The Denver Nuggets beat the Portland Trail Blazers 129-96 on Dec 18, 2020 in the preseason at Ball Arena.
Final · Ball Arena
Top performers
- CJ McCollum led the Trail Blazers with 26 points, 1 rebounds and 2 assists.
- Paul Millsap led the Nuggets with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assists.
Portland Trail Blazers box score
| MIN: Minutes on the floor. | PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | TO: Possessions handed to the opponent by a bad pass, a lost dribble or an offensive foul — lower is better. | FG: Shots from the floor made and attempted, written made-attempted. | 3PT: Three-pointers made and attempted, written made-attempted. | FT: Free throws made and attempted, written made-attempted. | PF: Fouls committed. Six in one game and the player is disqualified — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CJ McCollum | 30 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8-20 | 4-9 | 6-6 | 2 |
| Gary Trent Jr. | 33 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7-18 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 2 |
| Enes Freedom | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 6 |
| Robert Covington | 27 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3-8 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Derrick Jones Jr. | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1 |
| Rodney Hood | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 |
| Jusuf Nurkic | 22 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Carmelo Anthony | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-7 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 1 |
| Team | 182 | 83 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 28-74 | 10-28 | 17-19 | 20 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Denver Nuggets box score
| MIN: Minutes on the floor. | PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | TO: Possessions handed to the opponent by a bad pass, a lost dribble or an offensive foul — lower is better. | FG: Shots from the floor made and attempted, written made-attempted. | 3PT: Three-pointers made and attempted, written made-attempted. | FT: Free throws made and attempted, written made-attempted. | PF: Fouls committed. Six in one game and the player is disqualified — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Millsap | 15 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9-13 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 1 |
| Michael Porter Jr. | 22 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6-12 | 4-9 | 4-5 | 3 |
| Bol Bol | 23 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4-12 | 2-6 | 6-9 | 1 |
| Gary Harris | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5-8 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Monte Morris | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Isaiah Hartenstein | 19 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 3 |
| Jamal Murray | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 1 |
| Zeke Nnaji | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Nikola Jokic | 17 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Will Barton | 20 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 178 | 114 | 43 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 39-75 | 15-35 | 21-27 | 13 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Before and after
- Trail Blazers · 2020-21 season · Previous Dec 16, 2020: POR 95, DEN 126 · Next Dec 23, 2020: UTAH 120, POR 100
- Nuggets · 2020-21 season · Previous Dec 16, 2020: POR 95, DEN 126 · Next Dec 23, 2020: SAC 124, DEN 122