Denver Nuggets @ Portland Trail Blazers
WEST SEMIFINALS - GAME 3 • POR leads series 2-1
54-28, 20-21 Away
137
54-28, 20-21 Away
Final/4OT
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DEN | 17 | 30 | 29 | 26 | 35 | 137 |
| 23 | 25 | 33 | 21 | 38 | 140 |
53-29, 32-9 Home
140
53-29, 32-9 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- CJ McCollum misses driving floating jump shot
- Al-Farouq Aminu makes free throw 1 of 2
- Al-Farouq Aminu makes free throw 2 of 2
- Torrey Craig misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Gary Harris makes two point shot
- CJ McCollum misses driving floating jump shot
- Al-Farouq Aminu misses tip shot
- Damian Lillard misses three point pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Enes Kanter misses 6-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Torrey Craig misses tip shot
- CJ McCollum makes free throw 1 of 2
- CJ McCollum misses free throw 2 of 2
- Paul Millsap makes driving layup
- Damian Lillard misses 21-foot step back jumpshot
- Paul Millsap misses two point shot
- CJ McCollum makes 25-foot three point jumper (Al-Farouq Aminu assists)
- Jamal Murray makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Al-Farouq Aminu misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Paul Millsap makes three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Maurice Harkless misses 3-foot two point shot
- Enes Kanter makes layup
- Damian Lillard makes two point shot
- Gary Harris misses driving floating jump shot
- Maurice Harkless misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Damian Lillard makes 20-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 21-foot jumper (Gary Harris assists)
- Damian Lillard makes 17-foot step back jumpshot (Maurice Harkless assists)
- Torrey Craig misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Maurice Harkless misses 3-foot two point shot
- Enes Kanter makes 7-foot two point shot (Damian Lillard assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Damian Lillard misses step back jumpshot
- Malik Beasley misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes tip shot
- Gary Harris makes dunk
- Zach Collins misses 3-foot hook shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Malik Beasley assists)
- Enes Kanter misses driving layup
- Zach Collins misses pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic misses jumper
- Rodney Hood makes 14-foot driving floating jump shot
- Will Barton misses 15-foot two point shot
- Malik Beasley misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Monte Morris misses layup
- Zach Collins makes dunk (Damian Lillard assists)
- Zach Collins makes free throw 1 of 1
- Mason Plumlee misses 42-foot three point shot
- Al-Farouq Aminu makes driving layup (Damian Lillard assists)
- Will Barton misses two point shot
- Paul Millsap misses free throw 1 of 2
- Paul Millsap misses free throw 2 of 2
- Evan Turner misses 11-foot step back jumpshot
- Paul Millsap misses 11-foot two point shot
- Seth Curry makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rodney Hood assists)
- Monte Morris misses driving floating jump shot
- CJ McCollum misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Mason Plumlee makes free throw 1 of 2
- Mason Plumlee makes free throw 2 of 2
- Rodney Hood makes free throw 1 of 2
- Rodney Hood misses free throw 2 of 2
- Will Barton misses driving floating jump shot
- Rodney Hood makes free throw 1 of 2
- Rodney Hood makes free throw 2 of 2
- Paul Millsap makes driving floating jump shot
- Seth Curry misses 15-foot step back jumpshot
- Will Barton misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Malik Beasley misses 22-foot three point jumper
- CJ McCollum misses step back jumpshot
- Malik Beasley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Paul Millsap assists)
- Seth Curry misses three point pullup jump shot
- Paul Millsap misses 22-foot three point jumper
- CJ McCollum makes driving layup
- Gary Harris makes layup (Will Barton assists)
- Seth Curry misses 23-foot three point jumper
- CJ McCollum misses driving layup
- Rodney Hood makes 13-foot jumper (Evan Turner assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Damian Lillard misses 31-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Torrey Craig misses two point shot
- Rodney Hood misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic misses layup
- Nikola Jokic misses tip shot
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
- Enes Kanter makes two point shot
- Malik Beasley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Seth Curry misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Malik Beasley makes free throw 1 of 2
- Malik Beasley makes free throw 2 of 2
- Maurice Harkless makes free throw 1 of 2
- Maurice Harkless makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot
- CJ McCollum misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Maurice Harkless makes two point shot
- Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot
- Jamal Murray makes 25-foot three pointer
- CJ McCollum makes 26-foot three pointer
- Maurice Harkless makes dunk (CJ McCollum assists)
- Jamal Murray makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Maurice Harkless misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Gary Harris misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Damian Lillard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Damian Lillard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
- Paul Millsap makes tip shot
- Damian Lillard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Damian Lillard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes driving layup
- Jamal Murray makes two point shot
- Damian Lillard misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray makes driving layup
- CJ McCollum makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Torrey Craig makes alley oop layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Al-Farouq Aminu makes driving layup (Maurice Harkless assists)
- Torrey Craig misses 8-foot two point shot
- Gary Harris misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Torrey Craig misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Maurice Harkless makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes driving layup (Jamal Murray assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses free throw 1 of 1
- CJ McCollum misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Enes Kanter makes 1-foot two point shot (Al-Farouq Aminu assists)
- Gary Harris makes driving layup (Jamal Murray assists)
- Enes Kanter makes 25-foot three point jumper (Damian Lillard assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Torrey Craig makes two point shot
- Enes Kanter makes driving layup (CJ McCollum assists)
- Enes Kanter makes free throw 1 of 1
- CJ McCollum makes free throw 1 of 2
- CJ McCollum makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
- Al-Farouq Aminu misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
- Zach Collins makes three point jumper (Damian Lillard assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Rodney Hood makes 25-foot three point jumper (Damian Lillard assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 13-foot two point shot
- Enes Kanter makes 13-foot jumper (Zach Collins assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Damian Lillard makes three pointer
- Damian Lillard makes free throw 1 of 2
- Damian Lillard makes free throw 2 of 2
- Malik Beasley misses free throw 1 of 2
- Malik Beasley makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Monte Morris assists)
- Mason Plumlee makes free throw 1 of 1
- Damian Lillard makes two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Monte Morris misses two point shot
- Rodney Hood makes free throw 1 of 3
- Rodney Hood misses free throw 2 of 3
- Rodney Hood makes free throw 3 of 3
- Nikola Jokic makes driving floating jump shot (Monte Morris assists)
- Zach Collins misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Rodney Hood misses 4-foot two point shot
- Malik Beasley makes 20-foot step back jumpshot (Torrey Craig assists)
- Seth Curry misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- CJ McCollum makes 16-foot step back jumpshot
- CJ McCollum misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Will Barton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Zach Collins makes layup (CJ McCollum assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 21-foot jumper
- Monte Morris misses 26-foot three point jumper
- CJ McCollum misses running pullup jump shot
- CJ McCollum makes driving layup (Zach Collins assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot (Will Barton assists)
- Zach Collins misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray misses 14-foot two point shot
- CJ McCollum makes driving dunk
- Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot three point jumper
- CJ McCollum makes free throw 1 of 2
- CJ McCollum makes free throw 2 of 2
- Will Barton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- CJ McCollum makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Will Barton misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot
- Jamal Murray makes two point shot
- CJ McCollum misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Maurice Harkless makes two point shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 12-foot jumper
- CJ McCollum misses driving floating jump shot
- Gary Harris misses driving layup
- Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot
- Will Barton makes tip shot
- Damian Lillard misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes 21-foot step back jumpshot
- Damian Lillard misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
- Al-Farouq Aminu misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes 24-foot three pointer
- Maurice Harkless makes 25-foot three point jumper (Damian Lillard assists)
- Will Barton misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Maurice Harkless makes driving layup (Damian Lillard assists)
- Maurice Harkless misses free throw 1 of 1
- Damian Lillard makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot
- Will Barton makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Al-Farouq Aminu misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Maurice Harkless misses 60-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Damian Lillard misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- CJ McCollum makes 18-foot running pullup jump shot
- Gary Harris misses 23-foot three point jumper
- CJ McCollum makes 26-foot three point jumper (Maurice Harkless assists)
- CJ McCollum misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Gary Harris misses two point shot
- Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Al-Farouq Aminu misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- CJ McCollum misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Paul Millsap makes driving layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Damian Lillard misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
- Damian Lillard misses two point shot
- CJ McCollum makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Al-Farouq Aminu assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
- Nikola Jokic misses 19-foot jumper
- Will Barton misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Damian Lillard makes 20-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic misses driving layup
- Will Barton misses tip shot
- Will Barton makes tip shot
- CJ McCollum misses driving floating jump shot
- CJ McCollum makes two point shot
- Jamal Murray misses driving layup
- Damian Lillard makes 28-foot three point jumper (Al-Farouq Aminu assists)
- Will Barton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Maurice Harkless misses driving floating jump shot
- Paul Millsap makes 6-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- CJ McCollum makes 18-foot step back jumpshot
- Gary Harris makes two point shot
- CJ McCollum misses driving floating jump shot
- CJ McCollum misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Enes Kanter misses two point shot
- Nikola Jokic misses three point jumper
- Damian Lillard misses 29-foot step back jumpshot
- CJ McCollum makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
- Gary Harris makes 27-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
- CJ McCollum misses driving floating jump shot
- CJ McCollum makes 22-foot step back jumpshot
- CJ McCollum makes 26-foot three pointer
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
- CJ McCollum misses 21-foot step back jumpshot
- Will Barton makes free throw 1 of 2
- Will Barton makes free throw 2 of 2
- CJ McCollum misses driving floating jump shot
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
- Damian Lillard misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Paul Millsap makes 11-foot two point shot
- Damian Lillard makes driving layup
- Damian Lillard makes driving layup
- Jamal Murray misses 31-foot three point shot
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Will Barton makes 5-foot two point shot
- Al-Farouq Aminu misses 18-foot jumper
- Enes Kanter makes two point shot
- Maurice Harkless misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Will Barton makes 22-foot pullup jump shot
- CJ McCollum misses driving layup
- Enes Kanter misses tip shot
- Will Barton misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Enes Kanter misses 16-foot jumper
- Rodney Hood makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Will Barton misses free throw 1 of 2
- Will Barton makes free throw 2 of 2
- Rodney Hood makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
- Paul Millsap makes 5-foot two point shot
- CJ McCollum misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
- Rodney Hood makes 25-foot three pointer (CJ McCollum assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Seth Curry makes free throw 1 of 2
- Seth Curry makes free throw 2 of 2
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: POR, 65.2
Win %: POR, 63.7
Win %: POR, 63.2
Win %: POR, 64.6
Win %: POR, 65.0
Win %: POR, 68.6
Win %: POR, 69.2
Win %: POR, 67.5
Win %: POR, 69.1
Win %: POR, 69.6
Win %: POR, 67.4
Win %: POR, 64.9
Win %: POR, 63.3
Win %: POR, 64.9
Win %: POR, 63.3
Win %: POR, 64.9
Win %: POR, 63.2
Win %: POR, 62.7
Win %: POR, 64.2
Win %: POR, 64.7
Win %: POR, 63.1
Win %: POR, 62.5
Win %: POR, 64.1
Win %: POR, 62.4
Win %: POR, 64.1
DEN @ POR Videos
McCollum: I'm ready to go for Game 4
Lillard: Two teams were fighting for their season
Matchups
Game Information
Portland, OR
Referee:Eric Lewis
Referee:Mike Callahan
Referee:Rodney Mott
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 64 | 18 | .780 | - | L2 |
| Denver | 54 | 28 | .659 | 10 | W12 |
| Minnesota | 49 | 33 | .598 | 15 | W2 |
| Portland | 42 | 40 | .512 | 22 | W2 |
| Utah | 22 | 60 | .268 | 42 | L1 |
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