8	9.1	-27.4	15.7
JaMychal Green	Bench	18	0	0.0	7.1	+2.5	-0.8

Portland Trail BlazersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Damian Lillard	Bench	37	22	46.1	31.7	-6.8	10.2
Norman Powell	Bench	34	17	62.9	20.0	+10.4	11.7
CJ McCollum	Bench	38	14	53.8	19.3	+2.8	12.0
Carmelo Anthony	Bench	20	12	66.7	22.7	+8.1	15.6
Robert Covington	Bench	35	12	66.7	11.5	-4.4	10.0
Enes Kanter	Bench	18	11	85.4	17.5	+6.9	16.7
Anfernee Simons	Bench	15	9	92.2	17.1	-6.7	5.2
Jusuf Nurkic	Bench	29	8	33.7	20.3	-5.1	5.8
Nassir Little	Bench	13	0	0.0	7.1	-9.1	-2.0