Game Thread 2025-26 GAME #57 - BLAZERS VS NUGGETS - FEBRUARY 20, 2026 - FRIDAY - 7:00 PM - KUNP - BLAZERVISION (2 Viewers)

[Chris Craig]

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REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

BLAZERS 27-29 NUGGETS 35-20

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STARTERS


Jrue Holiday Deni Avdija°

Jerami Grant Toumani Camara

Donovan Clingan


Jamal Murray Christian Braun

Julian Strawther Cam Johnson

Nikola Jokic

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WHEN: FEBRUARY 20, 2026 - FRIDAY - 7:00 PM PST

WHERE: MODA CENTER PORTLAND OR



TV BROADCAST



STREAMING



RADIO BROADCAST


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BENCH


Robert Williams III Sidy Cissiko

Scoot Henderson Blake Wesley

Vit Krejci

Yang Hansen Caleb Love*

Jevonte Cooke*

Damian Lillard° Matisse Thybulle°

Kris Murray° Shaedon Sharpe°

* Two Way Player ° Injured Player


Jonas Valanciunas Bruce Brown

Tim Hardaway Jr Zeke Nnaji

DaRon Holmes II Curtis Jones*

Spencer Jones*° Tamar Bates*°

Aaron Gordon° Peyton Watson°

Jalen Pickett°

* Two Way Player ° Injured Player

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COACH


Tiago Splitter

David Adelman

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INJURIES

BLAZERS

Damian Lillard - Achilles - Out
Matisse Thybulle - Knee - Quest
Kris Murray - Back - Quest
Shaedon Sharpe - Calf - Out
Deni Avdija - Back - Prob

NUGGETS

Aaron Gordon - Ham - Out
Peyton Watson - Ham - Out
Tamar Bates - Foot - Out
Jalen Pickett - Knee - Out
Spencer Jones - Conc - Quest

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE

BLAZERS @ SUNS - 2/22 - 5:00 PM

BLAZERS VS TWOLVES - 2/24 - 7:00 PM

BLAZERS @ BULLS 2/26 - 5:00 PM

BLAZERS @ 2/28 - 10:00 AM

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GAME NOTES

•The Blazers are 105-99 all time vs the Nuggets
• The Blazers defeated the Nuggets 109-107 on 10/31 in Portland
The Blazers will face the Nuggets again on 3/22 and 4/6 in Denver
• Jerami Grant played for the Nuggets from during the 2019-20 season
• Damian Lillard handily defeated Jamal Murray in the three point contest during All Star weekend
• Sidy Cissiko has been converted to a standard NBA contract
• Caleb Love has three more games before he becomes innelligble to play unless he is converted to a standard contract
• The Blazers are waiving forward Rayan Rupert to make space to convert Sidy Cissiko
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[BoBoBREWSKI]

@Chris Craig
looks like you accidently posted this in the OT section

 

[SlyPokerDog]

This reminds me of the Brady Bunch.

 

[Chris Craig]

Any news on Sidy and Caleb?

 

[e_blazer]

Any news on Sidy and Caleb?

Sidy is inactive for tonight's game, having played his full 50 games allowed under a 2-way contract. The expectation is that Cronin will convert him to a full contract, but has to decide who to cut first.

Caleb still has 5 games left so he should be available.

Sharpe is out with the calf strain for at least a few more games.

Matisse and Murray practiced and could be activated for tonight's game.

 

[Chris Craig]

Sidy is inactive for tonight's game, having played his full 50 games allowed under a 2-way contract. The expectation is that Cronin will convert him to a full contract, but has to decide who to cut first.

Caleb still has 5 games left so he should be available.

Sharpe is out with the calf strain for at least a few more games.

Matisse and Murray practiced and could be activated for tonight's game.

Tomorrows game

 

[kjironman1]

So All Star break is already over? What’d they get? 3 days off?

 

[blazerkor]

So All Star break is already over? What’d they get? 3 days off?

Our last game was Thursday of last week. So for the guys who didn't go to all star weekend an 8 day break. For our players that went to all star weekend it's been four days since the end of the festivities.

 

[kjironman1]

Our last game was Thursday of last week. So for the guys who didn't go to all star weekend an 8 day break. For our players that went to all star weekend it's been four days since the end of the festivities.

Yeah but they have to be here the day before the game. So travel to wherever they went and travel back plus AS activities left em 3 days. Maybe?

 

[riverman]

Mattise and Kris Murray have been upgraded to questionable. They might see a few minutes of burn against the Nugz

 

[BBert]

They're questionable all right.

 

[Domihatin]

I thought Damian beat Booker in the 3-point contest, right? Not Jamal. And actually, Booker defeated himself with all his misses in the last rack; he choked. But I'm very glad Damian showed up and made a lot of shots and pulled off the better score to win.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

I thought Damian beat Booker in the 3-point contest, right? Not Jamal. And actually, Booker defeated himself with all his misses in the last rack; he choked. But I'm very glad Damian showed up and made a lot of shots and pulled off the better score to win.

8 players were in the contest, Dame beat them all.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Mattise and Kris Murray have been upgraded to questionable. They might see a few minutes of burn against the Nugz

Interesting. Perhaps we will leave Sidy DNP the rest of the season unless there is a major injury.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Please let us DNP Sidy for the rest of the season. I don't want to watch him play meaningful minutes anymore.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Please let us DNP Sidy for the rest of the season. I don't want to watch him play meaningful minutes anymore.

Yeah, we need to instead watch Jerami Grant run away from rebounds and Kris Murray brick wide open threes.

-Sidy cost a two way spot
-Grant earns $160 million
-Murray was a FRP we traded Hart for (from CJ trade)

Out of the three let's complain about the guy who costs half the minimum yet outworks both the others 10x and arguably is more effective.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Yeah, we need to instead watch Jerami Grant run away from rebounds and Kris Murray brick wide open threes.

-Sidy cost a two way spot
-Grant earns $160 million
-Murray was a FRP we traded Hart for (from CJ trade)

Out of the three let's complain about the guy who costs half the minimum yet outworks both the others 10x and arguably is more effective.

Yes, I am looking forward to watching Murray play more minutes.

not sure where someone's salary comes into play on if one likes how they play or not. But you do you.

 

[Domihatin]

8 players were in the contest, Dame beat them all.

I know there were 8 players, I was just puzzled with the TC saying Damian beat Jamal in the contest.

 

[BassPlaya]

I'm looking forward to seeing Kris Murray play more minutes. No one guards the 4 position better on this team imo.

 

[Domihatin]

I'm looking forward to seeing Kris Murray play more minutes. No one guards the 4 position better on this team imo.

He also has something to prove and hopefully will turn the corner and show he's worth keeping long term. That's always exciting to watch.

 

[Chris Craig]

I know there were 8 players, I was just puzzled with the TC saying Damian beat Jamal in the contest.

Jamal also took part. In manner of speaking, he lost to Dame, just as the other competitors did.