The Denver Nuggets beat the Portland Trail Blazers 120-107 on Dec 23, 2022 at Ball Arena.
Final · Ball Arena
Top performers
- Damian Lillard led the Trail Blazers with 34 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists.
- Nikola Jokic led the Nuggets with 29 points, 8 rebounds and 11 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damian Lillard | 39 | 34 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10-22 | 4-11 | 10-10 | 2 |
| Jerami Grant | 37 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7-13 | 3-6 | 3-5 | 3 |
| Anfernee Simons | 39 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6-22 | 1-10 | 1-2 | 4 |
| Josh Hart | 37 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6-8 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 2 |
| Jusuf Nurkic | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4-10 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 6 |
| Trendon Watford | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Drew Eubanks | 27 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Shaedon Sharpe | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Team | 225 | 101 | 42 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 37-83 | 9-33 | 18-23 | 21 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Jokic | 36 | 29 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12-21 | 0-0 | 5-8 | 4 |
| Jamal Murray | 39 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9-17 | 3-5 | 4-6 | 2 |
| Michael Porter Jr. | 27 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7-13 | 2-6 | 2-3 | 2 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 34 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5-8 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 2 |
| Aaron Gordon | 32 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6-9 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Bones Hyland | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 2 |
| Zeke Nnaji | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 |
| Jeff Green | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Team | 212 | 111 | 35 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 43-75 | 9-19 | 16-26 | 15 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Before and after
- Trail Blazers · 2022-23 season · Previous Dec 21, 2022: POR 98, OKC 101 · Next Dec 26, 2022: CHA 113, POR 124
- Nuggets · 2022-23 season · Previous Dec 20, 2022: MEM 91, DEN 105 · Next Dec 25, 2022: PHX 125, DEN 128