The Portland Trail Blazers knocked off the Denver Nuggets by a final score of 119-100 on Tuesday night. The win marked the Blazers’ fourth in-a-row overall, and ninth consecutive at home—having not lost in Portland since the season opener over a month ago. The dynamic backcourt of Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum turned in their finest combined performance of the year to date, going off for 57 points while shooting 68% from the field as a duo.
The Nuggets played without reigning NBA MVP Nikola Jokic and emerging rookie Nah’Shon Hyland, in addition to the more prolonged absences of Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr.