DENVER -- — Nikola Jokic scored 40 points, Christian Braun had 26 points, and the surging Denver Nuggets beat the Portland Trail Blazers 146-117 on Monday night for their seventh straight win.

Jamal Murray added 17 points and eight assists before picking up his second technical foul and Julian Strawther finished with 18 for Denver.

The seven-game winning streak is the longest of the season for the Nuggets, who played without Michael Porter Jr. for the second straight game due to hamstring tightness.

Portland was missing Jerami Grant, Kris Murray and Robert Williams III.

Donovan Clingan scored a career-high 21 points and Dalano Banton added 22 for the Blazers, who lost their second straight after winning 10 of 11.

Denver took a 17-point lead in the first quarter and was ahead 70-55 at halftime before the Blazers cut it to 78-71 early in the third. The Nuggets answered with a 14-3 run late in the period to take a 112-92 lead into the fourth.

Takeaways

Blazers: Allowed their most points since they had won 10 of 12 games. They held teams to 103.1 points during the streak, tops in the NBA during that stretch.

Nuggets: Jokic was named the Western Conference player of the week, the third time this season and 17th time in his career. He averaged 29.8 points, 10.8 rebounds, 10.3 assists in four games, all Denver wins.

Key moment

Nuggets coach Michael Malone and Murray were hit with technical fouls early in the third quarter for arguing a no-call on Jokic. Murray then exchanged words with Banton after he made a free throw in the first minute of the fourth and was ejected.

Key stat

Portland had held its last 12 opponents to 44.2 percent shooting but the Nuggets hit 65.9 from the field.

Up next

The same two teams meet Wednesday in Denver for the last game before the All-Star break.

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Play By Play

Recent plays and game events

TIME	PLAY
12:00	Deandre Ayton vs. Nikola Jokic (Anfernee Simons gains possession)	0	0
11:41	Scoot Henderson misses 24-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:41	Toumani Camara offensive rebound	0	0
11:33	Deni Avdija misses 19-foot jumper	0	0
11:33	Deni Avdija offensive rebound	0	0
11:29	Deandre Ayton makes alley oop layup (Deni Avdija assists)	0	2
11:08	Aaron Gordon makes 1-foot dunk (Jamal Murray assists)	2	2
10:57	Jamal Murray kicked ball violation	2	2
10:46	Deandre Ayton bad pass (Jamal Murray steals)	2	2
10:40	Christian Braun makes two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)	4	2
10:29	Deni Avdija bad pass (Aaron Gordon steals)	4	2
10:25	Deni Avdija shooting foul	4	2
10:25	Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2	5	2
10:25	Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2	6	2
10:07	Anfernee Simons makes 23-foot three point jumper	6	5
9:39	Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Julian Strawther assists)	9	5
9:20	Toumani Camara lost ball turnover (Julian Strawther steals)	9	5
9:14	Scoot Henderson shooting foul	9	5
9:14	Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2	10	5
9:14	Aaron Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2	11	5
8:51	Anfernee Simons misses 14-foot two point shot	11	5
8:47	Christian Braun defensive rebound	11	5
8:46	Christian Braun makes two point shot	13	5
8:45	Trail Blazers Full timeout	13	5
8:24	Deni Avdija makes driving layup	13	7
8:09	Nikola Jokic makes layup (Jamal Murray assists)	15	7
7:52	Anfernee Simons misses 7-foot two point shot	15	7
7:51	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	15	7
7:35	Nikola Jokic makes driving layup	17	7
7:20	Nikola Jokic blocks Toumani Camara 's 3-foot driving layup	17	7
7:19	Aaron Gordon defensive rebound	17	7
7:15	Julian Strawther makes two point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)	19	7
6:59	Deandre Ayton misses 6-foot two point shot	19	7
6:58	Toumani Camara offensive rebound	19	7
6:58	Toumani Camara misses tip shot	19	7
6:58	Nuggets defensive team rebound	19	7
6:58	Shaedon Sharpe enters the game for Anfernee Simons	19	7
6:39	Nikola Jokic bad pass (Shaedon Sharpe steals)	19	7
6:32	Shaedon Sharpe makes two point shot (Deni Avdija assists)	19	9
6:19	Christian Braun makes 1-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)	21	9
6:04	Deandre Ayton makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Scoot Henderson assists)	21	11
5:45	Jamal Murray makes 20-foot pullup jump shot	23	11
5:39	Jamal Murray shooting foul	23	11
5:39	Deni Avdija makes free throw 1 of 2	23	12
5:39	Jalen Pickett enters the game for Christian Braun	23	12
5:39	Deni Avdija makes free throw 2 of 2	23	13
5:23	Shaedon Sharpe defensive 3-seconds (technical foul)	23	13
5:23	Jamal Murray misses technical free throw	23	13
5:23	Nuggets offensive team rebound	23	13
5:11	Nikola Jokic makes 24-foot three point shot (Jamal Murray assists)	26	13
4:52	Deandre Ayton misses 8-foot two point shot	26	13
4:51	Jamal Murray defensive rebound	26	13
4:42	Jamal Murray makes 5-foot two point shot	28	13
4:42	Trail Blazers Full timeout	28	13
4:42	Zeke Nnaji enters the game for Aaron Gordon	28	13
4:42	Anfernee Simons enters the game for Scoot Henderson	28	13
4:42	Dalano Banton enters the game for Deni Avdija	28	13
4:24	Deandre Ayton makes alley oop layup (Toumani Camara assists)	28	15
4:03	Deandre Ayton personal foul	28	15
4:03	Christian Braun enters the game for Julian Strawther	28	15
3:50	Jamal Murray misses two point shot	28	15
3:49	Nuggets offensive team rebound	28	15
3:49	shot clock turnover	28	15
3:39	Anfernee Simons bad pass (Jalen Pickett steals)	28	15
3:34	Christian Braun misses two point shot	28	15
3:32	Toumani Camara defensive rebound	28	15
3:27	Anfernee Simons makes two point shot	28	17
3:14	Nikola Jokic makes layup (Jalen Pickett assists)	30	17
2:58	Shaedon Sharpe misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	30	17
2:55	Zeke Nnaji defensive rebound	30	17
2:47	Jalen Pickett misses 22-foot three point jumper	30	17
2:44	Shaedon Sharpe defensive rebound	30	17
2:31	Deandre Ayton steps out of bounds turnover	30	17
2:31	Julian Strawther enters the game for Jamal Murray	30	17
2:31	Jabari Walker enters the game for Deandre Ayton	30	17
2:31	Donovan Clingan enters the game for Toumani Camara	30	17
2:19	Jabari Walker personal foul	30	17
2:09	Jalen Pickett misses 26-foot three point jumper	30	17
2:02	Jabari Walker defensive rebound	30	17
1:56	Dalano Banton misses driving layup	30	17
1:55	Christian Braun defensive rebound	30	17
1:52	Anfernee Simons shooting foul	30	17
1:52	Zeke Nnaji makes free throw 1 of 2	31	17
1:52	Zeke Nnaji makes free throw 2 of 2	32	17
1:43	Shaedon Sharpe makes 17-foot step back jumpshot	32	19
1:20	Julian Strawther makes layup (Jalen Pickett assists)	34	19
1:08	Shaedon Sharpe lost ball turnover (Jalen Pickett steals)	34	19
1:05	Zeke Nnaji makes 1-foot dunk (Jalen Pickett assists)	36	19
39.2	Dalano Banton makes driving layup	36	21
39.2	Zeke Nnaji shooting foul	36	21
39.2	Dalano Banton makes free throw 1 of 1	36	22
31.1	Nikola Jokic misses 6-foot two point shot	36	22
29.1	Donovan Clingan defensive rebound	36	22
25.1	Zeke Nnaji personal foul	36	22
25.1	Donovan Clingan makes free throw 1 of 2	36	23
25.1	Jamal Murray enters the game for Zeke Nnaji	36	23
25.1	Donovan Clingan makes free throw 2 of 2	36	24
3.0	Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)	38	24
0.0	Dalano Banton makes 37-foot driving floating jump shot	38	27
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	38	27

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Venue

Ball Arena

Denver, CO

Date & Time

2:00 AM, February 11, 2025

Coverage

NBA League Pass, Altitude Sports, KUNP 16, KATU 2.2

Attendance

19,535

Referees

Ben Taylor, Mitchell Ervin, Nate Green

2025-26 Northwest Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	STRK
Oklahoma City	46	15	.754	W1
Denver	37	23	.617	L1
Minnesota	37	23	.617	W2
Portland	29	32	.475	L1
Utah	18	42	.300	L5

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