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Denver Nuggets vs. Portland Trail Blazers

March 22, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Trail Blazers 128-112 on 2026-03-22 at home. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, and Christian Braun. The Trail Blazers started Jrue Holiday, Deni Avdija, Sidy Cissoko, Toumani Camara, and Donovan Clingan. Deni Avdija (Trail Blazers) scored 14 points (6/10) in his matchups, with Cameron Johnson as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 29 points (11/18) in his matchups, with Donovan Clingan as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

DEN

Denver Nuggets 128

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokić GS	35:07	22	14	14	2	1	5	3	10-18	2-8	0-0	+19
Jamal Murray GS	30:45	22	2	7	1	0	2	4	9-18	4-9	0-0	+12
Christian Braun GS	29:02	15	6	2	0	0	1	2	5-7	1-3	4-4	+12
Aaron Gordon GS	28:27	12	3	4	0	0	0	2	4-7	2-4	2-2	+15
Cameron Johnson GS	27:42	19	2	3	2	0	0	1	7-10	5-7	0-0	+19
Bruce Brown	25:53	13	3	3	0	1	0	1	5-8	1-2	2-2	+3
Tim Hardaway Jr.	22:00	6	4	1	0	0	0	1	1-5	1-5	3-3	+2
Peyton Watson	19:56	14	6	3	0	0	0	3	6-13	1-5	1-2	+2
Spencer Jones	11:23	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	-4
Tyus Jones	1:57	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0
Jalen Pickett	1:57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
DaRon Holmes II	1:57	0	1	0	0	0	3	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Zeke Nnaji	1:57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Julian Strawther	1:57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		128	42	37	6	3	11	19	49-90	18-46	12-13

Did not play: Jonas Valančiūnas (DNP - Coach's Decision)

POR

Portland Trail Blazers 112

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Deni Avdija GS	32:55	23	6	14	0	3	3	7-17	2-7	7-8	-24
Toumani Camara GS	30:14	16	5	2	0	1	2	5-8	4-6	2-2	-20
Jrue Holiday GS	28:56	9	3	3	1	1	1	3-12	2-10	1-1	-5
Donovan Clingan GS	25:21	18	13	1	0	2	1	7-13	4-7	0-0	-9
Sidy Cissoko GS	19:16	7	2	1	0	0	3	3-8	1-4	0-2	-8
Scoot Henderson	27:08	13	3	2	0	1	5	5-14	1-5	2-2	-8
Matisse Thybulle	25:12	3	3	1	3	1	1	1-6	1-4	0-0	-7
Robert Williams III	18:54	16	5	1	0	0	0	8-10	0-1	0-1	-8
Kris Murray	17:46	2	2	4	1	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	+4
Blake Wesley	10:33	2	2	2	0	1	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	+4
Jayson Kent	3:45	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+1
Totals		112	45	31	5	10	16	42-97	16-50	12-16

Did not play: Jerami Grant (DND - Injury/Illness), Vít Krejčí (DNP - Injury/Illness), Damian Lillard (DND - Injury/Illness), Shaedon Sharpe (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun Starter 16.1 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones 9.1 min
Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun 6.3 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Bruce Brown · Peyton Watson 2.8 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Bruce Brown · Christian Braun · Peyton Watson 2.6 min

POR

Portland Trail Blazers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jrue Holiday · Deni Avdija · Sidy Cissoko · Toumani Camara · Donovan Clingan Starter 8.7 min
Jrue Holiday · Robert Williams III · Blake Wesley · Kris Murray · Sidy Cissoko 5.7 min
Matisse Thybulle · Deni Avdija · Scoot Henderson · Toumani Camara · Donovan Clingan 5.5 min
Robert Williams III · Matisse Thybulle · Deni Avdija · Scoot Henderson · Toumani Camara 4.7 min
Matisse Thybulle · Blake Wesley · Kris Murray · Sidy Cissoko · Jayson Kent 3.8 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Nuggets defense

Deni Avdija 14 pts (6/10) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Cameron Johnson (36 %, 7 pts) · Christian Braun (22 %, 0 pts) · Bruce Brown (11 %, 2 pts)
Scoot Henderson 19 pts (6/10) in 54 possessions

Guarded by: Bruce Brown (25 %, 2 pts) · Tim Hardaway Jr. (22 %, 3 pts) · Christian Braun (20 %, 7 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Jokić	Donovan Clingan: 25 poss., 12 pts (5/10) · Toumani Camara: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Jamal Murray	Toumani Camara: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/6) · Jrue Holiday: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Christian Braun	Deni Avdija: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Sidy Cissoko: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Cameron Johnson	Deni Avdija: 24 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Matisse Thybulle: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Gordon	Jrue Holiday: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Toumani Camara: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bruce Brown	Scoot Henderson: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Deni Avdija: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Scoot Henderson: 12 poss., 3 pts (0/1) · Jrue Holiday: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Peyton Watson	Jrue Holiday: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Scoot Henderson: 5 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Spencer Jones	Robert Williams III: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Donovan Clingan: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Pickett	Blake Wesley: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jayson Kent: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
DaRon Holmes II	Sidy Cissoko: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kris Murray: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyus Jones	Kris Murray: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Blake Wesley: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Strawther	Matisse Thybulle: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Blake Wesley: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zeke Nnaji	Kris Murray: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jayson Kent: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Trail Blazers defense

Nikola Jokić 29 pts (11/18) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Donovan Clingan (48 %, 13 pts) · Robert Williams III (16 %, 4 pts) · Toumani Camara (8 %, 2 pts)
Jamal Murray 19 pts (6/11) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Jrue Holiday (24 %, 3 pts) · Toumani Camara (19 %, 3 pts) · Scoot Henderson (18 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Deni Avdija	Christian Braun: 25 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Cameron Johnson: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Toumani Camara	Cameron Johnson: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Aaron Gordon: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jrue Holiday	Jamal Murray: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Scoot Henderson	Bruce Brown: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Jamal Murray: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Donovan Clingan	Nikola Jokić: 33 poss., 13 pts (5/8) · Aaron Gordon: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Matisse Thybulle	Cameron Johnson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Aaron Gordon: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Robert Williams III	Nikola Jokić: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Spencer Jones: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kris Murray	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Peyton Watson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Sidy Cissoko	Aaron Gordon: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Bruce Brown: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Blake Wesley	Bruce Brown: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Aaron Gordon: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jayson Kent	Nikola Jokić: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Zeke Nnaji: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)