Newer meeting, Nov 2: POR 118, DEN 110

Portland Trail Blazers vs Denver Nuggets: player stats (Mar 22, 2026)

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Portland Trail Blazers

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

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POR

Game leaders

DEN

Points
Portland Trail Blazers: Deni Avdija23 PTS7-17 FG, 2-7 3P, 7-8 FT
Denver Nuggets: Nikola Jokic22 PTS10-18 FG, 2-8 3P, 0-0 FT
Rebounds
Portland Trail Blazers: Donovan Clingan13 REB4 OREB, 9 DREB
Denver Nuggets: Nikola Jokic14 REB3 OREB, 11 DREB
Assists
Portland Trail Blazers: Deni Avdija14 AST23 PTS, 3 TOV
Denver Nuggets: Nikola Jokic14 AST22 PTS, 5 TOV

On March 22, 2026 at Ball Arena, the Denver Nuggets beat the Portland Trail Blazers 128-112. Nikola Jokic scored 22 to lead the Denver Nuggets, and Deni Avdija had 23 for the Portland Trail Blazers.

Portland Trail Blazers box score
Portland Trail Blazers
Deni AvdijaF	33:00	23	6	14	7-17	2-7	7-8	0	0	3	3	-24
Toumani CamaraF	30:00	16	5	2	5-8	4-6	2-2	0	0	1	2	-20
Jrue HolidayG	29:00	9	3	3	3-12	2-10	1-1	1	0	1	1	-5
Donovan ClinganC	25:00	18	13	1	7-13	4-7	0-0	0	0	2	1	-9
Sidy CissokoG	19:00	7	2	1	3-8	1-4	0-2	0	0	0	3	-8
Scoot HendersonG	27:00	13	3	2	5-14	1-5	2-2	0	0	1	5	-8
Matisse ThybulleG-F	25:00	3	3	1	1-6	1-4	0-0	3	0	1	1	-7
Robert Williams IIIC-F	19:00	16	5	1	8-10	0-1	0-1	0	0	0	0	-8
Kris MurrayF	18:00	2	2	4	1-4	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	+4
Blake WesleyG	11:00	2	2	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	0	0	1	0	+4
Jayson KentF	4:00	3	1	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	+1
Team	240	112	45	31	42-97	16-50	12-16	5	0	10	16

DNP: Chris Youngblood, Vit Krejci, Damian Lillard, Jerami Grant, Shaedon Sharpe, Caleb Love, Hansen Yang

Denver Nuggets box score
Denver Nuggets
Nikola JokicC	35:00	22	14	14	10-18	2-8	0-0	2	1	5	3	+19
Jamal MurrayG	31:00	22	2	7	9-18	4-9	0-0	1	0	2	4	+12
Christian BraunG	29:00	15	6	2	5-7	1-3	4-4	0	0	1	2	+12
Cameron JohnsonF	28:00	19	2	3	7-10	5-7	0-0	2	0	0	1	+19
Aaron GordonF	28:00	12	3	4	4-7	2-4	2-2	0	0	0	2	+15
Bruce BrownG	26:00	13	3	3	5-8	1-2	2-2	0	1	0	1	+3
Tim Hardaway Jr.G	22:00	6	4	1	1-5	1-5	3-3	0	0	0	1	+2
Peyton WatsonG	20:00	14	6	3	6-13	1-5	1-2	0	0	0	3	+2
Spencer JonesF	11:00	5	0	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	-4
Tyus JonesG	2:00	0	1	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
DaRon Holmes IIF	2:00	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	3	2	0
Zeke NnajiF-C	2:00	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Jalen PickettG	2:00	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Julian StrawtherG	2:00	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Team	240	128	42	37	49-90	18-46	12-13	6	3	11	19

DNP: K.J. Simpson, Curtis Jones, Jonas Valanciunas, David Roddy

Team stats

Team stats: Portland Trail Blazers and Denver Nuggets
POR	Stat	DEN
43.3%42-97	Field-goal percentage	54.4%(better)49-90
32.0%16-50	Three-point percentage	39.1%(better)18-46
75.0%12-16	Free-throw percentage	92.3%(better)12-13
45(better)	Rebounds	42
14(better)	Offensive rebounds	5
31	Defensive rebounds	37(better)
31	Assists	37(better)
5	Steals	6(better)
0	Blocks	3(better)
10(better)	Turnovers	11
16(better)	Personal fouls	19
39(better)	Bench points	38

Team advanced
POR	Stat	DEN
100.9	Pace	100.9
111.0	Off. rating	126.9(better)
126.9	Def. rating	111.0(better)
-15.9	Net rating	15.9(better)
53.8	TS%	66.9(better)
51.5	eFG%	64.4(better)
8.8(better)	TOV%	10.3
27.5(better)	OREB%	13.9
0.165(better)	FT rate	0.144
51.5(better)	3PA rate	51.1

Keel projection

How the projections do →

Replayed with a fit on another season: the model had not seen this game.

POR 22%DEN 78%

Expected margin: DEN by 9.8
Result: DEN by 16: The projection called it.

The projected margin was 6.2 pts from the result. Its largest input: Roster strength (Impact × minutes), 4.7 pts toward DEN. 3 more inputs are in Pro

Season series

POR 1, DEN 3

Oct 31Denver Nuggets 107, Portland Trail Blazers 109
Feb 20Denver Nuggets 157, Portland Trail Blazers 103
Mar 22 · this gamePortland Trail Blazers 112, Denver Nuggets 128
Apr 6Portland Trail Blazers 132, Denver Nuggets 137

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