Blazers – Nuggets 120-121: Murray beat Portland by 0.9 inches and stole Lillard’s glory

THE Jamal Murray snagged the glory of the cocky Nikola Jokic (33 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists) and with a fantastic shot, signed the Nuggets’ 121-120 in Portland.

With Denver down -2 it was the Canadian guard who took charge of the last shot despite having 2/9 3-pointers and Grant on him by then and they knew the Blazers with his timely execution with 0, 9 minutes on the clock.’ for termination.

It was natural that the Blazers had no time or ability to react in these new conditions. Not even Damian Lillard with 40 points and 12 assists, who at 8.8” had scored 120-118 with his own three. Overall, Mike Malone’s team went ten points back in the final period and turned around after losing at home to the Mavericks to stay fourth in the West (14-10). Portland, on the other hand, fell to 13-11 (8th place).

BLAZER: Granr 18 (2/7 trebles), Nurkic 21 (2/3 trebles, 8 rebounds), Lillard 40 (9/17 trebles, 12 assists), Hart 12 (6 rebounds), Simmons 6 (0/6 trebles, 5th Assist), Winslow 4, Eubanks 7 (1 3-pointer), Watford 2, Johnson 3 (1 3-pointer), Sharp 7 (1/4 3-pointer)

NUGGETS: Gordon 20 (2/3 trebles, 5 rebounds), Brown 10, Jokic 33 (1/3 trebles, 10 rebounds, 9 assists, 6 turnovers), Murray 21 (3/10 trebles, 5 rebounds, 8 assists), Caldwell -Pope 7 (2/4 3-pointers), Green 6 (1), Chadzar, Jordan 5 (6 rebounds), Hyland 13 (3/6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 4 assists), Brown 6 (5 rebounds)