National Basketball Association
Denver 104, Portland 101
When: 9:00 PM ET, Monday, January 22, 2018
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Officials:
#77 Karl Lane, #8 Marc Davis, #31 Scott Wall
Attendance:
14474
By Field Level Media
Jamal Murray went for a career-high 38 points to lift the Denver Nuggets to a 104-101 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers Monday night at Pepsi Center.
Will Barton made four straight free throws in the final 7.9 seconds for Denver (24-23), which had lost two in a row and six of its last eight outings.
Damian Lillard collected 25 points and eight assists and Jusuf Nurkic contributed 19 points and 12 rebounds for Portland (25-22), which saw the end of a three-game win streak.
Neither team led by double digits in a game that featured 18 lead changes and 21 ties.
Trailing by four points at halftime, Denver scored the first eight points of the third quarter to go ahead 53-49. The Blazers had a 78-76 edge heading into the final period.
The teams were tied at 80-80 when Portland went on a 13-6 run to go ahead 93-86.
Mason Plumlee's dunk got Denver to within 93-90 with 3:53 to play.
Nurkic scored on a layup to push Portland's lead to 95-90 with 3:39 left. Barton sank two at the line to cut it to 95-92 with 3:18 to go, and Murray's 3-pointer tied it at 95-95 with 2:07 remaining.
Plumlee's layup gave Denver a 97-95 led with 1:26 remaining. CJ McCollum hit two free throws to tie it at 97-97 with 1:08 left.
Lillard's runner pushed the Blazers back in front 99-97 with 41.7 seconds to go. Murray's three-point play pulled Denver ahead 100-99 with 33.6 seconds to play.
Barton's two foul shots with 7.9 seconds remaining upped the Nuggets' advantage to 102-99 with 7.9 seconds on the clock. Nurkic dunked with 2.6 seconds to go to trim the difference to 102-101, but Barton answered with a pair of free throws with 1.8 ticks left to ice the verdict.
Murray scored 11 points to help stake Denver to a 20-19 lead after one quarter.
Lillard scored 13 points in the second quarter as Portland carried a 49-45 advantage at intermission. The Nuggets had 10 turnovers in the first half.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Portland |
|
Denver |
|
Damian Lillard 25 |
Scoring |
Jamal Murray 38 |
|
Damian Lillard 8 |
Assists |
Jamal Murray 6 |
|
Jusuf Nurkic 12 |
Rebounds |
Nikola Jokic 12 |
|
CJ McCollum 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Will Barton 7 |
|
Pat Connaughton 3 |
Steals |
Wilson Chandler 2 |
|
Jusuf Nurkic 3 |
Blocks |
Wilson Chandler 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Portland
|
101 |
42.4 |
8-25 |
21-26 |
19 |
44 |
6 |
11 |
12 |
| Denver
|
104 |
41.0 |
10-30 |
26-33 |
23 |
49 |
8 |
7 |
15 |
Upcoming Games
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Denver will play their next game at home against New York. The Nuggets have a W/L % of .348 after a win and .667 after a loss.
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Portland will play their next game at home against Minnesota. The Trail Blazers have a W/L % of .538 after a win and .524 after a loss.
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