Portland Trail Blazers @ Denver Nuggets
WEST SEMIFINALS - GAME 1 • DEN leads series 1-0
53-29, 21-20 Away
113
53-29, 21-20 Away
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 23 | 29 | 29 | 113 | |
DEN | 32 | 26 | 35 | 28 | 121 |
54-28, 34-7 Home
121
54-28, 34-7 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- 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
- Gary Harris misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Damian Lillard makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Nikola Jokic makes jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- Seth Curry makes 22-foot three point jumper (Evan Turner assists)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- CJ McCollum makes 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
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: DEN, 65.0
Win %: DEN, 63.5
Win %: DEN, 63.0
Win %: DEN, 64.8
Win %: DEN, 69.4
Win %: DEN, 64.7
Win %: DEN, 63.3
Win %: DEN, 62.8
Win %: DEN, 64.2
Win %: DEN, 64.6
Win %: DEN, 67.2
Win %: DEN, 68.7
Win %: DEN, 69.2
Win %: DEN, 71.2
Win %: DEN, 72.9
Win %: DEN, 71.2
Win %: DEN, 69.1
Win %: DEN, 67.5
Win %: DEN, 66.9
Win %: DEN, 68.5
Win %: DEN, 69.0
Win %: DEN, 67.9
Win %: DEN, 70.7
Win %: DEN, 69.0
Win %: DEN, 69.1
Matchups
Game Information
Denver, CO
Referee:Sean Wright
Referee:Ken Mauer
Referee:Ben Taylor
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 47 | 15 | .758 | - | W2 |
| Minnesota | 38 | 23 | .623 | 8.5 | W3 |
| Denver | 38 | 24 | .613 | 9 | W1 |
| Portland | 29 | 33 | .468 | 18 | L2 |
| Utah | 18 | 43 | .295 | 28.5 | L6 |
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