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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**DEN**|**26**|**31**|**28**|**29**|**114**|[](/DEN)|
**POR**|**22**|**25**|**36**|**28**|**111**|[](/POR)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**41-92 (44.6)**|**8-24 (33.3)**|**24-33 (72.7)**|**19**|**49**|**25**|**12**|**8**|**11**|**17**|**114**|
[](/POR)**POR**|**43-94 (45.7)**|**10-28 (35.7)**|**15-17 (88.2)**|**14**|**46**|**28**|**14**|**7**|**9**|**24**|**111**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|35:09|5-12 (41.7)|1-5 (20.0)|1-2 (50.0)|2|8|3|1|0|1|2|12|-3|
A. Gordon^^PF|36:55|8-21 (38.1)|0-2 (0.0)|6-8 (75.0)|8|12|5|1|0|3|0|22|-6|
D. Jordan^^C|19:59|4-7 (57.1)|0-0 (0.0)|3-3 (100.0)|2|8|3|2|1|1|3|11|+10|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|34:33|4-6 (66.7)|3-5 (60.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|2|1|2|2|2|3|13|-5|
R. Jackson^^PG|28:55|7-12 (58.3)|1-4 (25.0)|8-11 (72.7)|0|0|5|3|2|0|2|23|-10|
C. Braun|35:55|7-16 (43.8)|1-3 (33.3)|2-4 (50.0)|5|10|6|1|3|2|2|17|+5|
C. Gillespie|19:05|4-10 (40.0)|2-4 (50.0)|1-2 (50.0)|0|3|1|2|0|0|3|11|+13|
P. Watson|15:13|1-6 (16.7)|0-1 (0.0)|1-1 (100.0)|2|5|1|0|0|2|2|3|+5|
J. Holiday|14:16|1-2 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|2|+6|
**Totals**||**41-92 (44.6)**|**8-24 (33.3)**|**24-33 (72.7)**|**19**|**49**|**25**|**12**|**8**|**11**|**17**|**114**||
**DNP:** ***Jay Huff***, ***Braxton Key***, ***Julian Strawther***, ***Hunter Tyson***
**Inactive:** ***Vlatko Cancar***, ***Nikola Jokic***, ***Jamal Murray***, ***Zeke Nnaji***, ***Jalen Pickett***
**[](/POR)POR**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
K. Murray^^SF|39:11|5-13 (38.5)|1-6 (16.7)|0-0 (0.0)|3|7|1|1|1|1|1|11|0|
T. Camara^^PF|39:20|6-11 (54.5)|2-4 (50.0)|2-2 (100.0)|5|8|7|1|1|1|2|16|+8|
D. Reath^^C|26:20|9-14 (64.3)|3-6 (50.0)|3-3 (100.0)|2|8|2|2|1|2|5|24|+9|
R. Rupert^^SG|15:46|1-2 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1-1 (100.0)|0|1|5|2|0|0|1|3|-8|
S. Henderson^^PG|28:20|9-20 (45.0)|2-4 (50.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|3|6|4|2|0|5|22|-6|
D. Banton|32:44|5-19 (26.3)|1-6 (16.7)|3-4 (75.0)|0|3|1|1|0|0|4|14|-1|
A. Hagans|21:25|0-4 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|1|4|6|1|1|2|4|2|-1|
J. Walker|25:51|6-7 (85.7)|1-1 (100.0)|2-2 (100.0)|1|9|0|1|1|0|1|15|-8|
M. Brown|11:03|2-4 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|2|3|0|1|0|3|1|4|-8|
**Totals**||**43-94 (45.7)**|**10-28 (35.7)**|**15-17 (88.2)**|**14**|**46**|**28**|**14**|**7**|**9**|**24**|**111**||
**DNP:** ***Ibou Badji***, ***Shaedon Sharpe***, ***Matisse Thybulle***
**Inactive:** ***Deandre Ayton***, ***Malcolm Brogdon***, ***Jerami Grant***, ***Justin Minaya***, ***Anfernee Simons***, ***Robert Williams III***
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**DEN**|60|16|15|15|33|13|15|[](/DEN)|
**POR**|64|22|9|2|35|15|19|[](/POR)|
**Lead Changes: 3** | **Times Tied: 4** | **Gametime: 2:22** | **Attendance: 18629**
*Officials: Courtney Kirkland, J.T. Orr, Danielle Scott*
by BigHoneyBot
43 Comments
I’ll say it again, some of y’all are weak and scared
That’s 50 wins on the season. Nothing else matters from this game. Doomers can suck it.
If 40 before 20 is good, surely 50 before 25 is better?
I support the Denver Nuggets
I hope Malone hypes CB up. He did everything
I love you AG
I’ve never seen AG so out of breath/frazzled. Thank you for all you do Mr. Nugget
Ugly win, but there were bright spots and it’s understandable that we look more like lower table team without Jok and Jamal
Close game but the top 2 guys were out. Glad to our team for clutching up in the end.
Nuggets now .667 winning percentage without Jokic this season. MVP, my ass.
Have Jokic and Murray play against the Grizzlies (if healthy) and give Gordon and KCP some rest
Honestly never had any doubt. Reggie was good. Anyone complaining about him at the end – you could tell he was gassed and no one came to help him in the backcourt at least once on a turnover. That’s as much on the other 4 guys as it is on Reggie
Hopefully Pickett actually gets play next year (looking at you Malone) so I don’t have to see any more meaningful “reggie jackson” minutes
Was listening to the game on the radio and Koz called it when we were like up by 10… we then proceeded to blow it and let them call back. Did he jinx us?
I appreciate everyone who watched this. I was watching March madness – guess I’m not a real one like y’all
Nuggets owe me a gatorade for how much they had me sweating.
CB just gets better and Better every game despite the year he has had.
This was a game that happened
(I won’t remember this game happening in 2 weeks)
Great that they won but 24/33 FTM is really bad.
The +/- for all the players are crazy… what the heck was this game
What a time to be alive!
Colin +13
DJ +10
I’ll just chalk our struggles up to no Joker and move along lol
CB played great, AG had great effort all night.
There’s no reason for Mike getting 12 shots in a game without Jokic and Jamal. Can’t even fully blame malone, I watched reggie look off MPJ wide open (off a great AG flare screen.. Gordon is a really great screener and you see it more with him at 5. Would love to see a Jokic Gordon PnR spaced by the other 3 starters sometime.) to throw it in the corner to CB with 2 seconds on the shot clock. Terrorist playmaking.
I would love to see CB handle it more with Reggie in the corner instead of the other way around. CB can pass well and actually shoot above the break and Reggie is very solid on corner C+S. Feels like not playing players to their strengths
“Aside from Reggie and CB, I don’t know who’s going to play in the playoffs.” Uhoh PWat
Sup guys? So, i heard you guys were so close to losing your shit over a Portland game? Lol
Tonight’s game felt like looking all over the couch for change to buy a drink. You eventually bought the drink but it took you forever to come up with the cash.
Houston back up to .500
Nuggets winning percentage against teams at .500 and higher takes a big blow.
“If Minnesota has their starters then the game isn’t close, so I’m going to doom over a close win”
“Hey wtf who cares if we’re down a few starters, this game shouldn’t be close so I’m going to doom”
You just can’t win with these people
Pwat in the dog house? Thought he should’ve been in when everyone was GASSED
22 road wins. League is fucked.
Got to get Watson out of his funk. We need a reliable 10+ minutes out of him in the playoffs and I already know there will be bullshit foul games where Mike has to sit for the entire 3rd.
AG and CB left there hearts out there shoutout to them
hey, this guy is jacking bhb’s post game box score formatting! https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1bmcf81/post_game_thread_the_denver_nuggets_5021_beat_the/
Reggie is 13/48 from 3 post all star. And can’t defend
Gonna play way too much in playoffs
Ngl, without Mal and Jok in clutch time, I was worried. Granted we played against an all rookie lineup, there was faith in executioning plays when it mattered with AG, MPJ, and KCP leading the way.
Thank you Chauncy Billups as you made Portland play full court press against our reserves, they need the reps and a reminder to the rest of the Nuggets, no matter how physical you get, the Nuggets fight through it.
Alright, everyone. 11 games left. Magic Number time.
Play In – Clinched
Playoffs – 4
4 seed – 6
2 seed – 11
1 seed – 13
Did anybody catch Malone’s utter freakout 9:38 into the 4th? Dude rips a whiteboard and marker from another coach in a blind rage lol
60 wins dream is alive and well
So, what’s the deal with Colin Gillespie’s contract? Can the Nuggets only play him “x” amount of games before another team snatches him up? Does that affect the playoff roster too?
just checked my bracket wtf
https://preview.redd.it/yiif1rbqu7qc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a8392ce80953266d92ed355c4d03fa7fb1303fc6
Can someone give a homie a rundown of the game tonight
We need some good energy in the world. If the Nuggets reach 58 wins I’ll donate $200 to any foundation that helps kids. If anyone has suggestions please feel free to leave them.
Since Malone wants to hate on Peyton. Watson is spending most of his time playing the 4 on this disjointed bench lineup.
In playoffs we may get Jokic MPJ front court with Gordon staggering as small ball 5.
Watson should be the ideal 3 with those 2
How are the comments so negative in the game thread?! Like, what is happening?! Our top 2 guys are out. They are not only our top 2 guys but they are the primary offensive engines for the starters and bench. They are our entire end game and they make everything else in our system work. What the fuck do you think is going to happen when those two guys are out?! Everyone is out of position, out of their role, playing2x their normal minutes, and out of sorts. Jesus Christ get a fucking grip.