Beijing time, February 28, today, the Denver Nuggets away to challenge the Portland Trail Blazers, a showdown between sixth and tenth in the West. From the ranking point of view, the Nuggets obviously have a lot of advantages, coupled with the recent State of the Nuggets, has won 5 consecutive wins, and the Blazers team is leaderless, it is difficult to pose a threat to the Nuggets. In the first quarter, the Nuggets were mainly counter-guests, and under the play of Gordon and others, they established a 5-point advantage, with a score of 32-27; in the second quarter, the Nuggets took advantage of the chase, Jeff Green began to shoot, and the point difference quickly expanded to 17 points. In the first half, Jokic tried his hand at the bull knife, 1 of 2, 2 of 2 from the free throw line, and had 4 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists and 1 steal.
Easy side fights again, Simmons frequently play iron, the Blazers rely on Hart, Yuckbans and other role players to drag the team forward, the third quarter ended, the Blazers 70-86 behind the opponent 16 points. In the final quarter, the Nuggets withdrew the main player early, Ubanks basketed 2 points to stop the bleeding, Forbes three points also in color, Ellerby picked the basket also, but Cousins quickly strong to win 2 points, at this time Williams is not willing to show weakness, the outside line three-point rain. Immediately after, Cousins shot himself 2 points under the basket and scored 16 points.
Soon, Cousins made a foul under the basket and went to the free throw line, just 10 seconds later, Jamekau Green completed a steal to a dragon to get a layup, the Blazers side of the shot was deflected, Cousins turned back and hit a cold-blooded three-pointer, and the Blazers requested a timeout. Coming back from the timeout, Cousins has been replaced, Campazzo has 2 points on the layup, Matthews has broken through 2 points to stop the bleeding, and Eubanks has also scored 2+1. However, the game quickly ran out, and the Nuggets eventually won 124-92 to the Blazers.
After this game, the Nuggets won six consecutive games with a record of 36 wins and 25 losses, ranking sixth in the West, and the Blazers suffered two consecutive losses with a record of 25 wins and 36 losses, ranking tenth in the West. In this game, Jokic only played 26 minutes, 3 of 5, with 8 points, 18 rebounds and 11 assists, plus or minus +6; Button scored only 3 points on 1 of 8; Gordon scored 6 of 12, lightly taking 14 points and 2 rebounds; Morris 9 points; Jeff Green 4 of 5, with 14 points and 3 rebounds. Cousins returned to the peak of this game, creating a big surprise, he came off the bench for only 17 minutes, 7 of 10, sent 19 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, plus-minus as high as +27 the first place in the game.
In addition, Jamekau Green scored 20 points and 10 rebounds of 8, and Forbes scored 17 points. For the Blazers, Simmons played crazy, with 16 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists on 5-of-18, Hart had 11 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists on 5-of-12 shooting, Ubanks had 13 points and 10 rebounds, Williams had 12 points and 7 rebounds, and Ellerby had 8 points and 5 rebounds. The Nuggets are currently in high morale, and Murray is coming back, the healthy Nuggets have the ability to storm the championship, and Jokic is very promising to defend the MVP again.