Denver Nuggets vs. Portland Trail Blazers

Feb 23, 2024

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	25	38	32	32	127
POR	20	28	29	35	112

Game Recap

The Denver Nuggets defeated the Portland Trail Blazers, 127-112. Michael Porter Jr. (34 points, 12 rebounds) and Nikola Jokic (29 points on 12-17 FG, 15 rebounds, 14 assists) led the Nuggets as Jerami Grant (25 points) and Deandre Ayton (22 points, 10 rebounds) led Portland in the loss. The Nuggets improve to 38-19 as the Blazers move to 15-40.

Player Stats

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
1Michael Porter Jr.SF	34	13-21	5-10	3-3	12	1	1	1	0	3	+17	34
50Aaron GordonPF	27	4-5	0-1	0-2	2	7	2	1	3	1	+23	8
15Nikola JokicC	34	12-17	1-3	4-5	15	14	2	1	2	4	+24	29
5Kentavious Caldwell-PopeSG	32	2-5	1-3	4-5	4	4	1	0	2	1	+21	9
7Reggie JacksonPG	21	4-10	1-5	0-0	0	3	0	0	2	1	-1	9
21Collin Gillespie	23	7-9	4-4	0-1	2	4	1	0	0	1	+23	18
8Peyton Watson	17	3-5	1-2	1-2	4	0	0	1	1	2	-1	8
0Christian Braun	20	1-5	0-2	1-2	2	4	0	0	2	1	+6	3
9Justin Holiday	6	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-7	0
22Zeke Nnaji	10	3-4	0-0	0-0	3	1	1	0	0	1	-2	6
11Braxton Key	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	0	-7	0
3Julian Strawther	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	-7	2
24Jalen Pickett	2	0-1	0-1	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	-7	1
30Jay Huff	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-7	0
6DeAndre Jordan	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	50-8558.8%	13-3339.4%	14-2263.6%	45	38	8	6	12	17	-	127

TRAIL BLAZERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
33Toumani CamaraSF	24	3-7	0-1	0-0	6	2	1	0	3	0	0	6
9Jerami GrantPF	37	9-21	3-6	4-7	2	4	3	0	3	2	-17	25
2Deandre AytonC	35	11-17	0-0	0-0	10	3	0	0	1	3	-20	22
8Kris MurraySG	35	4-10	0-4	1-2	8	2	1	0	0	4	-7	9
1Anfernee SimonsPG	36	8-15	3-6	2-2	3	8	1	0	1	4	-24	21
4Matisse Thybulle	20	1-5	1-2	0-0	2	2	4	0	0	1	-11	3
34Jabari Walker	14	1-5	0-0	0-0	6	0	0	0	1	0	-4	2
5Dalano Banton	19	5-9	1-3	3-4	1	3	0	0	0	1	-11	14
26Duop Reath	12	3-10	0-3	2-3	6	1	1	2	1	1	+5	8
19Ashton Hagans	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	+7	2
24Justin Minaya	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+7	0
11Malcolm Brogdon	— did not play —												— did not play —



TOTAL	-	46-10145.5%	8-2532.0%	12-1866.7%	45	25	11	2	10	17	-	112

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterDENPOR

(11:56) Jump Ball Ayton vs. Jokic: Tip to Murray
+3 (11:50) Grant 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Murray 1 AST)
03
(11:28) Jokic Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T1)
(11:12) MISS Murray 3PT Jump Shot
(11:09) Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (11:01) Porter Jr. 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Jokic 1 AST)
33
(10:45) MISS Camara 3PT Jump Shot
(10:41) Caldwell-Pope REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:29) MISS Porter Jr. 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(10:26) Camara REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:17) MISS Grant 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:16) Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:11) Gordon Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(10:11) Grant STEAL (1 STL)
(10:07) Gordon S.FOUL (P1.T1) (G.Petraitis)
(10:07) MISS Grant Free Throw 1 of 2
(10:07) TRAIL BLAZERS Rebound
+1 (10:07) Grant Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
34
(9:48) MISS Caldwell-Pope 15' Pullup Jump Shot
(9:46) Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (9:40) Murray 1' Running Layup (2 PTS)
36
(9:36) Gordon Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T3)
(9:36) Grant STEAL (2 STL)
+2 (9:27) Ayton 10' Turnaround Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Camara 1 AST)
38
(9:26) Nuggets Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(9:12) Grant P.FOUL (P1.T1) (Z.Zarba)
(9:00) MISS Porter Jr. 3PT Jump Shot
(8:57) Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (8:53) Porter Jr. 20' Jump Shot (5 PTS)
58
(8:39) MISS Grant 18' Pullup Jump Shot
(8:38) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (8:28) Gordon 1' Layup (2 PTS)
78
(8:19) MISS Simons 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(8:16) Caldwell-Pope REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (8:11) Porter Jr. 2' Running Finger Roll Layup (7 PTS) (Jokic 2 AST)
98
(7:59) Jokic Violation:Kicked Ball (M.Kogut)
(7:43) MISS Simons 7' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(7:43) TRAIL BLAZERS Rebound
(7:43) TRAIL BLAZERS Turnover: Shot Clock (T#1)
(7:32) MISS Jackson 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:29) Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(7:22) Ayton Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T2)
(7:22) Porter Jr. STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (7:11) Jokic 3' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Gordon 1 AST)
118
+2 (6:52) Ayton 6' Turnaround Hook Shot (4 PTS) (Camara 2 AST)
1110
+2 (6:38) Gordon 1' Alley Oop Dunk (4 PTS) (Jokic 3 AST)
1310
(6:24) MISS Simons 19' Step Back Jump Shot
(6:21) Ayton REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(6:15) MISS Grant 3PT Jump Shot
(6:11) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (6:05) Porter Jr. 24' 3PT Running Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Gordon 2 AST)
1610
(5:48) Porter Jr. P.FOUL (P1.T2) (Z.Zarba)
+2 (5:32) Camara 2' Cutting Finger Roll Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Ayton 1 AST)
1612
(5:09) MISS Caldwell-Pope 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(5:07) Simons REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:56) MISS Camara 3' Layup
(4:55) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+3 (4:49) Jokic 25' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Gordon 3 AST)
1912
(4:39) Jokic Violation:Kicked Ball (G.Petraitis)
+2 (4:25) Walker 3' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Simons 1 AST)
1914
+2 (4:03) Porter Jr. 16' Pullup Jump Shot (12 PTS)
2114
(3:50) MISS Thybulle 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(3:47) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
(3:39) Jokic Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T4)
(3:39) Murray STEAL (1 STL)
(3:18) MISS Thybulle 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup
(3:16) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:5)
(3:10) MISS Porter Jr. 29' 3PT Running Jump Shot
(3:08) Ayton REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (2:59) Ayton 21' Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Simons 2 AST)
2116
(2:41) MISS Gillespie 2' Cutting Layup Shot
(2:40) Walker REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:25) TRAIL BLAZERS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(2:18) MISS Grant 6' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot
(2:16) Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(2:12) MISS Braun 3' Running Layup
(2:11) Banton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (2:07) Banton 2' Running Layup (2 PTS)
2118
(2:07) Watson S.FOUL (P1.T3) (G.Petraitis)
(2:07) MISS Banton Free Throw 1 of 1
(2:04) Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(1:46) MISS Watson 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:43) Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:5)
+2 (1:41) Jokic 3' Reverse Layup (7 PTS)
2318
(1:16) MISS Banton 7' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(1:14) Braun REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:11) Braun Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T5)
(1:11) Thybulle STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (1:01) Grant 1' Layup (6 PTS) (Reath 1 AST)
2320
+2 (0:39) Watson 1' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Jokic 4 AST)
2520
(0:32) MISS Reath 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:30) Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:6)
(0:10) MISS Braun 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:08) Jokic REBOUND (Off:2 Def:6)
(0:05) MISS Porter Jr. 1' Cutting Layup Shot
(0:05) Reath BLOCK (1 BLK)
(0:01) Grant REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:00) MISS Grant 2' Running Layup
(0:00) Watson BLOCK (1 BLK)
(0:00) TRAIL BLAZERS Rebound

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

DEN

POR

127Points112

50-85(58.8%)Field Goal(%)46-101(45.5%)

13-33(39.4%)3-Point(%)8-25(32.0%)

14-22(63.6%)Free Throw(%)12-18(66.7%)

45(11)Rebounds(Offensive)45(19)

38Assists25

8Steals11

6Blocks2

12Turnovers10

17Fouls17

62Pts In The Paint66

15Fast Break Pts13

12Pts Off Turnovers15

38Bench Pts29

22Largest Lead5

Game Details

Friday, February 23, 2024 · 10:00 PM

Moda Center · Portland, OR

attendance: 18,898 (94.6%)