Simons' buzzer-beating layup gives the Blazers a 122-120 win over the Nuggets

— Anfernee Simons made a driving layup at the buzzer to give the Portland Trail Blazers a 122-120 victory over Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night.
Dec 20, 2025, 06:00 am - AP

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  • Aaron Gordon misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Toumani Camara misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Shaedon Sharpe misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Christian Braun makes two point shot
  • Jerami Grant makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anfernee Simons assists)
  • Deandre Ayton blocks Nikola Jokic 's 2-foot driving layup
  • Jerami Grant misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Shaedon Sharpe makes driving layup (Anfernee Simons assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Anfernee Simons makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (Toumani Camara assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes 1-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Christian Braun makes two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Shaedon Sharpe misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
  • Toumani Camara makes tip shot
  • Christian Braun makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Jerami Grant misses dunk
  • Jerami Grant makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jerami Grant makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Jerami Grant makes 24-foot three point jumper (Shaedon Sharpe assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Deandre Ayton misses driving floating jump shot
  • Deandre Ayton makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 2-foot two point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Shaedon Sharpe misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jerami Grant misses driving layup
  • Shaedon Sharpe makes dunk
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Scoot Henderson misses driving floating jump shot
  • Christian Braun makes dunk (Russell Westbrook assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 13-foot step back jumpshot (Russell Westbrook assists)
  • Scoot Henderson misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Christian Braun makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Christian Braun makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jerami Grant makes driving layup
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 25-foot three pointer (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Jerami Grant misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Christian Braun assists)
  • Scoot Henderson misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Scoot Henderson misses 22-foot three point shot
  • Deandre Ayton makes 11-foot two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Aaron Gordon misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Scoot Henderson misses two point shot
  • Deni Avdija makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Deni Avdija makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Deni Avdija makes 28-foot three point shot (Anfernee Simons assists)
  • Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
  • Jamal Murray makes two point shot
  • Scoot Henderson makes 22-foot three point jumper (Anfernee Simons assists)
  • Julian Strawther misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Peyton Watson makes two point shot
  • Scoot Henderson misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Deni Avdija makes 27-foot three point jumper (Robert Williams III assists)
  • Julian Strawther misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Russell Westbrook misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
  • Anfernee Simons makes 22-foot three point shot (Scoot Henderson assists)
  • Russell Westbrook misses two point shot
  • Deni Avdija makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 19-foot two point shot (Russell Westbrook assists)
  • Scoot Henderson makes driving layup
  • Scoot Henderson misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Russell Westbrook makes 22-foot three point jumper (Julian Strawther assists)
  • Anfernee Simons makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Scoot Henderson blocks DeAndre Jordan 's 6-foot layup
  • Jamal Murray misses 17-foot two point shot
  • Scoot Henderson misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Julian Strawther makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Anfernee Simons makes 23-foot three point jumper (Scoot Henderson assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses 20-foot two point shot
  • Deni Avdija makes driving layup (Anfernee Simons assists)
  • Deandre Ayton blocks Christian Braun 's 2-foot driving layup
  • Jerami Grant misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Shaedon Sharpe misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 25-foot three pointer (Jamal Murray assists)
  • DeAndre Jordan blocks Scoot Henderson's two point shot
  • Peyton Watson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Peyton Watson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Deandre Ayton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Deandre Ayton misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Christian Braun misses driving layup
  • Deandre Ayton makes 15-foot jumper (Jerami Grant assists)
  • Christian Braun misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Deandre Ayton makes 17-foot two point shot (Scoot Henderson assists)
  • Aaron Gordon misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Shaedon Sharpe makes two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 27-foot three point jumper (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
  • Deandre Ayton makes 4-foot hook shot (Shaedon Sharpe assists)
  • Aaron Gordon makes dunk (Russell Westbrook assists)
  • Russell Westbrook makes 1-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Anfernee Simons misses 32-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon misses tip shot
  • Deandre Ayton blocks Michael Porter Jr.'s tip shot
  • Shaedon Sharpe makes two point shot
  • Toumani Camara makes 23-foot three point shot (Shaedon Sharpe assists)
  • Russell Westbrook misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Shaedon Sharpe makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot (Anfernee Simons assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Anfernee Simons makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 26-foot three pointer
  • Anfernee Simons misses 29-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Shaedon Sharpe misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Russell Westbrook makes tip shot
  • Anfernee Simons misses driving floating jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
  • Jerami Grant misses 34-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Anfernee Simons makes 27-foot three point jumper (Shaedon Sharpe assists)
  • Jerami Grant blocks Aaron Gordon 's 12-foot two point shot
  • Shaedon Sharpe misses two point shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point shot
  • Shaedon Sharpe makes driving dunk (Anfernee Simons assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Anfernee Simons misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Deandre Ayton misses driving floating jump shot
  • Toumani Camara misses tip shot
  • Toumani Camara misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Christian Braun makes 1-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Deandre Ayton makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Anfernee Simons assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes driving dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Jerami Grant misses 6-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Anfernee Simons makes 6-foot two point shot
  • Anfernee Simons misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Anfernee Simons misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jerami Grant makes 25-foot three point jumper (Deandre Ayton assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Deandre Ayton makes 17-foot jumper (Jerami Grant assists)
  • Christian Braun misses two point shot
  • Shaedon Sharpe makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Shaedon Sharpe makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Deandre Ayton misses 15-foot jumper
  • Russell Westbrook blocks Scoot Henderson 's 3-foot driving layup
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Deni Avdija makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot (Deandre Ayton assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 15-foot jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
  • Deni Avdija misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Toumani Camara makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jerami Grant assists)
  • Jerami Grant misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Deandre Ayton misses layup
  • Deandre Ayton misses 2-foot tip shot
  • Deni Avdija blocks Christian Braun 's 6-foot two point shot
  • Peyton Watson misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Peyton Watson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Toumani Camara misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Deni Avdija makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Deni Avdija makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Peyton Watson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Toumani Camara makes driving layup
  • Julian Strawther makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Donovan Clingan makes 23-foot three point jumper (Scoot Henderson assists)
  • Russell Westbrook makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Anfernee Simons makes 12-foot two point shot (Deni Avdija assists)
  • Toumani Camara makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Toumani Camara makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes 29-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Deni Avdija makes 9-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 2-foot layup (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Anfernee Simons makes 28-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Russell Westbrook makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Anfernee Simons misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Donovan Clingan misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Russell Westbrook makes 26-foot three point jumper (Hunter Tyson assists)
  • Deni Avdija misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Peyton Watson makes two point shot (Russell Westbrook assists)
  • Peyton Watson makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Deni Avdija misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Scoot Henderson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Scoot Henderson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
  • Jerami Grant misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Russell Westbrook misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 18-foot step back jumpshot (Peyton Watson assists)
  • Jerami Grant misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Shaedon Sharpe misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Hunter Tyson misses 18-foot two point shot
  • Anfernee Simons misses running pullup jump shot
  • Deandre Ayton blocks Jamal Murray 's 2-foot driving layup
  • DeAndre Jordan makes 1-foot hook shot
  • Shaedon Sharpe makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Shaedon Sharpe makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jamal Murray misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Anfernee Simons makes 7-foot two point shot (Jerami Grant assists)
  • Hunter Tyson misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Toumani Camara makes alley oop layup (Deandre Ayton assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 10-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Anfernee Simons misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Shaedon Sharpe misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Shaedon Sharpe makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Russell Westbrook makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Russell Westbrook misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Shaedon Sharpe makes driving layup (Anfernee Simons assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes 29-foot three point shot (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes two point shot
  • Shaedon Sharpe makes 26-foot three pointer (Anfernee Simons assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 11-foot two point shot (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
  • Shaedon Sharpe makes 15-foot driving floating jump shot (Deandre Ayton assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Deandre Ayton misses 17-foot jumper
  • Shaedon Sharpe misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Deandre Ayton misses driving layup
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Shaedon Sharpe misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Russell Westbrook blocks Anfernee Simons 's 2-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 1-foot dunk (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Anfernee Simons makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Anfernee Simons makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jamal Murray misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Aaron Gordon misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Shaedon Sharpe makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Shaedon Sharpe makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes driving layup (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Anfernee Simons makes driving layup
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