7/3/2023 0 Comments Blazers vs nuggetsThe acquisition of Norman Powell at the March 25th trade deadline from the Toronto Raptors gave the Trail Blazers another scoring threat at guard and provided more open looks for Lillard and McCollum. He had a 40-point game as well as six 30-point games. McCollum had averages of 23.1 points, 4.7 assists and 3.9 rebounds. He ranked seventh in the league in assists and had 16 double-doubles. Lillard also dished 7.5 assists and grabbed 4.2 rebounds a game. □ drops 32 PTS, 9 AST in 3 quarters! #RipCity /AqR7Z3F0qb He had a season-high 50 points on March 16th against the New Orleans Pelicans and exceeded 40 points six times and 30 points on 16 occasions. Lillard’s 28.8 average was third in the NBA. The backcourt of Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum leads the Trail Blazers and the duo averaged 51.9 points per game in the regular season. The Nuggets won 30 of their last 40 games after starting the season 17-15. The third-seeded Nuggets (47-25) had a three-game winning streak end with that loss. Included was a 132-116 home over the Nuggets last Sunday as 8.5-point favorites in the season finale. The sixth-seeded Trail Blazers (42-30) finished strong in the regular season, winning six of their last seven games and 10 of their last 12. That series was played in the bubble at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla, The Nuggets beat the Blazers in six games in the first round last summer. In a rematch from last year’s NBA playoffs – sans bubble – the Portland Trail Blazers visit the Denver Nuggets in Game 1 of a Western Conference first round series at 10:30 p.m.
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