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Portland Trail Blazers vs. Denver Nuggets

February 20, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Trail Blazers 157-103 on 2026-02-20 on the road against the Trail Blazers. The Trail Blazers started Jrue Holiday, Jerami Grant, Deni Avdija, Toumani Camara, and Donovan Clingan. The Nuggets started Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, Julian Strawther, and Christian Braun. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 16 points (5/11) in his matchups, with Robert Williams III as his primary defender. Deni Avdija (Trail Blazers) scored 20 points (7/10) in his matchups, with Christian Braun as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers 103

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Deni Avdija GS 30:22 15 8 13 0 0 6 4 5-10 0-4 5-7 -34
Toumani Camara GS 26:21 10 1 1 1 0 3 1 4-11 2-8 0-2 -37
Jrue Holiday GS 25:16 19 2 2 1 0 3 2 6-10 4-8 3-3 -26
Jerami Grant GS 24:54 6 3 0 0 1 2 4 3-6 0-0 0-0 -35
Donovan Clingan GS 18:43 15 9 2 0 0 0 0 6-12 3-6 0-0 -11
Scoot Henderson 20:59 11 1 3 0 0 0 2 3-11 3-7 2-2 -30
Vít Krejčí 17:01 11 1 0 0 0 1 1 4-7 2-5 1-1 -3
Sidy Cissoko 16:21 0 1 1 2 2 0 3 0-2 0-1 0-0 -14
Matisse Thybulle 12:40 5 2 1 3 0 2 1 1-5 1-4 2-2 -16
Blake Wesley 12:00 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 1-3 0-1 2-4 -14
Robert Williams III 11:55 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1-2 0-0 0-0 -17
Kris Murray 9:19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 1-2 -8
Hansen Yang 8:20 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 1-4 0-1 2-6 -12
Javonte Cooke 5:49 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-3 0-2 0-0 -13
Totals 103 36 25 8 5 18 20 35-86 15-47 18-29

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Denver Nuggets 157

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Nikola Jokić GS 29:21 32 9 7 4 0 2 4 10-15 3-4 9-11 +40
Julian Strawther GS 29:19 19 6 4 1 0 1 2 9-16 1-4 0-0 +48
Christian Braun GS 26:54 11 8 7 0 0 2 3 4-6 2-3 1-2 +39
Cameron Johnson GS 26:40 15 4 4 2 2 0 1 3-8 2-5 7-8 +15
Jamal Murray GS 25:20 25 6 6 1 0 2 2 6-12 6-12 7-7 +39
Spencer Jones 29:54 10 10 2 0 1 1 2 4-6 2-2 0-0 +31
Bruce Brown 19:39 6 2 1 1 0 2 1 3-4 0-1 0-0 +4
Tim Hardaway Jr. 18:32 19 2 3 2 0 2 0 7-11 4-7 1-2 +14
Jonas Valančiūnas 11:44 6 7 1 0 0 1 3 3-8 0-0 0-0 -1
Zeke Nnaji 8:20 2 2 1 1 0 1 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 +12
KJ Simpson 7:22 3 1 4 0 0 0 1 1-2 0-0 1-2 +14
DaRon Holmes II 6:56 9 3 1 0 0 1 1 4-7 1-3 0-0 +15
Totals 157 60 41 12 3 15 22 55-96 21-41 26-32

Did not play: Jalen Pickett (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

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Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

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Starting lineup

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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 Christian Braun: 28 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Spencer Jones: 7 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Jrue Holiday Tim Hardaway Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Spencer Jones: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Toumani Camara Julian Strawther: 26 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Jamal Murray: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jerami Grant Cameron Johnson: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamal Murray: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Scoot Henderson Jamal Murray: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Christian Braun: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Donovan Clingan Nikola Jokić: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Jonas Valanciunas: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Vít Krejčí Bruce Brown: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Cameron Johnson: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Sidy Cissoko Spencer Jones: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zeke Nnaji: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Blake Wesley Julian Strawther: 7 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · KJ Simpson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Matisse Thybulle Tim Hardaway Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Spencer Jones: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Robert Williams III Nikola Jokić: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jamal Murray: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kris Murray Spencer Jones: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zeke Nnaji: 4 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Hansen Yang DaRon Holmes II: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Zeke Nnaji: 3 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Javonte Cooke KJ Simpson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Spencer Jones: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Nuggets defense

Defender Guarded most
Nikola Jokić Robert Williams III: 22 poss., 7 pts (2/4) · Donovan Clingan: 14 poss., 10 pts (4/5)
Spencer Jones Deni Avdija: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Vít Krejčí: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Strawther Deni Avdija: 13 poss., 8 pts (4/6) · Toumani Camara: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Christian Braun Deni Avdija: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jrue Holiday: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Cameron Johnson Jerami Grant: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Vít Krejčí: 13 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Jamal Murray Toumani Camara: 21 poss., 9 pts (3/3) · Jrue Holiday: 11 poss., 9 pts (1/3)
Bruce Brown Scoot Henderson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Vít Krejčí: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Tim Hardaway Jr. Jrue Holiday: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Matisse Thybulle: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonas Valanciunas Donovan Clingan: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Sidy Cissoko: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zeke Nnaji Sidy Cissoko: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kris Murray: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
KJ Simpson Blake Wesley: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Javonte Cooke: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
DaRon Holmes II Hansen Yang: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Sidy Cissoko: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)