Scott foster will jump it up and here we
go Craig started 37 games a year ago
shot clock down to seven McCallum off
the bounce can't knock it down there's
Whiteside new starters for this blazer
team which made the Conference Finals
last year
brief ball is good for Gary Harris to
get Denver on the boards here in the NBA
you can challenge a foul called each
head coach gets one challenge on a
called foul per game as McCullen drills
a three is their offense looked like and
a half court now McCollum driving close
to the left hand and puts it in CJ
McCollum with five points early on
Lillard puts it on the deck trying to
lob it up for Collins and Collins lays
it in
fumbling with the jumper the former
blazer can't hit ball me was traded for
nerf catch a few years ago McCullum
so the expectation is that Michael
Porter Jr may or may not it's nice great
concentration by Rick P in 2017 plays
only 53 minutes at Missouri because of
injury to back surgeries and eight
months one at Missouri and also July of
2018 shooting ability athleticism
turnover by Portland
here's tamal Murray from outside got the
three phase line cut offsides Bazemore
here's Murray takes five Plumlee out to
peasley history is good
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basket of 2019-20 for Damian Lillard
Brad comes back drains a three pointer
that's five triples for Denver in the
first and the cola yo kitch picked up
his third foul less than four minutes
eight he's been on the bench since
another three from Beasley so there was
a stretch with Portland had the lead so
you got Craig Beasley humbly grant and
Morris for Denver people and pretty
Simons as opponent gets that one in for
you Simons second-year player 20 years
old shot clock down to two days more
pulling up over to Nuggets hand hit
here's grant in transition get to the
rim and flushes it
there's lettuce isn't that grant rings
now to Denver's front 15 threes for the
Thunder here's hezonia inside the arc
comes up short but there is Lapierre
with the putback slam no set just put is
a forearm into the chest of Collins and
drills a three and maybe said something
to Collins as he walks back down
four minutes into the second quarter
Denver bite to strike penetrates and
gets it off glass
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Morris pulls up and hits over hezonia
midway through the second quarter Denver
by for an opening night here on ESPN and
a steal by Simons who's an incredible
athlete might see on display he had 37
against Sacramento when everybody sat at
the end of the regular season I'll hear
about 37 still the matter is Craig comes
back in drains a three and four by seven
Murray to Plumlee look at that
possession and that is just prototypical
Denver what a beautiful basketball
possession this throws himself into
every single dance was a finalist for
Coach of the Year last year along with
Doc Rivers and the winner Mike
Budenholzer of Milwaukee and Whiteside
finishes Oh Murray was attended to in
the timeout that hand that right hands
which he seemed to bang at one point
seems to be bothering him again and
there seems to be more of a confidence
now and not that oh gosh here we go we
got playing in Portland Lillard and
lower rolls it up in it Harris has it
stripped away by Bazemore he's got two
others with about a three on two
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get it done a Corinne the Blazers on
Game seven on Denver's home floor went
to the Conference Finals for the first
time since 2000 as Yogesh gets his first
points of the night Murray gives it up
he cuts back side Harris's cutting but
it ends up in an isolation for yoga
Bobby Hart knocks down a three ball hard
screen set by Collins and that's Tim's
airspace furlough ler did knock down the
three second round pick of Portland in
2012 was here for two and a half years
Lillard finds Whiteside for an easy game
so the two times that Damian has put
football in Whitesides hit seven assists
now for Lillard he averaged seven a game
a year ago Millsap as the three-point
Virage continues for the Nuggets
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Marion yogurts play catch now yoke is
facing up just stands shoots and it
simple to man game Detroit on Collins
Whiteside tips it in his competitive
spirit Miller's driving in the yoke it
finds Collins he's got a nice stroke to
Barton has 13 to top Denver tonight 11
for Millsap Yoga child before only
played 12 minutes Lillard falling away
yes
Lillard around the college screens each
the dribble fires a three
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Simon shows off that athletic ability
part in the year
let's call it driving can't kiss at home
but Leticia yeah
undrafted eight years he goes coming out
of Old Dominion leviair
and hit the jumper McCullum long rebound
McCullen thing that free before the
break is first field goal since the
midway point of its first quarter Jeremy
grant off the bench and he drills a
three Chris Paul and James Harden would
work as a tandem but if follows you get
hurt two years ago they may have won the
NBA championship right and they look
different nice job by the BCA is giving
them good minutes can he get us a
free-throw percentage backed up I got a
lot of good pieces around this to us
yogic drills a three two years ago he
shot 40% from out yeah but how
comfortable is he's well just being the
guy now but no hesitation he knows they
need him so he's been aggressive power
move by Courtney banks at home nice pass
what a drawn dish by yolk it's just got
is so good here is with the jumper got
it and Denver is back in front timeout
by the Blazers good shot clock at four
Marie's it's gone from two-point range
his first one inside the arc that goes
down tonight
so consecutive possessions defensively
what Whiteside does a good job with
Joyce Berg Dave Pasch in Portland
the Blazers with a one-point lead a Sun
Whiteside this played really good
defense that time you'll kits got the
better of him inside over get
SportsCenter has 15 coming up next up in
national estate is tonight's game 2 of
the World Series water is good by Gary
Harris
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Lillard thanks Tippin by Damien lower
about plus 20 feet over Denver in that
category
yo gets us three as good switches at
home for point nugget lead on the road
yo kids again got it again plays played
like the first team or hasn't he gonna
say
and he just stays spaced right stay
space they've had an uncle sees that arm
go out and the other player hitting the
deck you're gonna get that call and
there's a limit for you
switch
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27 Martin lost the handle tipped in and
by Yogesh how about the second half for
Nicola yoke it's tonight he's got to get
a quick hitter here never knows that
they crowd him he'll concede the G just
scare him off the three-point arc
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Lillard to the rim 32 points for Lillard
it's a big creek throw right there
McCollum gets to the rim fire to that
layup he was 4 of 17 and the Denver
Nuggets did an excellent road win to
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