Portland Trail Blazers 107, Denver Nuggets 120 — Recap

December 23, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Portland Trail Blazers 107, Denver Nuggets 120. Scoring by quarter: Q1 POR 27-32 DEN; Q2 POR 37-26 DEN; Q3 POR 16-35 DEN; Q4 POR 27-27 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Damian Lillard (POR) 34 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-22 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 29 points, 8 rebounds, 11 assists on 12-of-21 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 25 points, 8 rebounds, 12 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Jerami Grant (POR) 20 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · POR

Damian Lillard

34 PTS, 7 REB, 8 AST, 4 3PM · 10-22 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

29 PTS, 8 REB, 11 AST · 12-21 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

25 PTS, 8 REB, 12 AST, 3 3PM · 9-17 FG

Season highs

Jamal Murray · Season-high 12 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
POR	27	37	16	27		107
DEN	32	26	35	27		120

🧮 How They Scored

PORDEN

52Points in the paint66

13Fast-break points18

11Second-chance points11

12Points off turnovers16

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.0%Effective FG%64.2%

11.7%Turnover %9.8%

27.7%Offensive rebound %11.8%

0.299Free-throw rate0.321

Box Score

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Damian Lillard G	39	34	7	8	0	0	0	10-22	4-11	10-10	-3
Anfernee Simons G	39	14	1	3	0	0	2	6-22	1-10	1-2	-11
Jerami Grant F	37	20	7	2	1	0	2	7-13	3-6	3-5	-10
Josh Hart G	37	14	11	6	1	0	3	6-8	0-2	2-2	-3
Drew Eubanks F	27	2	5	0	0	1	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	-9
Jusuf Nurkic C	21	11	7	3	1	2	4	4-10	1-2	2-4	-4
Keon Johnson G	16	6	1	2	2	0	1	2-4	0-2	2-3	-8
Shaedon Sharpe G	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	-14
Trendon Watford F	11	4	3	0	0	0	0	2-3	0-1	0-0	-3

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray G	39	25	8	12	2	0	3	9-17	3-5	4-6	+19
Nikola Jokic C	36	29	8	11	2	0	2	12-21	0-0	5-8	+9
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	34	14	2	0	2	0	0	5-8	3-5	1-2	+6
Aaron Gordon F	32	13	6	1	0	1	1	6-9	0-1	1-3	+10
Michael Porter Jr. F	27	18	5	2	1	0	1	7-13	2-6	2-3	+1
Bruce Brown G	27	9	3	4	1	1	0	4-6	1-2	0-0	+8
Nah'Shon Hyland G	16	7	3	1	1	0	2	2-5	1-2	2-2	+5
Jeff Green F	16	2	2	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+3
Zeke Nnaji F-C	12	3	1	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	1-2	+4

🔬 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	39	34	64.4	28.9	-6.8	19.4
Jerami Grant	Bench	37	20	65.8	18.9	-16.0	10.4
Josh Hart	Bench	37	14	78.8	13.8	-5.5	14.0
Anfernee Simons	Bench	39	14	30.6	26.6	-16.7	-3.6
Jusuf Nurkic	Bench	21	11	46.8	28.8	-8.7	4.2
Keon Johnson	Bench	16	6	56.4	14.0	-23.5	10.8
Trendon Watford	Bench	11	4	66.7	11.5	-13.6	10.2
Drew Eubanks	Bench	27	2	50.0	4.8	-17.0	2.2
Shaedon Sharpe	Bench	14	2	33.3	9.7	-43.4	-2.5
Gary Payton II	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
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

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	36	29	59.1	32.9	+14.1	17.8
Jamal Murray	Bench	39	25	63.6	26.2	+27.4	19.0
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	27	18	62.8	23.4	+3.7	12.8
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	34	14	78.8	11.8	+10.4	7.9
Aaron Gordon	Bench	32	13	63.0	15.9	+15.6	9.7
Bruce Brown	Bench	27	9	75.0	10.2	+14.5	10.4
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	16	7	59.5	22.2	+18.8	6.4
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	12	3	79.8	11.1	+23.1	0.0
Jeff Green	Bench	16	2	100.0	2.6	+8.6	5.1
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Christian Braun	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	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Davon Reed	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0