Denver Nuggets 126, Portland Trail Blazers 115 — Recap

June 3, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Denver Nuggets 126, Portland Trail Blazers 115. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 29-33 POR; Q2 DEN 32-35 POR; Q3 DEN 37-33 POR; Q4 DEN 28-14 POR.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 36 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 13-of-22 shooting; Damian Lillard (POR) 28 points, 4 rebounds, 13 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-20 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 26 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; Monte Morris (DEN) 22 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; CJ McCollum (POR) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-21 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

36 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 2 3PM · 13-22 FG

Scoring · POR

Damian Lillard

28 PTS, 4 REB, 13 AST, 3 3PM · 8-20 FG

Scoring · DEN

Michael Porter Jr.

26 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 6 3PM · 10-19 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	29	32	37	28		126
POR	33	35	33	14		115

🧮 How They Scored

DENPOR

50Points in the paint38

18Fast-break points10

19Second-chance points8

15Points off turnovers12

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

59.9%Effective FG%60.1%

10.9%Turnover %15.3%

25.6%Offensive rebound %21.6%

0.314Free-throw rate0.278

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Austin Rivers G	40	7	1	0	0	0	2	3-6	1-2	0-0	+5
Nikola Jokic C	36	36	8	6	1	0	5	13-22	2-4	8-8	+15
Michael Porter Jr. F	34	26	5	4	1	0	1	10-19	6-12	0-0	-8
Monte Morris G	33	22	4	9	3	0	1	8-16	3-6	3-5	+19
Aaron Gordon F	33	13	7	4	1	1	1	4-8	2-2	3-4	+6
JaMychal Green F	23	10	9	0	1	0	0	3-5	0-1	4-5	+22
Facundo Campazzo G	23	10	2	3	1	1	1	2-5	1-4	5-5	-2
Paul Millsap F	12	2	3	1	0	1	1	1-5	0-3	0-0	-4
Markus Howard G	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Damian Lillard G	43	28	4	13	2	0	5	8-20	3-11	9-9	-11
CJ McCollum G	38	21	4	3	0	1	1	9-21	2-8	1-2	-8
Robert Covington F	38	11	10	0	3	1	2	3-3	3-3	2-2	-3
Jusuf Nurkic C	33	13	7	2	0	2	5	5-7	0-1	3-4	-9
Norman Powell F-G	32	17	4	2	1	0	1	6-13	3-6	2-2	-2
Carmelo Anthony F	23	14	5	4	0	1	2	5-9	1-3	3-3	-17
Anfernee Simons G	21	9	0	0	0	1	0	3-3	3-3	0-0	-8
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson F	9	2	3	0	1	1	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	+3
Keljin Blevins F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0
Nassir Little F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
TJ Leaf F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

🔬 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	36	70.5	35.7	+18.6	18.3
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	34	26	68.4	25.3	-19.4	13.8
Monte Morris	Bench	33	22	60.4	24.1	+25.1	16.3
Aaron Gordon	Bench	33	13	66.6	14.3	+6.9	9.5
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	23	10	69.4	15.1	+1.0	6.2
JaMychal Green	Bench	23	10	69.4	13.0	+47.8	18.8
Austin Rivers	Bench	40	7	58.3	8.7	-0.1	0.5
Paul Millsap	Bench	12	2	20.0	22.2	-17.4	0.0
Shaquille Harrison	Bench	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Markus Howard	Bench	5	0	0.0	0.0	+18.2	3.8

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Damian Lillard	Bench	43	28	58.4	30.2	-9.8	14.7
CJ McCollum	Bench	38	21	48.0	27.1	-7.2	4.9
Norman Powell	Bench	32	17	61.2	20.5	+1.1	6.2
Carmelo Anthony	Bench	23	14	67.8	22.6	-36.2	16.7
Jusuf Nurkic	Bench	33	13	74.2	18.4	-15.3	5.3
Robert Covington	Bench	38	11	141.8	7.1	-0.6	10.4
Anfernee Simons	Bench	21	9	150.0	6.5	-14.9	8.9
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson	Bench	9	2	50.0	10.0	+16.7	16.7
Keljin Blevins	Bench	1	0	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
Nassir Little	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
TJ Leaf	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0