Trail Blazers 101-92 Nuggets (24 Dec, 2008) Play-by-Play

Denver Nuggets

18-11, 8-7 away

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	25	17	24	26	92
POR	25	22	20	34	101

Portland Trail Blazers

18-11, 10-2 home

101

Greg Oden misses two point shot
Steve Blake misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brandon Roy misses 24-foot jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge makes 7-foot two point shot
Steve Blake makes 24-foot three point jumper (LaMarcus Aldridge assists)
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 12-foot two point shot
Nicolas Batum misses 25-foot three point jumper
Nicolas Batum makes dunk (Brandon Roy assists)
Steve Blake misses 23-foot three point jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 21-foot jumper
Brandon Roy makes driving layup
Nicolas Batum misses three point jumper
Steve Blake makes 22-foot three point jumper (Nicolas Batum assists)
Brandon Roy misses 20-foot jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 18-foot jumper
Steve Blake misses three point jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge makes 20-foot jumper (Steve Blake assists)
Rudy Fernandez makes driving layup
Rudy Fernandez makes 27-foot three point jumper
Rudy Fernandez makes layup (Sergio Rodriguez assists)
Joel Przybilla makes layup (Sergio Rodriguez assists)
Sergio Rodriguez makes 22-foot jumper
Travis Outlaw misses three point jumper
Joel Przybilla makes 6-foot two point shot
Travis Outlaw misses 16-foot jumper
Sergio Rodriguez makes driving layup
Channing Frye makes 22-foot jumper (Sergio Rodriguez assists)
Joel Przybilla misses 5-foot hook shot
Joel Przybilla misses layup
Channing Frye misses two point shot
Brandon Roy misses 18-foot jumper
Rudy Fernandez misses 24-foot three point jumper
Rudy Fernandez makes three point jumper (Brandon Roy assists)
Rudy Fernandez misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brandon Roy makes layup
LaMarcus Aldridge makes 21-foot jumper (Brandon Roy assists)
Steve Blake makes three point jumper (LaMarcus Aldridge assists)
LaMarcus Aldridge makes 12-foot jumper (Brandon Roy assists)
Rudy Fernandez misses 19-foot two point shot
Joel Przybilla makes layup (Steve Blake assists)
Travis Outlaw misses 25-foot three point jumper
Steve Blake misses 23-foot three point jumper
Steve Blake makes two point shot
Brandon Roy misses 15-foot jumper
Brandon Roy misses 5-foot jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge misses two point shot
Brandon Roy makes driving layup
Steve Blake misses 25-foot three point jumper
Travis Outlaw makes two point shot
Travis Outlaw makes 21-foot jumper
Travis Outlaw misses jumper
Brandon Roy misses three point jumper
Steve Blake misses 27-foot three pointer
Steve Blake makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brandon Roy assists)
Travis Outlaw misses 23-foot three point jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge makes 10-foot two point shot (Rudy Fernandez assists)
Anthony Carter blocks Travis Outlaw's 14-foot jumper
Sergio Rodriguez misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rudy Fernandez misses 25-foot three point jumper
Channing Frye makes 22-foot three point jumper (Rudy Fernandez assists)
Sergio Rodriguez makes two point shot
Brandon Roy makes 19-foot two point shot
Rudy Fernandez misses 22-foot three point jumper
Brandon Roy makes two point shot (Rudy Fernandez assists)
Sergio Rodriguez misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brandon Roy makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sergio Rodriguez assists)
Brandon Roy misses 4-foot running jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge makes driving layup
Steve Blake misses three point jumper
Kenyon Martin blocks Joel Przybilla's layup
Steve Blake makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brandon Roy assists)
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 22-foot jumper
Steve Blake misses 8-foot two point shot
LaMarcus Aldridge makes two point shot
Dahntay Jones misses 21-foot jumper
Chauncey Billups misses 9-foot jumper
Kenyon Martin makes 22-foot jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
Chauncey Billups misses 21-foot jumper
Dahntay Jones misses driving layup
Nene Hilario makes layup
Kenyon Martin makes 20-foot jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
Chauncey Billups misses driving layup
Nene Hilario makes two point shot
Chauncey Billups makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kenyon Martin assists)
Kenyon Martin misses 21-foot jumper
Kenyon Martin makes dunk (J.R. Smith assists)
Linas Kleiza misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chris Andersen misses 4-foot two point shot
Chris Andersen makes 18-foot jumper (Anthony Carter assists)
Kenyon Martin misses jumper
Chris Andersen makes two point shot
Kenyon Martin misses three point jumper
Chauncey Billups misses 5-foot two point shot
Linas Kleiza misses 15-foot jumper
Chris Andersen makes dunk (Nene Hilario assists)
Linas Kleiza makes three point jumper (Anthony Carter assists)
Anthony Carter makes 16-foot jumper
Linas Kleiza misses 4-foot two point shot
Chauncey Billups misses 24-foot three point jumper
J.R. Smith misses 27-foot three point jumper
Chucky Atkins misses 18-foot jumper
Travis Outlaw blocks Kenyon Martin's driving layup
Kenyon Martin misses 11-foot jumper
J.R. Smith makes 15-foot two point shot
Chauncey Billups misses 10-foot two point shot
Travis Outlaw blocks Kenyon Martin's 12-foot two point shot
Linas Kleiza makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)
Nene Hilario makes 14-foot two point shot
Nene Hilario misses tip shot
Kenyon Martin misses 14-foot jumper
Dahntay Jones misses tip shot
J.R. Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
J.R. Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kenyon Martin makes driving layup
Chauncey Billups makes 14-foot jumper
J.R. Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kenyon Martin misses 17-foot jumper
Kenyon Martin misses 4-foot jumper
Brandon Roy blocks Dahntay Jones's driving layup
LaMarcus Aldridge blocks Dahntay Jones's 16-foot jumper
Nene Hilario makes 18-foot jumper (Chucky Atkins assists)
Nene Hilario makes driving dunk
Chauncey Billups misses 22-foot two point shot
Linas Kleiza makes 22-foot three point jumper (Chucky Atkins assists)
Linas Kleiza makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kenyon Martin assists)
Kenyon Martin misses 6-foot hook shot
Anthony Carter makes 22-foot two point shot
Chucky Atkins misses 24-foot three point jumper
Anthony Carter makes 20-foot jumper (Chucky Atkins assists)
Chris Andersen misses two point shot
Anthony Carter makes driving layup
Linas Kleiza makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nene Hilario assists)
Chucky Atkins misses 24-foot three point jumper
Anthony Carter misses 26-foot three point jumper
Chris Andersen makes 19-foot jumper (Anthony Carter assists)
J.R. Smith makes 17-foot two point shot
Chauncey Billups makes two point shot
Chauncey Billups misses 26-foot three point jumper
Linas Kleiza misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chauncey Billups makes jumper
J.R. Smith misses driving layup
Kenyon Martin makes two point shot
Linas Kleiza makes 19-foot jumper (Chucky Atkins assists)
J.R. Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper

NUGGETS

TRAIL BLAZERS

TIME		DEN	POR
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Nene Hilario vs. Greg Oden (Greg Oden gains possession)	0	0
11:34	Greg Oden misses two point shot	0	0
11:33	J.R. Smith defensive rebound	0	0
11:15	Dahntay Jones misses 21-foot jumper	0	0
11:15	Nicolas Batum defensive rebound	0	0
11:03	Steve Blake misses 24-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:02	LaMarcus Aldridge offensive rebound	0	0
10:49	Brandon Roy misses 24-foot jumper	0	0
10:48	Nene Hilario defensive rebound	0	0
10:37	Chauncey Billups misses 9-foot jumper	0	0
10:36	Greg Oden defensive rebound	0	0
10:22	LaMarcus Aldridge makes 7-foot two point shot	0	2
10:03	LaMarcus Aldridge shooting foul (Kenyon Martin draws the foul)	0	2
10:03	Kenyon Martin makes free throw 1 of 2	1	2
10:03	Kenyon Martin makes free throw 2 of 2	2	2
9:40	Steve Blake makes 24-foot three point jumper (LaMarcus Aldridge assists)	2	5
9:19	Greg Oden shooting foul (J.R. Smith draws the foul)	2	5
9:19	J.R. Smith makes free throw 1 of 2	3	5
9:19	J.R. Smith makes free throw 2 of 2	4	5
9:04	LaMarcus Aldridge misses 12-foot two point shot	4	5
9:03	Nene Hilario defensive rebound	4	5
8:53	Kenyon Martin makes 22-foot jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)	6	5
8:30	Nicolas Batum misses 25-foot three point jumper	6	5
8:27	Chauncey Billups defensive rebound	6	5
8:21	J.R. Smith lost ball (LaMarcus Aldridge steals)	6	5
8:17	Nicolas Batum makes dunk (Brandon Roy assists)	6	7
7:48	Chauncey Billups misses 21-foot jumper	6	7
7:46	Nene Hilario offensive rebound	6	7
7:39	Dahntay Jones misses driving layup	6	7
7:39	Nene Hilario offensive rebound	6	7
7:37	Nene Hilario makes layup	8	7
7:16	Steve Blake misses 23-foot three point jumper	8	7
7:16	Chauncey Billups defensive rebound	8	7
7:07	Kenyon Martin makes 20-foot jumper (Chauncey Billups assists)	10	7
6:52	LaMarcus Aldridge misses 21-foot jumper	10	7
6:50	Portland defensive rebound	10	7
6:26	Dahntay Jones bad pass (Brandon Roy steals)	10	7
6:20	Brandon Roy makes driving layup	10	9
6:15	Dahntay Jones offensive foul (Brandon Roy draws the foul)	10	9
6:15	Dahntay Jones turnover	10	9
6:03	Nicolas Batum misses three point jumper	10	9
6:03	Dahntay Jones defensive rebound	10	9
5:58	Chauncey Billups misses driving layup	10	9
5:56	Nene Hilario offensive rebound	10	9
5:56	Nene Hilario makes two point shot	12	9
5:31	Steve Blake makes 22-foot three point jumper (Nicolas Batum assists)	12	12
5:20	Greg Oden shooting foul (Nene Hilario draws the foul)	12	12
5:20	Portland full timeout	12	12
5:20	Joel Przybilla enters the game for Greg Oden	12	12
5:20	Nene Hilario makes free throw 1 of 2	13	12
5:20	Nene Hilario makes free throw 2 of 2	14	12
5:00	LaMarcus Aldridge lost ball (Kenyon Martin steals)	14	12
4:54	Chauncey Billups makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kenyon Martin assists)	17	12
4:30	Brandon Roy bad pass	17	12
4:16	Kenyon Martin misses 21-foot jumper	17	12
4:16	Joel Przybilla defensive rebound	17	12
4:07	Brandon Roy misses 20-foot jumper	17	12
4:05	Nene Hilario defensive rebound	17	12
3:47	Kenyon Martin makes dunk (J.R. Smith assists)	19	12
3:32	Dahntay Jones personal foul (Brandon Roy draws the foul)	19	12
3:32	Linas Kleiza enters the game for Dahntay Jones	19	12
3:32	Travis Outlaw enters the game for Nicolas Batum	19	12
3:18	LaMarcus Aldridge misses 18-foot jumper	19	12
3:17	Joel Przybilla offensive rebound	19	12
3:15	Joel Przybilla bad pass (Chauncey Billups steals)	19	12
3:09	Linas Kleiza misses 24-foot three point jumper	19	12
3:08	Joel Przybilla defensive rebound	19	12
3:00	Steve Blake misses three point jumper	19	12
2:59	Portland defensive rebound	19	12
2:59	Denver full timeout	19	12
2:49	J.R. Smith turnover	19	12
2:38	LaMarcus Aldridge makes 20-foot jumper (Steve Blake assists)	19	14
2:18	Travis Outlaw shooting foul (Chauncey Billups draws the foul)	19	14
2:18	Chris Andersen enters the game for Nene Hilario	19	14
2:18	Anthony Carter enters the game for J.R. Smith	19	14
2:18	Rudy Fernandez enters the game for Brandon Roy	19	14
2:18	Sergio Rodriguez enters the game for Steve Blake	19	14
2:18	Chauncey Billups makes free throw 1 of 2	20	14
2:18	Chauncey Billups makes free throw 2 of 2	21	14
2:01	Rudy Fernandez makes driving layup	21	16
1:47	Chris Andersen misses 4-foot two point shot	21	16
1:47	LaMarcus Aldridge defensive rebound	21	16
1:22	Rudy Fernandez makes 27-foot three point jumper	21	19
1:09	Anthony Carter lost ball (Sergio Rodriguez steals)	21	19
1:06	Rudy Fernandez makes layup (Sergio Rodriguez assists)	21	21
48.9	Chris Andersen makes 18-foot jumper (Anthony Carter assists)	23	21
34.9	Joel Przybilla makes layup (Sergio Rodriguez assists)	23	23
12.9	Kenyon Martin misses jumper	23	23
12.2	Chris Andersen offensive rebound	25	23
12.2	Chris Andersen makes two point shot	25	23
0.9	Sergio Rodriguez makes 22-foot jumper	25	25
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	25	25

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Trail Blazers
89
Nuggets
97

Game 1

23/12

Nuggets
92
Trail Blazers
101

Game 2

24/12

Trail Blazers
90
Nuggets
106

Game 3

6/3

Nuggets
76
Trail Blazers
104

Game 4

16/4

Moda Center

3:00 AM, 24 December 2008

Portland, OR

Attendance: 20,007

Referees:
Ron Garretson
Ron Olesiak
Jason Phillips

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	7	0	1.000	-	W7
Minnesota	4	3	.571	3	W1
Denver	3	3	.500	3.5	W1
Portland	2	5	.286	5	L2
Utah	1	6	.143	6	W1

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