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01:55for the 4-1 Portland Trailblazers
01:58and time to check in with Katie Winchie presented by HCA with Pelt 1.
02:02So the Nuggets have shot 26 free throws, but just nine three-pointers.
02:07Here's one that they made.
02:08Look at Nikola Jokic directing his squad out here.
02:11Christian Brown has Damian Lillard on her, so he wants to get him involved in the action.
02:14Jamal Murray draws the double, finds Christian Brown with all of this space.
02:18Because you have Cam Johnson in the corner, Denny Avdia is going to have to come over and help when
02:22that ball is delivered to Christian Brown.
02:25He's a driver.
02:27Look at how much ground Avdia has to cover to get out to Cam Johnson.
02:31That is as wide open as you can get as a three-point shooter who shot 43% from three
02:37last season.
02:38And that's what you want to see from the Denver Nuggets.
02:40They only have 12 assists in this game as well.
02:43And again, so much of their point total has come from the free throw line.
02:46But I'd like to see the ball moving and popping a little bit more offensively.
02:49Led by as many as 14 in the first half.
02:51It's eight to start the second half.
02:55And they get a foul against Avdia as Aaron Gordon goes spilling down.
03:03Christian Brown in the first half, Katie, plus 21 when he was off the floor, minus 13.
03:10Making an impact on both sides, truly.
03:12I think he knocked down a couple shots, including another three-pointer.
03:16But defensively, he's done a really good job chasing Damian Rillard around screens
03:20and being in the help side, securing rebounds as well.
03:23Three first-half steals for him, a guy that's sixth in the NBA.
03:2715-foot jumper for Jokic is short.
03:33Portland went on a big run in the second quarter.
03:35They got it all the way down to two at one time.
03:37But a strong finish to the first half from the Nuggets.
03:40Have them up eight here.
03:43Avdia creates a little bit of space between him and Cam Johnson.
03:47Offensive rebound, clinging with the left.
03:49No.
03:50Third chance on this trip.
03:51Henderson, free throw line jumper.
03:53One full.
03:54Cling in the rebound again.
03:56And A.G. steps into the passing lane.
03:59Here comes Jamal.
04:01Good pass.
04:02Great ball movement.
04:03Leads to a bucket.
04:05Christian Brown for two off of some great passing.
04:08And good things happen when you can make a steal defensively
04:11or grab that defensive rebound.
04:17Swiped away by Jokic.
04:19Lead pass to Brown is tapped away by Lillard.
04:23And it was last touched by Damian Lillard.
04:25Ball stays with the Nuggets.
04:27So because Aaron Gordon gets a hand on this,
04:29the Nuggets are able to push.
04:30And Nikola Jokic does such a great job of reading the defense.
04:34Henderson gets caught staring at Jokic
04:35in which Christian Brown cuts backdoor.
04:37He's so good at finding spots where the defense is asleep
04:40and taking advantage.
04:42We're going to take another look at this one.
04:44Mike Inori wants to challenge us,
04:46see if it was in fact out of bounds off of Portland.
04:48And before we go to break,
04:49let's head back to Vic Lombardi
04:50for the Kaiser Permanente sports break.
04:55Thank you, Noah.
04:57This coach's challenge presented by Meritrust Credit Union
05:00and announced during the timeout
05:01that this was off Christian Brown.
05:06The fingertips of Christian Brown.
05:09This is what the officials were looking at.
05:11This is what they found.
05:12So Portland will lose the timeout
05:16because it was a mandatory timeout.
05:17but they win the challenge
05:18so an opportunity for them to challenge.
05:20The Blazers down 10,
05:21a little less than 90 seconds into the third quarter
05:24and a game the Nuggets have led the entire way.
05:27Damian Willard almost banked it in on the three.
05:31Rebound tapped around several times
05:33before Cam comes down with it.
05:40Gordon quickly to the car.
05:44Ball cycles all the way around the perimeter.
05:46Johnson, Jokic, flops it in.
05:49Great urgency from Cam Johnson
05:51on that possession too.
05:52Immediately when he swung the ball
05:53to Nicole Jokic,
05:54just naturally goes into that handoff motion
05:56and Jokic gets an easy bucket because of it.
05:59Jokic picks up a foul on the other end
06:01against Damian Willard driving.
06:02Here's a look at it.
06:03You pass it around the horn there.
06:05Cam Johnson immediately coming off that handoff.
06:07Klingon has to come over and help
06:09on Johnson that's attacking
06:10because Lillard is behind.
06:12And Nicole Jokic,
06:13that's been his sweet spot tonight.
06:14Right in the middle of the paint.
06:15He's had his teammates find him in there
06:17coming off of those handoffs and those screens.
06:19I thought Cam did a good job
06:19making it look like he was going to be the one
06:21that took the shot until the very last moment.
06:24Avdia chancing a three-point play
06:26drawing the whistle.
06:31This is the way that the Portland Trailblazers
06:33will get back into this game.
06:35The free throw line and the three-pointers.
06:38Denver's got to be disciplined defensively here.
06:42Number two in the NBA in free throws per game.
06:44Number one in the league in three-point attempts per game.
06:50Big reason why they've started the season 4-1
06:53and haven't lost in the road yet.
06:55As Avdia completes the three-point play
06:57to give him a team-high 16.
06:58And Denver's three-point defense
06:59has been pretty good in this game.
07:01They're holding Portland to 32%.
07:02They average 39% from three.
07:05So keep contesting those shots.
07:06Make every look a tricky one.
07:08And that includes a sequence
07:09where Portland even made five in a row at one time.
07:12An offensive foul is called against Aaron Gordon.
07:14I'm not sure I agree.
07:18Screening foul right here.
07:21He's trying to set up Jamal Murray for a flare.
07:26That makes two of us who do not agree.
07:28Under.
07:31Avdia swings it back out to Lillard.
07:34Henderson with Brown right in his face.
07:36Cashes in the three.
07:45With 6-0 for Portland.
07:48Good.
07:48Feed inside.
07:50Brown lost it, but it was off a deflection.
07:53He's trying to say it was a foul.
07:54Either way, it stays with the Nuggets.
07:56He's saying, look at my arm from where I got hit.
07:57That was unbelievable vision from Nikola Jokic
08:01to see that and to get the basketball there.
08:1020 points in the first half for Jamal Murray.
08:13Jokic with 6 in the shot clock, wrestles around Klingen.
08:17Can't get it to go off the window, and Klingen snatches the rebound.
08:21Henderson.
08:23Avdia.
08:25Love, Klingen the finish.
08:27Timeout, David Adelman.
08:31Nuggets getting frustrated a little bit with the last couple calls.
08:36One of the game.
08:37Two of the game high 20 for Jamal Murray.
08:40Yeah, good things happen when Jamal Murray is aggressive.
08:42And New Dame was going to be a step behind on this screening situation.
08:48Nikola Jokic hands it off to him, and Jamal Murray pedaled to the metal on the drive to the game.
08:54Slams it home.
08:55He's got 20 points in this game.
08:57Been to the free throw line nine times.
08:59Perfect nine for nine.
09:00And that's a testament to him being aggressive from the get-go.
09:04Red hot start to the season for Jamal Murray, who already has games of 42 and 39 points respectively.
09:1120 in the first half tonight.
09:14And Jamal Murray understands that if he wants to remain all-NBA, if he wants to remain an all-star,
09:20his start to the season is crucial in making that a repeat.
09:25Top 10 score through the first couple weeks.
09:27His 25 a game is 10th in the NBA.
09:31Murray falls away from the mid-range over the top of Obdiadie CX.
09:35Right on cue.
09:38Love how that works.
09:43Needed bucket out of the timeout two after Portland went on a run.
09:47Mullard bounces inside.
09:48Jokic a steal.
09:56Brown feeds Jokic.
09:59Faces up against Klingon with the entire right side to himself.
10:03In and out.
10:11Lillard off the hesitation, draws a whistle before the shot, so wipe that off.
10:16No two points for Damian Lillard.
10:21Jokic trying to do a good job of, when Lillard comes off there, containing him, Christian Brown kind of pursuing
10:27from behind.
10:29Nuggets do a good job of trying to close those gaps.
10:32Just have to do so without fouling.
10:34This is the second foul of the night for Jokic.
10:43Shot clock at five.
10:45Lillard trying to get downhill.
10:46Does with the left hand and finishes.
10:52Down, down, down.
11:00Denver trying to make it three straight wins after a 2-0 road trip.
11:03Come on, Murray can't hit on the three.
11:11Murray got a hand on it.
11:12Lillard still has it.
11:18Here's Objeh, steps back off the screen.
11:23Mara, four on the shot clock, attacking baseline, blocked by Gordon.
11:29Jokic runs, transition chance, Johnson flashes.
11:33Brown got the defender to fly by.
11:35Cam Johnson, corner three.
11:41Objeh, one-on-one against Christian Brown, and a foul against CB.
11:46And Brown gives his defense a chance to reset here by taking that foul in transition from Avdia.
11:52But we may have heard through our microphones a very upset Denver Nuggets bench
11:56because the way that Klingen was setting screens and handoffs,
12:00there was some hip checking that was taking place.
12:02And, of course, the officials can't call everything.
12:04They're not going to call everything.
12:05This has been a more physical game, and the Nuggets have been to the free throw line 26 times.
12:09However, you know, when you see Aaron Gordon get called for a moving screen on the other end,
12:13and that's where some of those frustrations start to boil.
12:20Jokic almost had the steal.
12:22He was the last to step on the sideline with it.
12:26Very active hands for Nikola Jokic, who has three steals already tonight and multiple deflections.
12:32And they've been low, they've been high, they've been all over the floor defensively.
12:38Kling it to the basket.
12:40Two-hand hammers it.
12:43When Portland gets that deep into the paint, and Nikola Jokic has to come over and help,
12:47there's not a lot that Denver's defense can do in that situation.
12:50Double-double for Donovan playing at 11 points, 11 rebounds.
12:55Jokic goes right at him and draws a whistle.
12:57Two free throws coming up for Nikola Jokic.
13:01A little bit of order restored in that offensive possession for Denver, too.
13:05Getting that look for Nikola Jokic, cutting right down onto the block.
13:09He uses his speed to his advantage in that situation.
13:13They run that look quite often.
13:23First free throws there for Nikola Jokic, who is more than halfway to a triple-double.
13:2815-6-7.
13:3122 from Jamal Murray.
13:33Paces all scores tonight.
13:40Perfect trip for the Jokic, and the lead's back to four.
13:51Here's Lillard over the top of Cam Johnson, in and out on the three.
13:54Murray the rebound.
13:57Oh, nice move.
13:58Jamal Murray kick out to the corner.
14:07Jokic, short on the three, goes back to Portland.
14:11Really like the defensive effort on the other end there on Damian Lillard.
14:15Christian Brown having to trail from behind, and Cam Johnson stepping up to contest that three.
14:19Then you can get out and run when you get stops.
14:23One of the best shooters in the A history, Damian Lillard.
14:25Just one of four behind the three-point line tonight.
14:42And the eight-point half-time lead.
14:44Nuggets led by double digits early third quarter, but Portland's cut that to two.
14:48There is a whistle here against Kamara, against Jamal Murray.
14:53And Nikola Jokic, a little bit of frustration defensively.
14:56He's getting caught in some in-between spaces in the paint, and it's led to a couple of clinging dunks.
15:02I wonder if they'll change up some of their defensive coverages here in terms of what he's doing in the
15:06pick-and-roll.
15:08Trevin Brazil comes into the game as well.
15:10First sub in the third quarter as Aaron Gordon takes a seat.
15:16Well, Murray took a shot to the face, did not get a whistle from it.
15:21Port of shoot.
15:23Brown circles into the paint.
15:25Brown is going to the line.
15:27Donovan Klingin is called for the foul.
15:29It is his fourth.
15:30Credit Christian Brown not shying away from 7-2.
15:34Donovan Klingin inside, making sure that he protected the basketball with his body there,
15:39and drew the foul on Klingin.
15:44Understood the offensive situation with the shot clock winding down,
15:47made something happen out of it.
15:52The defense has been fantastic.
15:55Every game for Christian Brown, he draws the fourth foul against Donovan Klingin,
16:00but it's the offense that's been the story for CB the last couple.
16:0323 a game over the last two games, including the seven three-pointers against Phoenix.
16:09Phoenix on his way to a career-high 31 Friday night.
16:16He's got double figures, 10 points now for Christian Brown.
16:34Holliday kick out.
16:35Three goes through, Sissoko for Portland.
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17:08And Christian Brown once again
17:10Getting to the free throw line
17:13The explosion of CB
17:14Looking fantastic to start the year
17:18Good aggression from him this game as well
17:20This is 5th and 6th free throws for him
17:24He's averaging just one free throw attempt per game
17:26And not a lot of offensive sets
17:29Are run for Christian Brown to get a look
17:30He's getting to the free throw line
17:32Because of his slipping action
17:33Or going in transition
17:34But when he gets to the free throw line
17:37That's a sign that he's being very aggressive
17:38And intentional in the game
17:40Well in the last two possessions
17:41He's hit 4 free throws
17:42And he's drawing the 4th foul against Donovan Klingen
17:45And the 4th foul against Tumani Kamara
17:54Through Holiday
17:57Jokic
17:58Rips the rebound away from Williams
18:02More than 4 minutes without a made field goal
18:05For the Nuggets and that won't end here
18:08It goes through the hands of Trevin Brazil
18:10And back to the Blazers
18:12The Blazers defense has really upped its physicality here in the second half
18:18Nuggets haven't been able to execute as cleanly as they would like here
18:22And 66 points in the first half
18:25Just 12 points in the third quarter for the Nuggets so far
18:28On 30% from the field
18:30Abdiah steps back behind the line
18:32Drills the 3 and this game is tied
18:34That's just too much time and space
18:36You go under that screen
18:37And Abdiah's a very capable 3-point shooter
18:40Trevin Brazil's got to get out quicker
18:42First time since the start of the game
18:44That this game has been tied
18:45But Jamal Murray immediately has the answer
18:50Abdiah lobs Williams
18:52No, it was challenged by Jokic
18:53But a second chance by Williams
18:58That's off a made Denver Nuggets basket
19:03Separation created by Murray
19:05His 15-footer is short
19:10Portland has not led at any point tonight
19:13They've got a chance in this possession to do so for the first time
19:19Holiday to Williams
19:21Jokic got a hand on it
19:22Holiday gets it back
19:23And Portland has its first lead tonight
19:35This is Murray shovels a pass to Jokic
19:38Got it
19:40We need a bucket
19:41Go to something simple
19:42Like the two-man game
19:43With Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic
19:45Murray gets downhill
19:46Jokic is hanging out
19:47In the paint on that roll
19:50Now the Nuggets trying to get a stop
19:52On this end
19:55Final three to play in the third quarter
19:57Abdiah a lot of space
19:59Jokic the rebound
20:01His eighth
20:03Murray
20:05Transition three
20:10Big time shot maker is Jamal Murray
20:17Seven in the quarter for Jamal Murray
20:22Abdiah
20:23Zigzagging through the paint
20:26Youngblood was the last to touch it
20:28Denver forces the turnover
20:31Great defensive awareness right there
20:33By both Trevin Brazil and Nikola Jokic inside
20:37And just having their hands up
20:38Leads to good things defensively
20:40You can get deflections
20:41You take away passing lanes
20:46It's the 11th turnover the Nuggets have forced
20:49Jamal Murray takes a seat
20:50Two and a half to go
20:52Third quarter
20:52Tyus Jones
20:54The backup point guard in
20:59Johnson
20:59Can't back out
21:00Jokic straight
21:01In and out
21:07Holliday leaves it back
21:13Youngblood corner three on the catch and shoot down and out
21:17Rebounded by Cam Johnson
21:29Here comes DeRozan pull up on the right elbow doesn't get the bounce
21:44Pass tapped away into the hands of Jokic and here comes Jones
21:48DeRozan spins
21:50Leaves it back for Brazil
21:51What a pass from DeMar DeRozan
21:57That was the most beautiful kind of Messi I've seen in a long time
22:04Unbelievable pass from DeMar DeRozan
22:08Portland gets it back immediately with the Sissoko three
22:11Solid, solid
22:22Johnson tried to bounce it to Jokic
22:24Miscommunication between the two and the Nuggets turn it over
22:29Now down in transition because Nicole Jokic gets a hand on this
22:32DeRozan spinning, falling, trying to find somebody in Trevin, Brazil
22:37Is right there DeRozan didn't have the angle to get the shot
22:41But beautifully executed behind the head would you say?
22:44It's not behind the back
22:45Didn't have the angle for the shot
22:47I don't even know if he had the angle for the pass either
22:48Still made it work
22:55Second chance
22:57Brazil got a fingertip on it
23:08Likely the final Denver possession of the third quarter
23:14Six to shoot
23:15DeRozan off the screen
23:17Gets to the elbow, rises
23:19Can't hit
23:20Shot clock turned off to the Blazers
23:28He goes with five
23:31Holliday, wide open scoot
23:33Henderson, too strong
23:35And Jokic the rebound
23:36To end the third quarter
23:40It was an eight point Nuggets lead at halftime
23:43The Blazers have cut into it
23:57That was tonight's super light highlight reel
24:00We've got a fun finish in store here in ball arena
24:03A two point Nuggets lead over the Trail Blazers
24:06As we head to the fourth quarter
24:10You win the quarter
24:11You win the game
24:11So treat it as such
24:13Treat it as a mini game within this this big game
24:15And I think when it comes to Denver's defense
24:17You have to shut down the three point line
24:19And the free throw line for the quarter trailblazers
24:21Bagley deflected the lob and forced the turnover
24:27Gordon gets cut off
24:28Steps back
24:29Three is two
24:30Strong clean in snacks
24:31Snacks his 12th rebound
24:39Lillard swerving into the paint
24:42Holliday wants a screen from clinging
24:44He gets it
24:47Kick and roll
24:48Clinging finishes tied at 87
24:50That's strong too
24:51Aaron Gordon is there to meet clinging before the rim
24:53Contest that shot
24:56First double-double of the season for donovan clinging
24:5815 points
25:0112 rebounds
25:13Three to shoot
25:14Murray zips a pass inside to bagley
25:16Got it to go
25:20The Nuggets are going to need another really strong stint here from marvin bagley
25:27Chris Youngblood for three
25:29Just grazes the rim and heads back to the Nuggets
25:32Yeah as important as you know the defensive communication and sharpness needs to be the discipline
25:36On that side of the bar
25:38Ball you need the same offensively here in this fourth quarter you have to execute be really smart about your
25:42shot selection
25:47Murray good feed to bagley
25:50A lot of contact there
25:53Youngblood lowers the shoulder against christian brown who's called for a foul and the nuggets
25:58Rightfully so a little frustrated
26:03Well last year donovan clinging third and rebounds per game fifth in block shots per game he is
26:09A force inside he's kind of laughing about it thinking he got away with one down there him and dave
26:14yeager were
26:15Switching words back and forth all in fun of course, but yeah
26:19Come in
26:35A couple free throws and it's tied again
26:43Fifth tie of the second half after no ties in the first half
26:47The first time the Nuggets scored they've led the entire way
26:49in half number one.
26:53DeRozan falls away with a hand in his face,
26:55Clinging the rebound.
27:04Lillard gives it back to Youngblood, who tricks.
27:07Gets rid of it to Clingin.
27:10And a timeout taken by Portland.
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37:30If there was any contact too, I think it might have been his teammate Donovan Klingen
37:40The whistle happened so late that it's almost like you can't call the initial reach in.
37:44Yeah, he stepped on Klingen's foot.
38:05It's a two-point deficit for the Nuggets.
38:08It's 5.09 to play here inside Ball Arena.
38:20Just feels like Nikola Jokic going for the basketball there was not enough to have Scoot Henderson fall on the
38:24floor.
38:38After review, Henderson makes an initial contact with Klingen which causes him to fall to the floor.
38:44Additionally, there was no illegal contact by the defender at the time of the whistle, there was imminent possession by
38:50Denver.
38:51Therefore, the on-court ruling has been overturned to a no-call.
38:54There will be Denver possession on the sideline.
38:57The challenge is successful and Denver will retain their timeout.
39:01Huge swing of events there instead of a foul on Jokic, it ends up being a no-call, and the
39:06Nuggets have possession.
39:09Now you've got to do something with it and execute offensively.
39:30Two-point deficit, just over five to play.
39:34Nuggets looking for a third straight win.
39:38Jokic has a big size advantage here on Drew Holiday.
39:42Murray got the defender to fly by, steps into a mid-range jumper and doesn't get it to fall.
39:47Jokic slips the rebound away from Klingen.
39:54Jokic, skip pass.
39:56Brown steps in off the pump fake, left it short.
40:03Good job giving yourself multiple opportunities on that offensive possession.
40:09A couple great looks.
40:10One from Jamal, one from Christian.
40:14Abdias steps through and reverses it in.
40:16David Adelman takes a timeout as the Portland lead expands to four.
40:20That's such a heads-up box-out screen by Donovan Klingen there to create space for Denny Abdias driving inside.
40:29Brazil gets caught up on the screen, but watch the way Klingen holds off Nikola Jokic so that Denny Abdias
40:35has a wide-open look at the basket right here.
40:39And again, Abdias, the change of speed, the change of direction, his ability to feel a defender all over his
40:45body and maneuver around it.
40:48Season high for Donovan Klingen in both points and rebounds.
40:5317 and 16 tonight, he's looked really good.
40:55He's had some big games against the Nuggets in the past, too, when he's had big rebounding nights.
41:01And it just feels like he's cleaned everything up for the Portland Trail Blazers.
41:04Anything they've missed, he's been in the right area.
41:06He's been exceptional as a screener and a roller.
41:10Finding easy ways to score inside, and Denver's defense has had to help because Portland has such great dribble penetrators
41:16of guards that can get inside.
41:18Damian Lillard, Denny Abdias, and Klingen, his 17 points come off of a lot of that action.
41:25To your point, averaged a double-double last year against the Nuggets.
41:2814 points, more than 12 rebounds per game, and he's doing it again tonight.
41:36I mean, Nicole Jokic is a big basketball player at 7 feet.
41:39Donovan Klingens, the 2 inches that he has on Nicole Jokic, and he is the way that he consistently goes
41:47for every single rebound.
41:49He works very hard for his production.
41:53Average 12 points, 11 and a half rebounds a game last year.
41:58Fantastic night on the road tonight.
42:00Aaron Gordon, a lot of space.
42:03Cam Johnson tracks down the offensive rebound, and he's the last to touch it, trying to argue his case.
42:12Portland going with a little bit of a different look there.
42:14Klingen was defending Aaron Gordon.
42:17And I think Holiday was actually on Nicole Jokic.
42:25Offensive foul, it's on Kamara.
42:28And that's his fifth.
42:35Jamal Murray handling some of the offensive contact there.
42:38It was physical early on, and Murray backs off.
42:41Kamara frustrated.
42:43Pushes off.
42:54Murray uses the screen.
42:56Gets the defender on his back.
42:58Lobs to A.G., and that is way too tall.
43:08Go, go, go, go, go.
43:12Go, go, go.
43:14Avdia crosses over, gets all the way in the basket, lays it in.
43:18Chance at a three-point play for Denny Avdia.
43:28Because that initial point of attack is so clear, Jokic is a little bit late sliding over to help in
43:35that position.
43:35It just is such a difficult rotation defensively when you can't contain the basketball.
43:40Avdia, again, one of the quickest players and most difficult to defend off of that first dribble.
43:45Can't complete the three-point play.
43:48Stays a two-possession game with three-and-a-half to go.
43:51Kane Johnson leaves it for Gordon, but then lost it.
43:54Stays a two-possession game with three-and-a-half to go.
44:08Avdia, kick out, Holladay, corner three, buries it.
44:15Denver's had some costly turnovers here late in the fourth quarter.
44:20Offense not executing at the level it needs to be.
44:22And then Portland making some threes, especially late in this game.
44:26Just six of them tonight for Denver.
44:2814 for Portland, but Jamal Murray with a big one there to give him 32 on the night.
44:34He said, take that.
44:35Take that three-point stack.
44:40He's made three of the seven for Denver tonight.
44:43It's his third 30-point game of the season.
44:54Camara, three to Shoup.
44:56On the baseline, here's Klingon.
44:58Short jumper is off the front of the rim.
45:01Offensive rebound, Holladay.
45:03Fresh 14 for the Blazers.
45:04That was such a good defensive possession, too, for Denver.
45:08Knocked away by Murray.
45:17To Jokic, the floater, got it!
45:22Great pass from Murray, finding Jokic.
45:25After driving off of that, kind of threw it behind his head
45:27in the perfect placement for Jokic to just go up with it.
45:36Lillard falls away over the top of Brown and got the roll.
45:40That is a tough, tough shot.
45:46Need scores and stops at this point in the game here.
45:49Murray fell on the three, they're saying,
45:51before the shot on Drew Holliday.
46:00Jamal Murray on Denny Avdia.
46:04Nice job making contact with the basketball.
46:06Cleans up an offensive board from Portland,
46:08and then that pass waited just the right amount of time
46:11and used his dribble to create a better angle,
46:13to create better space to get Nicole Jokic to the basketball there.
46:21Murray swings it back out to Jokic, drives around Lillard.
46:25Kick to the corner.
46:28Johnson with three.
46:29Back out Murray.
46:30Sidesteps the defender.
46:32Murray's got it at the shot clock buzzer!
46:38Murray madness here.
46:40My goodness!
46:42My goodness!
46:48Tamarra, man, got it.
46:52Timeout taken by the Nuggets.
46:57Jamal Murray is leaving absolutely everything on the floor in this game.
47:02His heart, the way that he's playing,
47:06you can tell he's tired, but he's playing through it.
47:11That's such an unbelievably difficult shot.
47:13As the shot clock is winding down to shot fake,
47:15to have enough time to sidestep, create space,
47:18defender hand in your face, and knock that in.
47:22You need a better defensive effort on the other side.
47:24When you make a play like that in this situation,
47:26you need a better defensive effort.
47:32Jamal Murray with his third 30-point game of the season.
47:36Friday night had 39 on seven made threes.
47:41Tonight has followed that up with 35.
47:43Four threes, perfect from the free throw line.
47:46You said it.
47:47Doing everything he can, leaving it all out on the floor tonight.
47:49So I need to backtrack here.
47:51Cam Johnson was grabbing at what looked like his hamstring,
47:53and that was the reason that Jamal Murray was late on that Camara three.
48:00Jamal Murray was asking his team to take a foul
48:02because he saw Cam grimacing a little bit.
48:09So Cam's driving in, finds Jamal Murray,
48:12and immediately pulling at his hamstring.
48:18Man.
48:19And so Jamal Murray was saying,
48:20take a foul there so we can reset.
48:22Now Jamar DeRozan's in the game.
48:23It's his second game back from injury, too.
48:28DeRozan working off the screen, under a minute to play.
48:32Here's Brown.
48:33Gordon inside with a left no, and rebounded by Portland.
48:43Track.
48:47Shot clock down to ten.
48:49Nuggets playing it out.
48:58And what was a two-possession game now with that make.
49:03It's a tough make, and Denver's defense is trying to scramble in that situation.
49:07It's going to be really difficult.
49:1225 after that last bucket for Denny Avdia.
49:16One shy of his season high coming off the first time he was an NBA All-Star last year in
49:21year six in the league.
49:22And he's been good down the stretch.
49:25Yeah, it's a difficult cover for anyone in this league.
49:28The way that he is able to read a defense, to attack inside, get to the free throw line, knock
49:35it down from deep.
49:36Really a three-level scorer.
49:37So quick, that first step in particular is so difficult to defend.
49:43A bigger guard, too, at 6'8".
49:45So he absolutely, we talked about this a little bit earlier.
49:48The fact that they have Damian Lillard on their team now,
49:50it creates so much more space for Denny Avdia to go to work in a lot of situations, too.
49:55Because Damian Lillard is such a three-point threat,
49:58but you have to be out there covering him at all times.
50:02And the driving lanes look just a little bit bigger when that's the case.
50:0820 tonight for Damian Lillard, just behind the 25 of Denny Avdia.
50:13So you do not get a possession off when you're guarding him.
50:16Second most drives per game in the NBA.
50:18He led the league last year in drives per game.
50:26Get it into Murray with 30 seconds.
50:28Straight up! Straight up!
50:31Jokic off the screen, rises for three, buries it!
50:35He saw one go in earlier, and maybe he found his rhythm from deep.
50:41Mike Inori takes the timeout.
50:4224.6 on the clock after the Jokic three cuts it to five.
50:50Just a pass fake right there.
50:52Gets the defense on their toes.
50:54Jokic ends up getting Kamara to switch on to him.
50:56He's a much smaller player than Klingen.
50:59So Jokic able to rise up and shoot right over the defender there.
51:03Nikola Jokic had taken just one three total in the previous two games.
51:08He's taken six tonight, has made the last two.
51:11That one crucial to cut it back down to two possessions.
51:23For the Nuggets, you have to hope for some missed free throws down the stretch of this game.
51:28Down by five against Portland.
51:31And then 115 to 110, a game that the Nuggets got off to such a great start.
51:35Held Portland in 19 points in the first quarter, but then the Blazers' offense found a rhythm late.
51:39Yeah, their three-point shooting really came alive in this game.
51:42And Denver did a pretty good job of contesting, but that's what they're looking to do, right?
51:45And Denver got to the free throw line early in this game.
51:49Their offense, they haven't made a whole lot of shots in the second half,
51:51which has hurt them in terms of production that they're able to put on that side of the floor.
51:55So Denver right here, you've got to foul.
51:57You've got to hope that Portland misses some free throws.
52:01And then you have to execute offensively here.
52:07A couple of Jamal Murray threes, a couple of Nikola Jokic threes have kept Denver in and down the stretch.
52:14Obdia is fouled by Aaron Gordon.
52:17So Denny Obdia heads to the free throw line.
52:3367% at the line this season.
52:40And he missed the front end.
52:44So no matter what, it stays two scores regardless of a make or a miss.
52:57Donovan Klingin comes out of the game.
53:01Scoot Henderson in.
53:09Obdia goes one of two.
53:10Still a six-point game with 21 to go.
53:12Switchability here for Portland.
53:13They want to switch everything on the guards looking for three-point looks.
53:17Murray spins around Holliday for three.
53:20Short, wanted a whistle, didn't get it.
53:22The possession does stay with the Nuggets in 11.6 seconds to play.
53:30Yeah, taking a look at Jamal Murray, knowing that Holliday is contesting from behind,
53:34can't really see if Holliday got a hand on Jamal Murray there.
53:40It's Murray to inbound.
53:41And Jokic with the three on the top of Obdia.
53:45And Drew Holliday the rebounds.
53:48Lead pass to Obdia.
53:50And he puts an exclamation point on the night for the Blazers.
54:01Mike Inouye's team still has not lost on the road this season as the Blazers move to 4-0.
54:08One's trailing by 14 inside ball arena tonight.
54:11They come back to win it.
54:121-18, 1-10, the final.
54:15Let's head back to Vic Lombardi.
54:16Bill Hanslick and Jason Richardson for Nuggets Post Game Live, presented by Toyota.
54:22Thank you, Noah.
54:24Jason, you mentioned it during the game.
54:25The Nuggets had opportunities to pull away.
54:27They would get up by 10.
54:29They'd get up by 12.
54:29And they just couldn't get that knockout punch.
54:32You allow teams to stay in the game.
54:34This is what you get.
54:35Yeah, that's what happened.
54:37Portland just came and just kept fighting.
54:39They kept fighting.
54:39They had some big-time threes.
54:42You know, they just got it going.
54:44They just played well.
54:45You know, that Portland team is really good.
54:49Athletic.
54:49Really good.
54:50They're big.
54:51They're athletic.
54:51They shoot threes.
54:52They physically get after you defensively.
54:55They had too much for the Nuggets tonight.
54:57Well, the rebounds are a big difference.
54:59We'll get through all the numbers for you when we come back.
55:02A lot to discuss as the Nuggets' win streak over Portland in the regular season is snapped.
55:08They had won 18 straight before tonight.
55:121-18, 1-10 the final.
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