Game Thread 2025-26 GAME #79 - BLAZERS @ NUGGETS - APRIL 6, 2026 - MONDAY - 6:00 PM - KUNP - BLAZERVISION

[Chris Craig]

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REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

BLAZERS 39-38 NUGGETS 48-28

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STARTERS


Jrue Holiday Scoot Henderson

Deni Avdija Toumani Camara



Jamal Murray Christian Braun

Cameron Johnson Aaron Gordon

Nikola Jokic

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WHEN: APRIl 6, 2026 - MONDAY - 6:00 PM PST

WHERE: BALL ARENA DENVER CO



TV BROADCAST



STREAMING



RADIO BROADCAST



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BENCH


Robert Williams III Matisse Thybulle

Sidy Cissiko Blake Wesley

Kris Murray Yang Hansen

Caleb Love* Chris Youngblood*

Jayson Kent*: Damian Lillard°

Shaedon Sharpe° Jerami Grant°

Vit Krejci°

* Two Way Player °Injured Player


Jonas Valanciunas Bruce Brown°

Tim Hardaway Jr

Tyus Jones Julian Strawther

Jalen Pickett DaRon Holmes II

David Roddy* KJ Simpson*

Curtis Jones* Zeke Nnaji°

Spencer Jones° Peyton Watson°

* Two Way Player °Injured Player

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COACH


Tiago Splitter


David Adelman

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INJURIES

BLAZERS

Damian Lillard - Achilles - Out
Shaedon Sharpe - Leg - Out
Jerami Grant - Calf - Out
Vit Krejci - Back - Quest

NUGGETS

Zeke Nnaji - Ham - Quest
Spencer Jones - Ham - Out
Peyton Watson - Ham - Out
Bruce Brown - Ankle - Prob

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE

BLAZERS @ SPURS - 4/8 - 6:30 PM

BLAZERS VS CLIPPERS - 4/10 - 7:00 PM

BLAZERS VS KINGS - 4/12 - 5:30 PM

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GAME NOTES

•The Blazers are 105-100 all time vs the Nuggets
• The Blazers defeated the Nuggets 109-107 on 10/31 in Portland
• The Nuggets defeated the Blazers 157-103 on 2/20 in Portland
• The Nuggets defeated the Blazers 128-112 on 3/22 in Denver
• Denver holds a 2-1 season series lead
• Jerami Grant played for the Nuggets from during the 2019-20 season

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[Chris Craig]

Ouch

 

[BassPlaya]

Ouch

Relax. Win or lose, the team's arrow and future are up.

 

[Chris Craig]

Relax. Win or lose, the team's arrow and future are up.

Im relaxed. Just remembering the last two games against the Nuggets.

 

[TYDame]

A Must Win for the Nuggets - Good Luck Blazers!

 

[Pinwheel1]

A Must Win for the Nuggets - Good Luck Blazers!

Yeah, that makes it even tougher. I knew they were battling the Lakers for 3rd, but I did not realize they are only 1 game ahead of Houston for 4th.

 

[BassPlaya]

Time for a powerup!

 

[blazerkor]

Time for a powerup!

 

[riverman]

Chauncey is living in Colorado. Wonder if he’ll come to the game in disguise?

 

[BigGameDamian]

Time for a powerup!

 

[Chris Craig]

Chauncey is living in Colorado. Wonder if he’ll come to the game in disguise?

 

[Chris Craig]

Let's go!

 

[Sheldon Shape]

Did Timelord forget to take his chain off?

 

[Chris Craig]

1 quarter down

 

[blazerkor]

Nice first quarter but we're only up 4 with us shooting 53% from three and the Nuggets shooting 17% from three. Those numbers are very unlikely to stay where they're at... ours likely to go down and theres likely to go up.

Still going to be a really hard game to win.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

Really liking Scoot's aggression and dictation right now.

 

[Chris Craig]

Like what I'm seeing tonight

 

[Irish Trader]

Wow don’t know what the guys are drinking tonight but I would like some for this old timer

 

[Chris Craig]

This rotation isn't working.

 

[riverman]

Loving the game plan. Guys came to play

 

[riverman]

Our defense is going to be the ticket in the playoffs

 

[Irish Trader]

One more half just like that for a huge win

 

[TYDame]

I saw this movie before… please prove me wrong Blazers

 

[TYDame]

btw: Wemby is out with some contusion injury

 

[Chris Craig]

Fantastic first half. Denver went on a 10-0 run, but Blazers adjusted, kept the lead, and went on a run of their own to build back the lead.

Got to keep it up in the second half.

 

[riverman]

Great time of the year for our 3 pt shooting and free throw shooting to come around!

 

[riverman]

we're the number one defense in the league over the last 10 games according to Travis

 

[Irish Trader]

btw: Wemby is out with some contusion injury

Watched a lot of there games. Still a very potent team even with him out.

 

[PCmor7]

Heck of a first half.

Toumani is ascending. His shooting has become consistent. If he comes back next year with a ballfake and drive as a changeup to that, he'll be in the neighborhood of borderline all-star and the Blazers become a much, much tougher team to beat.

Matisse is almost the same deal as Camara. His offensive game has become a weapon now. Now he's driving and dribbling behind the back? I'm here for that.

Great defensive approach on Joker, IMO. Make him a scorer. It takes more energy. Don't go for the ballfakes; he often presumes the defender will react to the first fake but he automatically goes to a third move that's actually just going back to his first. A couple of times Rob Williams let Jokic fake himself into bad shots by not biting (TBF, Timelord jumps so quickly he can wait to react on Jokic's shots).

Scoot, you need to stay on the floor, buddy. He's gone from so great at navigating screens to now he gets one or two fouls per game by getting caught trailing and then not being able to stop and running into the cutter/dribbler.

Deni with six assists and only one turnover, but that pass to Camara in the corner with the shot clock expiring was basically a turnover. Deni's passing sometimes feels like watching a guy with a live grenade.

 

[PCmor7]

Oh, yeah, and it's personally nice for me to see Ashley Moyer officiating. We have mutual friends.