Portland Trail Blazers vs. Denver Nuggets

May 24, 2021

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
POR	25	36	26	22	109
DEN	31	42	28	27	128

Game Recap

Led by another superlative performance by superstar center Nikola Jokic, the Nuggets bounce back from their Game 1 defeat to avoid a 2-0 deficit.

Player Stats

TRAIL BLAZERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
24Norman PowellSF	25	5-9	0-3	5-6	0	0	0	2	0	3	-24	15
23Robert CovingtonPF	37	1-3	1-2	0-0	1	1	2	2	4	3	-3	3
27Jusuf NurkicC	24	2-8	1-2	2-2	13	1	0	1	1	6	0	7
3CJ McCollumSG	38	9-12	2-3	1-2	6	2	0	0	5	5	-23	21
0Damian LillardPG	42	11-24	9-16	11-13	4	10	0	1	3	1	-16	42
00Carmelo Anthony	20	1-5	1-4	2-2	2	0	0	0	2	5	-24	5
1Anfernee Simons	10	1-1	1-1	0-0	3	1	1	0	1	1	-9	3
11Enes Freedom	17	1-3	0-0	2-2	5	0	0	1	1	2	-14	4
5Derrick Jones Jr.	5	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	+8	2
2Rondae Hollis-Jefferson	3	1-1	0-0	0-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	+2	2
4Harry Giles III	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	3	0	+2	0
9Nassir Little	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	+2	3
18T.J. Leaf	3	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	+2	2
16CJ Elleby	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+2	0
21Keljin Blevins	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	35-7347.9%	16-3348.5%	23-2882.1%	40	15	3	7	21	27	-	109

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
1Michael Porter Jr.SF	32	5-13	3-6	5-5	4	1	2	0	1	3	+17	18
50Aaron GordonPF	28	4-9	2-2	3-6	6	2	0	0	0	2	+19	13
15Nikola JokicC	31	15-20	2-4	6-6	8	5	1	0	4	5	+12	38
25Austin RiversSG	20	3-5	2-3	1-2	1	2	0	0	1	4	0	9
7Facundo CampazzoPG	30	4-10	2-4	2-2	3	6	3	1	3	2	+11	12
11Monte Morris	29	5-10	0-2	2-2	1	7	2	1	1	1	+19	12
0JaMychal Green	19	2-6	0-2	0-0	2	2	0	0	1	3	+10	4
00Markus Howard	14	2-2	1-1	0-0	0	1	0	1	0	2	+1	5
4Paul Millsap	14	5-8	0-2	5-6	7	3	1	0	0	2	+8	15
3Shaquille Harrison	10	1-1	0-0	0-1	2	0	2	0	1	0	+4	2
31Vlatko Cancar	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0
22Zeke Nnaji	2	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	1	-2	0
10Bol Bol	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0
34JaVale McGee	— did not play —												— did not play —

TOTAL	-	46-8653.5%	12-2842.9%	24-3080.0%	35	29	12	3	12	25	-	128

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterPORDEN

(11:56) Jump Ball Jokic vs. Nurkic: Tip to Gordon
(11:38) Jokic Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(11:38) Covington STEAL (1 STL)
(11:37) Covington Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(11:30) MISS Rivers 3' Driving Layup
(11:28) Nurkic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (11:23) McCollum 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Lillard 1 AST)
30
+2 (11:11) Campazzo 3' Driving Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS) (Jokic 1 AST)
32
+2 (10:59) Lillard 4' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Nurkic 1 AST)
52
(10:51) MISS Campazzo 4' Driving Reverse Layup
(10:50) Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (10:49) Jokic 2' Putback Layup (2 PTS)
54
(10:28) MISS Powell 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:25) Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (10:11) Porter Jr. Driving Dunk (2 PTS) (Campazzo 1 AST)
56
(9:50) McCollum Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T2)
(9:50) Porter Jr. STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (9:40) Rivers 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS)
59
(9:21) MISS Powell 8' Floating Jump Shot
(9:19) Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (9:16) Rivers 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Gordon 1 AST)
512
(8:55) Lillard Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T3)
(8:55) Campazzo STEAL (1 STL)
(8:49) Porter Jr. Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T2)
(8:37) Campazzo P.FOUL (P1.T1) (M.Smith)
+2 (8:28) Powell 4' Driving Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS)
712
(8:20) Powell P.FOUL (P1.T1) (J.Goble)
+2 (8:12) Jokic 3' Reverse Layup (4 PTS)
714
(7:56) MISS McCollum 11' Fadeaway Jumper
(7:53) Nurkic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(7:53) MISS Nurkic 8' Pullup Jump Shot
(7:53) Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+3 (7:41) Campazzo 26' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Rivers 1 AST)
717
(7:40) Trail Blazers Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(7:30) Covington OFF.Foul (P1) (J.Goble)
(7:30) Covington Offensive Foul Turnover (P2.T4)
(7:11) MISS Campazzo 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(7:07) Lillard REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(6:57) Lillard Traveling Turnover (P2.T5)
+2 (6:38) Jokic 11' Turnaround Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Gordon 2 AST)
719
+2 (6:19) McCollum 20' Pullup Jump Shot (5 PTS)
919
+2 (6:00) Gordon 4' Turnaround Fadeaway Bank Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Jokic 2 AST)
921
(6:00) Powell S.FOUL (P2.T2) (B.Taylor)
(6:00) MISS Gordon Free Throw 1 of 1
(5:58) Nurkic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+3 (5:45) Lillard 27' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS)
1221
(5:33) Anthony FLAGRANT.FOUL.TYPE1 (P1.T3) (M.Smith)
+1 (5:33) Jokic Free Throw Flagrant 1 of 2 (7 PTS)
1222
+1 (5:33) Jokic Free Throw Flagrant 2 of 2 (8 PTS)
1223
(5:29) MISS Jokic 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(5:25) Lillard REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(5:09) Rivers S.FOUL (P1.T2) (B.Taylor)
+1 (5:09) Anthony Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
1323
+1 (5:09) Anthony Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
1423
+2 (4:51) Morris 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS) (Campazzo 2 AST)
1425
(4:39) MISS Lillard 22' Jump Shot
(4:37) Rivers REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:32) Covington P.FOUL (P2.T4) (B.Taylor)
+2 (4:23) Jokic 23' Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Campazzo 3 AST)
1427
(4:07) MISS Nurkic 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(4:05) Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(4:02) Morris Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T3)
(4:02) Simons STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (3:52) Lillard 37' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS)
1727
(3:32) MISS Rivers 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:30) Nurkic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
+3 (3:18) Nurkic 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Simons 1 AST)
2027
(3:03) MISS Campazzo 9' Driving Layup
(3:03) Lillard BLOCK (1 BLK)
(3:02) Simons REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:02) Morris Personal Take Foul (P1.T3) (M.Smith)
(2:48) MISS Lillard 17' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
(2:44) Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:4)
+2 (2:32) Jokic 2' Driving Hook Shot (12 PTS) (Morris 1 AST)
2029
+3 (2:12) Simons 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Lillard 2 AST)
2329
+2 (1:51) Jokic 4' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Morris 2 AST)
2331
(1:36) Green P.FOUL (P1.T4) (J.Goble)
(1:36) NUGGETS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(1:31) Porter Jr. S.FOUL (P1.PN) (B.Taylor)
+1 (1:31) Lillard Free Throw 1 of 2 (9 PTS)
2431
+1 (1:31) Lillard Free Throw 2 of 2 (10 PTS)
2531
(1:10) MISS Porter Jr. 22' Floating Jump Shot
(1:07) Simons REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(0:56) MISS Anthony 18' Jump Shot
(0:51) Kanter REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(0:51) MISS Kanter Tip Layup Shot
(0:51) Millsap REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:39) MISS Green 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:36) Kanter REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(0:29) Lillard Bad Pass Turnover (P3.T6)
(0:29) Morris STEAL (1 STL)
(0:24) MISS Morris 5' Running Layup
(0:23) Kanter REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(0:00) MISS Lillard 25' 3PT Fadeaway Jumper
(0:00) Trail Blazers Rebound

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

POR

DEN

109Points128

35-73(47.9%)Field Goal(%)46-86(53.5%)

16-33(48.5%)3-Point(%)12-28(42.9%)

23-28(82.1%)Free Throw(%)24-30(80.0%)

40(10)Rebounds(Offensive)35(10)

15Assists29

3Steals12

7Blocks3

21Turnovers12

27Fouls25

32Pts In The Paint54

4Fast Break Pts16

21Pts Off Turnovers22

21Bench Pts38

3Largest Lead23

Game Details

Monday, May 24, 2021 · 10:00 PM

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

attendance: 7,727 (40.5%)

tv: TNT OT