Portland Trail Blazers 109, Denver Nuggets 128 — Recap

May 24, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Portland Trail Blazers 109, Denver Nuggets 128. Scoring by quarter: Q1 POR 25-31 DEN; Q2 POR 36-42 DEN; Q3 POR 26-28 DEN; Q4 POR 22-27 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Damian Lillard (POR) 42 points, 4 rebounds, 10 assists, 9 threes on 11-of-24 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 38 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 15-of-20 shooting; CJ McCollum (POR) 21 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-12 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-13 shooting; Paul Millsap (DEN) 15 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists on 5-of-8 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · POR

Damian Lillard

42 PTS, 4 REB, 10 AST, 9 3PM · 11-24 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

38 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 15-20 FG

Scoring · POR

CJ McCollum

21 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 9-12 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
POR	25	36	26	22		109
DEN	31	42	28	27		128

🧮 How They Scored

PORDEN

32Points in the paint54

4Fast-break points16

4Second-chance points19

21Points off turnovers22

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

58.9%Effective FG%60.5%

19.8%Turnover %10.8%

28.6%Offensive rebound %25.0%

0.384Free-throw rate0.349

Box Score

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Damian Lillard G	42	42	4	10	0	1	3	11-24	9-16	11-13	-16
CJ McCollum G	38	21	6	2	0	0	5	9-12	2-3	1-2	-23
Robert Covington F	37	3	1	1	2	2	4	1-3	1-2	0-0	-3
Norman Powell F-G	26	15	0	0	0	2	0	5-9	0-3	5-6	-26
Jusuf Nurkic C	25	7	13	1	0	1	1	2-8	1-2	2-2	0
Carmelo Anthony F	21	5	2	0	0	0	2	1-5	1-4	2-2	-22
Enes Kanter C	18	4	5	0	0	1	1	1-3	0-0	2-2	-14
Anfernee Simons G	10	3	3	1	1	0	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	-9
Derrick Jones Jr. F-G	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	+8
Nassir Little F	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	+2
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson F	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-1	+2
TJ Leaf F	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	+2
CJ Elleby F-G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Harry Giles III F-C	4	0	3	0	0	0	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	+2

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Michael Porter Jr. F	33	18	4	1	2	0	1	5-13	3-6	5-5	+19
Nikola Jokic C	31	38	8	5	1	0	4	15-20	2-4	6-6	+12
Monte Morris G	30	12	1	7	2	1	1	5-10	0-2	2-2	+19
Facundo Campazzo G	30	12	3	6	3	1	3	4-10	2-4	2-2	+11
Aaron Gordon F	28	13	6	2	0	0	0	4-9	2-2	3-6	+19
Austin Rivers G	20	9	1	2	0	0	1	3-5	2-3	1-2	0
JaMychal Green F	20	4	2	2	0	0	1	2-6	0-2	0-0	+8
Paul Millsap F	15	15	7	3	1	0	0	5-8	0-2	5-6	+8
Markus Howard G	15	5	0	1	0	1	0	2-2	1-1	0-0	+1
Shaquille Harrison G	10	2	2	0	2	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-1	+4
Vlatko Cancar F	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Zeke Nnaji F-C	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-2
Bol Bol C	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Damian Lillard	Bench	42	42	70.7	34.0	-18.6	21.9
CJ McCollum	Bench	38	21	81.5	22.2	-28.0	9.0
Norman Powell	Bench	26	15	64.4	21.8	-45.3	7.9
Jusuf Nurkic	Bench	25	7	39.4	18.2	0.0	5.9
Carmelo Anthony	Bench	21	5	42.5	17.0	-52.2	-4.8
Enes Kanter	Bench	18	4	51.5	12.2	-45.6	6.8
Anfernee Simons	Bench	10	3	150.0	7.4	-50.7	15.9
Robert Covington	Bench	37	3	50.0	8.3	-5.5	-0.7
Nassir Little	Bench	4	3	75.0	30.0	+28.6	10.5
Derrick Jones Jr.	Bench	5	2	50.0	15.4	+60.9	0.0
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson	Bench	4	2	69.4	10.0	+28.6	31.6
TJ Leaf	Bench	4	2	50.0	20.0	+28.6	15.8
Harry Giles III	Bench	4	0	0.0	40.0	+28.6	-21.1
CJ Elleby	Bench	4	0	0.0	0.0	+28.6	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	31	38	83.9	35.6	+22.5	28.4
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	33	18	59.2	21.3	+27.3	9.4
Paul Millsap	Bench	15	15	70.5	29.4	+26.7	30.7
Aaron Gordon	Bench	28	13	55.8	15.9	+32.2	9.5
Monte Morris	Bench	30	12	55.1	16.2	+26.6	12.3
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	30	12	55.1	19.1	+24.1	10.1
Austin Rivers	Bench	20	9	76.5	15.9	+6.1	4.7
Markus Howard	Bench	15	5	125.0	5.7	-0.9	8.0
JaMychal Green	Bench	20	4	33.3	14.6	+21.5	-1.3
Shaquille Harrison	Bench	10	2	69.4	8.0	+9.1	10.7
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	3	0	0.0	33.3	-50.0	-40.0
Bol Bol	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	-40.0	20.0
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	3	0	0.0	0.0	-50.0	0.0