“We could’ve walked away from this with a much better ending.” I feel like we underachieved,” Lillard said. “I think going back 2-4 is a missed opportunity. “He was flying around out there, and so when you’re doing that and you are 6-foot-10 and you are long, you have an impact.”ĭamian Lillard had 34 points and eight assists, Jerami Grant scored 20 and Jusuf Nurkic added 11 before fouling out for the Blazers, who ended their six-game road swing with three straight losses. “Michael got on the floor for a loose ball,” Malone said. Porter added five rebounds in 27 minutes to help the Nuggets stay atop the Western Conference standings. He hit Denver’s first basket and scored five quick points. scored 18 points in his first game after missing 13 with a left heel strain, an injury he said is unrelated to previous back injuries that have been an issue since college and early in his NBA career. Oh, he’s not shooting well.’ I know I’m going to have those days.” “It’s you guys that haven’t accepted it because every time I have a bad game, ‘Oh, my goodness. Murray, who logged a season-high 39 minutes, said he’s still working his way back from tearing the ACL in his left knee on April 12, 2021. “When you score like that, you rebound, your playmaking, you defend, that makes you a hell of a player on a really good team.” The rebounding, eight boards tonight, the playmaking, 12 assists, three turnovers - that’s outstanding,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. “The scoring, Jamal does that in his sleep. He scored 19 points in the second half as Denver erased a six-point deficit early in the third quarter to take a double-digit lead.
Murray, who finished two rebounds shy of a triple-double, sat out Tuesday’s win over Memphis with soreness in his surgically repaired left knee, and the four-day break seemed to reinvigorate him. DENVER (AP) - Jamal Murray returned to the lineup with 25 points and a season-high 12 assists, Nikola Jokic had 29 points and 11 assists, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Portland Trail Blazers 120-107 on Friday night.
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