Trail Blazers at Nuggets 4/5/19 - NBA Picks & Predictions

The Portland Trail Blazers look for their third straight victory on Friday when they visit Mile High City to play the Denver Nuggets. The Trail Blazers defeat the Memphis Grizzlies 116-89 on Wednesday. Evan Turner posted his second straight triple-double off the bench for Portland with 13 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists. Damian Lillard led the Trail Blazers with 21 points.

Denver stayed within 1 ½ games of first place Golden State in the Western Conference playoff race following its 113-85 win over San Antonio. Nikola Jokic led the Nuggets with 20 points, 11 boards and nine assists as Denver posted 41 assists on the night to set a season-high. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich was ejected just 63 seconds into the game. Damian Lillard is leading Portland in scoring and assists with averages of 26.0 points and 6.9 assists per game. Enes Kanter is the leader in rebounding with an average of 8.1 per game. CJ McCollum is the second leading scorer with an average of 21.3 points per game. The Trail Blazers are shooting 46.5% from the field and 36.0% from three-point territory.

Nikola Jokic is the leading scorer, rebounder and leads in assists with averages of 20.1 points, 10.8 rebounds and 7.4 assists per game. Jamal Murray is the second leading scorer with an average of 18.1 points per game. As a team, Denver is shooting 46.6% from the field and 35.2% from 3-point territory.