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Denver Nuggets vs. Portland Trail Blazers

April 6, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Trail Blazers 137-132 on 2026-04-06 at home. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, and Christian Braun. The Trail Blazers started Jrue Holiday, Deni Avdija, Scoot Henderson, Toumani Camara, and Donovan Clingan. Deni Avdija (Trail Blazers) scored 14 points (5/9) in his matchups, with Christian Braun as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 21 points (8/19) in his matchups, with Robert Williams III as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DEN

Denver Nuggets 137

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokić GS	43:12	35	14	13	5	2	6	2	15-31	1-5	4-4	+5
Christian Braun GS	39:52	8	6	1	3	0	0	2	4-7	0-3	0-0	+10
Jamal Murray GS	38:18	20	1	7	0	2	1	4	7-15	3-7	3-3	+11
Cameron Johnson GS	36:40	17	6	7	0	0	2	5	6-9	1-3	4-5	+25
Aaron Gordon GS	31:09	23	9	5	0	0	0	2	8-14	4-9	3-4	+5
Bruce Brown	24:10	6	5	2	0	0	2	5	1-6	0-2	4-4	-3
Tim Hardaway Jr.	23:11	3	1	1	1	1	1	4	1-7	1-5	0-0	-24
Julian Strawther	18:40	11	0	0	1	0	0	1	4-5	1-2	2-2	-4
Jonas Valančiūnas	9:48	14	3	1	0	0	0	1	6-7	1-2	1-2	0
Totals		137	45	37	10	5	12	26	52-101	12-38	21-24

Did not play: DaRon Holmes II (DNP - Coach's Decision), Curtis Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tyus Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Zeke Nnaji (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jalen Pickett (DNP - Coach's Decision), KJ Simpson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

POR

Portland Trail Blazers 132

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Deni Avdija GS	39:30	26	4	7	1	1	4	3	6-15	1-6	13-14	-15
Jrue Holiday GS	38:56	19	6	11	0	0	0	2	7-19	5-12	0-0	-1
Scoot Henderson GS	35:40	18	3	3	1	1	1	4	6-14	4-8	2-2	-15
Toumani Camara GS	34:55	30	5	0	1	0	1	6	10-16	8-13	2-2	+2
Donovan Clingan GS	30:02	18	12	0	0	2	1	0	6-13	3-6	3-4	-5
Matisse Thybulle	33:13	14	1	3	5	1	5	1	5-7	4-6	0-0	+8
Robert Williams III	22:58	6	6	3	0	0	1	3	2-4	0-0	2-4	0
Kris Murray	21:47	1	1	2	0	0	2	4	0-0	0-0	1-2	+2
Sidy Cissoko	7:59	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-1
Totals		132	39	29	8	5	15	24	42-89	25-52	23-28

Did not play: Jayson Kent (DNP - Coach's Decision), Vít Krejčí (DNP - Coach's Decision), Shaedon Sharpe (DNP - Coach's Decision), Blake Wesley (DNP - Coach's Decision), Hansen Yang (DNP - Coach's Decision), Chris Youngblood (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun Starter 19.6 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Christian Braun 7.0 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Julian Strawther 5.3 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Christian Braun 4.9 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Julian Strawther 4.2 min

POR

Portland Trail Blazers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jrue Holiday · Deni Avdija · Scoot Henderson · Toumani Camara · Donovan Clingan Starter 10.0 min
Jrue Holiday · Robert Williams III · Matisse Thybulle · Deni Avdija · Toumani Camara 5.6 min
Matisse Thybulle · Deni Avdija · Kris Murray · Toumani Camara · Donovan Clingan 4.6 min
Jrue Holiday · Robert Williams III · Matisse Thybulle · Deni Avdija · Scoot Henderson 4.4 min
Robert Williams III · Matisse Thybulle · Deni Avdija · Kris Murray · Toumani Camara 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 (5/9) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Christian Braun (28 %, 6 pts) · Cameron Johnson (26 %, 0 pts) · Tim Hardaway Jr. (13 %, 0 pts)
Scoot Henderson 14 pts (6/10) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Christian Braun (35 %, 0 pts) · Cameron Johnson (23 %, 4 pts) · Julian Strawther (13 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Jokić	Robert Williams III: 25 poss., 8 pts (3/10) · Jrue Holiday: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Christian Braun	Scoot Henderson: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Deni Avdija: 20 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
Cameron Johnson	Deni Avdija: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Scoot Henderson: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Jamal Murray	Toumani Camara: 27 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Matisse Thybulle: 13 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Aaron Gordon	Jrue Holiday: 17 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Donovan Clingan: 16 poss., 11 pts (4/7)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Matisse Thybulle: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Deni Avdija: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bruce Brown	Deni Avdija: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Jrue Holiday: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Julian Strawther	Scoot Henderson: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Toumani Camara: 7 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Jonas Valanciunas	Donovan Clingan: 13 poss., 11 pts (5/6) · Jrue Holiday: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Trail Blazers defense

Nikola Jokić 21 pts (8/19) in 79 possessions

Guarded by: Robert Williams III (35 %, 4 pts) · Donovan Clingan (28 %, 5 pts) · Toumani Camara (10 %, 8 pts)
Jamal Murray 14 pts (5/11) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Toumani Camara (25 %, 9 pts) · Matisse Thybulle (20 %, 0 pts) · Scoot Henderson (17 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Deni Avdija	Christian Braun: 30 poss., 7 pts (2/6) · Cameron Johnson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jrue Holiday	Aaron Gordon: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Christian Braun: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Scoot Henderson	Christian Braun: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Cameron Johnson: 13 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Toumani Camara	Aaron Gordon: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jamal Murray: 16 poss., 9 pts (3/3)
Matisse Thybulle	Jamal Murray: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Donovan Clingan	Nikola Jokić: 22 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · Jonas Valanciunas: 12 poss., 7 pts (2/3)
Robert Williams III	Nikola Jokić: 28 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Aaron Gordon: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kris Murray	Cameron Johnson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 7 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Sidy Cissoko	Bruce Brown: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)