Jokic's 37 points lead Nuggets past Portland 121-113

Nikola Jokic scored 37 points and the Denver Nuggets withstood Damian Lillard's 39-point effort and Enes Kanter's strong return to Portland's lineup in a 121-113 win over the well-rested Trail Blazers in the opener of their second-round playoff series.
Apr 30, 2019, 08:42 am - Associated Press

Probabilities & Game Flow

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Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Nikola Jokic misses 20-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jamal Murray makes 24-foot three pointer
  • CJ McCollum makes three pointer (Damian Lillard assists)
  • Paul Millsap misses 8-foot two point shot
  • CJ McCollum misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Paul Millsap makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Damian Lillard misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Paul Millsap makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Enes Kanter misses layup
  • Enes Kanter makes tip shot
  • Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot
  • CJ McCollum misses two point shot
  • Gary Harris misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Gary Harris makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Torrey Craig misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Damian Lillard misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Gary Harris assists)
  • Enes Kanter makes 5-foot two point shot (Maurice Harkless assists)
  • Paul Millsap makes 6-foot two point shot (Gary Harris assists)
  • Damian Lillard makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Paul Millsap makes alley oop dunk shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • CJ McCollum makes 28-foot three point jumper (Maurice Harkless assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Enes Kanter makes dunk (Damian Lillard assists)
  • Paul Millsap makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Paul Millsap makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Enes Kanter makes layup (CJ McCollum assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot three point jumper
  • CJ McCollum makes driving floating jump shot
  • CJ McCollum makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot (Damian Lillard assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes driving floating jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Al-Farouq Aminu makes 7-foot pullup jump shot
  • Al-Farouq Aminu misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Gary Harris makes two point shot
  • Enes Kanter makes layup (Damian Lillard assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
  • CJ McCollum misses two point shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 11-foot pullup jump shot (Paul Millsap assists)
  • Damian Lillard makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
  • Mason Plumlee blocks Rodney Hood 's 3-foot two point shot
  • Gary Harris misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Damian Lillard makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Nikola Jokic makes jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Malik Beasley blocks CJ McCollum 's 5-foot driving layup
  • Nikola Jokic misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Zach Collins makes layup (Damian Lillard assists)
  • Rodney Hood makes 25-foot three point jumper (Meyers Leonard assists)
  • Mason Plumlee misses layup
  • Meyers Leonard misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Paul Millsap misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Zach Collins misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Paul Millsap makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Paul Millsap makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Meyers Leonard misses 17-foot jumper
  • Rodney Hood makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Rodney Hood makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Will Barton makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Rodney Hood makes 26-foot three point jumper (Meyers Leonard assists)
  • Mason Plumlee misses 17-foot jumper
  • Rodney Hood misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Monte Morris makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Rodney Hood misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Malik Beasley misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Will Barton makes two point shot (Mason Plumlee assists)
  • Seth Curry misses two point shot
  • Will Barton misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Rodney Hood misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Seth Curry misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Will Barton misses driving floating jump shot
  • Will Barton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Will Barton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic blocks Enes Kanter's two point shot
  • Zach Collins makes driving layup (Evan Turner assists)
  • Monte Morris misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Damian Lillard makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • CJ McCollum misses two point shot
  • Enes Kanter makes two point shot
  • Will Barton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Will Barton misses driving layup
  • Damian Lillard makes 28-foot three pointer (Evan Turner assists)
  • Paul Millsap makes two point shot
  • Damian Lillard makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Al-Farouq Aminu misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Damian Lillard misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Paul Millsap makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Paul Millsap makes free throw 1 of 1
  • CJ McCollum makes 8-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
  • Enes Kanter makes two point shot (Maurice Harkless assists)
  • Gary Harris misses three point jumper
  • CJ McCollum misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Malik Beasley makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Malik Beasley misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Malik Beasley misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Mason Plumlee makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Mason Plumlee makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jamal Murray misses two point shot
  • CJ McCollum misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Maurice Harkless makes layup (CJ McCollum assists)
  • Al-Farouq Aminu misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Damian Lillard makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Damian Lillard makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Gary Harris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Enes Kanter makes layup (Maurice Harkless assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 3-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Gary Harris blocks CJ McCollum 's 4-foot driving layup
  • Al-Farouq Aminu blocks Gary Harris 's 3-foot driving layup
  • Enes Kanter makes 14-foot jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot
  • Torrey Craig makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Damian Lillard makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Damian Lillard makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Damian Lillard misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses layup
  • Al-Farouq Aminu misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Damian Lillard makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Enes Kanter makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Enes Kanter makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Paul Millsap misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Paul Millsap misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Damian Lillard makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Damian Lillard makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Paul Millsap misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • CJ McCollum misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes tip shot
  • Enes Kanter makes 8-foot two point shot (Damian Lillard assists)
  • Damian Lillard misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes driving layup (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Rodney Hood makes driving dunk
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Meyers Leonard makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rodney Hood assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Damian Lillard misses two point shot
  • Gary Harris makes 26-foot three pointer (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Rodney Hood makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (CJ McCollum assists)
  • Gary Harris makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Rodney Hood makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Rodney Hood makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Rodney Hood misses two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Damian Lillard makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Monte Morris makes 14-foot two point shot
  • Will Barton misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Rodney Hood makes 24-foot three pointer (Evan Turner assists)
  • Malik Beasley makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Paul Millsap assists)
  • Damian Lillard misses free throw 1 of 3
  • Damian Lillard makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Damian Lillard makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Malik Beasley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Paul Millsap assists)
  • Paul Millsap makes 15-foot jumper (Will Barton assists)
  • Damian Lillard misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Paul Millsap blocks Evan Turner 's 2-foot two point shot
  • Seth Curry makes 22-foot three point jumper (Evan Turner assists)
  • Evan Turner blocks Paul Millsap 's 7-foot two point shot
  • Damian Lillard makes 1-foot two point shot
  • Monte Morris misses driving floating jump shot
  • Damian Lillard makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
  • Zach Collins blocks Will Barton 's 2-foot two point shot
  • Enes Kanter misses 4-foot two point shot
  • Mason Plumlee makes dunk (Malik Beasley assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw flagrant 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw flagrant 2 of 2
  • Malik Beasley misses two point shot
  • Mason Plumlee makes dunk
  • CJ McCollum misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
  • Damian Lillard misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Malik Beasley misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Malik Beasley makes finger roll layup
  • CJ McCollum makes 13-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Damian Lillard makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Damian Lillard makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Gary Harris misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic blocks Al-Farouq Aminu 's 5-foot driving layup
  • CJ McCollum blocks Gary Harris 's 3-foot two point shot
  • Maurice Harkless misses layup
  • Enes Kanter makes tip shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 12-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Enes Kanter makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Enes Kanter makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Damian Lillard misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Damian Lillard makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Damian Lillard makes two point shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Damian Lillard makes 26-foot three pointer
  • Paul Millsap misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
  • Gary Harris blocks Damian Lillard 's 26-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • CJ McCollum makes layup
  • Seth Curry blocks Gary Harris 's 4-foot layup
  • Torrey Craig misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Seth Curry misses free throw 1 of 3
  • Seth Curry makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Seth Curry misses free throw 3 of 3
  • Jamal Murray misses 15-foot two point shot
  • CJ McCollum misses free throw 1 of 2
  • CJ McCollum misses free throw 2 of 2
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