The Denver Nuggets beat the Portland Trail Blazers 122-113 on Jan 17, 2023 at Ball Arena.
Final · Ball Arena
Top performers
- Damian Lillard led the Trail Blazers with 44 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists.
- Nikola Jokic led the Nuggets with 36 points, 12 rebounds and 10 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 | 34 | 44 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12-20 | 6-12 | 14-14 | 4 |
| Jerami Grant | 33 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7-15 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 3 |
| Anfernee Simons | 37 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5-15 | 2-10 | 2-2 | 3 |
| Shaedon Sharpe | 18 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5-7 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 3 |
| Jusuf Nurkic | 29 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2-9 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 5 |
| Drew Eubanks | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Josh Hart | 29 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Trendon Watford | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Jabari Walker | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Gary Payton II | 18 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Team | 222 | 107 | 35 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 37-78 | 13-38 | 20-21 | 23 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13-14 | 1-2 | 9-10 | 2 |
| Michael Porter Jr. | 31 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9-13 | 4-6 | 1-1 | 2 |
| Jamal Murray | 30 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6-15 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 1 |
| Aaron Gordon | 32 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 5-5 | 0 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 32 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2-9 | 0-3 | 5-5 | 4 |
| Zeke Nnaji | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-8 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 1 |
| Bones Hyland | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-10 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Christian Braun | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 191 | 108 | 37 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 38-77 | 10-30 | 22-25 | 11 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Before and after
- Trail Blazers · 2022-23 season · Previous Jan 15, 2023: DAL 123, POR 140 · Next Jan 19, 2023: PHI 105, POR 95
- Nuggets · 2022-23 season · Previous Jan 15, 2023: ORL 116, DEN 119 · Next Jan 18, 2023: MIN 118, DEN 122