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Denver Nuggets vs. Portland Trail Blazers

November 2, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Trail Blazers beat the Nuggets 118-110 on 2026-11-02 on the road against the Nuggets. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, and Christian Braun. The Trail Blazers started Damian Lillard, Deni Avdija, Scoot Henderson, Toumani Camara, and Donovan Clingan. Deni Avdija (Trail Blazers) scored 16 points (5/6) in his matchups, with Aaron Gordon as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 16 points (7/14) 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
Denver Nuggets 110

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jamal Murray GS 39:28 35 5 6 1 1 2 2 10-19 4-9 11-11 -4
Christian Braun GS 36:57 14 3 3 2 0 1 3 4-7 1-2 5-6 +6
Nikola Jokić GS 35:50 26 9 8 4 1 2 3 10-22 2-7 4-4 -3
Cameron Johnson GS 33:38 7 4 2 2 0 3 1 2-5 1-3 2-2 -5
Aaron Gordon GS 30:24 5 6 2 1 1 2 4 2-6 1-4 0-0 -14
DeMar DeRozan 20:07 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 3-7 0-0 3-3 -9
Trevon Brazile 17:36 6 5 1 2 0 1 3 3-3 0-0 0-2 +6
Marvin Bagley III 12:10 6 4 0 1 0 1 2 2-6 0-1 2-4 -5
Tyus Jones 8:15 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 2-2 -6
Alpha Diallo 5:36 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 -6
Totals 110 37 24 13 3 12 20 36-77 9-26 29-34

Did not play: DaRon Holmes II (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bryce Hopkins (DNP - Coach's Decision), Zeke Nnaji (DNP - Coach's Decision)

POR
Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers 118

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Deni Avdija GS 34:48 28 3 5 0 0 2 3 10-22 2-9 6-9 -7
Donovan Clingan GS 32:19 17 18 3 0 4 2 4 8-16 1-3 0-0 +10
Toumani Camara GS 30:54 9 5 1 0 0 4 5 3-8 3-7 0-0 0
Damian Lillard GS 30:03 20 6 6 1 0 2 2 5-11 1-5 9-10 +3
Scoot Henderson GS 25:32 8 2 2 1 0 1 1 3-10 2-6 0-0 +4
Jrue Holiday 30:50 17 8 10 1 1 2 3 7-11 3-4 0-0 +13
Sidy Cissoko 22:19 8 3 0 0 0 2 1 3-3 2-2 0-0 +2
Chris Youngblood 15:27 7 2 1 0 0 0 3 2-6 1-5 2-2 +22
Robert Williams III 15:20 2 6 2 0 0 1 0 1-4 0-0 0-0 -4
Vít Krejčí 2:29 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 -3
Totals 118 53 30 3 5 16 25 43-92 15-41 17-21

Did not play: Branden Carlson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Hansen Yang (DNP - Coach's Decision), Micah Potter (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DEN
Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

POR
Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Nuggets defense

Defender Guarded most
Jamal Murray Toumani Camara: 28 poss., 8 pts (2/6) · Jrue Holiday: 18 poss., 4 pts (1/5)
Nikola Jokić Donovan Clingan: 30 poss., 15 pts (5/13) · Robert Williams III: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Christian Braun Scoot Henderson: 21 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Damian Lillard: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cameron Johnson Damian Lillard: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Deni Avdija: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Aaron Gordon Deni Avdija: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Toumani Camara: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
DeMar DeRozan Sidy Cissoko: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Chris Youngblood: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Trevon Brazile Jrue Holiday: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Deni Avdija: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Marvin Bagley III Donovan Clingan: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Robert Williams III: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyus Jones Scoot Henderson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Chris Youngblood: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Alpha Diallo Damian Lillard: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Sidy Cissoko: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Trail Blazers defense

Defender Guarded most
Deni Avdija Aaron Gordon: 26 poss., 8 pts (3/7) · Trevon Brazile: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Donovan Clingan Nikola Jokić: 39 poss., 6 pts (3/5) · Marvin Bagley III: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/4)
Toumani Camara Jamal Murray: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Cameron Johnson: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jrue Holiday Jamal Murray: 16 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Christian Braun: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Damian Lillard Christian Braun: 24 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Cameron Johnson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Scoot Henderson Jamal Murray: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Christian Braun: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Sidy Cissoko DeMar DeRozan: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Trevon Brazile: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Robert Williams III Nikola Jokić: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Marvin Bagley III: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Chris Youngblood DeMar DeRozan: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jamal Murray: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Vít Krejčí Tyus Jones: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · DeMar DeRozan: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)