Nuggets 124-92 Trail Blazers (28 Feb, 2022) Play-by-Play

Denver Nuggets

36-25, 19-15 away

124

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	32	33	21	38	124
POR	27	21	22	22	92

Portland Trail Blazers

25-36, 16-18 home

Keon Johnson makes dunk (Drew Eubanks assists)
Josh Hart makes 8-foot running pullup jump shot
Keon Johnson makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot (Anfernee Simons assists)
Anfernee Simons misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Anfernee Simons makes 16-foot running pullup jump shot
Anfernee Simons makes driving layup
CJ Elleby misses 25-foot three point jumper
CJ Elleby misses 23-foot three point jumper
Anfernee Simons misses 28-foot three point jumper
Anfernee Simons makes 7-foot two point shot (Drew Eubanks assists)
Trendon Watford misses 11-foot two point shot
Ben McLemore misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot
Anfernee Simons makes 27-foot step back jumpshot (Brandon Williams assists)
Anfernee Simons misses driving floating jump shot
Josh Hart misses 25-foot three point jumper
Josh Hart misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ben McLemore makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot (Brandon Williams assists)
Josh Hart makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot
DeMarcus Cousins blocks Josh Hart 's 3-foot two point shot
Trendon Watford makes 11-foot two point shot (Josh Hart assists)
Josh Hart misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
Brandon Williams makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
Ben McLemore misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ben McLemore misses 22-foot three point jumper
Brandon Williams misses driving floating jump shot
Greg Brown III misses 26-foot three point jumper
Keon Johnson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Keon Johnson misses running pullup jump shot
Greg Brown III makes 1-foot dunk (Brandon Williams assists)
CJ Elleby misses driving layup
Anfernee Simons misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot
Anfernee Simons misses 27-foot three point jumper
Drew Eubanks makes layup
Drew Eubanks misses 9-foot jumper
CJ Elleby makes two point shot
Greg Brown III misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Anfernee Simons misses running pullup jump shot
Drew Eubanks makes two point shot (Josh Hart assists)
Anfernee Simons misses driving floating jump shot
Josh Hart misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Josh Hart misses 26-foot three point jumper
Anfernee Simons makes 6-foot two point shot
Greg Brown III makes dunk (Anfernee Simons assists)
Anfernee Simons misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Drew Eubanks misses 21-foot jumper
Anfernee Simons misses driving layup
Greg Brown III makes driving layup
Anfernee Simons misses 22-foot pullup jump shot
Jeff Green blocks CJ Elleby's layup
Josh Hart makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot (Anfernee Simons assists)
Keon Johnson misses 18-foot two point shot
CJ Elleby makes driving layup (Josh Hart assists)
CJ Elleby makes layup (Josh Hart assists)
Keon Johnson misses 9-foot jumper
Drew Eubanks misses two point shot
Josh Hart makes two point shot
Drew Eubanks makes dunk (Anfernee Simons assists)
Anfernee Simons misses running pullup jump shot
Josh Hart misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
Ben McLemore misses 22-foot three point jumper
Trendon Watford makes 1-foot layup (Ben McLemore assists)
Anfernee Simons misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Ben McLemore makes 26-foot three point jumper (Greg Brown III assists)
Trendon Watford misses driving floating jump shot
Facundo Campazzo blocks Brandon Williams 's 2-foot two point shot
Brandon Williams misses 23-foot three point jumper
Ben McLemore misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
JaMychal Green blocks Trendon Watford's two point shot
Josh Hart makes driving layup (Ben McLemore assists)
Brandon Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
Anfernee Simons misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Greg Brown III misses 24-foot three point jumper
Elijah Hughes misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Drew Eubanks makes alley oop layup (Brandon Williams assists)
CJ Elleby makes driving layup (Brandon Williams assists)
Elijah Hughes makes 27-foot three point jumper (Brandon Williams assists)
CJ Elleby misses 27-foot three point jumper
Keon Johnson misses 27-foot three point jumper
Keon Johnson misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Elijah Hughes misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Keon Johnson misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Elijah Hughes makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
Drew Eubanks makes 14-foot driving floating jump shot (Keon Johnson assists)
Brandon Williams misses step back jumpshot
Keljin Blevins misses tip shot
Drew Eubanks makes layup (Brandon Williams assists)
Elijah Hughes misses 23-foot three point jumper
Keljin Blevins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Facundo Campazzo blocks Keon Johnson 's 2-foot driving layup
Keljin Blevins makes driving dunk (Elijah Hughes assists)
Brandon Williams makes 27-foot step back jumpshot
Will Barton makes 12-foot two point shot
Nikola Jokic misses 9-foot two point shot
Jeff Green makes driving layup
Jeff Green misses alley oop layup
Monte Morris misses 24-foot three point jumper
Will Barton misses two point shot
Will Barton misses 25-foot three point jumper
Aaron Gordon misses two point shot
Aaron Gordon makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
Jeff Green makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
Monte Morris makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
Nikola Jokic makes hook shot (Will Barton assists)
Aaron Gordon makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
Monte Morris misses three point jumper
Monte Morris makes layup (Jeff Green assists)
Bones Hyland misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
DeMarcus Cousins makes 27-foot three point jumper (Austin Rivers assists)
Bryn Forbes makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
Austin Rivers misses 25-foot three point jumper
Bryn Forbes misses 27-foot three point shot
JaMychal Green makes 1-foot dunk (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
JaMychal Green makes 25-foot three point jumper (Facundo Campazzo assists)
Facundo Campazzo misses 47-foot three point pullup jump shot
JaMychal Green makes layup
DeMarcus Cousins misses two point shot
DeMarcus Cousins makes layup (Austin Rivers assists)
Bryn Forbes misses pullup jump shot
Facundo Campazzo misses two point shot
Austin Rivers misses 25-foot three point jumper
DeMarcus Cousins makes two point shot
DeMarcus Cousins makes driving layup
Austin Rivers misses 23-foot three point jumper
JaMychal Green makes two point shot
Bryn Forbes makes 25-foot three point jumper (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
Austin Rivers makes 24-foot running pullup jump shot (Will Barton assists)
JaMychal Green makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
Will Barton misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jeff Green makes driving layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
Aaron Gordon misses 24-foot three point shot
Will Barton misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jeff Green makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
Aaron Gordon makes 2-foot two point shot
Monte Morris makes 1-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
Monte Morris misses 23-foot three point jumper
Aaron Gordon misses 58-foot three point jumper
Nikola Jokic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Aaron Gordon makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
Will Barton misses 23-foot three point jumper
Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot two point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
Aaron Gordon makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
CJ Elleby blocks Monte Morris's layup
Aaron Gordon misses two point shot
Nikola Jokic makes tip shot
Aaron Gordon misses dunk
Aaron Gordon makes tip shot
Will Barton misses two point shot
Will Barton misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Ben McLemore blocks Aaron Gordon's dunk
Monte Morris misses 28-foot three point jumper
Bryn Forbes misses two point shot
Bryn Forbes makes 24-foot three point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
Facundo Campazzo misses 32-foot three point jumper
Austin Rivers makes two point shot
Bryn Forbes makes 29-foot three point jumper (Facundo Campazzo assists)
Bryn Forbes makes 27-foot three point jumper (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
JaMychal Green makes two point shot (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
Austin Rivers makes 23-foot three point jumper (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
Facundo Campazzo misses 25-foot three point jumper
Bryn Forbes makes 27-foot three pointer (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
DeMarcus Cousins makes driving layup (Bryn Forbes assists)
DeMarcus Cousins misses 27-foot three point jumper
Bryn Forbes misses pullup jump shot
CJ Elleby blocks DeMarcus Cousins's driving layup
DeMarcus Cousins makes layup
Austin Rivers misses 25-foot three point jumper
JaMychal Green makes two point shot
DeMarcus Cousins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Davon Reed assists)
Facundo Campazzo makes driving layup
JaMychal Green misses 26-foot three point jumper
Facundo Campazzo misses 28-foot three point jumper
Markus Howard makes 6-foot two point shot
Davon Reed makes two point shot (Facundo Campazzo assists)
Markus Howard misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Markus Howard misses 25-foot three point jumper
Davon Reed misses 1-foot two point shot
Davon Reed makes two point shot

NUGGETS

TRAIL BLAZERS

TIME		DEN	POR
12:00	Nikola Jokic vs. Drew Eubanks (Jeff Green gains possession)	0	0
11:36	Will Barton makes 12-foot two point shot	2	0
11:14	Keon Johnson makes dunk (Drew Eubanks assists)	2	2
10:59	Anfernee Simons personal foul	2	2
10:45	Nikola Jokic misses 9-foot two point shot	2	2
10:43	Josh Hart defensive rebound	2	2
10:38	Josh Hart makes 8-foot running pullup jump shot	2	4
10:20	Jeff Green makes driving layup	4	4
9:56	Keon Johnson makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot (Anfernee Simons assists)	4	6
9:35	Jeff Green misses alley oop layup	4	6
9:33	CJ Elleby defensive rebound	4	6
9:30	CJ Elleby out of bounds bad pass turnover	4	6
9:17	Aaron Gordon lost ball turnover (Keon Johnson steals)	4	6
9:11	Keon Johnson lost ball turnover (Nikola Jokic steals)	4	6
9:11	Drew Eubanks personal take foul	4	6
8:49	Monte Morris misses 24-foot three point jumper	4	6
8:40	Nikola Jokic vs. Drew Eubanks (Will Barton gains possession)	4	6
8:40	Nuggets offensive team rebound	4	6
8:25	Will Barton misses two point shot	4	6
8:22	CJ Elleby defensive rebound	4	6
8:08	Anfernee Simons misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot	4	6
8:06	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	4	6
7:53	Will Barton misses 25-foot three point jumper	4	6
7:51	CJ Elleby defensive rebound	4	6
7:45	Anfernee Simons makes 16-foot running pullup jump shot	4	8
7:31	Aaron Gordon misses two point shot	4	8
7:30	Drew Eubanks defensive rebound	4	8
7:30	Nikola Jokic personal foul	4	8
7:14	Josh Hart traveling	4	8
7:10	Aaron Gordon makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)	6	8
6:57	Anfernee Simons makes driving layup	6	10
6:52	Anfernee Simons shooting foul	6	10
6:52	Trail Blazers Full timeout	6	10
6:52	Will Barton misses free throw 1 of 2	6	10
6:52	Nuggets offensive team rebound	6	10
6:52	Will Barton makes free throw 2 of 2	7	10
6:36	CJ Elleby misses 25-foot three point jumper	7	10
6:34	Keon Johnson offensive rebound	7	10
6:25	CJ Elleby misses 23-foot three point jumper	7	10
6:22	Aaron Gordon defensive rebound	7	10
6:18	Jeff Green makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)	9	10
6:12	Anfernee Simons misses 28-foot three point jumper	9	10
6:09	Drew Eubanks offensive rebound	9	10
6:07	Anfernee Simons makes 7-foot two point shot (Drew Eubanks assists)	9	12
5:50	CJ Elleby shooting foul	9	12
5:50	Jeff Green makes free throw 1 of 2	10	12
5:50	Brandon Williams enters the game for CJ Elleby	10	12
5:50	Trendon Watford enters the game for Drew Eubanks	10	12
5:50	Ben McLemore enters the game for Keon Johnson	10	12
5:50	Jeff Green makes free throw 2 of 2	11	12
5:37	Brandon Williams bad pass (Jeff Green steals)	11	12
5:21	Monte Morris makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)	14	12
5:07	Trendon Watford misses 11-foot two point shot	14	12
5:05	Josh Hart offensive rebound	14	12
5:03	Ben McLemore misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot	14	12
5:00	Will Barton defensive rebound	14	12
4:51	Nikola Jokic makes hook shot (Will Barton assists)	16	12
4:36	Anfernee Simons makes 27-foot step back jumpshot (Brandon Williams assists)	16	15
4:07	Aaron Gordon makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)	18	15
3:48	Anfernee Simons misses driving floating jump shot	18	15
3:45	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	18	15
3:41	Monte Morris misses three point jumper	18	15
3:38	Jeff Green offensive rebound	18	15
3:37	Monte Morris makes layup (Jeff Green assists)	20	15
3:37	Trail Blazers Full timeout	20	15
3:37	Greg Brown III enters the game for Anfernee Simons	20	15
3:37	JaMychal Green enters the game for Will Barton	20	15
3:37	Bryn Forbes enters the game for Jeff Green	20	15
3:27	Josh Hart misses 25-foot three point jumper	20	15
3:25	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	20	15
3:04	Trendon Watford personal foul	20	15
3:04	Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2	21	15
3:04	Bones Hyland enters the game for Monte Morris	21	15
3:04	Austin Rivers enters the game for Aaron Gordon	21	15
3:04	Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2	22	15
2:57	Bones Hyland shooting foul	22	15
2:57	Brandon Williams makes free throw 1 of 3	22	16
2:57	Brandon Williams misses free throw 2 of 3	22	16
2:57	Trail Blazers offensive team rebound	22	16
2:57	Brandon Williams misses free throw 3 of 3	22	16
2:55	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	22	16
2:41	Bones Hyland misses 16-foot step back jumpshot	22	16
2:39	Ben McLemore defensive rebound	22	16
2:37	Bryn Forbes shooting foul	22	16
2:37	Brandon Williams makes free throw 1 of 2	22	17
2:37	DeMarcus Cousins enters the game for Nikola Jokic	22	17
2:37	Facundo Campazzo enters the game for Bones Hyland	22	17
2:37	Brandon Williams misses free throw 2 of 2	22	17
2:34	JaMychal Green defensive rebound	22	17
2:20	DeMarcus Cousins makes 27-foot three point jumper (Austin Rivers assists)	25	17
2:06	Josh Hart misses 24-foot three point jumper	25	17
2:02	DeMarcus Cousins defensive rebound	25	17
1:59	DeMarcus Cousins bad pass (Josh Hart steals)	25	17
1:55	Ben McLemore makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot (Brandon Williams assists)	25	20
1:38	Bryn Forbes makes 21-foot pullup jump shot	27	20
1:26	Josh Hart makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot	27	22
1:08	Austin Rivers misses 25-foot three point jumper	27	22
1:06	Greg Brown III defensive rebound	27	22
1:01	DeMarcus Cousins blocks Josh Hart 's 3-foot two point shot	27	22
58.7	Facundo Campazzo defensive rebound	27	22
54.8	Bryn Forbes misses 27-foot three point shot	27	22
52.7	Trendon Watford defensive rebound	27	22
44.3	Trendon Watford makes 11-foot two point shot (Josh Hart assists)	27	24
32.6	JaMychal Green makes 1-foot dunk (DeMarcus Cousins assists)	29	24
28.7	Josh Hart misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot	29	24
27.5	Nuggets defensive team rebound	29	24
13.2	JaMychal Green makes 25-foot three point jumper (Facundo Campazzo assists)	32	24
8.9	Facundo Campazzo personal take foul	32	24
2.2	Brandon Williams makes 25-foot step back jumpshot	32	27
0.0	Facundo Campazzo misses 47-foot three point pullup jump shot	32	27
0.0	Nuggets offensive team rebound	32	27
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	32	27

Regular Season Series

DEN wins 3-1

Trail Blazers
95
Nuggets
124

Game 1

15/11

Nuggets
100
Trail Blazers
119

Game 2

24/11

Trail Blazers
108
Nuggets
140

Game 3

14/1

Nuggets
124
Trail Blazers
92

Game 4

28/2

Moda Center

2:00 AM, 28 February 2022

Portland, OR

Attendance: 17,771

Referees:
Derek Richardson
Sean Wright
Brett Nansel

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	57	25	.695	-	W5
Denver	57	25	.695	-	W1
Minnesota	56	26	.683	1	L1
Utah	31	51	.378	26	L1
Portland	21	61	.256	36	L5

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