National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Portland 100, Denver 95
When: 9:00 PM ET, Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #11 Derrick Collins, #74 Curtis Blair, #28 Zach Zarba
Attendance: 16058

Trail Blazers 100, Nuggets 95: Damian Lillard had 31 points, nine assists and seven rebounds as visiting Portland handed Denver its eighth loss in nine games.

Robin Lopez blocked a career-best seven shots to go with 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Trail Blazers, who were without All-Star forward LaMarcus Aldridge (groin) for the fourth straight game. Nicolas Batum scored 16 points, Mo Williams added 14 and Dorell Wright had 12.

J.J. Hickson grabbed a career-best 25 rebounds, including 15 on the offensive end, to go with 16 points for the Nuggets. Randy Foye scored a team-high 17 points and Aaron Brooks and Timofey Mozgov added 14 apiece.

Denver trailed by 15 early in the final quarter before using a 15-2 surge to pull within 86-84 on two free throws by Evan Fournier with 4:06 to play. The Nuggets were again within two on Kenneth Faried’s basket with 2:50 to go but a layup from Lillard, two free throws by Wesley Matthews and a 3-pointer by Batum helped push the margin up to seven as the Trail Blazers held off the charge.

Portland led 52-45 at halftime and increased the lead to 14 early in the third quarter on Wright’s 3-pointer. Lillard scored eight points during a 10-0 surge as the Trail Blazers went up by 18 later in the stanza before Denver pulled within 82-69 entering the fourth quarter.

GAME NOTEBOOK:
Hickson collected 24 rebounds on Jan. 15 against the Golden State Warriors and helped the Nuggets to a dominating 64-41 edge on the boards against Portland. … Lopez’s block output was the Trail Blazers’ highest since Aldridge rejected seven shots against Denver on Dec. 28, 2010. … Nuggets PG Ty Lawson (ribs) sat out for the seventh consecutive game.
Top Game Performances
 
Portland   Denver
Damian Lillard 31 Scoring Randy Foye 17
Damian Lillard 9 Assists Aaron Brooks 6
Robin Lopez 10 Rebounds J.J. Hickson 25
Damian Lillard 11 Free Throws Made Evan Fournier 5
Wesley Matthews 2 Steals Evan Fournier 2
Robin Lopez 7 Blocks Timofey Mozgov 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Portland 100 36.8 12-31 32-38 17 41 12 8 13
Denver 95 35.9 4-20 17-26 19 64 5 7 15
Upcoming Games
  • Denver will play their next game at home against Brooklyn. The Nuggets have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.
  • Portland will play their next game at home against Brooklyn. The Trail Blazers have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.