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Lillard shot the free throw to start the second half. Just when things began to settle down, Morris picked up a technical right after the halftime horn. The tempers escalated as Anthony pushed Jokic down and drew a flagrant-1 foul.

At the next timeout, the teams started jawing near midcourt, leading to technical on Porter and Portland assistant coach Nate Tibbetts. The game turned physical early in the first, with Jusuf Nurkic and Jokic getting tangled up and Jokic falling to the floor.

#PORTLAND BLAZERS VS NUGGETS SERIES#

They hurt the Nuggets coming off the bench in the series opener with a combined 32 points. While Lillard lit it up - and McCollum added 21 - the Nuggets kept Anthony (five points) and Anfernee Simons (three) in check.

“We have to be more aggressive, there's no question.' “They outplayed us top to bottom - other than Dame’s (42),' Blazers coach Terry Stotts said. They also were outscored 54-32 in the paint, 16-4 in fast-break points and 21-4 in second-chance points. The usually sure-handed Blazers committed 21 turnovers. He was 3-of-6 from 3-point range after going 1-of-10 from long distance in Game 1. found his rhythm and finished with 18 points. Monte Morris also had a big block on Lillard. Up by 20 points midway through the fourth quarter, the Nuggets withstood a mini-rally from Portland before Facundo Campazzo sealed the win with a 3-pointer. “It was chippy and that’s the way it should be,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. It was a physical affair, with four technical fouls being issued (three on Denver, including one on Jokic) and two flagrant-1 calls (CJ McCollum and Carmelo Anthony). “Things like that, you can typically get a little bit of space.” “Just moving around more off the ball, getting some more off-ball sets,” Lillard said. Lillard's already thinking ahead to Game 3 in Portland on Thursday and what he will do to counteract Gordon's defensive tenacity. 'It could be a point guard or it could be a center - I’m there for it all.” “I looked at the coaching staff and said, ‘I got him,’” said Gordon, who was acquired from Orlando in late March. Denver put the 6-foot-9 Aaron Gordon on the 6-2 guard. Lillard finished 9 of 16 from 3-point range.Ī change of plans at halftime helped slow down Lillard. His eight 3-pointers before intermission tied an NBA playoff record for most in a half.

The third-seeded Nuggets had few answers for Lillard early on as the dynamic playmaker scored 32 of his 42 points in the first half. Jokic also had eight rebounds and five assists, which was four more than he dished out in Game 1 when the Blazers made sure the big man didn’t beat him with his pinpoint passing. “We met their aggressiveness, maybe even a little bit higher.” “They picked up the aggressiveness and we did it, too,” Jokic said. Jokic scored 38 points to overcome a 3-point shooting barrage from Damian Lillard and the Nuggets evened the first-round series by beating the Portland Trail Blazers 128-109 on Monday night in a chippy Game 2. So no talk, just a much more physical mentality. “Because if you're going to talk about it, you're not going to do it,” the big man reasoned. NBA, Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail BlazersĭENVER - Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets played with an unspoken sense of urgency. Jokic scores 38, Nuggets beat Blazers 128-109 to even series

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