{"id":587572,"date":"2026-04-07T07:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T07:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/587572\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T07:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T07:43:08","slug":"jokic-rallies-nuggets-vs-blazers-to-move-denver-into-3-seed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/587572\/","title":{"rendered":"Jokic rallies Nuggets vs. Blazers to move Denver into 3 seed"},"content":{"rendered":"

DENVER — Nikola Jokic<\/a> had 35 points, 13 rebounds and 13 assists, and the Denver Nuggets<\/a> rallied from a 16-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the Portland Trail Blazers<\/a> 137-132<\/a> in overtime on Monday night.<\/p>\n

Denver (51-28) moved into third place in the Western Conference with its season-high ninth straight win. Jokic recorded his 33rd triple-double and Jamal Murray<\/a> scored seven of his 20 points in overtime to move the Nuggets a half-game ahead of the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> (50-28).<\/p>\n

The nine-game winning streak ties the longest for Denver in the Jokic era, according to ESPN Research.<\/p>\n

Portland (40-39) had its three-game winning streak snapped and dropped into ninth in the West, a half-game behind the LA Clippers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Denver overcame 30 points from Toumani Camara<\/a>, who hit eight of the Blazers’ franchise-record 25 3-pointers. Deni Avdija<\/a> added 26 points and was 13-of-14 from the line to help Portland build a 115-99 lead with 8:13 left in the fourth.<\/p>\n

The Nuggets, as they did in an overtime win against San Antonio on Saturday, rallied behind Jokic’s big night. He scored 10 points in the fourth and sparked a 21-5 run to close to within one. Avdija hit two free throws to make it 123-120 but Aaron Gordon<\/a>‘s corner 3-pointer tied it with 1:12 left in regulation.<\/p>\n

Avdija missed a 3-pointer, Gordon, who finished with 23 points, hit a baseline 20-footer to give the Nuggets a 125-123 lead and Avdija’s layup tied it with 20 seconds left. Jokic missed at the buzzer to send the game into overtime.<\/p>\n

Gordon and Murray each hit a 3-pointer to open the extra period to give Denver a six-point lead. Murray’s two free throws and a dunk made it 135-128, and he fed Jokic for a layup to seal it.<\/p>\n

The win put Denver in a good position in the standings, although they do not own the tiebreaker with the Lakers. The Nuggets — who have the Grizzles, Thunder and Spurs remaining on their schedule — would need to finish one game up from L.A. to clinch the No. 3 seed. The Lakers, meanwhile, finish the season vs. the Thunder, Warriors, Suns and Jazz.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DENVER — Nikola Jokic had 35 points, 13 rebounds and 13 assists, and the Denver Nuggets rallied from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-587572","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}