Denver Nuggets 121, Portland Trail Blazers 120 — Recap

December 8, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 121, Portland Trail Blazers 120. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 30-36 POR; Q2 DEN 33-28 POR; Q3 DEN 26-35 POR; Q4 DEN 32-21 POR.

Top performers (box score): Damian Lillard (POR) 40 points, 4 rebounds, 12 assists, 9 threes on 12-of-22 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 33 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 threes on 14-of-25 shooting; Jusuf Nurkic (POR) 21 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-10 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 21 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-21 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 20 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · POR

Damian Lillard

40 PTS, 4 REB, 12 AST, 9 3PM · 12-22 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

33 PTS, 10 REB, 9 AST, 1 3PM · 14-25 FG

Scoring · POR

Jusuf Nurkic

21 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 9-10 FG

Season highs

Damian Lillard · Season-high 9 threes

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	30	33	26	32		121
POR	36	28	35	21		120

🧮 How They Scored

DENPOR

64Points in the paint46

6Fast-break points15

22Second-chance points9

12Points off turnovers21

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

58.2%Effective FG%57.1%

13.7%Turnover %10.9%

39.0%Offensive rebound %28.9%

0.242Free-throw rate0.176

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray G	35	21	5	8	1	0	2	8-21	3-10	2-3	+16
Nikola Jokic C	34	33	10	9	0	1	6	14-25	1-3	4-6	-8
Aaron Gordon F	31	20	5	0	1	0	3	8-12	2-3	2-2	-13
Bruce Brown G	28	10	4	0	2	0	1	5-8	0-2	0-2	-17
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	28	7	3	2	0	0	0	2-6	2-4	1-1	-20
Nah'Shon Hyland G	26	13	5	4	1	0	1	4-9	3-6	2-2	+19
Christian Braun G	20	6	5	0	0	1	1	3-4	0-0	0-0	+10
Jeff Green F	17	6	4	3	1	0	2	1-4	1-2	3-4	+14
DeAndre Jordan C	14	5	6	0	0	3	0	2-2	0-0	1-2	+9
Vlatko Cancar F	7	0	1	2	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Damian Lillard G	38	40	4	12	2	0	1	12-22	9-17	7-7	+11
Jerami Grant F	38	18	3	3	1	1	1	6-15	2-7	4-4	+5
Josh Hart G	37	12	6	3	3	0	2	5-10	0-1	2-2	+10
Anfernee Simons G	34	6	3	5	0	0	4	3-12	0-6	0-0	-1
Jusuf Nurkic C	31	21	9	2	2	2	3	9-10	2-3	1-1	+10
Justise Winslow F	22	4	5	4	0	0	0	2-6	0-0	0-0	-10
Drew Eubanks F	17	7	2	0	1	0	0	3-5	1-1	0-0	-11
Shaedon Sharpe G	14	7	3	0	1	0	0	3-8	1-4	0-0	-16
Trendon Watford F	8	2	3	1	0	0	1	0-2	0-0	2-2	-4

🔬 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	34	33	59.7	39.3	-9.5	18.1
Jamal Murray	Bench	35	21	47.0	26.7	+22.2	12.0
Aaron Gordon	Bench	31	20	77.6	20.0	-18.5	8.6
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	26	13	65.8	17.7	+33.0	14.3
Bruce Brown	Bench	28	10	56.3	14.5	-28.3	3.9
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	28	7	54.3	8.7	-32.0	4.7
Jeff Green	Bench	17	6	52.1	19.5	+42.7	5.7
Christian Braun	Bench	20	6	75.0	10.6	+30.9	7.1
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	14	5	86.8	9.4	+35.3	17.9
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Peyton Watson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ish Smith	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	7	0	0.0	0.0	-33.3	8.7
Davon Reed	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Damian Lillard	Bench	38	40	79.7	30.2	+11.0	23.5
Jusuf Nurkic	Bench	31	21	100.6	18.6	+11.8	16.5
Jerami Grant	Bench	38	18	53.7	20.9	+6.3	6.7
Josh Hart	Bench	37	12	55.1	15.5	+11.6	7.2
Drew Eubanks	Bench	17	7	70.0	11.6	-28.3	7.5
Shaedon Sharpe	Bench	14	7	43.8	22.2	-50.3	8.7
Anfernee Simons	Bench	34	6	25.0	20.0	-2.9	-2.3
Justise Winslow	Bench	22	4	33.3	10.9	-16.3	4.5
Keon Johnson	Bench	0	3	150.0	50.0	+50.0	66.7
Trendon Watford	Bench	8	2	34.7	18.2	-25.0	5.6
Jabari Walker	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Greg Brown III	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0