Denver beats Portland 120-115, goes up 2-1 in playoff series

— Nikola Jokic had 36 points and 11 rebounds, the Denver Nuggets beat the Portland Trail Blazers 120-115 Thursday night to take a 2-1 lead in the first-round playoff series.
May 28, 2021, 07:23 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

100%
--DEN
0%
--POR

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 19-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • CJ McCollum makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Aaron Gordon misses 4-foot two point shot
  • Damian Lillard makes two point shot
  • Facundo Campazzo misses driving layup
  • CJ McCollum makes 32-foot three point jumper (Norman Powell assists)
  • Facundo Campazzo makes 22-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Norman Powell makes 22-foot three point jumper (Robert Covington assists)
  • Facundo Campazzo makes pullup jump shot
  • CJ McCollum misses pullup jump shot
  • Norman Powell makes two point shot (Robert Covington assists)
  • Damian Lillard misses 34-foot step back jumpshot
  • Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Aaron Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Damian Lillard makes two point shot
  • Austin Rivers misses driving layup
  • Robert Covington makes 2-foot dunk (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
  • Damian Lillard makes two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Facundo Campazzo assists)
  • Damian Lillard makes dunk (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jusuf Nurkic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jusuf Nurkic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Aaron Gordon makes 10-foot two point shot
  • CJ McCollum makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes 26-foot three pointer
  • Norman Powell makes step back jumpshot
  • Jusuf Nurkic blocks Aaron Gordon 's 2-foot driving layup
  • Facundo Campazzo misses two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon misses tip shot
  • CJ McCollum misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Austin Rivers misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Damian Lillard misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes finger roll layup (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • CJ McCollum misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Austin Rivers makes driving layup
  • Nikola Jokic makes layup (Facundo Campazzo assists)
  • Monte Morris makes 27-foot three point shot
  • Robert Covington misses two point shot
  • Robert Covington misses driving layup
  • Enes Kanter misses tip shot
  • Austin Rivers misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Carmelo Anthony misses pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes layup (Monte Morris assists)
  • Shaquille Harrison blocks Damian Lillard 's 3-foot driving layup
  • JaMychal Green makes 23-foot three point shot (Monte Morris assists)
  • Carmelo Anthony misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Markus Howard misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • JaMychal Green misses driving layup
  • JaMychal Green makes two point shot
  • Damian Lillard makes 28-foot three pointer
  • JaMychal Green makes 25-foot three point jumper (Monte Morris assists)
  • Anfernee Simons misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Carmelo Anthony misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Monte Morris makes technical free throw
  • Carmelo Anthony misses driving layup
  • Shaquille Harrison blocks CJ McCollum 's 26-foot three point jumper
  • Carmelo Anthony misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
  • Monte Morris misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Norman Powell makes driving layup
  • Paul Millsap misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jusuf Nurkic misses driving layup
  • Jusuf Nurkic makes layup
  • Jusuf Nurkic makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Markus Howard makes 25-foot three point jumper (Monte Morris assists)
  • Norman Powell makes 16-foot two point shot
  • Monte Morris misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • CJ McCollum misses 5-foot pullup jump shot
  • CJ McCollum makes layup (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
  • Paul Millsap makes layup (Monte Morris assists)
  • CJ McCollum makes jumper (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
  • Paul Millsap makes 26-foot three point jumper (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
  • Carmelo Anthony misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Monte Morris misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Anfernee Simons makes alley oop layup (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
  • CJ McCollum misses running pullup jump shot
  • Monte Morris misses two point shot
  • Norman Powell blocks Michael Porter Jr. 's 5-foot two point shot
  • CJ McCollum misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Norman Powell misses driving floating jump shot
  • Austin Rivers makes 23-foot three point jumper (Facundo Campazzo assists)
  • Damian Lillard misses three point pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes dunk (Facundo Campazzo assists)
  • Damian Lillard makes 27-foot three pointer (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
  • Austin Rivers misses 37-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jusuf Nurkic makes 1-foot layup (Norman Powell assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1
  • CJ McCollum misses two point shot
  • Robert Covington makes tip shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Damian Lillard makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon misses two point shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes dunk
  • Norman Powell misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot (Facundo Campazzo assists)
  • CJ McCollum misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three pointer
  • Jusuf Nurkic misses 3-foot two point shot
  • CJ McCollum makes 25-foot three point jumper (Damian Lillard assists)
  • Facundo Campazzo misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Austin Rivers blocks Damian Lillard's driving layup
  • Damian Lillard makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Damian Lillard makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Damian Lillard makes dunk (CJ McCollum assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot
  • Norman Powell makes 23-foot three point jumper (CJ McCollum assists)
  • Austin Rivers misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Norman Powell misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes 20-foot jumper
  • Robert Covington misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Facundo Campazzo makes three point jumper (Austin Rivers assists)
  • Jusuf Nurkic misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic misses 11-foot two point shot
  • CJ McCollum misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
  • Facundo Campazzo misses 28-foot step back jumpshot
  • Norman Powell makes driving dunk (Damian Lillard assists)
  • Norman Powell blocks Michael Porter Jr. 's 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 27-foot three point jumper (Facundo Campazzo assists)
  • Damian Lillard misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Norman Powell misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Facundo Campazzo assists)
  • Damian Lillard makes driving layup
  • Austin Rivers misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Norman Powell misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
  • Nikola Jokic misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Facundo Campazzo blocks Damian Lillard 's 6-foot driving layup
  • Aaron Gordon misses two point shot
  • Facundo Campazzo misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Jusuf Nurkic makes layup (CJ McCollum assists)
  • Damian Lillard misses two point shot
  • Jusuf Nurkic makes two point shot
  • Robert Covington blocks Nikola Jokic's two point shot
  • Robert Covington misses two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Damian Lillard makes driving layup
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Damian Lillard misses 32-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses layup
  • Carmelo Anthony makes 26-foot step back jumpshot (Damian Lillard assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Damian Lillard misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jusuf Nurkic misses two point shot
  • Jusuf Nurkic makes tip shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Aaron Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jusuf Nurkic misses alley oop layup
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Damian Lillard misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
  • Robert Covington makes two point shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw flagrant 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw flagrant 2 of 2
  • Damian Lillard misses 15-foot step back jumpshot
  • Robert Covington misses tip shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 23-foot jumper
  • Anfernee Simons misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Austin Rivers assists)
  • CJ McCollum misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Paul Millsap misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
  • Robert Covington misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • CJ McCollum makes free throw 1 of 2
  • CJ McCollum makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Monte Morris makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Carmelo Anthony misses 18-foot two point shot
  • CJ McCollum makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • JaMychal Green misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • CJ McCollum misses running pullup jump shot
  • Austin Rivers makes driving floating jump shot
  • Carmelo Anthony makes 23-foot three pointer (Robert Covington assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Carmelo Anthony makes 25-foot three point jumper (Damian Lillard assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
  • Facundo Campazzo misses three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses 5-foot two point shot
  • Damian Lillard misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Austin Rivers makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • CJ McCollum makes free throw 1 of 2
  • CJ McCollum misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Aaron Gordon makes driving layup (Facundo Campazzo assists)
  • Aaron Gordon misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Carmelo Anthony makes driving layup
  • Austin Rivers makes 22-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Carmelo Anthony misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Austin Rivers makes 28-foot step back jumpshot
  • Damian Lillard makes driving layup
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Norman Powell misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes driving layup
  • Damian Lillard makes 30-foot three pointer
  • Aaron Gordon makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Norman Powell makes dunk (Damian Lillard assists)
  • Damian Lillard makes driving dunk
  • Austin Rivers makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Damian Lillard misses 36-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Damian Lillard misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Austin Rivers misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Facundo Campazzo makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Facundo Campazzo makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Damian Lillard makes 28-foot step back jumpshot
  • Austin Rivers makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Austin Rivers makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Carmelo Anthony makes 25-foot three point jumper (Robert Covington assists)
  • Facundo Campazzo misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Facundo Campazzo makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Damian Lillard makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Monte Morris makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Monte Morris makes free throw 2 of 2
  • CJ McCollum makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Monte Morris misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Monte Morris misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic misses tip shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses tip shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes tip shot
  • Damian Lillard misses 66-foot three point pullup jump shot
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