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• #Blazer vs nuggets series#

“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.

#Blazer vs nuggets series#

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