Portland Trail Blazers @ Denver Nuggets
West 1st Round - Game 1 • POR leads series 1-0
42-30, 22-14 Away
123
42-30, 22-14 Away
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | 23 | 38 | 27 | 123 | |
DEN | 30 | 31 | 25 | 23 | 109 |
47-25, 25-11 Home
109
47-25, 25-11 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Nikola Jokic misses 11-foot two point shot
- Aaron Gordon misses tip shot
- Damian Lillard misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Aaron Gordon misses driving layup
- Aaron Gordon makes tip shot
- CJ McCollum misses 25-foot three point shot
- Austin Rivers misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Robert Covington makes 2-foot dunk (Damian Lillard assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 3-foot two point shot
- Jusuf Nurkic makes layup (Damian Lillard assists)
- Aaron Gordon misses 13-foot jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes 2-foot jump bank shot
- Nikola Jokic makes layup
- Norman Powell misses driving dunk
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Gordon makes dunk (Facundo Campazzo assists)
- Norman Powell makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
- Facundo Campazzo makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
- CJ McCollum makes 3-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 7-foot two point shot
- Aaron Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
- CJ McCollum makes 3-foot two point shot (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
- Austin Rivers misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. makes layup (Austin Rivers assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. makes two point shot
- Damian Lillard misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Damian Lillard makes driving layup
- Aaron Gordon misses free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Gordon misses free throw 2 of 2
- CJ McCollum misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Gordon misses 5-foot two point shot
- Damian Lillard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Damian Lillard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes 14-foot two point shot
- Damian Lillard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Damian Lillard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Monte Morris assists)
- Carmelo Anthony misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
- Enes Kanter misses 2-foot tip shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 3-foot two point shot
- Anfernee Simons makes 26-foot three point jumper (Damian Lillard assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot two point shot
- Carmelo Anthony makes 27-foot three point jumper (Damian Lillard assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 16-foot two point shot
- Carmelo Anthony makes 25-foot three point jumper (Damian Lillard assists)
- Anfernee Simons makes 26-foot three point jumper (Robert Covington assists)
- Markus Howard makes 21-foot pullup jump shot (Paul Millsap assists)
- Carmelo Anthony makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (Damian Lillard assists)
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 1 of 1
- Monte Morris makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Carmelo Anthony makes 27-foot three point jumper (Damian Lillard assists)
- Markus Howard misses 25-foot three point jumper
- CJ McCollum misses two point shot
- Enes Kanter makes two point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point shot (Paul Millsap assists)
- Norman Powell misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Anfernee Simons misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Monte Morris makes two point shot
- CJ McCollum misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- JaMychal Green misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- CJ McCollum makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
- Monte Morris misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Paul Millsap misses 2-foot two point shot
- Paul Millsap makes 26-foot three point jumper (JaMychal Green assists)
- Carmelo Anthony makes 26-foot three point jumper (CJ McCollum assists)
- Monte Morris makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
- CJ McCollum misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes two point shot (Monte Morris assists)
- Carmelo Anthony misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Monte Morris misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
- CJ McCollum makes driving floating jump shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Damian Lillard makes 27-foot three pointer
- Nikola Jokic makes dunk (Facundo Campazzo assists)
- Damian Lillard misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Paul Millsap assists)
- Carmelo Anthony misses 32-foot three point jumper
- Markus Howard makes two point shot
- Jusuf Nurkic makes dunk (Norman Powell assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Damian Lillard makes 9-foot two point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Damian Lillard misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Aaron Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic misses 5-foot jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 20-foot two point shot
- Norman Powell misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Aaron Gordon makes 3-foot two point shot
- Norman Powell misses two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot two point shot
- Aaron Gordon misses two point shot
- Damian Lillard makes 23-foot step back jumpshot (Anfernee Simons assists)
- Austin Rivers misses free throw 1 of 2
- Austin Rivers makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jusuf Nurkic makes layup (Damian Lillard assists)
- Jusuf Nurkic misses free throw 1 of 1
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Austin Rivers makes 26-foot three point shot (Monte Morris assists)
- CJ McCollum misses 13-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Damian Lillard misses two point shot
- CJ McCollum makes free throw 1 of 2
- CJ McCollum makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic misses 38-foot three point shot
- Damian Lillard misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Norman Powell misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Austin Rivers makes driving layup
- Jusuf Nurkic makes driving dunk (Damian Lillard assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes 23-foot three point jumper (Austin Rivers assists)
- Robert Covington misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Damian Lillard misses 18-foot two point shot
- Jusuf Nurkic misses 7-foot hook shot
- Facundo Campazzo makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Norman Powell makes two point shot (Damian Lillard assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. makes dunk (Facundo Campazzo assists)
- Damian Lillard makes 23-foot step back jumpshot
- Aaron Gordon makes 1-foot dunk (Facundo Campazzo assists)
- CJ McCollum misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
- CJ McCollum makes 25-foot three point jumper (Norman Powell assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Jusuf Nurkic makes layup (CJ McCollum assists)
- Jusuf Nurkic makes free throw 1 of 1
- Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot
- Damian Lillard makes 27-foot three pointer
- Nikola Jokic makes 16-foot jumper (Austin Rivers assists)
- Norman Powell makes layup (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
- Norman Powell makes free throw 1 of 1
- Nikola Jokic misses 8-foot two point shot
- Aaron Gordon misses 11-foot two point shot
- Norman Powell misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Norman Powell makes free throw 1 of 2
- Norman Powell makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes three point jumper (Facundo Campazzo assists)
- CJ McCollum makes 28-foot three pointer
- Nikola Jokic makes driving layup (Monte Morris assists)
- Robert Covington makes 26-foot three point jumper (Damian Lillard assists)
- Monte Morris makes 4-foot two point shot
- Damian Lillard misses two point shot
- Monte Morris misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Damian Lillard makes layup (CJ McCollum assists)
- Austin Rivers misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Robert Covington misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes 3-foot driving floating jump shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 15-foot two point shot
- Damian Lillard makes 18-foot step back jumpshot
- Facundo Campazzo makes driving layup
- Damian Lillard makes free throw 1 of 3
- Damian Lillard makes free throw 2 of 3
- Damian Lillard makes free throw 3 of 3
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Anfernee Simons makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Damian Lillard assists)
- Paul Millsap misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Damian Lillard makes 28-foot three pointer
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Paul Millsap assists)
- Anfernee Simons makes 26-foot three point jumper (Norman Powell assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 17-foot step back jumpshot (JaMychal Green assists)
- CJ McCollum makes 23-foot three point jumper (Carmelo Anthony assists)
- Markus Howard misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. makes two point shot
- Carmelo Anthony misses pullup jump shot
- Monte Morris misses two point shot
- Carmelo Anthony misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes driving layup
- Carmelo Anthony misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Monte Morris makes driving layup
- Michael Porter Jr. makes two point shot (Monte Morris assists)
- CJ McCollum makes driving floating jump shot (Anfernee Simons assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Anfernee Simons makes 24-foot three point jumper (Damian Lillard assists)
- Markus Howard makes 23-foot three point jumper (JaMychal Green assists)
- CJ McCollum misses 16-foot jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes 14-foot two point shot
- Damian Lillard misses two point shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Carmelo Anthony makes layup (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
- Carmelo Anthony makes free throw 1 of 1
- Damian Lillard makes 28-foot three pointer (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
- Austin Rivers misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Damian Lillard misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jusuf Nurkic makes 3-foot two point shot
- Jusuf Nurkic makes free throw 1 of 1
- Nikola Jokic misses 11-foot two point shot
- Jusuf Nurkic misses layup
- Jusuf Nurkic makes two point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Aaron Gordon makes 27-foot three pointer
- CJ McCollum misses driving floating jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses running pullup jump shot
- Damian Lillard misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Norman Powell misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic misses free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Robert Covington makes 24-foot three point jumper (Norman Powell assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes 17-foot step back jumpshot
- Norman Powell misses two point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Damian Lillard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Damian Lillard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Facundo Campazzo misses three point pullup jump shot
- CJ McCollum misses 15-foot two point shot
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: DEN, 56.1
Win %: DEN, 54.6
Win %: DEN, 56.1
Win %: DEN, 54.6
Win %: DEN, 54.1
Win %: DEN, 55.5
Win %: DEN, 56.0
Win %: DEN, 54.5
Win %: DEN, 56.0
Win %: DEN, 58.9
Win %: DEN, 60.6
Win %: DEN, 61.1
Win %: DEN, 59.4
Win %: DEN, 58.8
Win %: DEN, 56.0
Win %: DEN, 58.8
Win %: DEN, 55.9
Win %: DEN, 55.9
Win %: DEN, 54.2
Win %: DEN, 55.9
Win %: DEN, 58.6
Win %: DEN, 61.0
Win %: DEN, 63.5
Win %: DEN, 65.3
Win %: DEN, 65.9
Matchups
Game Information
Denver, CO
Referee:Curtis Blair
Referee:Tom Washington
Referee:Marc Davis
Referee:Kevin Scott
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 | 37 | 24 | .607 | 9.5 | L2 |
| Portland | 29 | 33 | .468 | 18 | L2 |
| Utah | 18 | 42 | .300 | 28 | L5 |
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