Game stream: Portland Trail Blazers vs. Denver Nuggets

The Portland Trail Blazers (6-7) play against the Denver Nuggets (4-4) at Ball Arena

Game Time: 8:00 PM EST on Sunday November 14, 2021

Portland Trail Blazers 4, Denver Nuggets 18 (Q1 04:08)

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Adam Mares @Adam_Mares
The Jokic-Gordon-Green lineup almost guarantees one guy will have a huge size mismatch every possession. – 8:23 PM

Denver Nuggets @nuggets
Dunk number 15 on the season for AG 😤 pic.twitter.com/DWJxagEdLR – 8:23 PM

Gordon Gross @GMoneyNuggs
Nuggets mood right now: pic.twitter.com/F3eTEcSyVf – 8:22 PM

TJ McBride @TJMcBrideNBA
With Aaron Gordon’s defense making CJ McCollum’s life hell, Portland has little else to run a coherent offense with Lillard out. They are playing like the basketball version of a headless chicken. – 8:22 PM

Aaron J. Fentress @AaronJFentress
Blazers missed their first five shots. Trail Denver 10-2 with 7:04 remaining in the first quarter. Blazers are 1 of 8 from the field. #RipCity – 8:19 PM

Casey Holdahl @CHold
Blazers start the game 1-of-8 from the field and 0-of-5 from three and Billups calls time with Portland trailing 10-2 with 7:04 to play in the first quarter. – 8:18 PM

TJ McBride @TJMcBrideNBA
So, uh, the Nuggets are taking the start of this game very seriously. They are thoroughly dominating Portland on both ends in the first 5 minutes. – 8:17 PM

Denver Nuggets @nuggets
An early AIR GORDON sighting – 8:17 PM

Katy Winge @katywinge
Austin Rivers is starting for Will Barton, who is still in the locker room with low back tightness. He is not entirely ruled out, but is questionable to play tonight. – 8:12 PM

Vinny Benedetto @VBenedetto
Jeff Green opens the scoring against the Trail Blazers. – 8:12 PM

TJ McBride @TJMcBrideNBA
Will Barton III had some low back tightness in warmups tonight and is questionable to return. – 8:12 PM

Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
Will Barton is questionable with back stiffness, according to the broadcast. – 8:12 PM

Denver Nuggets @nuggets
Will Barton (low back tightness) is questionable for tonight’s game. – 8:11 PM

Jay Allen @PDXjay
Will Barton (low back tightness) is questionable for tonight’s game. Austin Rivers get the start for Barton. – 8:11 PM

Jay Allen @PDXjay
In five career starts, @Anfernee Simons has averaged 16.4 points, 4 assists, and 3 rebounds. He’s making his 6th career start tonight in Denver. #RipCity @RipCityRadio620 – 8:10 PM

Portland Trail Blazers @trailblazers
🐜😀
#RipCity pic.twitter.com/rzZp8I0Cxg – 8:10 PM

Harrison Wind @HarrisonWind
Will Barton went back into the tunnel just before starting lineups were introduced and hasn’t returned to the floor. Austin Rivers is starting in his place. – 8:09 PM

Denver Nuggets @nuggets
Time to hoop 🏀 pic.twitter.com/UM4k4rm8TB – 8:03 PM

Portland Trail Blazers @trailblazers
Ant gets the nod in Dame’s absence.
1⃣ @Anfernee Simons
3⃣ @CJ McCollum
2⃣4⃣ @Norman Powell
3⃣3⃣ @Robert Covington
2⃣7⃣ @bosnianbeast27
#RipCity | @stormxio pic.twitter.com/pRDlxxLJfk – 8:01 PM

Harrison Wind @HarrisonWind
It’s gone under-the-radar, but Nikola Jokic’s rebounding has taken a huge leap this year. He’s averaging 14.1 per game — up from 10.8 last season — good for second in the league behind Rudy Gobert. Jokic has had 19 rebounds three times already this season. – 7:52 PM

Harrison Wind @HarrisonWind
Nuggets starters: Morris, Barton, Jeff Green, Gordon, Jokic – 7:48 PM

Denver Nuggets @nuggets
Ready for AG’s encore 🍿 pic.twitter.com/99TR4jxwwg – 7:47 PM

Portland Trail Blazers @trailblazers
🏀 #RipCity at @Denver Nuggets
⌚️ 5PM
📺 @ROOTSPORTS_NW | https://t.co/yBftNpfldh
📻 @RipCityRadio620 pic.twitter.com/a4bWvLNl63 – 7:40 PM

Harrison Wind @HarrisonWind
Michael Malone pregame said Aaron Gordon’s game vs. Atlanta was the “most complete” game he’s played with the Nuggets and the most complete game that Malone has ever seen him play: “In my opinion he’s one of the better defenders in the NBA.” – 7:35 PM

Jonathan Feigen @Jonathan_Feigen
Rockets break out the zone they used in Denver. Worked too. But they turned it over on consecutive possessions. – 7:33 PM

Denver Nuggets @nuggets
Sticking with these 5⃣
#MileHighBasketball pic.twitter.com/uoQVSBHqEO – 7:31 PM

Denver Nuggets @nuggets
Final prep 💻 pic.twitter.com/rwpvN6RYo0 – 7:16 PM

Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
My latest #NBA75 Top 5 power rankings through Saturday’s games:
1. Nets
2. Heat
3. Warriors
4. Bulls
5. Suns
Next 5 plus 1 (in no order): Jazz, 76ers, Wizards, Nuggets, Clippers, Mavericks.
And one last thing.
Thoughts? https://t.co/tu4Kvibbas pic.twitter.com/7Ssy2cr7xA – 7:11 PM

Denver Nuggets @nuggets
Sunday Funday 😁 pic.twitter.com/57uilWe3TQ – 7:02 PM

TJ McBride @TJMcBrideNBA
From what I’ve been told, Michael Porter Jr.’s MRI did not show anything alarming. He is still feeling some soreness so Denver is taking things day by day and seeing how he progresses which is why there has not been an update from the team. They are in wait-and-see mode. – 6:52 PM

Jason Quick @jwquick
Blazers say rookie Greg Brown is out tonight in Denver with a left ankle sprain. – 6:51 PM

Jason Quick @jwquick
Chauncey Billups says Damian Lillard will be day-to-day with his abdominal injury. Says he had to convince Lillard to take tonight’s Denver game off. – 6:37 PM

Jay Allen @PDXjay
Chauncey Billups says Lillard is “day-to-day.” Billups says because Damian doesn’t like to miss games, he “kind of had to force him to sit tonight.” – 6:37 PM

Jason Quick @jwquick
Chauncey Billups says Anfernee Simons will start at point guard tonight in Denver in place of the injured Damian Lillard. “He’s earned it,” Billups said. – 6:35 PM

Aaron J. Fentress @AaronJFentress
Chauncey Billups said Anfernee Simons will start at PG in place of the injured Damian Lillard tonight at Denver. #RipCity pic.twitter.com/JRIbiC0Ptp – 6:33 PM

Casey Holdahl @CHold
Anfernee Simons will get the start tonight in place of Damian Lillard (lower abdominal tendinopathy) tonight vs. Nuggets. – 6:32 PM

Katy Winge @katywinge
Chauncey Billups back in the Mile High City as the head coach of the Portland Trailblazers. pic.twitter.com/MEh6aMVzJ5 – 6:32 PM

Jay Allen @PDXjay
Anfernee Simons will start for Damian Lillard (lower abdominal tendinopathy) tonight against the Nuggets. – 6:32 PM

Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
I don’t want to be too alarmist about the MPJ situation, but Denver’s championship window is probably on the line here. The non-updates are about as red flag-ish as there can possibly be. – 6:32 PM

TJ McBride @TJMcBrideNBA
Chauncey Billups says he will start Anfernee Simons tonight at point guard. – 6:32 PM

Harrison Wind @HarrisonWind
Michael Malone on Michael Porter Jr: “It’s an ongoing thing, trying to figure out what’s going on…I’d still say that Michael’s out for the foreseeable future. We’re trying to take it one day at a time with him and see what the best way to approach getting him back healthy is.” – 6:29 PM

Katy Winge @katywinge
Coach Malone said MPJ’s situation is an ongoing thing. The Nuggets are still trying to figure out what’s going on. Malone said he still would say Mike is out for the foreseeable future. Said it’s one day at a time with him, trying to find best way to approach getting him healthy. – 6:22 PM

Vinny Benedetto @VBenedetto
Still no real update from Nuggets coach Michael Malone on Michael Porter Jr.’s. Porter remains out for the “foreseeable future.” – 6:21 PM

TJ McBride @TJMcBrideNBA
Michael Malone said that Michael Porter Jr. is still out for the foreseeable future and that the Nuggets are still looking for the best way to help him back on the court. – 6:21 PM

Portland Trail Blazers @trailblazers
It’s game day!
#RipCity pic.twitter.com/8ATejgOrAu – 4:54 PM

Denver Nuggets @nuggets
Got to protect home court tonight.
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#MileHighBasketball pic.twitter.com/7LcX8trGEg – 4:31 PM

TJ McBride @TJMcBrideNBA
The Nuggets at home against a Lillard-less Portland team on the first night of a back to back with a four game winning streak? Yeah give me Portland +6.5. – 4:01 PM

Denver Nuggets @nuggets
It’s Youth Basketball Night @BallArenaDenver tonight!
There’s still time to sign up for the upcoming Nuggets Academy Skills Clinic on 11/22: https://t.co/507ZQg2rSG
#MileHighBasketball pic.twitter.com/VUy3l0laMR – 3:30 PM

Larry Nance Jr @Larrydn22
This one hurts browns.. this one hurts – 2:58 PM

Denver Nuggets @nuggets
The ultimate hype man!
We had @Jeff Green mic’d up during Friday’s game against the Hawks 🔊 pic.twitter.com/MZi7IrFuUL – 2:15 PM

Josh Lewenberg @JLew1050
VanVleet, Achiuwa and Boucher are all listed as questionable for tomorrow’s game in Portland. Watanabe is still out. – 2:12 PM

Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
Trail Blazers GM Neil Olshey reportedly fighting to keep job nba.nbcsports.com/2021/11/14/tra… – 2:05 PM