Denver Nuggets 124, Portland Trail Blazers 126 — Recap

December 19, 2024 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 124, Portland Trail Blazers 126. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 35-30 POR; Q2 DEN 31-36 POR; Q3 DEN 21-38 POR; Q4 DEN 37-22 POR.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 34 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 threes on 13-of-18 shooting; Anfernee Simons (POR) 28 points, 1 rebounds, 10 assists, 4 threes on 11-of-20 shooting; Shaedon Sharpe (POR) 27 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-18 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 24 points, 3 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-19 shooting; Russell Westbrook (DEN) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

34 PTS, 6 REB, 8 AST, 4 3PM · 13-18 FG

Scoring · POR

Anfernee Simons

28 PTS, 1 REB, 10 AST, 4 3PM · 11-20 FG

Scoring · POR

Shaedon Sharpe

27 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 9-18 FG

Season highs

Anfernee Simons · Season-high 10 assists

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	31	21	37		124
POR	30	36	38	22		126

🧮 How They Scored

DENPOR

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

62.6%Effective FG%54.6%

10.3%Turnover %8.5%

21.1%Offensive rebound %31.9%

0.241Free-throw rate0.247

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray G	38	24	3	10	3	—	1	9-19	3-6	3-4	+1
Nikola Jokic C	37	34	6	8	1	—	3	13-18	4-6	4-4	-5
Russell Westbrook G	33	19	4	7	1	2	3	8-12	2-4	1-2	+7
Michael Porter Jr. F	32	16	6	3	1	—	1	6-11	3-7	1-2	+7
Aaron Gordon F	31	2	6	3	—	—	2	1-6	0-3	0-2	—
Christian Braun G	25	13	4	1	1	—	—	5-10	1-2	2-2	-12
Peyton Watson G	17	8	2	1	—	—	1	2-3	0-1	4-5	-2
DeAndre Jordan C	11	2	7	—	—	1	—	1-2	—	—	+3
Julian Strawther G	10	6	—	1	—	—	—	2-4	2-4	—	-17
Hunter Tyson F	6	—	2	1	—	—	—	0-2	0-1	—	+8

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Toumani Camara F	36	14	8	1	3	—	1	5-9	2-5	2-2	+6
Jerami Grant F	36	13	5	4	1	1	2	4-14	3-10	2-2	-6
Anfernee Simons G	35	28	1	10	—	—	3	11-20	4-11	2-3	+3
Deandre Ayton C	35	15	13	4	1	4	1	7-14	—	1-2	-3
Shaedon Sharpe G	29	27	6	4	—	—	—	9-18	2-8	7-8	+4
Scoot Henderson G	27	7	4	4	1	1	2	2-11	1-5	2-3	+5
Deni Avdija F	21	19	2	1	—	1	1	6-9	3-6	4-4	-7
Donovan Clingan C	12	3	2	—	1	—	—	1-2	1-1	—	+9
Robert Williams III C-F	10	—	4	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	-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	37	34	86.0	28.0	-4.8	19.1
Jamal Murray	Bench	38	24	57.8	25.0	+1.3	13.0
Russell Westbrook	Bench	33	19	73.8	20.3	+11.9	11.5
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	32	16	67.3	17.6	+8.4	11.2
Christian Braun	Bench	25	13	59.7	20.0	-25.0	10.4
Peyton Watson	Bench	17	8	76.9	14.6	-5.7	6.0
Julian Strawther	Bench	10	6	75.0	17.4	-85.0	4.3
Aaron Gordon	Bench	31	2	14.5	13.0	+3.6	-0.3
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	11	2	50.0	7.1	+13.0	10.7
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jalen Pickett	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hunter Tyson	Bench	6	—	0.0	13.3	+60.6	2.6
Spencer Jones	Bench	00	—	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
Anfernee Simons	Bench	35	28	65.7	28.6	+4.1	13.5
Shaedon Sharpe	Bench	29	27	62.7	29.7	+4.6	17.9
Deni Avdija	Bench	21	19	88.3	24.0	-13.2	13.4
Deandre Ayton	Bench	35	15	50.4	17.8	-4.1	12.2
Toumani Camara	Bench	36	14	70.9	11.7	+6.2	8.2
Jerami Grant	Bench	36	13	43.7	18.1	-9.3	5.1
Scoot Henderson	Bench	27	7	28.4	21.5	+9.3	1.0
Donovan Clingan	Bench	12	3	75.0	8.0	+44.9	6.3
Robert Williams III	Bench	10	—	0.0	0.0	+8.8	8.2
Matisse Thybulle	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jabari Walker	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kris Murray	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rayan Rupert	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Duop Reath	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0