Denver Nuggets 157, Portland Trail Blazers 103 — Recap

February 20, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 157, Portland Trail Blazers 103. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 41-27 POR; Q2 DEN 41-26 POR; Q3 DEN 43-32 POR; Q4 DEN 32-18 POR.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 32 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-15 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 25 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 6 threes on 6-of-12 shooting; Julian Strawther (DEN) 19 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Tim Hardaway Jr. (DEN) 19 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-11 shooting; Jrue Holiday (POR) 19 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

32 PTS, 9 REB, 7 AST, 3 3PM · 10-15 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

25 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 6 3PM · 6-12 FG

Scoring · DEN

Julian Strawther

19 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM · 9-16 FG

Season highs

Spencer Jones · Season-high 10 rebounds

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

📊 Game Flow

DEN 55 largest lead Q4 2:10 (DEN 156, POR 101) · 13-0 run, Q1 9:59–Q1 8:23

POR 8 largest lead Q1 10:17 (DEN 2, POR 10) · 10-0 run, Q1 11:29–Q1 10:17

Swings 2 lead changes Tied 1 time

Ahead for good: Cameron Johnson makes 1-foot running dunk (Christian Braun assists) (Q1 8:43, DEN 12, POR 10).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DEN	41	41	43	32		157
POR	27	26	32	18		103

🧮 How They Scored

DENPOR

54Points in the paint28

18Fast-break points10

18Second-chance points7

29Points off turnovers12

55Bench points38

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

68.2%Effective FG%49.4%

12.0%Turnover %15.4%

31.7%Offensive rebound %14.5%

0.333Free-throw rate0.337

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Spencer Jones F	30	10	10	2	0	1	1	4-6	2-2	0-0	+31
Nikola Jokic C	29	32	9	7	4	0	2	10-15	3-4	9-11	+40
Julian Strawther G	29	19	6	4	1	0	1	9-16	1-4	0-0	+48
Cameron Johnson F	27	15	4	4	2	2	0	3-8	2-5	7-8	+15
Christian Braun G	27	11	8	7	0	0	2	4-6	2-3	1-2	+39
Jamal Murray G	25	25	6	6	1	0	2	6-12	6-12	7-7	+39
Bruce Brown G	20	6	2	1	1	0	2	3-4	0-1	0-0	+4
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	19	19	2	3	2	0	2	7-11	4-7	1-2	+14
Jonas Valanciunas C	12	6	7	1	0	0	1	3-8	0-0	0-0	-1
Zeke Nnaji F-C	8	2	2	1	1	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	+12
DaRon Holmes II F	7	9	3	1	0	0	1	4-7	1-3	0-0	+15
K.J. Simpson G	7	3	1	4	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	1-2	+14

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Deni Avdija F	31	15	8	13	0	0	6	5-10	0-4	5-7	-34
Toumani Camara F	26	10	1	1	1	0	3	4-11	2-8	0-2	-37
Jrue Holiday G	25	19	2	2	1	0	3	6-10	4-8	3-3	-26
Jerami Grant F	25	6	3	0	0	1	2	3-6	0-0	0-0	-35
Scoot Henderson G	21	11	1	3	0	0	0	3-11	3-7	2-2	-30
Donovan Clingan C	19	15	9	2	0	0	0	6-12	3-6	0-0	-11
Vit Krejci G	17	11	1	0	0	0	1	4-7	2-5	1-1	-3
Sidy Cissoko G	16	0	1	1	2	2	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-14
Matisse Thybulle G-F	13	5	2	1	3	0	2	1-5	1-4	2-2	-16
Blake Wesley G	12	4	1	1	1	0	0	1-3	0-1	2-4	-14
Robert Williams III C-F	12	2	3	1	0	1	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-17
Kris Murray F	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	-8
Hansen Yang C	8	4	1	0	0	1	1	1-4	0-1	2-6	-12
Javonte Cooke G	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	-13

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Starter	29	32	80.6	28.9	+58.8	21.8
Jamal Murray	Starter	25	25	82.9	25.0	+66.6	17.0
Julian Strawther	Starter	29	19	59.4	22.4	+71.6	10.9
Cameron Johnson	Starter	27	15	65.1	17.6	+22.3	11.3
Christian Braun	Starter	27	11	79.9	13.0	+65.5	10.4
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	19	19	80.0	26.4	+29.8	25.2
Spencer Jones	Bench	30	10	83.3	8.5	+46.6	12.4
DaRon Holmes II	Bench	07	9	64.3	40.0	+96.0	36.4
Bruce Brown	Bench	20	6	75.0	11.1	+10.6	6.9
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	12	6	37.5	29.0	+3.7	7.8
K.J. Simpson	Bench	7	3	52.1	14.3	+82.4	21.4
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	8	2	100.0	8.7	+66.1	11.1
Jalen Pickett	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
Jrue Holiday	Starter	25	19	83.9	20.3	-46.0	9.6
Deni Avdija	Starter	31	15	57.3	24.4	-47.2	10.4
Donovan Clingan	Starter	19	15	62.5	25.0	-25.6	14.4
Toumani Camara	Starter	26	10	42.1	22.7	-64.5	0.0
Jerami Grant	Starter	25	6	50.0	12.7	-64.4	0.3
Vit Krejci	Bench	17	11	73.9	18.6	-7.3	9.9
Scoot Henderson	Bench	21	11	46.3	21.4	-63.3	4.4
Matisse Thybulle	Bench	13	5	42.5	25.0	-51.1	8.2
Blake Wesley	Bench	12	4	42.0	17.9	-51.9	4.7
Hansen Yang	Bench	08	4	30.1	38.1	-66.1	-11.1
Robert Williams III	Bench	12	2	50.0	6.5	-63.2	7.9
Kris Murray	Bench	09	1	56.8	4.8	-38.1	2.6
Sidy Cissoko	Bench	16	0	0.0	4.9	-38.9	0.0
Javonte Cooke	Bench	06	0	0.0	20.0	-92.9	-6.3