McCollum leads Blazers past cold Nuggets, 97-90

CJ McCollum scored 20 points, picking up the slack with backcourt mate Damian Lillard struggling, and the Portland Trail Blazers turned back the Denver Nuggets 97-90 Wednesday night to even their playoff series at 1-1.
May 2, 2019, 06:05 am - Associated Press

Probabilities & Game Flow

95.9%
--POR
4.1%
--DEN

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Enes Kanter makes two point shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Maurice Harkless misses two point shot
  • Gary Harris misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Damian Lillard misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Gary Harris makes two point shot
  • Enes Kanter misses layup
  • Al-Farouq Aminu makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Gary Harris makes 2-foot two point shot
  • CJ McCollum misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Paul Millsap misses step back jumpshot
  • CJ McCollum misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Damian Lillard misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
  • Al-Farouq Aminu makes 25-foot three point jumper (CJ McCollum assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses driving layup
  • Gary Harris makes 16-foot jumper
  • Enes Kanter makes 7-foot two point shot (CJ McCollum assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses 6-foot two point shot
  • CJ McCollum makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Damian Lillard makes 18-foot step back jumpshot
  • Gary Harris misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Al-Farouq Aminu misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Maurice Harkless makes 25-foot three point jumper (Damian Lillard assists)
  • Torrey Craig makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Maurice Harkless makes 2-foot dunk
  • Gary Harris misses three point jumper
  • Damian Lillard misses two point shot
  • Al-Farouq Aminu misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Enes Kanter blocks Paul Millsap 's 5-foot layup
  • Malik Beasley misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • CJ McCollum makes 21-foot jumper
  • Paul Millsap makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • CJ McCollum misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Enes Kanter makes two point shot
  • Malik Beasley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Monte Morris assists)
  • Enes Kanter makes layup (Zach Collins assists)
  • Malik Beasley makes 24-foot three point jumper (Monte Morris assists)
  • Mason Plumlee blocks Al-Farouq Aminu 's 2-foot layup
  • Will Barton blocks Evan Turner 's 7-foot two point shot
  • Mason Plumlee makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Damian Lillard makes two point shot
  • Damian Lillard blocks Monte Morris 's 11-foot driving layup
  • Seth Curry misses 56-foot three point shot
  • Monte Morris misses driving layup
  • Zach Collins makes dunk (CJ McCollum assists)
  • Malik Beasley makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (Mason Plumlee assists)
  • Zach Collins makes finger roll layup (Evan Turner assists)
  • Will Barton misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Rodney Hood makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Monte Morris misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • CJ McCollum misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Mason Plumlee misses 14-foot two point shot
  • CJ McCollum misses dunk
  • CJ McCollum misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes two point shot (Malik Beasley assists)
  • Zach Collins makes layup (CJ McCollum assists)
  • Malik Beasley misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Seth Curry misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Rodney Hood makes two point shot
  • Malik Beasley misses driving layup
  • Rodney Hood makes 27-foot three point jumper (Maurice Harkless assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 12-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Rodney Hood misses 29-foot three point shot
  • Damian Lillard misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot
  • Evan Turner makes layup (CJ McCollum assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Rodney Hood misses two point shot
  • Enes Kanter misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Damian Lillard misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
  • Rodney Hood misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Al-Farouq Aminu misses three point jumper
  • Malik Beasley misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Damian Lillard misses driving floating jump shot
  • Evan Turner misses jumper
  • Malik Beasley misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Gary Harris misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses 7-foot jumper
  • Evan Turner makes 3-foot jump bank shot (Enes Kanter assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses 16-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Monte Morris misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • CJ McCollum misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Paul Millsap misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Rodney Hood misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Gary Harris misses driving layup
  • Nikola Jokic misses tip shot
  • Damian Lillard makes 1-foot two point shot
  • Malik Beasley makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Paul Millsap blocks Enes Kanter 's 6-foot layup
  • Paul Millsap makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Gary Harris assists)
  • Jake Layman misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Paul Millsap misses two point shot
  • Damian Lillard makes two point shot
  • Jamal Murray makes driving layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Damian Lillard makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Jamal Murray makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (Gary Harris assists)
  • Enes Kanter misses 5-foot two point shot
  • CJ McCollum makes pullup jump shot (Al-Farouq Aminu assists)
  • Gary Harris misses 9-foot two point shot
  • CJ McCollum misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses layup
  • Paul Millsap misses two point shot
  • Paul Millsap makes 2-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Damian Lillard misses 16-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Gary Harris makes two point shot
  • CJ McCollum makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • CJ McCollum makes 11-foot two point shot
  • Rodney Hood blocks Nikola Jokic 's 4-foot layup
  • Paul Millsap makes 8-foot two point shot (Monte Morris assists)
  • Paul Millsap misses two point shot
  • Enes Kanter makes two point shot (Damian Lillard assists)
  • Enes Kanter blocks Mason Plumlee's layup
  • Al-Farouq Aminu makes two point shot
  • Will Barton misses driving floating jump shot
  • Damian Lillard misses two point shot
  • Rodney Hood blocks Monte Morris's driving floating jump shot
  • Monte Morris makes 5-foot two point shot
  • Damian Lillard misses 24-foot three point shot
  • Monte Morris misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Rodney Hood misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Rodney Hood blocks Will Barton 's 3-foot two point shot
  • Zach Collins makes 18-foot jumper (Seth Curry assists)
  • Torrey Craig makes 26-foot three point jumper (Monte Morris assists)
  • Rodney Hood makes 13-foot jumper (Evan Turner assists)
  • Damian Lillard misses two point shot
  • Rodney Hood misses two point shot
  • Mason Plumlee makes layup
  • Mason Plumlee blocks Zach Collins 's 4-foot layup
  • Zach Collins makes two point shot (Evan Turner assists)
  • Will Barton misses driving layup
  • Mason Plumlee misses two point shot
  • Mason Plumlee misses two point shot
  • Will Barton makes 10-foot jumper
  • CJ McCollum makes 24-foot three pointer
  • Monte Morris misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Mason Plumlee makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Seth Curry makes 23-foot three point jumper (CJ McCollum assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 10-foot two point shot (Will Barton assists)
  • CJ McCollum misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses 4-foot two point shot
  • Will Barton misses two point shot
  • Torrey Craig misses 4-foot tip shot
  • Torrey Craig misses 5-foot tip shot
  • Torrey Craig misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Damian Lillard misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Seth Curry misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Enes Kanter misses two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes dunk (Monte Morris assists)
  • CJ McCollum makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (Damian Lillard assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses layup
  • Paul Millsap makes two point shot
  • CJ McCollum misses 15-foot step back jumpshot
  • Al-Farouq Aminu misses 21-foot step back jumpshot
  • Gary Harris misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses tip shot
  • Damian Lillard misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • CJ McCollum makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jamal Murray makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Gary Harris misses driving layup
  • Malik Beasley misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Paul Millsap blocks CJ McCollum 's 3-foot driving layup
  • Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Paul Millsap misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Rodney Hood makes 22-foot three point jumper (Damian Lillard assists)
  • Paul Millsap misses two point shot
  • Paul Millsap makes two point shot
  • CJ McCollum misses 24-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jamal Murray makes two point shot (Malik Beasley assists)
  • Al-Farouq Aminu misses layup
  • Nikola Jokic makes 2-foot two point shot (Monte Morris assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Malik Beasley misses 26-foot three point shot
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