The Denver Nuggets beat the Portland Trail Blazers 121-120 on Dec 8, 2022 at Moda Center.
Final · Moda Center
Top performers
- Nikola Jokic led the Nuggets with 33 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists.
- Damian Lillard led the Trail Blazers with 40 points, 4 rebounds and 12 assists.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Jokic | 34 | 33 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 14-25 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 1 |
| Jamal Murray | 35 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8-21 | 3-10 | 2-3 | 0 |
| Aaron Gordon | 31 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8-12 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 4 |
| Bones Hyland | 26 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4-9 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 1 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 28 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 1 |
| Jeff Green | 17 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 3 |
| Christian Braun | 20 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| DeAndre Jordan | 14 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 |
| Team | 205 | 111 | 43 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 42-83 | 12-28 | 15-20 | 13 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damian Lillard | 38 | 40 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12-22 | 9-17 | 7-7 | 2 |
| Jusuf Nurkic | 31 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9-10 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 5 |
| Jerami Grant | 38 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6-15 | 2-7 | 4-4 | 3 |
| Josh Hart | 37 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5-10 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2 |
| Drew Eubanks | 17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Shaedon Sharpe | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-8 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Anfernee Simons | 34 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3-12 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Justise Winslow | 22 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Trendon Watford | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 |
| Team | 239 | 117 | 38 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 43-90 | 15-39 | 16-16 | 20 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Before and after
- Nuggets · 2022-23 season · Previous Dec 6, 2022: DAL 116, DEN 115 · Next Dec 10, 2022: UTAH 110, DEN 115
- Trail Blazers · 2022-23 season · Previous Dec 4, 2022: IND 100, POR 116 · Next Dec 10, 2022: MIN 118, POR 124