Playoffs Game 5 WCSF: Portland Trail Blazers (3) @ Denver Nuggets (2) - 10:30 PM ET

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[psimanic1]

Beasley with monster game tonight
I hope we get more from Morris, he is worse than when IT was playing with him for some reason..

[NuggetsWY]

Jokic needs a triple-double.
Millsap needs a double-double.
Murray needs 25-5-5.
Harris needs about 15 points with some nice defense.
Craig needs some defense.

Beasley and/or Barton need to get us around 15 points and some boards.
Plumlee needs to get us around 7-8 boards and a few points.

That's my formula for a win.

[THE J0KER]

It is hard to predict what we will need tonight to win, because Portland is not so predictable like San Antonio, but luckily both these teams are much better at home. Another thing which is hard to predict this playoff is Nuggets defense.

[THE J0KER]

I was happy to see how Sixers are mentally down in road game 5 after Raptors break back in tight game 4, and how all Toronto starters was great not just Kawhi, because I hopped the same thing will happens with Blazers and Nuggets. Blowout win would be really perfect scenario for our 4 starters, or at least the routine one, and 1st half was just great. Big4 are great in offense, and finally we played great defense in 1st half.

[blazersfan52]

Man Nuggets fans. Your team is just dominating this game. No effort by the Blazers all the hustle by you guys. Your team deserves this win for sure.

[Manolito]

Morris and Plumlee Play Off level has been really poor

I hope Connelly trades Plumlee this offseason

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[THE J0KER]

Our biggest problem this playoff was lack of defense during first half and our bench not playing on their regular season level. Today we fixed that defense problem and that was already too much for Portland, because Blazers are not that good on the road as at home. I hope our bench will finally start to play better.

Jokic has another monster game, but this playoff the news are when he is not monstrous. Murray continues to play on all-star level whole this series vs Portland, and Millsap once again take full advantage for his matchup like in previous game.

[RRFB]

Watching this team play their brand of basketball in the playoffs and in such dominant fashion has been a joy to watch. A big part of getting to the postseason was to see if this style of play would translate and whether or not any of our guys would fade under the pressure. After twelve games, I think we can safely say that the cornerstones of this roster (Jokic, Murray, Harris) are not afraid of playing on this stage.

Hopefully they come out with the same focus and intensity on Thursday and we can put this series away in Portland, but I won't be surprised if they have to come back home for a game seven.

[Moonbeam]

Man, that was a shellacking. I'm hoping Portland can force a game 7, but it will be tough. Great game by the Nuggets.

[NuggetsWY]

Wow - Portland struggled with their shooting, even shot just 53% FT. We know what it's like when that happens to us. I don't think we can count on Portland shooting 37%-53%-27% again.

I really loved seeing us take just 24 3pt shots! We only hit 33% of them so getting inside was wise! The biggest stat of the night was rebounding. Denver 62 - Portland 44.

Jokic 24-19-6 --- 19 rebounds? WOW
Millsap 24-8 is great
Craig had 8-8 and I'll take that any day
Harris 16-6 is great
Murray 18-5-9 --- love seeing those assist numbers

Bench player of the game has to go to Plumlee with his 9 rebounds

Thank you Nuggets for solid play from the beginning!

[Maf]

I really loved seeing us take just 24 3pt shots!

Bench player of the game has to go to Plumlee with his 9 rebounds

Thank you Nuggets for solid play from the beginning!

Attacking basket, drawing fouls and making free throws instead of bricking threes. Thankfully!

Disagree with Plums. Some really idiotic plays by him. I'd give this trophy to Barton. His two big threes airborned our lead and Blazers could never catch on.

[skywalker33]

Really enjoyed watching Murray’s development as a two way PG

[U hova]

I think we've been seeing more and more Millsap at the 5... this is a very good thing.