Nuggets Vs. Blazers: Portland's Arsenal Too Much For Denver
The Portland Trail Blazers move to 3-0 after a home win over the Denver Nuggets. Wesley Matthews scored 25.
Denver
Nuggets
102
Denver
Nuggets
102
| Final - 12.29.2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Nuggets | 17 | 36 | 26 | 23 | 102 |
| Portland Trail Blazers | 30 | 23 | 30 | 28 | 111 |
Stories
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver | 17 | 36 | 26 | 23 | 102 |
| Portland | 30 | 23 | 30 | 28 | 111 |
| Denver | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danilo Gallinari | 35 | 4-15 | 0-5 | 8-8 | 2-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 16 |
| Nene Hilario | 34 | 4-12 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 9-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3-0 | 10 |
| Timofey Mozgov | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 0 |
| Arron Afflalo | 31 | 6-12 | 0-1 | 7-7 | 2-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-0 | 19 |
| Ty Lawson | 40 | 10-16 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-0 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 25 |
| Al Harrington | 22 | 3-9 | 0-4 | 2-4 | 5-2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 8 |
| Andre Miller | 34 | 4-13 | 1-2 | 4-6 | 3-0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 13 |
| Rudy Fernandez | 22 | 2-8 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 7 |
| Chris Andersen | 7 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Corey Brewer | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Julyan Stone | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Kosta Koufos | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| DeMarre Carroll | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Kenneth Faried | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Jordan Hamilton | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 35-87 | 4-20 | 28-33 | 30-3 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 20-3 | 102 | |
| .402 | .200 | .848 | Team Reb: 9 | Total TO: 0 (29 pts) | |||||||
| Portland | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Wallace | 38 | 5-7 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 6-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3-0 | 13 |
| LaMarcus Aldridge | 38 | 6-14 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 5-1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4-0 | 13 |
| Marcus Camby | 25 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 12-2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4-0 | 2 |
| Wesley Matthews | 39 | 9-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 5-1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3-0 | 25 |
| Raymond Felton | 33 | 10-16 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 5-1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3-0 | 23 |
| Jamal Crawford | 30 | 6-16 | 1-5 | 9-9 | 5-0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3-0 | 22 |
| Kurt Thomas | 12 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 6-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 7 |
| Nicolas Batum | 20 | 1-6 | 1-3 | 3-3 | 6-1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2-0 | 6 |
| Craig Smith | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Greg Oden | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Luke Babbitt | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Armon Johnson | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Elliot Williams | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Chris Johnson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Nolan Smith | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 41-79 | 8-20 | 21-23 | 50-7 | 20 | 3 | 25 | 9 | 25-1 | 111 | |
| .519 | .400 | .913 | Team Reb: 8 | Total TO: 0 (10 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Eddie F. Rush, Pat Fraher, Haywoode Workman
Duration:2:13
Officials: - Eddie F. Rush, Pat Fraher, Haywoode Workman
Duration:2:13
