Nuggets 122-113 Trail Blazers (18 Jan, 2023) Play-by-Play

Portland Trail Blazers

21-23, 10-15 away

113

	1	2	3	4	T
POR	31	36	22	24	113
DEN	34	39	28	21	122

Denver Nuggets

31-13, 20-3 home

122

Jusuf Nurkic blocks Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 's 5-foot driving layup
Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jamal Murray makes 4-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
Jamal Murray makes 3-foot two point shot
Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper
Aaron Gordon misses 11-foot two point shot
Jamal Murray makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot
Michael Porter Jr. makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
Nikola Jokic makes two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
Jamal Murray misses two point shot
Nikola Jokic makes two point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
Nikola Jokic makes 17-foot jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
Michael Porter Jr. makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
Aaron Gordon makes layup (Jamal Murray assists)
Michael Porter Jr. makes 18-foot step back jumpshot
Jusuf Nurkic blocks Aaron Gordon's dunk
Aaron Gordon misses two point shot
Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
Bruce Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
Jamal Murray makes 10-foot pullup jump shot
Bones Hyland misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Bones Hyland misses 29-foot three point jumper
Zeke Nnaji misses 22-foot three point jumper
Bones Hyland misses 29-foot three point jumper
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 23-foot three point jumper
Zeke Nnaji makes 2-foot layup (Bones Hyland assists)
Bones Hyland misses running pullup jump shot
Bones Hyland misses step back jumpshot
Bones Hyland makes 26-foot three point jumper (Vlatko Cancar assists)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 20-foot jumper (Vlatko Cancar assists)
Bones Hyland misses two point shot
Zeke Nnaji misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 24-foot three point jumper
Drew Eubanks blocks Zeke Nnaji 's 3-foot two point shot
Nikola Jokic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
Nikola Jokic makes layup (Aaron Gordon assists)
Bones Hyland makes two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
Bruce Brown makes two point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
Aaron Gordon makes layup
Nikola Jokic makes layup (Aaron Gordon assists)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
Aaron Gordon makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Nikola Jokic makes tip shot
Jamal Murray misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Michael Porter Jr. makes driving layup (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
Michael Porter Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
Nikola Jokic misses 24-foot three point shot
Michael Porter Jr. misses two point shot
Nikola Jokic makes 3-foot two point shot
Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses layup
Michael Porter Jr. makes 18-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
Jamal Murray makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
Jamal Murray misses running pullup jump shot
Jamal Murray makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses layup
Michael Porter Jr. misses two point shot
Nikola Jokic makes two point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses driving floating jump shot
Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
Bruce Brown makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
Michael Porter Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
Nikola Jokic makes 17-foot jumper
Michael Porter Jr. makes 14-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
Bones Hyland misses 27-foot three point jumper
Bruce Brown misses 7-foot two point shot
Zeke Nnaji misses two point shot
Zeke Nnaji makes 3-foot layup (Bruce Brown assists)
Bones Hyland misses driving floating jump shot
Jamal Murray misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
Zeke Nnaji makes three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
Drew Eubanks blocks Vlatko Cancar's driving dunk
Zeke Nnaji misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jamal Murray misses driving layup
Bruce Brown misses two point shot
Bruce Brown makes tip shot
Bruce Brown makes 2-foot dunk (Aaron Gordon assists)
Bruce Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper
Nikola Jokic makes finger roll layup (Aaron Gordon assists)
Aaron Gordon misses 18-foot jumper
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 23-foot three point jumper
Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
Bruce Brown misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
Aaron Gordon misses 27-foot three point shot
Davon Reed makes 4-foot two point shot
Jusuf Nurkic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Damian Lillard assists)
Jusuf Nurkic misses 4-foot two point shot
Damian Lillard makes 28-foot three pointer
Jerami Grant makes 27-foot three point jumper (Damian Lillard assists)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope blocks Damian Lillard 's 7-foot driving layup
Aaron Gordon blocks Anfernee Simons 's 27-foot three point jumper
Josh Hart misses 11-foot two point shot
Jusuf Nurkic misses 10-foot two point shot
Jerami Grant misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jusuf Nurkic makes 4-foot layup (Damian Lillard assists)
Jusuf Nurkic misses 27-foot three point jumper
Damian Lillard makes 27-foot three point jumper (Josh Hart assists)
Jamal Murray blocks Damian Lillard 's 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jerami Grant makes layup (Damian Lillard assists)
Damian Lillard makes 2-foot two point shot
Jerami Grant misses driving layup
Damian Lillard misses 30-foot three point jumper
Josh Hart misses 23-foot three point jumper
Shaedon Sharpe makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Anfernee Simons assists)
Shaedon Sharpe makes 25-foot three point jumper (Gary Payton II assists)
Anfernee Simons makes 4-foot two point shot
Anfernee Simons misses driving floating jump shot
Shaedon Sharpe makes 3-foot layup (Gary Payton II assists)
Bones Hyland blocks Anfernee Simons 's 6-foot pullup jump shot
Anfernee Simons misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Anfernee Simons makes 20-foot two point shot
Gary Payton II misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jerami Grant misses 8-foot two point shot
Anfernee Simons makes 27-foot step back jumpshot
Anfernee Simons misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
Drew Eubanks makes 7-foot two point shot (Anfernee Simons assists)
Anfernee Simons misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
Nassir Little makes 3-foot dunk (Jerami Grant assists)
Damian Lillard makes 27-foot three pointer (Josh Hart assists)
Jusuf Nurkic misses two point shot
Damian Lillard makes 27-foot three pointer
Damian Lillard makes 26-foot three pointer (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
Anfernee Simons misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jerami Grant makes 26-foot three point jumper (Josh Hart assists)
Damian Lillard makes 26-foot three pointer (Jerami Grant assists)
Damian Lillard misses 33-foot step back jumpshot
Jerami Grant misses 14-foot jumper
Jerami Grant misses 24-foot three point jumper
Drew Eubanks makes driving dunk (Damian Lillard assists)
Damian Lillard makes 3-foot two point shot
Gary Payton II misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jusuf Nurkic misses 3-foot two point shot
Damian Lillard misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Damian Lillard makes two point shot
Josh Hart misses 26-foot three point jumper
Josh Hart makes 3-foot two point shot (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
Anfernee Simons makes 27-foot three point jumper (Damian Lillard assists)
Anfernee Simons makes dunk
Anfernee Simons misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jerami Grant misses layup
Damian Lillard makes driving layup
Josh Hart makes two point shot
Damian Lillard makes two point shot
Jerami Grant misses 16-foot jumper
Shaedon Sharpe misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jerami Grant makes driving layup (Damian Lillard assists)
Jerami Grant makes dunk
Jerami Grant makes two point shot (Damian Lillard assists)
Nassir Little misses 28-foot three point jumper
Anfernee Simons misses three point pullup jump shot
Shaedon Sharpe misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Shaedon Sharpe makes 3-foot two point shot
Bruce Brown blocks Nassir Little 's 10-foot driving floating jump shot
Drew Eubanks makes dunk
Drew Eubanks misses 6-foot two point shot
Damian Lillard makes driving layup
Nassir Little misses driving layup
Anfernee Simons misses 29-foot three point jumper
Damian Lillard misses 32-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jusuf Nurkic misses 27-foot three point jumper
Damian Lillard misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jusuf Nurkic misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jerami Grant misses driving layup
Nikola Jokic blocks Damian Lillard 's 6-foot driving layup
Jerami Grant makes layup (Josh Hart assists)
Shaedon Sharpe makes 26-foot three point jumper (Keon Johnson assists)
Trendon Watford makes driving floating jump shot
Keon Johnson misses running pullup jump shot

TRAIL BLAZERS

NUGGETS

TIME		POR	DEN
12:00	Jusuf Nurkic vs. Nikola Jokic (Michael Porter Jr. gains possession)	0	0
11:45	Jusuf Nurkic blocks Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 's 5-foot driving layup	0	0
11:45	Nuggets offensive team rebound	0	0
11:41	Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	0	0
11:38	Jusuf Nurkic defensive rebound	0	0
11:30	Jusuf Nurkic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Damian Lillard assists)	3	0
11:15	Jamal Murray makes 4-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)	3	2
10:56	Jusuf Nurkic misses 4-foot two point shot	3	2
10:55	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	3	2
10:49	Jamal Murray makes 3-foot two point shot	3	4
10:41	Damian Lillard makes 28-foot three pointer	6	4
10:16	Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper	6	4
10:14	Damian Lillard defensive rebound	6	4
10:08	Jerami Grant makes 27-foot three point jumper (Damian Lillard assists)	9	4
9:52	Aaron Gordon misses 11-foot two point shot	9	4
9:50	Jusuf Nurkic defensive rebound	9	4
9:34	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope blocks Damian Lillard 's 7-foot driving layup	9	4
9:34	Trail Blazers offensive team rebound	9	4
9:30	Aaron Gordon blocks Anfernee Simons 's 27-foot three point jumper	9	4
9:27	Jamal Murray defensive rebound	9	4
9:24	Jamal Murray makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot	9	7
9:05	Josh Hart misses 11-foot two point shot	9	7
9:05	Jusuf Nurkic offensive rebound	9	7
8:47	Jusuf Nurkic misses 10-foot two point shot	9	7
8:45	Michael Porter Jr. defensive rebound	9	7
8:33	Jusuf Nurkic shooting foul	9	7
8:33	Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2	9	8
8:33	Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2	9	9
8:24	Nikola Jokic shooting foul	9	9
8:24	Damian Lillard makes free throw 1 of 2	10	9
8:24	Damian Lillard makes free throw 2 of 2	11	9
8:12	Michael Porter Jr. makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)	11	12
7:59	Jerami Grant misses 26-foot three point jumper	11	12
7:56	Jamal Murray defensive rebound	11	12
7:49	Nikola Jokic makes two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)	11	14
7:28	Jusuf Nurkic makes 4-foot layup (Damian Lillard assists)	13	14
7:28	Michael Porter Jr. shooting foul	13	14
7:28	Jusuf Nurkic makes free throw 1 of 1	14	14
7:13	Jamal Murray misses two point shot	14	14
7:13	Josh Hart defensive rebound	14	14
7:03	Jusuf Nurkic misses 27-foot three point jumper	14	14
7:00	Aaron Gordon defensive rebound	14	14
6:58	Nikola Jokic makes two point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)	14	16
6:40	Anfernee Simons lost ball turnover (Nikola Jokic steals)	14	16
6:38	Nikola Jokic out of bounds bad pass turnover	14	16
6:38	Nuggets Full timeout	14	16
6:38	Bruce Brown enters the game for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	14	16
6:38	Shaedon Sharpe enters the game for Anfernee Simons	14	16
6:23	Damian Lillard makes 27-foot three point jumper (Josh Hart assists)	17	16
6:05	Nikola Jokic makes 17-foot jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)	17	18
5:50	Jamal Murray blocks Damian Lillard 's 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	17	18
5:47	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	17	18
5:47	Michael Porter Jr. makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)	17	20
5:47	Josh Hart shooting foul	17	20
5:47	Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1	17	21
5:32	Jamal Murray shooting foul	17	21
5:32	Jerami Grant misses free throw 1 of 2	17	21
5:32	Trail Blazers offensive team rebound	17	21
5:32	Jerami Grant makes free throw 2 of 2	18	21
5:15	Aaron Gordon makes layup (Jamal Murray assists)	18	23
5:05	Jerami Grant makes layup (Damian Lillard assists)	20	23
4:59	Jerami Grant personal foul	20	23
4:52	Michael Porter Jr. makes 18-foot step back jumpshot	20	25
4:41	Damian Lillard makes 2-foot two point shot	22	25
4:32	Jusuf Nurkic blocks Aaron Gordon's dunk	22	25
4:26	Aaron Gordon offensive rebound	22	25
4:26	Aaron Gordon misses two point shot	22	25
4:25	Jusuf Nurkic defensive rebound	22	25
4:18	Jerami Grant misses driving layup	22	25
4:18	Trail Blazers offensive team rebound	22	25
4:08	Damian Lillard misses 30-foot three point jumper	22	25
4:06	Bruce Brown defensive rebound	22	25
3:54	Nikola Jokic makes two point shot	22	27
3:34	Josh Hart misses 23-foot three point jumper	22	27
3:31	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	22	27
3:25	Bruce Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)	22	30
3:22	Trail Blazers Full timeout	22	30
3:22	Bones Hyland enters the game for Michael Porter Jr.	22	30
3:22	Vlatko Cancar enters the game for Aaron Gordon	22	30
3:22	Jabari Walker enters the game for Damian Lillard	22	30
3:22	Drew Eubanks enters the game for Jerami Grant	22	30
3:22	Anfernee Simons enters the game for Josh Hart	22	30
3:22	Gary Payton II enters the game for Jusuf Nurkic	22	30
3:08	Shaedon Sharpe makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Anfernee Simons assists)	24	30
2:46	Jamal Murray makes 10-foot pullup jump shot	24	32
2:29	Shaedon Sharpe makes 25-foot three point jumper (Gary Payton II assists)	27	32
2:13	Nikola Jokic out of bounds lost ball turnover	27	32
2:13	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope enters the game for Jamal Murray	27	32
1:51	Anfernee Simons makes 4-foot two point shot	29	32
1:37	Bones Hyland misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	29	32
1:35	Anfernee Simons defensive rebound	29	32
1:28	Anfernee Simons misses driving floating jump shot	29	32
1:27	Trail Blazers offensive team rebound	29	32
1:27	Zeke Nnaji enters the game for Nikola Jokic	29	32
1:24	Shaedon Sharpe makes 3-foot layup (Gary Payton II assists)	31	32
1:02	Bones Hyland misses 29-foot three point jumper	31	32
59.0	Zeke Nnaji offensive rebound	31	32
47.2	Zeke Nnaji misses 22-foot three point jumper	31	32
43.2	Zeke Nnaji offensive rebound	31	32
42.0	Bones Hyland misses 29-foot three point jumper	31	32
39.2	Nuggets offensive team rebound	31	32
38.1	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 23-foot three point jumper	31	32
35.1	Nuggets offensive team rebound	31	32
34.1	Shaedon Sharpe loose ball foul	31	32
26.1	Zeke Nnaji makes 2-foot layup (Bones Hyland assists)	31	34
2.1	Shaedon Sharpe lost ball turnover (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope steals)	31	34
0.0	Bones Hyland misses running pullup jump shot	31	34
0.0	Nuggets offensive team rebound	31	34
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	31	34

Regular Season Series

DEN wins 3-1

Nuggets
110
Trail Blazers
135

Game 1

25/10

Nuggets
121
Trail Blazers
120

Game 2

9/12

Trail Blazers
107
Nuggets
120

Game 3

24/12

Trail Blazers
113
Nuggets
122

Game 4

18/1

Ball Arena

2:00 AM, 18 January 2023

Denver, CO

Attendance: 18,258

Referees:
James Williams
Jason Goldenberg
Michael Smith

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	57	25	.695	-	W5
Denver	57	25	.695	-	W1
Minnesota	56	26	.683	1	L1
Utah	31	51	.378	26	L1
Portland	21	61	.256	36	L5

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