{"id":588296,"date":"2026-04-07T15:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/588296\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:47:10","slug":"jokics-35-points-13-rebounds-13-assists-help-fuel-nuggets-rally-to-beat-trail-blazers-137-132-in-ot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/588296\/","title":{"rendered":"Jokic\u2019s 35 points, 13 rebounds, 13 assists help fuel Nuggets\u2019 rally to beat Trail Blazers 137-132 in OT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Nikola Jokic had 35 points, 13 rebounds and 13 assists, and the Denver Nuggets rallied from a 16-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 137-132 in overtime on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">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 scored seven of his 20 points in overtime to move the Nuggets a half-game ahead of the Los Angeles Lakers (50-28).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MXYG7TOMXFH27NYJ3Q7GQMCJYM.jpg\" alt=\"Portland Trail Blazers center Donovan Clingan, right, ties up Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon as he drives to the rim in the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, April 6, 2026, in Denver.\" class=\"width_full\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4325 \/ 2884;width:100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Portland Trail Blazers center Donovan Clingan, right, ties up Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon as he drives to the rim in the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, April 6, 2026, in Denver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__image-by color_dgray f_s_xxs m-none\">David Zalubowski \/ AP<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Portland (40-39) had its three-game winning streak snapped and dropped into ninth in the West, a half-game behind the Los Angeles Clippers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Denver overcame 30 points from Toumani Camara, who hit eight of the Blazers\u2019 franchise-record 25 3-pointers. Deni Avdija 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<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">The Nuggets, like they did in an overtime win against San Antonio on Saturday, rallied behind Jokic\u2019s big night. He scored 10 points in the fourth and sparked a 21-5 run to close within one. Avdija hit two free throws to make it 123-120 but Aaron Gordon\u2019s corner 3-pointer tied it with 1:12 left in regulation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">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\u2019s layup tied it with 20 seconds left. Jokic missed at the buzzer to send the game into overtime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Gordon and Murray each hit a 3-pointer to open the extra period to give Denver a six-point lead. Murray\u2019s two free throws and a dunk made it 135-128, and he fed Jokic for a layup to seal it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Portland led by 14 at halftime and stretched it to 96-78 late in the third.<\/p>\n<p>Up next<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Trail Blazers: At San Antonio on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Nuggets: Host Memphis on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">AP NBA: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/NBA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/NBA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nikola Jokic had 35 points, 13 rebounds and 13 assists, and the Denver Nuggets rallied from a 16-point&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82,161170],"class_list":{"0":"post-588296","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","12":"tag-sports-trail-blazers-basketball"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588296","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=588296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}