Portland Trail Blazers vs Denver Nuggets Final — November 2, 2026
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About these numbers
Full 2025-26 regular season (last season), captured before tip-off. League rank in small type (30 teams); the gold side ranks higher. Bars show rank, longest = 1st. Source: Gridiron & Wine public Analytics tables.
Last five results this season, oldest to newest. Records are season to date, with home and road splits. Against-the-spread (ATS) and over–under records use the consensus closing line.
Margin of each of the last 10 games this season, oldest to newest (gold = won). Hover a bar for the score margin.
Distance is a straight-line estimate from each team's home arena, not the team's actual itinerary; time-zone change is at game time. Days of rest are full days off since each team's previous game this season (0 = back-to-back); preseason games do not count. Schedule facts only: no fatigue adjustment is applied.
No key players listed.
Key players only. Injury report as of November 2, 9:40 a.m. ET.
The pre-game matchup
The Trail Blazers (4-1) visited the Nuggets (3-2) on Monday, November 2 at 9:10 PM ET.
Last season (2025-26), the Trail Blazers scored 115.5 points per game (17th of 30) and allowed 115.8 (16th). The Nuggets scored 122.0 points per game (1st of 30) and allowed 116.8 (21st).
Offensive rating, the points scored per 100 possessions: Trail Blazers 113.2 (21st), Nuggets 121.2 (1st). Defensive rating, the points allowed per 100 possessions: Trail Blazers 113.5 (11th), Nuggets 116.1 (21st). Net rating, the offensive minus defensive rating: Trail Blazers −0.3 (19th), Nuggets +5.1 (7th). These are last season's full-season numbers because the new season's sample is still small; rosters change over the offseason.
The Trail Blazers are 4-1 and 3-2 against the spread; their last game was a 112-90 win over the Jazz. The Nuggets are 3-2 and 2-3 against the spread; their last game was a 127-120 win over the Suns.
The Nuggets closed as 3.5-point favorites at home against the Trail Blazers. The spread opened at Nuggets -4.5. The total closed 231.5, unchanged from the open. After removing the vig, the closing moneyline (Trail Blazers +141, Nuggets -168) prices the Trail Blazers at 40% and the Nuggets at 60%.
Written from the numbers available before tip-off.
Result
Final score and result vs the closing line
Portland Trail Blazers 118, Denver Nuggets 110
Portland Trail Blazers won by 8.
- Against the closing spread (Denver Nuggets -3.5): Portland Trail Blazers covered.
- Combined score 228 vs the closing total of 231.5: Under.
- Portland Trail Blazers closed at +141 on the moneyline (a 40% no-vig market-implied chance).
Market
Closing line and line movement
Trail Blazers +4.5 (-115)
Trail Blazers +3.5 (-105)
Nuggets -155 59%
Nuggets -168 60%
Consensus of US sportsbooks. Open = first line after both teams' previous games; Close = consensus at tip-off. Percentages are the moneyline's no-vig market-implied chances.
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G&W Line
G&W’s own number for this game, next to the market. Analytics
Matchup
Players to watch
- Points per game24.218th
- Rebounds per game6.948th
- Assists per game6.715th
- Minutes per game33.3
- Points per game20.834th
- Rebounds per game4.3147th
- Assists per game2.6141st
- Minutes per game29.4
- Points per game27.78th
- Rebounds per game12.91st
- Assists per game10.71st
- Minutes per game34.8
- Points per game25.416th
- Rebounds per game4.4145th
- Assists per game7.113th
- Minutes per game35.4
Last season's (2025-26) regular-season per-game averages; players listed with their current team, top two scorers per team, from season player stats captured before game time. Ranks among the 392 players with at least 20 games.
Head-to-head
The teams have met 16 times since 2022: the Trail Blazers won 4 and the Nuggets 12.
| Date | Score | Line | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 2026 | Trail Blazers 132, Nuggets 137 Nuggets won | ||
| Mar 22, 2026 | Trail Blazers 112, Nuggets 128 Nuggets won | ||
| Feb 20, 2026 | Nuggets 157, Trail Blazers 103 Nuggets won | ||
| Oct 31, 2025 | Nuggets 107, Trail Blazers 109 Trail Blazers won | ||
| Mar 21, 2025 | Nuggets 109, Trail Blazers 128 Trail Blazers won |
Meetings since 2022, most recent first. Line and total are the consensus closing numbers where line history is available.
Teams
Portland Trail Blazers
- Portland Trail Blazers team stats
- Oklahoma City Thunder 108, Portland Trail Blazers 118 (Nov 11)
- Oklahoma City Thunder 103, Portland Trail Blazers 123 (Nov 10)
- San Antonio Spurs 125, Portland Trail Blazers 103 (Nov 7)
Denver Nuggets
More NBA games on November 2, 2026
- Oklahoma City Thunder 117, Cleveland Cavaliers 112 (Nov 2)
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- Atlanta Hawks 108, Indiana Pacers 104 (Nov 2)
- Brooklyn Nets 90, New York Knicks 103 (Nov 2)
- Washington Wizards 103, Orlando Magic 94 (Nov 2)
- Chicago Bulls 107, Philadelphia 76ers 126 (Nov 2)
- Sacramento Kings 115, Dallas Mavericks 100 (Nov 2)
- New Orleans Pelicans 135, Memphis Grizzlies 134 (Nov 2)
- Milwaukee Bucks 100, Minnesota Timberwolves 112 (Nov 2)
- Boston Celtics 93, Houston Rockets 109 (Nov 2)
- Utah Jazz 97, San Antonio Spurs 119 (Nov 2)
- Phoenix Suns 113, Golden State Warriors 116 (Nov 2)
- Toronto Raptors 125, Los Angeles Clippers 118 (Nov 2)
- Miami Heat 117, Los Angeles Lakers 138 (Nov 2)
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