Portland Trail Blazers 113, Denver Nuggets 122 — Recap

January 17, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Portland Trail Blazers 113, Denver Nuggets 122. Scoring by quarter: Q1 POR 31-34 DEN; Q2 POR 36-39 DEN; Q3 POR 22-28 DEN; Q4 POR 24-21 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Damian Lillard (POR) 44 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists, 6 threes on 12-of-20 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 36 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 threes on 13-of-14 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 23 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-13 shooting; Jerami Grant (POR) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 17 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · POR

Damian Lillard

44 PTS, 3 REB, 8 AST, 6 3PM · 12-20 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

36 PTS, 12 REB, 10 AST, 1 3PM · 13-14 FG

Scoring · DEN

Michael Porter Jr.

23 PTS, 4 REB, 0 AST, 4 3PM · 9-13 FG

Season highs

Aaron Gordon · Season-high 8 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	31	36	22	24		113
DEN	34	39	28	21		122

🧮 How They Scored

PORDEN

48Points in the paint52

10Fast-break points16

11Second-chance points11

18Points off turnovers5

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.6%Effective FG%56.3%

12.1%Turnover %9.9%

13.9%Offensive rebound %26.8%

0.301Free-throw rate0.318

Box Score

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anfernee Simons G	37	14	2	2	0	0	4	5-15	2-10	2-2	-6
Damian Lillard G	34	44	3	8	0	0	2	12-20	6-12	14-14	-20
Jerami Grant F	33	18	4	2	2	0	0	7-15	2-4	2-3	-15
Jusuf Nurkic C	29	6	10	2	0	2	4	2-9	1-4	1-1	-21
Josh Hart G	29	4	6	4	0	0	1	2-5	0-2	0-0	-22
Shaedon Sharpe G	18	13	2	0	0	0	1	5-7	2-4	1-1	0
Gary Payton II G	18	0	5	2	0	0	1	0-2	0-2	0-0	+4
Drew Eubanks F	16	6	3	0	1	2	0	3-4	0-0	0-0	+6
Nassir Little F	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-4	0-1	0-0	0
Jabari Walker F	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+11
Keon Johnson G	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	4-4	+6
Trendon Watford F	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+6
Greg Brown III F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+6

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	34	36	12	10	1	1	4	13-14	1-2	9-10	+19
Aaron Gordon F	32	11	7	8	1	1	2	3-8	0-1	5-5	+20
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	32	9	1	3	3	1	0	2-9	0-3	5-5	+16
Michael Porter Jr. F	31	23	4	0	0	0	0	9-13	4-6	1-1	+21
Jamal Murray G	30	17	5	7	2	1	0	6-15	3-7	2-2	+13
Bruce Brown G	29	12	4	1	1	1	2	5-9	1-2	1-3	+5
Nah'Shon Hyland G	16	5	2	1	0	1	0	2-10	1-7	0-0	-7
Vlatko Cancar F	16	0	1	2	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	-11
Zeke Nnaji F-C	14	7	6	0	0	0	0	3-8	1-4	0-2	-10
Davon Reed G	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	-7
Christian Braun G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-7
Jack White F	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-7

🔬 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	34	44	84.1	32.9	-29.6	22.2
Jerami Grant	Bench	33	18	55.1	20.5	-24.3	7.8
Anfernee Simons	Bench	37	14	44.1	23.3	-10.8	0.7
Shaedon Sharpe	Bench	18	13	87.4	21.6	+3.7	13.1
Drew Eubanks	Bench	16	6	75.0	10.8	+13.1	20.0
Jusuf Nurkic	Bench	29	6	31.8	19.1	-32.8	1.2
Josh Hart	Bench	29	4	40.0	8.5	-33.3	4.8
Keon Johnson	Bench	2	4	72.5	60.0	+130.0	66.7
Trendon Watford	Bench	2	2	100.0	20.0	+130.0	33.3
Nassir Little	Bench	12	2	25.0	15.4	-10.0	-5.9
Gary Payton II	Bench	18	0	0.0	7.9	+9.2	2.8
Jabari Walker	Bench	6	0	0.0	0.0	+116.4	0.0
Greg Brown III	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	+130.0	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	34	36	97.8	27.5	+26.8	26.3
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	31	23	85.6	17.8	+32.4	12.8
Jamal Murray	Bench	30	17	53.5	22.2	+20.3	13.0
Bruce Brown	Bench	29	12	58.1	17.6	+10.9	7.3
Aaron Gordon	Bench	32	11	53.9	15.6	+30.1	11.6
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	32	9	40.2	14.1	+26.7	4.3
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	14	7	39.4	26.5	-37.2	9.1
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	16	5	25.0	28.6	-26.9	-0.9
Davon Reed	Bench	2	2	100.0	40.0	-140.0	16.7
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Christian Braun	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	-140.0	0.0
Ish Smith	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	16	0	0.0	5.4	-37.9	-2.2
Jack White	Bench	2	0	0.0	20.0	-140.0	-16.7