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Portland Trail Blazers
6-1 · 5-0 on the road
Sun 1/31
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Trail BlazersOffense
NuggetsDefense

The Trail Blazers rank 3rd in the NBA in offensive rating (118.5), and the Nuggets rank 23rd in defensive rating (113.4). A good spot for the offense against a middle-of-the-pack defense.

League average is 110.8, so the Trail Blazers are 7.7 above it. Deni Avdija leads them with 23.4 points a game on 57.7% true shooting.

1/312026-27 regular season
Before this gameSource: balldontlie box scores
Deni AvdijaTop scorer · POR
Jamal MurrayTop scorer · DEN
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1/312026-27 regular season
Before this gameSource: balldontlie box scores
Trail Blazers6-1
Nuggets4-3
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1/312026-27 regular season
Before this gameSource: balldontlie box scores
NuggetsOffense
Trail BlazersDefense
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1/312026-27 regular season
Before this gameSource: balldontlie box scores

Team vs team

Season before this game (POR 7 games, DEN 7). Small text is the league rank; ✓ marks the better number. Hover a stat for what it means.

PORDEN
Scoring
121.91st · Top 5
Points per game
NBA avg 113.4
115.413th · Average
110.712th · Average
Points allowed
NBA avg 113.5
114.720th · Average
+11.12nd · Top 5
Point margin
NBA avg -0.1
+0.717th · Average
Efficiency
118.53rd · Top 5
Offensive rating
NBA avg 110.8
116.26th · Above avg
109.312th · Average
Defensive rating
NBA avg 110.8
113.423rd · Below avg
+9.26th · Above avg
Net rating
NBA avg +0.0
+2.814th · Average
102.116th
Pace
NBA avg 102.4
100.224th
Shooting
56.4%3rd · Top 5
Effective FG%
NBA avg 53.3%
56.1%4th · Top 5
60.2%4th · Top 5
True shooting %
NBA avg 57.2%
60.7%3rd · Top 5
15.45th · Top 5
Threes made
NBA avg 13.1
11.921st · Below avg
35.5%12th · Average
Three-point %
NBA avg 34.7%
37.2%8th · Above avg
0.364th · Top 5
Free-throw rate
NBA avg 0.29
0.336th · Above avg
Defense
51.2%8th · Above avg
Opponent eFG%
NBA avg 53.3%
54.4%20th · Average
7.125th · Below avg
Steals
NBA avg 8.5
10.73rd · Top 5
5.016th · Average
Blocks
NBA avg 5.0
3.727th · Bottom 5
Possessions
14.7%15th · Average
Turnover rate
NBA avg 14.9%
15.2%20th · Average
31.7%4th · Top 5
Off. rebound rate
NBA avg 27.3%
26.8%18th · Average
47.47th · Above avg
Rebounds
NBA avg 44.2
41.624th · Below avg
27.110th · Above avg
Assists
NBA avg 26.2
27.68th · Above avg

Recent form

Portland Trail Blazers
WLWWW

Last 5: average margin +5.8 (season +11.1). Streak W3.

Denver Nuggets
LWWLW

Last 5: average margin +2.2 (season +0.7). Streak W1.

Key players

Portland Trail Blazers
PlayerPTSREBASTTS%
Deni AvdijaF 23.46.46.457.7
Damian LillardG 20.14.14.158.6
Ja MorantG 15.82.55.562.2
Toumani CamaraF 13.73.01.372.3
Denver Nuggets
PlayerPTSREBASTTS%
Jamal MurrayG 25.45.45.965.1
Nikola JokicC 23.49.79.357.9
Christian BraunG 14.63.92.366.9
Aaron GordonF 12.35.32.457.9

Injury report

Portland Trail Blazers
Ja Morant G · Left Hamstring Strain · back ~12/1 Out
Shaedon Sharpe G · Right Meniscus Surgery · back ~3/2 Out
Vit Krejci G · Left Ankle Fracture · back ~1/2 Out
Denver Nuggets
Julian Strawther G · back ~11/29 Out
Spencer Jones F · back ~11/11 Out
DeMar DeRozan G · back ~11/7 Day-To-Day

Earlier this season

11/2/26 · at DENDEN 110 – POR 118

Team numbers are computed from every box score this season; ratings use the standard possession estimate. Data from balldontlie; this isn't official NBA data.

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