On February 24, 2024, Beijing time, the 2023-2024 NBA regular season continued, and the Nuggets defeated the Trail Blazers 127-112 on the road, successfully winning two consecutive victories.
Game replay: Before the game, the Nuggets beat the Wizards 130-110 at home in a game that ended yesterday, ending a four-game losing streak before the All-Star weekend, and the team continued to attack the top three in the West. Recently, the core of the team, Jamal Murray, has missed several games due to injury. As for the Trail Blazers, the team didn't make any big moves before the trade deadline this season, retaining several key players Jerami Grant, Anfernee Simmons and Malcolm Brogdon.
In the first quarter of the game, the Nuggets quickly took the lead under the leadership of Nikola Jokic, Jokic assisted his teammates to get easy scoring opportunities, and then the Trail Blazers relied on Jerami Grant's scoring to gradually close the gap, and at the end of the first quarter, the Nuggets led the Trail Blazers by 5 points at 25-20. In the second quarter of the game, the Nuggets continued to exert their strength, blasting out a high score of 38 points in a single quarter, Michael Porter Jr. hit three points in a row from the outside, directly penetrating the Trail Blazers' defense, Jokic also scored in a row, the Nuggets beat the Trail Blazers by 10 points 38-28 in a single quarter, and at the end of the half, the Nuggets led the Trail Blazers by 15 points at 63-48.
In the third quarter of the game, the Nuggets' offense did not decrease, the team's scoring momentum still did not stop, and the single quarter once again played a 32-29 net victory over the Trail Blazers by 3 points, in this quarter of the game, the Trail Blazers player DeAndre Ayton began to make trouble for Jokic on the inside, but the Trail Blazers still could not limit the Nuggets' offense, and at the end of the third quarter, the Nuggets led the Trail Blazers by 18 points at 95-77. In the final quarter of the game, the Trail Blazers began to take the initiative on the court, slashing 35 points in a single quarter, but because the score was too far behind in the first three quarters, the team could not catch up with the score, and in the final stage of the game, due to the Nuggets' lead was too large, the Trail Blazers were unable to narrow the point difference, and the coaches of both sides successively sent substitute lineups, and the game completely entered garbage time. In the end, the Nuggets easily defeated the Trail Blazers.
Starting XI: Trail Blazers: Jeramy Grant, Anfernee Simmons, Malcolm Brogdon, Deandre Ayton, Tumani Camara;
Nuggets: Nikola Jokic, Reggie Jackson, Aaron Gordon, Michael Porter Jr., Caldwell Pope.
Stats: Trail Blazers: Kamara 6 points and 6 rebounds, Grant 25 points and 4 assists, Ayton 22 points and 10 rebounds, Murray 9 points and 8 rebounds, Simmons 21 points and 8 assists, Banton 14 points and 3 assists;
Nuggets: Porter 34 points and 12 rebounds, Gordon 8 points and 7 assists, Jokic 29 points, 15 rebounds and 14 assists, Pope 9 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Reggie 9 points, Gillespie 18 points and 4 assists, Watson 8 points, Nagy 6 points.