Denver Nuggets at Portland Trail Blazers
Regular seasonFinal
Denver Nuggets 121, Portland Trail Blazers 120
Moda Center · Portland, OR
The Denver Nuggets beat the Portland Trail Blazers 121-120 on December 8, 2022 at Moda Center. Nikola Jokic led the Denver Nuggets with 33 points; Damian Lillard scored 40 for the Portland Trail Blazers.
 Denver Nuggets | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamal MurrayGQuestionable, expected back Oct 6 | 35 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8-21 | 3-10 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +16 |
| Nikola JokicC | 34 | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14-25 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | -8 |
| Aaron GordonF | 31 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 8-12 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | -13 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-PopeG | 28 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -20 |
| Bruce BrownG | 28 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 5-8 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -17 |
| Nah'Shon HylandG | 26 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4-9 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +19 |
| Christian BraunG | 20 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +10 |
| Jeff GreenF | 17 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | +14 |
| DeAndre JordanC | 14 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | +9 |
| Vlatko CancarF | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 |
| Team | 240 | 121 | 48 | 28 | 47-91 | 12-30 | 15-22 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 16 |
DNP: Michael Porter Jr., Collin Gillespie, Zeke Nnaji, Peyton Watson, Ish Smith, Jack White, Davon Reed
 Portland Trail Blazers | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damian LillardG | 38 | 40 | 4 | 12 | 12-22 | 9-17 | 7-7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +11 |
| Jerami GrantF | 38 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 6-15 | 2-7 | 4-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | +5 |
| Josh HartG | 37 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 5-10 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +10 |
| Anfernee SimonsG | 34 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3-12 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -1 |
| Jusuf NurkicC | 31 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 9-10 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +10 |
| Justise WinslowF | 22 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -10 |
| Drew EubanksFProbable, expected back Oct 5 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -11 |
| Shaedon SharpeGOut, expected back Mar 2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3-8 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -16 |
| Trendon WatfordF | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -4 |
| Team | 239 | 120 | 38 | 30 | 44-91 | 16-40 | 16-16 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 20 |
DNP: Gary Payton II, Jabari Walker, Nassir Little, John Butler Jr., Greg Brown III, Keon Johnson, Ibou Badji
Season series
DEN 3, POR 1- Oct 24Denver Nuggets 110, Portland Trail Blazers 135
- Dec 8 · this gameDenver Nuggets 121, Portland Trail Blazers 120
- Dec 23Portland Trail Blazers 107, Denver Nuggets 120
- Jan 17Portland Trail Blazers 113, Denver Nuggets 122