The Nuggets came out and started on pretty even footing with the Blazers. Jamal Murray started off slow, but Aaron Gordon picked up the slack. He and Jerami Grant were going back and forth for a little bit early on. The Nuggets were having troubles keeping up in spite of that though because the defense still wasn’t good and there were so many turnovers for the Nuggets. It was leading to very easy looks in transition for the Blazers.
Jokic by himself had 5 turnovers in the first quarter (slightly made up for it with 12 points on 7 shots) which led to 8 points for the Blazers.