Interesting duel of a series that is tied to 2 games, Denver Nuggets will play at home in front of his fans and will have the emotional support, by the Portland Trail Blazers will have the challenge of seeking to win as visitors in a meeting that will be of paramount importance to the objectives of both franchises.

Game Summary

Nuggets would start motivated at home and with a high level of energy taking the lead on the scoreboard, on Portland's side they stayed close trying to discount and balance the match, Nuggets would win the first quarter by 2 possessions.

The Nuggets remained firm in their approach to the game and took advantage, Blazers through Lillard with his offensive resisted and counteracted from the perimeter not to let the Nuggets escape, Murray was excelling in this room with a total control of the game being aggressive in the attack and in turn the team was contagious and would take a relevant advantage, finishes the first half 65 - 47.

Second Half

The dominance of the Nuggets was evident in these instances of the game already added 21 points of advantage and destroyed the defense of the Blazers who were very disorganized in the duel, finished the fourth and Denver had partial control of the encounter.

Despite the advantage that the Nuggets had, the game became physical because it increased the aggressiveness of the Blazers perhaps because of the frustration of losing by so much advantage, there was only exchange of baskets in a game that was controlled by Denver, it was a matter of minutes to capture the overwhelming victory of the Nuggets over the Blazers 124 - 98 placing the series 3 - 2 in favor of the Nuggets.

Details and Personal Analysis

The Denver Nuggets were at home and wanted to show their game to their fans, personally I think it has been one of the teams with the most progress in the league, who last year were out of the standings fighting in a final game for the 8th place playoffs where they were left out by a very narrow margin, but this season have been redeemed and have assembled a great team with the good work as coach Michael Malone.

In principle the game became balanced, but in the second quarter all change, the aggressiveness in the attack and power of the Nuggets was reflected in a brutal way, where in the partial of the first time the Nuggets had an advantage of 18 points when going to the rest. In the second half Denver continued to dominate and Portland could not find order to their game and they had difficulty discounting, the last quarter of the Nuggets had absolute control of the game and no reaction was seen by the Blazers, it would be an overwhelming victory of the Nuggets over the Blazers, who remained firm in their aspirations.

Best Performances

Nikola Jokic 25 Pts. 19 Reb. 6 Ast.
Paul Millsap 24 Pts. 8 Reb. 2 Ast.
Jamal Murray 18 Pts. 5 Reb. 9 Ast.

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