Denver Nuggets at Portland Trail Blazers

Portland Trail Blazers -2.0

Over/Under 213.5

  • The Nuggets are going for their fifth consecutive win.

  • Denver is third in the NBA in defensive rating and they have held their opponents under 100 points nine times, tied for the most in the NBA.

  • Malik Beasley scored a career-high 20 points off the bench in his last game.

  • Damian Lillard made a franchise-record 10 threes on 15 attempts in his last game.

  • The Trail Blazers and Nuggets rank seventh and eighth respectively in Offensive rating.

  • Denver is one of the slowest teams in the NBA, ranking 26th in pace at 98.77.

  • Gary Harris participated in portions of the morning shootaround and is questionable for this game after missing the last two with an ankle injury.

  • With Gary Harry out, Jamal Murray has stepped up in a big way. Murray is averaging 21.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 6.0 assists in those two games.

  • As you might expect for a team with one of the best passing big men in NBA history, the Denver Nuggets rank fourth in assist rate, assisting on 63.2 percent of their made baskets.

  • Portland is on the complete other end of the spectrum, unsurprising considering they have two guards who excel in creating their own shot. Portland ranks 28th with a 50.4 percent assist rate.

  • Damian Lillard ranks 16th in the NBA in usage rate at 32.8 percent, per Cleaning The Glass. C.J. McCollum is next on the Trail Blazers at 24.7 percent with Jusuf Nurkic at 23.2 percent.

  • Nikola Jokic leads the Nuggets in usage at 28.0 percent. Jamal Murray is second at 24.2 percent, and Trey Lyles is actually third at 22.8 percent.

  • Portland is allowing 6.1 blocks per game to opponents this season, fifth most in the NBA.

  • The Trail Blazers have forced the fewest turnovers in the league, at just 12.1 per game.

  • Denver and Portland both have a 14.4 percent turnover rate, good for 12th in the NBA.

  • Denver has seven players averaging at least 10.0 ppg over the last week, including Mason Plumlee , Malik Beasley and Trey Lyles off the bench.

  • Paul Millsap is coming off of arguably his best game of the season, scoring 20 points on 9-14 shooting with 11 rebounds, two blocks and a steal.

  • Jusuf Nurkic is averaging 19.8 points and 10.4 rebounds per game against his former team. He is not averaging more than 15.3 ppg against any other NBA team.