Game completed

Portland Trail Blazers35-37112atDenver Nuggets44-28128

Sun, Mar 22, 5:00 PM EDTBall Arena, Denver, COAltitude · BlazerVision · KUNP · NBA TV

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
POR	40	29	24	19	112
DEN	42	33	32	21	128

Portland Trail Blazers

112

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Toumani CamaraSF	30	16	5	2	0	1	5-8	4-6	2-2	-20
Sidy CissokoPF	19	7	2	1	0	0	3-8	1-4	0-2	-8
Donovan ClinganC	25	18	13	1	0	2	7-13	4-7	0-0	-9
Jrue HolidaySG	29	9	3	3	1	1	3-12	2-10	1-1	-5
Deni AvdijaPG	33	23	6	14	0	3	7-17	2-7	7-8	-24
Scoot Henderson	27	13	3	2	0	1	5-14	1-5	2-2	-8
Matisse Thybulle	25	3	3	1	3	1	1-6	1-4	0-0	-7
Kris Murray	18	2	2	4	1	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	+4
Robert Williams III	19	16	5	1	0	0	8-10	0-1	0-1	-8
Blake Wesley	11	2	2	2	0	1	1-3	0-2	0-0	+4
Jayson Kent	4	3	1	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+1
Team		112	53	31	5	10	42-97	16-50	12-16

DNP: Jerami Grant (injury), Vít Krejčí (injury), Damian Lillard (injury), Shaedon Sharpe (injury), Yang Hansen (gleague on assignment), Caleb Love (gleague twoway), Chris Youngblood (gleague twoway)

Denver Nuggets

128

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cameron JohnsonSF	28	19	2	3	2	0	0	7-10	5-7	0-0	+19
Aaron GordonPF	28	12	3	4	0	0	0	4-7	2-4	2-2	+15
Nikola JokićC	35	22	14	14	2	1	5	10-18	2-8	0-0	+19
Christian BraunSG	29	15	6	2	0	0	1	5-7	1-3	4-4	+12
Jamal MurrayPG	31	22	2	7	1	0	2	9-18	4-9	0-0	+12
Peyton Watson	20	14	6	3	0	0	0	6-13	1-5	1-2	+2
Tim Hardaway Jr.	22	6	4	1	0	0	0	1-5	1-5	3-3	+2
Bruce Brown	26	13	3	3	0	1	0	5-8	1-2	2-2	+3
Spencer Jones	11	5	0	0	1	1	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	-4
Tyus Jones	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0
Julian Strawther	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
DaRon Holmes II	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Zeke Nnaji	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Jalen Pickett	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Team		128	50	37	6	3	11	49-90	18-46	12-13

DNP: Jonas Valančiūnas, Curtis Jones, David Roddy, KJ Simpson

Lead tracker

How the game flowed

Biggest lead · DEN: 20
Biggest lead · POR: 0
Times tied: 4
Lead changes: 0
Longest run · DEN: 8

How they entered this matchup

Pregame context

Travel tax: POR4 in 6: DENNational TV

POR is carrying the heavier travel load at 699 mi from its previous stop.
DEN is playing into a 4 in 6 schedule window, which matters even before the ball goes up.
POR is in game 5 of 5 on the road with 3,646 mi already logged before tip.
National TV puts extra weight on a matchup that already has real schedule context.

The numbers

Rest · travel · body clock

Schedule spot	POR	DEN
Record	35-37	44-28
Days rest	1 day	1 day
Hours rest	45h	44h
Rest swing	+1h	-1h
Travel in	699 mi	0 mi
Zone change	-1h	0h
Body clock	1h	0h
Local tip	afternoon	afternoon
Segment	Road trip · 5 of 5	Homestand · 2 of 2
Miles before tip	3,646 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	—	4 in 6

How each side got here

Travel and map

POR

699 mi

Minneapolis, MNDenver, CO

POR came from Minneapolis, MN with 699 mi of travel and -1h of time-zone change.

Minneapolis, MN to Denver, CO

DEN

0 mi

Denver, CONo travel

DEN stayed in Denver, CO between games, so travel is not a real factor in this setup.

Stayed in Denver, CO

Where this game sits in the run

Trip context

POR

Road trip

POR is on game 5 of 5 on the road, with 3,646 mi already behind it.

Game in segment5 of 5

Miles before tip3,646 mi

Segment miles4,345 mi

DEN

Homestand

DEN is in game 2 of 2 on this homestand.

Game in segment2 of 2

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

TV · streaming · radio

National: NBA TV
Local TV: DENAltitudePORKUNPin-market
Team streams: PORBlazerVisionin-market
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Radio: DENAltitude Sports Radio 92.5 FMPORRip City Radio 620SiriusXM

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