Portland Trail Blazers 140, Denver Nuggets 147 — Recap

June 1, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Portland Trail Blazers 140, Denver Nuggets 147 (2 overtimes). Scoring by quarter: Q1 POR 25-38 DEN; Q2 POR 37-27 DEN; Q3 POR 32-27 DEN; Q4 POR 27-29 DEN; OT1 POR 14-14 DEN; OT2 POR 5-12 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Damian Lillard (POR) 55 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, 12 threes on 17-of-24 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 38 points, 11 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 threes on 14-of-31 shooting; Monte Morris (DEN) 28 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-18 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 26 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-13 shooting; Robert Covington (POR) 19 points, 11 rebounds, 0 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · POR

Damian Lillard

55 PTS, 6 REB, 10 AST, 12 3PM · 17-24 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

38 PTS, 11 REB, 9 AST, 3 3PM · 14-31 FG

Scoring · DEN

Monte Morris

28 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 7-18 FG

Season highs

Damian Lillard · Season-high 55 pointsMonte Morris · Season-high 28 pointsDamian Lillard · Season-high 12 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	OT	2OT		T
POR	25	37	32	27	14	5		140
DEN	38	27	27	29	14	12		147

🧮 How They Scored

PORDEN

42Points in the paint42

17Fast-break points5

9Second-chance points23

14Points off turnovers15

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.8%Effective FG%57.7%

10.8%Turnover %8.5%

20.4%Offensive rebound %27.1%

0.282Free-throw rate0.308

Box Score

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Damian Lillard G	52	55	6	10	1	3	1	17-24	12-17	9-10	+2
CJ McCollum G	51	18	7	7	1	2	3	7-22	2-8	2-2	-7
Norman Powell F-G	51	13	0	3	1	0	2	5-14	0-3	3-4	+11
Robert Covington F	44	19	11	0	2	0	0	5-10	3-6	6-6	0
Carmelo Anthony F	30	8	4	3	0	0	2	3-11	2-9	0-0	+2
Jusuf Nurkic C	24	13	11	1	1	1	6	5-12	0-0	3-5	+1
Anfernee Simons G	15	6	3	1	0	0	0	2-7	2-5	0-0	-15
Enes Kanter C	14	4	2	0	0	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	-8
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson F	9	4	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	2-2	-21

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Michael Porter Jr. F	48	26	12	3	2	0	3	10-13	3-5	3-3	+11
Austin Rivers G	47	18	1	7	0	0	1	5-10	4-8	4-4	-4
Nikola Jokic C	46	38	11	9	1	4	2	14-31	3-9	7-8	-2
Monte Morris G	41	28	3	5	1	0	0	7-18	4-9	10-11	+7
Aaron Gordon F	39	14	10	4	0	1	3	6-11	2-4	0-2	-2
Facundo Campazzo G	21	3	2	2	0	0	2	1-5	0-2	1-2	+5
JaMychal Green F	20	5	7	2	1	0	0	2-4	1-2	0-0	+5
Markus Howard G	16	9	1	0	0	0	0	3-6	3-4	0-0	+9
Paul Millsap F	11	4	4	1	0	0	0	2-6	0-1	0-0	+7
Shaquille Harrison G	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	2-2	-1

🔬 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	52	55	96.8	23.5	+0.7	29.4
Robert Covington	Bench	44	19	75.2	13.5	0.0	10.9
CJ McCollum	Bench	51	18	39.3	23.4	-5.8	4.5
Jusuf Nurkic	Bench	24	13	45.8	36.4	+2.0	4.3
Norman Powell	Bench	51	13	41.2	15.9	+11.1	0.5
Carmelo Anthony	Bench	30	8	36.4	19.4	+3.2	0.7
Anfernee Simons	Bench	15	6	42.9	20.0	-43.3	5.7
Enes Kanter	Bench	14	4	100.0	6.5	-25.5	2.2
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson	Bench	9	4	106.4	11.1	-97.7	9.8

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	46	38	55.0	34.6	-5.0	19.9
Monte Morris	Bench	41	28	61.3	25.6	+5.4	12.0
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	48	26	90.8	16.5	+9.4	16.2
Austin Rivers	Bench	47	18	76.5	11.9	-5.6	7.8
Aaron Gordon	Bench	39	14	58.9	17.0	-7.0	8.1
Markus Howard	Bench	16	9	75.0	16.2	+31.0	5.6
JaMychal Green	Bench	20	5	62.5	9.1	+21.1	11.6
Paul Millsap	Bench	11	4	33.3	24.0	+26.4	4.5
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	21	3	25.5	13.6	+5.8	-4.6
Shaquille Harrison	Bench	1	2	113.6	25.0	-8.3	150.0
JaVale McGee	Bench	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0