Denver Nuggets 120, Portland Trail Blazers 115 — Recap

May 27, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Denver Nuggets 120, Portland Trail Blazers 115. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 39-30 POR; Q2 DEN 25-29 POR; Q3 DEN 20-20 POR; Q4 DEN 36-36 POR.

Top performers (box score): Damian Lillard (POR) 37 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 threes on 15-of-31 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 36 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 12-of-24 shooting; CJ McCollum (POR) 22 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-20 shooting; Austin Rivers (DEN) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Norman Powell (POR) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · POR

Damian Lillard

37 PTS, 2 REB, 5 AST, 5 3PM · 15-31 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

36 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 12-24 FG

Scoring · POR

CJ McCollum

22 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 8-20 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	39	25	20	36		120
POR	30	29	20	36		115

🧮 How They Scored

DENPOR

30Points in the paint54

9Fast-break points8

11Second-chance points17

9Points off turnovers15

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

58.3%Effective FG%52.0%

11.9%Turnover %6.2%

27.9%Offensive rebound %29.8%

0.321Free-throw rate0.130

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Austin Rivers G	37	21	4	2	0	1	0	7-14	5-10	2-2	+5
Nikola Jokic C	35	36	11	5	0	0	2	12-24	4-7	8-8	+10
Aaron Gordon F	34	13	4	3	0	0	0	4-9	1-1	4-5	+4
Michael Porter Jr. F	33	15	5	1	1	0	3	5-11	3-5	2-3	+14
Facundo Campazzo G	32	11	8	8	2	1	3	3-9	2-6	3-4	+8
Monte Morris G	25	8	5	5	1	0	3	2-6	1-2	3-5	-8
JaMychal Green F	17	8	5	0	0	0	0	3-5	2-3	0-0	-2
Paul Millsap F	12	5	2	0	0	0	1	2-4	1-2	0-0	-2
Markus Howard G	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	-1
Shaquille Harrison G	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
CJ McCollum G	41	22	9	3	1	0	1	8-20	3-10	3-4	+6
Damian Lillard G	40	37	2	5	2	0	1	15-31	5-16	2-2	-6
Robert Covington F	39	6	11	4	1	1	1	3-9	0-2	0-0	-3
Norman Powell F-G	36	18	4	2	1	2	2	8-14	2-6	0-0	+2
Jusuf Nurkic C	32	13	13	6	0	1	1	5-10	0-1	3-3	+9
Carmelo Anthony F	26	17	2	0	1	0	1	5-12	4-8	3-4	-11
Anfernee Simons G	16	2	3	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	-8
Enes Kanter C	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-15
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson F	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1

🔬 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	35	36	65.4	34.1	+12.0	21.2
Austin Rivers	Bench	37	21	70.6	17.2	+8.0	10.9
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	33	15	60.9	21.4	+15.7	4.9
Aaron Gordon	Bench	34	13	58.0	13.3	+3.8	7.4
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	32	11	51.1	17.9	+11.8	12.2
Monte Morris	Bench	25	8	48.8	17.7	-15.4	10.8
JaMychal Green	Bench	17	8	80.0	12.8	-6.1	19.4
Paul Millsap	Bench	12	5	62.5	20.8	-3.9	6.9
Markus Howard	Bench	9	3	75.0	9.5	+0.9	2.8
Shaquille Harrison	Bench	5	0	0.0	6.7	-4.8	-5.4

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Damian Lillard	Bench	40	37	58.0	34.0	-8.7	14.8
CJ McCollum	Bench	41	22	50.6	23.5	+5.7	7.9
Norman Powell	Bench	36	18	64.3	18.2	+2.6	9.2
Carmelo Anthony	Bench	26	17	61.8	22.4	-23.3	8.0
Jusuf Nurkic	Bench	32	13	57.4	16.2	+16.3	14.2
Robert Covington	Bench	39	6	33.3	10.6	-5.2	7.1
Anfernee Simons	Bench	16	2	33.3	7.9	-24.1	2.0
Enes Kanter	Bench	6	0	0.0	6.7	-125.0	-6.3
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson	Bench	5	0	0.0	0.0	+20.0	0.0