{"id":615267,"date":"2026-02-21T06:16:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T06:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/615267\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T06:16:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T06:16:14","slug":"nuggets-rout-trail-blazers-157-103-for-the-most-points-on-the-road-in-franchise-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/615267\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuggets rout Trail Blazers 157-103 for the most points on the road in franchise history"},"content":{"rendered":"

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) \u2014 Nikola Jokic<\/a> had 32 points, nine rebounds and seven assists in 29 1\/2 minutes and the Denver Nuggets<\/a> routed the Portland Trail Blazers<\/a> 157-103 on Friday night for the most points on the road in franchise history and the most in an NBA<\/a> game this season.<\/p>\n

Jamal Murray<\/a> added 25 points a night after missing the third of three free throws with 0.9 seconds left in a 115-114 loss to the Clippers<\/a> in Los Angeles. Julian Strawther<\/a> and Tim Hardaway<\/a> Jr. each had 19 points.<\/p>\n

Denver led 82-53 at the half, going 13 for 22 from the 3-point range. The Nuggets pushed the lead to 55 in the second half.<\/p>\n

Jrue Holiday<\/a> led Portland with 19 points. Deni Avdija<\/a> had 15 points, 13 assists and seven rebounds, but also had six turnovers.<\/p>\n

Jokic scored 19 points in the first quarter and had 24 at the half. He was 10 of 15 from the field, making 3 of 4 3-pointers. Denver finished 21 of 41 on 3s.<\/p>\n

Matisse Thybulle<\/a>, out since Oct. 29, and Kris Murray<\/a>, out since Jan. 5, returned to Portland’s lineup. Thybulle had five points and three steals, and Murray had a point and a rebound.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Nuggets: Host Golden State on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Trail Blazers: At Phoenix on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) \u2014 Nikola Jokic had 32 points, nine rebounds and seven assists in 29 1\/2 minutes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,980,187,79016,762,2038,763,7212,7211,1407,6,12,253,471,911],"class_list":{"0":"post-615267","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba-draft","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-deni-avdija","10":"tag-denver-nuggets","11":"tag-event_recap","12":"tag-jamal-murray","13":"tag-jrue-holiday","14":"tag-julian-strawther","15":"tag-kris-murray","16":"tag-matisse-thybulle","17":"tag-national-basketball-association","18":"tag-nba","19":"tag-nba-draft","20":"tag-nikola-jokic","21":"tag-portland-trail-blazers","22":"tag-tim-hardaway-jr"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116107161513675656","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}