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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**POR**|**20**|**35**|**29**|**24**|**108**|[](/POR)|
**DEN**|**33**|**26**|**33**|**28**|**120**|[](/DEN)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/POR)**POR**|**37-80 (46.3)**|**10-28 (35.7)**|**24-30 (80.0)**|**13**|**37**|**14**|**8**|**7**|**4**|**16**|**108**|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**46-91 (50.5)**|**12-36 (33.3)**|**16-17 (94.1)**|**16**|**48**|**34**|**11**|**3**|**6**|**20**|**120**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|34:59|5-14 (35.7)|3-10 (30.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|4|1|1|0|0|0|13|+8|
A. Gordon^^PF|27:41|7-9 (77.8)|1-1 (100.0)|3-3 (100.0)|2|4|5|3|0|0|4|18|+20|
N. Jokic^^C|38:16|11-16 (68.8)|1-1 (100.0)|4-4 (100.0)|7|22|12|4|1|2|3|27|+20|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|33:46|4-8 (50.0)|1-2 (50.0)|7-7 (100.0)|0|1|2|0|0|1|3|16|+22|
J. Murray^^PG|32:44|5-21 (23.8)|3-15 (20.0)|0-0 (0.0)|4|9|10|2|0|2|1|13|+9|
R. Jackson|24:18|5-9 (55.6)|1-3 (33.3)|2-3 (66.7)|0|0|3|0|0|0|3|13|-9|
P. Watson|21:48|6-8 (75.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|5|0|0|0|1|4|14|0|
C. Braun|8:06|1-2 (50.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|2|0|1|0|0|1|2|-7|
D. Jordan|4:36|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|1|0|0|0|0|1|2|-10|
J. Holiday|11:34|0-2 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|1|0|1|0|0|0|+1|
B. Key|0:44|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|+2|
C. Gillespie|0:44|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|2|+2|
J. Huff|0:44|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|+2|
**Totals**||**46-91 (50.5)**|**12-36 (33.3)**|**16-17 (94.1)**|**16**|**48**|**34**|**11**|**3**|**6**|**20**|**120**||
**DNP:** ***Zeke Nnaji***, ***Julian Strawther***
**Inactive:** ***Vlatko Cancar***, ***Jalen Pickett***, ***Hunter Tyson***
**[](/POR)POR**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
T. Camara^^SF|23:47|3-6 (50.0)|0-2 (0.0)|4-4 (100.0)|0|2|0|1|2|1|1|10|-11|
J. Walker^^PF|21:15|3-7 (42.9)|0-1 (0.0)|1-1 (100.0)|4|8|0|1|0|0|2|7|-25|
D. Ayton^^C|26:45|3-6 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|1|3|1|0|0|1|1|8|-16|
A. Simons^^SG|36:52|11-23 (47.8)|4-10 (40.0)|3-4 (75.0)|1|4|4|2|2|0|2|29|-20|
M. Brogdon^^PG|35:31|5-13 (38.5)|0-2 (0.0)|1-3 (33.3)|3|8|6|0|0|0|2|11|-10|
S. Henderson|37:09|8-15 (53.3)|3-7 (42.9)|11-12 (91.7)|2|5|2|2|0|0|3|30|+7|
M. Thybulle|23:05|1-5 (20.0)|1-4 (25.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|0|0|1|1|2|3|+5|
D. Reath|20:31|3-4 (75.0)|2-2 (100.0)|2-4 (50.0)|1|4|1|1|1|1|3|10|+6|
K. Murray|13:37|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|2|0|1|1|0|0|0|+8|
J. Minaya|0:44|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-2|
I. Badji|0:44|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-2|
**Totals**||**37-80 (46.3)**|**10-28 (35.7)**|**24-30 (80.0)**|**13**|**37**|**14**|**8**|**7**|**4**|**16**|**108**||
**DNP:** ***Jerami Grant***
**Inactive:** ***Moses Brown***, ***Rayan Rupert***, ***Shaedon Sharpe***, ***Robert Williams III***
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**POR**|50|11|18|2|43|10|17|[](/POR)|
**DEN**|60|20|11|15|33|12|10|[](/DEN)|
**Lead Changes: 6** | **Times Tied: 3** | **Gametime: 2:07** | **Attendance: 19622**
*Officials: Marat Kogut, Tyler Ford, Natalie Sago*
by BigHoneyBot
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I don’t want to think about what Simons will do to us on Sunday if KCP is out
Jamal Murray 1 rebound off of a triple double? He *has* been learning Serbian!
I’m reading into these holiday minutes
Hmmm
I just hope KCP fingy no boo boo too bad
Also in non Nuggets news the Tyler Perro and Scary Terri superstar duo combined for 8 of 32 from the field against the lockdown duo of Tyus Jones and Jordan Poo. Like what the actual fuck is the leastern conference man the worst thing is that you absolutely know the rest of the conference are all gonna absolutely shit their fucking pants the moment they go against the Heat in the playoffs because all the teams in that fucking conference are actual fucking dogshit and we’re gonna act like the Heat are so cool and Gimli Butler is so cool and Coach Spork is so good and Heat culture bro when they’re not even anything crazy it’s just they get to play a bunch of literal idiots every year in the playoofs
still waiting on MPJ to go off one game and drop 40. It might be a pipe dream but i really want to see him just have a night where all his shots are hitting. C’mon Mike!
Damn Jok’s eye still looks fucked
How did Ayton land the biggest offer sheet in NBA history? His agents should be investigated for fraud.
Pwat is how the nuggets can win 5 championships with this core
https://twitter.com/jackfrank_jjf/status/1753610140979261853?t=4Z1NCAWVwLwGYj3EX1xqyA&s=19
Lol they’re coming for Mike for saying females
Mike needs to start hustling or PWat is going to steal a lot of his minutes. PWat out scored and out rebounded him in 13 fewer minutes, and he was obviously better on defense as well.
Looking at the schedules for the top 4 teams, I think the Nuggets can take the top spot before the break. Malone would be so mad if he had to coach the all-star game again.
Edit:TIL there is a rule that doesn’t allow this. Fuck it, let’s take first then!!
Did anyone at the game see Murray’s shape
Glad we won! Go Nuggs!
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope says there’s no break or ligament tears in the pinkie finger on his right shooting hand – just a dislocation. He anticipates being ready for Sunday’s rematch with Portland.
From vinny
What is a cat’s favourite tourist destination?
Catmandu.. Because of all the meowntains
Man this sub is so much more reasonable than anything happening in the DNVR postgame chats. My god those things are embarrassing [particularly the chat window itself, not necessarily the guys, although sometimes they too are overly negative].
Carl Weathers, the iconic action star who could always get a laugh or a smile from his audience, died Thursday at the age of 76. Rest In Peace.
Jamal’s FG %🤝opposing teams win %
Only one guy I was watching for tonight, the only one on our team who could do something that mattered to me and that was Peyton Watson.
Once again the “rising star” delivered when it mattered. He should absolutely be in the rising stars game, we don’t need to give recognition to every young guy starting on a bad team and if the Nuggets can’t get two All Stars Watson at least should definitely be going to Vegas too.
Peyton Watson this season goes to show that stats don’t predict success (he barely played in college), and even games like tonight don’t really matter but clearly there is swelling belief in this guy. The way Booth talked about him and how other players have spoken about him that’s one thing, but when I saw him in the [Hotels.com](https://Hotels.com) commercial with Jokic I knew we had something special. Second year, still a total unknown with a promising stretch but very little widespread public recognition. But they saw something really special in Watson’s game because Jokic has two MVP’s and yet not until this campaign can I say that the people who matter in this country started to take notice of him. Website commercials, maybe someday even the fucking big leagues: insurance. That is how you get your name out there in the retirement homes and daytime television consumers who really run this motherfucking country and get yourself some real respect.
Jokic and Watson, everyone else on the team is great but these two I’m going to keep my eye on because if they can keep it up their names are going to be etched in not just Nuggets history but real shit. Fucking commercial hall of fame territory, Adam Silver needs to take note and just let this happen. Let the Nuggets take over this league.
Blackburn out here crying over efg% while our guy Squatch is dropping the craziest stats you’ve ever seen. There’s levels to this shit
Just bought a third row ticket for Monday. Please basketball gods don’t let me down.
There’s a nice little 3 day break between Sundays game and the b2b on Thursday and Friday.
KCP I owe you an apology. I wasn’t familiar with your game.
[As pointed out by Matt Brooks, the Nuggets have the second best home record in the league right now!](https://twitter.com/MattBrooksNBA/status/1753652896690749698)
I’m kinda shocked to hear that since we haven’t had a streak nearly as long as Boston’s (9 is our highest so far, and we’re on 6-game streak right now)
KCP and Jokic DPOG!!
Hey hey
Peyton Shotisin
I did good Right?