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Portland Trail Blazers vs. Denver Nuggets

October 31, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Trail Blazers beat the Nuggets 109-107 on 2025-10-31 at home. The Trail Blazers started Jrue Holiday, Deni Avdija, Shaedon Sharpe, Toumani Camara, and Donovan Clingan. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, and Christian Braun. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 16 points (7/19) in his matchups, with Donovan Clingan as his primary defender. Shaedon Sharpe (Trail Blazers) scored 11 points (5/10) in his matchups, with Jamal Murray as his primary defender.

Box score

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

POR
Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers 109

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Deni Avdija GS 32:33 23 4 4 0 0 4 5 7-13 2-4 7-9 +17
Jrue Holiday GS 32:29 11 3 13 2 0 2 2 4-13 2-7 1-2 +4
Toumani Camara GS 30:26 14 2 3 2 2 1 5 5-12 2-5 2-4 -2
Donovan Clingan GS 24:21 5 15 1 0 0 0 2 2-8 0-3 1-1 -4
Shaedon Sharpe GS 24:08 19 4 1 0 1 1 1 7-14 3-7 2-3 +9
Jerami Grant 31:48 16 5 0 2 1 2 3 4-11 1-6 7-7 -4
Kris Murray 29:28 10 6 1 3 0 2 4 4-8 1-3 1-2 +5
Robert Williams III 11:15 4 4 1 0 1 0 2 2-2 0-0 0-1 -6
Blake Wesley 9:37 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 2-5 0-1 1-2 -4
Duop Reath 7:28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-2 0-0 +4
Rayan Rupert 6:27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-3 0-1 0-0 -9
Totals 109 43 26 11 5 12 24 38-91 11-39 22-31

Did not play: Scoot Henderson (DND - Injury/Illness), Damian Lillard (DND - Injury/Illness), Matisse Thybulle (NWT - Injury/Illness), Hansen Yang (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DEN
Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets 107

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Nikola Jokić GS 37:03 21 14 9 1 2 3 1 7-10 2-3 5-7 +9
Jamal Murray GS 34:24 22 6 3 1 0 2 2 9-15 1-4 3-3 -15
Aaron Gordon GS 31:40 14 5 1 1 0 3 3 5-11 0-2 4-4 +4
Cameron Johnson GS 31:06 9 6 1 0 1 0 2 3-7 1-3 2-2 +14
Christian Braun GS 30:09 5 3 1 0 1 4 5 2-6 0-3 1-2 -1
Peyton Watson 22:39 10 4 1 2 1 2 2 3-7 0-2 4-6 -8
Tim Hardaway Jr. 22:29 11 2 2 1 0 0 0 3-10 2-6 3-3 +2
Bruce Brown 19:37 5 3 0 0 1 0 2 2-5 0-2 1-2 -4
Jonas Valančiūnas 10:53 10 3 1 0 1 2 4 4-8 0-0 2-2 -11
Totals 107 46 19 6 7 16 21 38-79 6-25 25-31

Did not play: Spencer Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Zeke Nnaji (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jalen Pickett (DNP - Coach's Decision), Julian Strawther (DNP - Coach's Decision), Hunter Tyson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

POR
Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

DEN
Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets

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.

Trail Blazers defense

Defender Guarded most
Deni Avdija Aaron Gordon: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Cameron Johnson: 12 poss., 10 pts (3/4)
Jrue Holiday Christian Braun: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jamal Murray: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Toumani Camara Jamal Murray: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cameron Johnson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jerami Grant Aaron Gordon: 12 poss., 4 pts (0/1) · Peyton Watson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kris Murray Jamal Murray: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Cameron Johnson: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Shaedon Sharpe Bruce Brown: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Jamal Murray: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Donovan Clingan Nikola Jokić: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Jonas Valanciunas: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Blake Wesley Christian Braun: 6 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Jamal Murray: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Robert Williams III Nikola Jokić: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jonas Valanciunas: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Duop Reath Tim Hardaway Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nikola Jokić: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rayan Rupert Tim Hardaway Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bruce Brown: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nuggets defense

Defender Guarded most
Nikola Jokić Donovan Clingan: 28 poss., 7 pts (2/4) · Jerami Grant: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jamal Murray Toumani Camara: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Jrue Holiday: 16 poss., 9 pts (3/5)
Aaron Gordon Jrue Holiday: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Deni Avdija: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Cameron Johnson Deni Avdija: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Jerami Grant: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Christian Braun Kris Murray: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Shaedon Sharpe: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Peyton Watson Jerami Grant: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jrue Holiday: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tim Hardaway Jr. Kris Murray: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Shaedon Sharpe: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bruce Brown Shaedon Sharpe: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Jerami Grant: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonas Valanciunas Donovan Clingan: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Deni Avdija: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)