Blazers, 3-0 on the road, visit Jokic and the Nuggets tonight (Nov. 2)
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The Portland Trail Blazers (4-1) play the Denver Nuggets (3-2) at 6 p.m. Pacific on Monday at Ball Arena in Denver.
Portland is 3-0 on the road and third in the Western Conference; Denver has won two straight.
Ja Morant (hamstring) and Shaedon Sharpe (knee) are out for Portland.
The game airs on KUNP 16 and streams on BlazerVision, and it opens a three-game road trip.
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DENVER - The Trail Blazers take their perfect road record to one of the toughest buildings in the West on Monday night, opening a three-game trip against Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets at Ball Arena. Tip-off is 6 p.m. Pacific.
Portland (4-1) sits third in the Western Conference and is 3-0 away from Moda Center, with wins at Sacramento, the Lakers and Utah. Denver (3-2) is eighth in the West and 1-1 at home, according to the AP game preview. This is the first of four meetings this season.
Blazers rolling on the road
The Blazers bounced back from their first loss, a 124-103 home defeat to Memphis, with a 112-90 win at Utah on Saturday. Deni Avdija leads Portland at 23.0 points and 5.6 assists per game, and Donovan Clingan averages 9.0 rebounds, per ESPN's team leaders.
Portland will again be without Ja Morant, who strained his hamstring against Memphis, and Shaedon Sharpe, who is recovering from knee surgery. Both are listed out in the AP preview. Fans following the trip can find Trail Blazers gear on Amazon.
Nuggets heating up
Denver comes in after back-to-back road wins, 104-91 at New Orleans and 127-120 at Phoenix on Friday in an NBA Cup group game. Against the Suns, Jamal Murray scored 39 points, making 7 of 9 3-pointers, and Christian Braun added 31, The Associated Press reported. Jokic, a three-time MVP, had 18 points and 10 assists, and the Nuggets made 20 3-pointers.
Murray leads Denver at 25.8 points per game, and Jokic is averaging 9.8 rebounds and 9.2 assists. The AP preview lists Julian Strawther (knee) as out for the Nuggets, with Alpha Diallo (wrist) and Spencer Jones (hamstring) day to day. Denver went 54-28 last season, while Portland finished 42-40. For the home side, there's Nuggets gear on Amazon.
How to watch and what's next
The game is on KUNP 16 and BlazerVision, with NBA League Pass also carrying it, per the team schedule on ESPN. The rest of the trip, in Pacific time:
Wednesday, Nov. 4: at Phoenix, 6 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 6: at the Lakers, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 7: vs. San Antonio at Moda Center, 7 p.m.
The Nuggets visit Moda Center on Tuesday, Dec. 15, in a game scheduled for national TV on NBC.
Sources
Associated Press via ESPN: Portland takes road win streak into matchup with Denver (game preview, Nov. 2, 2026)
Associated Press via ESPN: Murray scores 39 points, Braun adds 31 to lead Nuggets over the Suns 127-120 in NBA Cup
ESPN: Portland Trail Blazers schedule and team stat leaders
Cover photo: Ball Arena exterior 2022, by Troutfarm27, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0
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