The Trail Blazers are a team that relies on the 3-point shot quite heavily, with just shy of 33 percent of their points coming from beyond the arc. Jerami Grant 3 or More Made 3-Point Shots (+125) With Lillard back in the lineup, a rest advantage and home court advantage, look for another big showing from the Trail Blazers. In their prior win against Denver, despite getting out to a slow start in the first quarter, the Trail Blazers put up 32, 44 and 36 points on 57.8 percent shooting in the final three quarters. The Moda Center has been kind to the Blazers as they are averaging almost seven more points per game (114.2) at home this season. The Blazers are 2-0 straight up this season on three or more days rest as they should be very fresh for this matchup. The Trail Blazers host the Nuggets with a rest advantage after last playing the Indiana Pacers in Portland on Sunday. With the chance to clinch the series in Game 6, this injury-riddled Nuggets team might even be favored in the second round without Chris Paul for Phoenix or Anthony Davis for Los Angeles at 100 percent.> Download The Action Network App to get real-time NBA odds, track your bets and follow all of our experts’ picks.It’s a very small sample size but it’s still the case after five matchups. In this series, whichever side wins the first quarter ends up winning the game.As ESPN‘s Zach Lowe put it: “The Nuggets are congenitally unable to play anything but insane series.” After the NBA bubble, the playoffs the year prior, and now this series, Nuggets playoff basketball is a must-watch.Robert Covington missed two very makeable dunks down the end of this game and while it didn’t end up mattering, the score should be closer than what it actually is.If Jokic can keep getting his former teammate in foul trouble, Portland will need more 50-point games from Dame just to stay in it. Once again, Nikola Jokic got Jusuf Nurkic in foul trouble, sending him off before the first overtime.Denver Nuggets Game 5 recap: Final thoughts The series now heads back to Portland for Game 6 and the Denver Nuggets have an opportunity to win the series on the away floor to meet the winner of Suns vs Lakers. Even though they’re doing a really tough job on me, I’ve got to continue to help my team any way I can.” “I can’t let a team or gameplan take me out of a game, like what happened in Game 4. It's so beautiful /5382phTdQZĪs MPJ added after the game, he knows he has to force the issue and get himself involved: He just seemed to be everywhere, running about a million dribble-hand-offs with Jokic and getting him the ball in the post when he had a mismatch (pretty much all of the two overtime sessions). Morris played 41 minutes, scoring 28 points with five assists, and was a +7 on the night. In the past few games, Facundo Campazzo has had to step up, taking on much of the point guard duties, tonight, it was Monte Morris. With Jusuf Nurkic in foul trouble, before eventually getting fouled out in the fourth quarter, Jokic had a buffet of post-ups in front of him. Regardless of whatever ‘ secret sauce’ it might seem like the Nuggets figured out on Dame, if he’s going to step back and make contested threes, they will just have to live with it.īut at the end of the day, Nikola Jokic proved to be too good for the Portland Trail Blazers. LILLARD BURIES IT TO GET TO 50 POINTS AND FORCE DOUBLE OT ON NBA TV! □ /z4fnJXSRGE □ DAME DOES IT AGAIN!! ARE YOU KIDDING!!?
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