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Lillard leads 3-point barrage as Blazers beat Nuggets 123-109 Portland makes 19 3s to take Game 1 By ARNIE STAPLETON, Associated Press Published: May 22, 2021, 10:30pm Share: 4 Photos Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard (0) passes the ball against the Denver Nuggets during the second half of Game 1 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series Saturday, May 22, 2021, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey) Photo Gallery DENVER — Damian Lillard scored 34 points and...

The Denver Nuggets stressed defending the 3-point line leading up to Game 1 of their first-round series against the Portland Trail Blazers, but the emphasis did

Seems like old times as Nuggets face Trail Blazers Field Level Media 22 May 2021, 09:05 GMT+10 Nearly 20 years ago the Denver Nuggets, led by a player wearing No. 15, were a yearly presence in the NBA playoffs. Most of the trips ended in the first round, but in 2009 Denver went to the Western Conference finals before losing in six games to the Los Angeles Lakers. Flash ahead 12 years and another No. 15 is leading Denver into the postseason again. And Nikola Jokic is going against the man who ha...

It’s been a long time coming, but after five months of regular season play and a week of preparation, the Portland Trail Blazers begin their 2021 postseason Saturday night.In a rematch of the 2019 Western Conference Semifinals, the six-seed Trail Blazers will face the six-seed Denver Nuggets in Game 1 of their best-of-seven first round playoff series Saturday night at Ball

(47-25) The Portland Trail Blazers enter the playoffs relatively healthy and full of confidence. Winners of 10 our of their last 12 games, the Blazers appear to peaking at exactly the right time. Jusuf Nurkić is playing his best basketball of the season, the three guard lineup of Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum and Norman Powell seems to be clicking, and the defense has gone from miserable to...well, less miserable. Four weeks ago, most of Rip City was ready for the season to wrap up. Now, optimi...

The chase for the Most Valuable Player award has come to an end. How do the contenders stack up against each other?

The 2020-21 NBA playoffs -- and play-in! -- are finally here. And this thing is as wide open as ever. But before we lock in the full 16-team field, heres a look at the first round of the play-in tournament, during which two teams from each conference will secure the Nos. 7 and 8 seeds: Eastern Conference play-in The Boston Celtics captured the No. 7 seed with a 118-100 win over the Washington Wizards. The Celtics will face the Brooklyn Nets in the first round of the NBA playoffs. The Indiana Pa...

Blazers look to close out the regular season with a win that would secure at least sixth in the Western Conference.

Nikola Jokić’s frontrunner status for Most Valuable Player started to become a reality on Jan. 31. The Nuggets were still trying to find themselves at 11-8 and were up against the hottest team in the NBA in the 15-4 Utah Jazz in a Sunday afternoon clash. The Jazz were surging as they rode an 11-game win streak, with impressive wins over playoff teams like the Bucks, Knicks,

Portland Trail Blazers vs. Denver Nuggets Preview Share this story (47-24) The Portland Trail Blazers take on the Denver Nuggets in the last game of the regular season at Moda Center tonight. The Blazers have caught fire at the right time, going 9-2 in their last 11 games, hoping to take this one to guarantee a spot in the playoffs. The Nuggets are winners of nine of their last 12 and currently sit at third in the Western Conference going into tonight’s slate of games. Sunday, May 16 - 6:00 ...