The Portland Trail Blazers, missing every recognizable rotation member besides Most Improved Player candidate Anfernee Simons, weren’t expect to beat Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets on Sunday evening. And, well...they didn’t. Fielding a starting lineup in which 6’9 forward Drew Eubanks towered over every teammate, the Blazers had no answer for Jokic, or power forward Aaron Gordon, or Jeff Green, or JaMychal Green, or anyone else over 6’8, for that matter. The Nuggets romped, shooting 50.6% from the field. Portland managed just 36.7%, 16.7% from the arc. That was enough to give Denver a 124-92 victory in a game that was over by halftime.
Nuggets Use Big Men to Smash Trail Blazers
