National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Denver 97,
Portland 89
When: 9:00 PM ET, Monday, December 22, 2008
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #19 James Capers, #57 Greg Willard, # Curtis Blair
Attendance: 18611
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #19 James Capers, #57 Greg Willard, # Curtis Blair
Attendance: 18611
Final Scoring Summary
Portland Trail Blazers
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Steve Blake - G | 39:53 | 5-11 | 4-6 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Brandon Roy - G | 32:23 | 3-11 | 0-1 | 2-2 | -2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| LaMarcus Aldridge - F | 38:56 | 8-18 | 0-1 | 4-4 | -11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| Nicolas Batum - F | 13:26 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Greg Oden - C | 21:36 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Travis Outlaw | 31:51 | 6-13 | 2-5 | 1-2 | -17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| Joel Przybilla | 21:35 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 3-3 | -6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Rudy Fernandez | 18:20 | 3-8 | 2-5 | 1-2 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Ike Diogu | 9:16 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Sergio Rodriguez | 5:02 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Channing Frye | 4:31 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerryd Bayless | 3:11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 240 | 33-79 | 8-18 | 15-19 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 22 | 27 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 89 | |
| 41.8% | 44.4% | 78.9% | Team Rebs: 12 | Total TO: 13 | ||||||||||
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chauncey Billups - G | 42:11 | 6-16 | 1-5 | 6-7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Dahntay Jones - G | 16:10 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Kenyon Martin - F | 35:43 | 3-10 | 0-1 | 2-6 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| J.R. Smith - F | 32:22 | 5-9 | 0-1 | 5-8 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Nene - C | 39:01 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 19 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Linas Kleiza | 28:13 | 5-8 | 2-3 | 5-6 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| Chris Andersen | 21:16 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 3-4 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| Anthony Carter | 16:31 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Chucky Atkins | 8:33 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Renaldo Balkman | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Carmelo Anthony | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 33-72 | 3-11 | 28-39 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 97 | |
| 45.8% | 27.3% | 71.8% | Team Rebs: 13 | Total TO: 14 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| POR | None |
| DEN | None |
Team Statistics
| Portland | Denver | ||
| Fast Break Points | 4 | Fast Break Points | 14 |
| Points in the Paint | 30 | Points in the Paint | 38 |
| Biggest Lead | 4 | Biggest Lead | 8 |