Trail Blazers vs Nuggets 8/6/20 - NBA Picks & Predictions

The Portland Trail Blazers look for their second consecutive victory on Thursday when playing the Denver Nuggets. Portland defeated the Houston Rockets 110-102 on Tuesday. Damien Leonard led the Trail Blazers with 21 points, while veteran Carmelo Anthony sank a big three-point basket late to help the Trail Blazers to the victory.

Damian Lillard is leading Portland in scoring and assists with averages of 28.8 points and 8.0 assists per game. Hassan Whiteside is the leading rebounder for the Trail Blazers with an average of 13.8 per game. The second leading scorer for Portland is CJ McCollum with an average of 22.5 points per game.

The Denver Nuggets will complete a back-to-back when playing the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday after playing the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday. Denver defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 121-113 to snap a two-game losing streak on Monday. Michael Porter Jr led Denver in the overtime victory with 37 points.

Nikola Jokic is leading Denver in scoring, rebounding and assists with averages of 20.3 points 10.2 rebounds and 6.9 assists per game. Jamal Murray is the second leading scorer for Denver with an average of 18.8 points per game but the Nuggets point guard has missed each of the three games back from the pandemic due to a sore hamstring.