NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 1 of the season

What does Trail Blazers vs Nuggets change in the NBA playoff race?

Trail Blazers

Portland Trail Blazers

4-1

34:48

In progress

Nuggets

Denver Nuggets

3-2

Mon, Nov 2, 2026 · 9:00 PM ET (Nov 3, 11:00 KST)Ball Arena, Denver

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Scoring by quarter

Scoring by quarter · Trail Blazers vs Nuggets
Team	1	2	3	4	T
Trail Blazers	19	15	0	0	34
Nuggets	31	17	0	0	48

What's at stake

Current standings (93 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 West teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

Trail Blazers win

Trail BlazersMagic 76→75Top-6 magic 77→76
NuggetsWest #8→#10Magic 77→-
TimberwolvesWest #9→#8
WarriorsWest #10→#9

Nuggets win

Trail BlazersWest #3→#5Top-6 magic 77→-
NuggetsMagic 77→76

7 more teams

LakersWest #4→#3
ThunderWest #5→#4
PelicansTragic 75→74
SunsTragic 76→75
ClippersTragic 74→73
JazzTragic 74→73
KingsTragic 73→72

Both teams going in

Team	Magic	Tragic	Top-6 magic
Trail BlazersWest #3 · 4-1	76	-	77
NuggetsWest #8 · 3-2	77	-	-

Magic number = wins left to lock a top-10 (play-in) finish (top-6 magic: a direct berth); tragic number = losses left until elimination. Ties count against the team. How we calculate →

Season series

Meeting 1 of 4 this season

Trail Blazers 0Nuggets 0

Before this game

Nov 2 Trail Blazers @ Nuggets (Scheduled)
Dec 15 Nuggets @ Trail Blazers (Scheduled)
Jan 31 Trail Blazers @ Nuggets (Scheduled)
Mar 10 Nuggets @ Trail Blazers (Scheduled)

Team records

Trail Blazers4-1
Nuggets3-2

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Trail Blazers

Shaedon SharpeOut
Ja MorantOut
Jayson KentOut
John TonjeOut

Nuggets

Spencer JonesOut
Julian StrawtherOut
Alpha DialloAvailable

BALLDONTLIE injury report (status only). It can change before tip-off.

Box score

Game leaders

PointsDamian Lillard 11Jamal Murray 16
ReboundsDonovan Clingan 4Nikola Jokic 5
AssistsDamian Lillard 5Nikola Jokic 2

Team stats

Team stats
	Trail Blazers	Nuggets
Field goals	12-35 (34.3%)	15-29 (51.7%)
3-pointers	3-17 (17.6%)	2-7 (28.6%)
Free throws	7-8 (87.5%)	16-20 (80.0%)
Rebounds	17 (7 off.)	23 (6 off.)
Assists	10	6
Steals	2	4
Blocks	3	0
Turnovers	5	5
Fouls	14	7

Percentages are made ÷ attempted.

Trail Blazers players

Trail Blazers players
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
D. AvdijaF	15	10	1	0	0	0	1	4-11	1-5	1-1	-11
D. ClinganC	13	4	4	1	0	2	0	2-5	0-2	0-0	-15
D. LillardG	13	11	2	5	1	0	1	2-4	1-2	6-7	-7
T. CamaraF	12	3	2	1	0	1	2	1-5	1-5	0-0	-17
S. CissokoG	10	2	1	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	-5
S. HendersonG	9	2	2	1	1	0	0	1-5	0-2	0-0	-14
J. HolidayG	7	0	3	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	-7
R. Williams IIIC-F	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
C. YoungbloodG	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+8
V. KrejciG	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-3
T	91	34	17	10	2	3	5	12-35	3-17	7-8

Did not play: B. Carlson, M. Potter, H. Yang

Nuggets players

Nuggets players
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
C. BraunG	13	5	3	1	1	1	2-3	1-2	0-0	+21
A. GordonF	12	2	3	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	+11
J. MurrayG	12	16	4	1	0	0	4-7	1-2	7-7	+17
N. JokicC	11	6	5	2	1	1	3-7	0-1	0-0	+12
C. JohnsonF	10	2	1	0	1	0	0-1	0-1	2-2	+7
D. DeRozanG	9	9	0	0	0	0	3-4	0-0	3-3	+7
M. Bagley IIIF	7	4	3	0	0	1	1-3	0-1	2-4	+2
T. BrazileF	7	2	3	1	1	1	1-1	0-0	0-2	+3
A. DialloG	6	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-5
T. JonesG	6	2	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-0	2-2	-5
T	93	48	23	6	4	5	15-29	2-7	16-20

Did not play: D. Holmes II, B. Hopkins, R. Nembhard, Z. Nnaji, C. Whitmore

MIN in minutes. +/- is the score difference while the player was on the court.

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Game data: BALLDONTLIE. Magic and tragic numbers are computed by this site.