The Portland Trail Blazers host the Denver Nuggets Friday night in a Western Conference matchup at the Moda Center.
Here are the details:
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS (3-2) VS. DENVER NUGGETS (3-1)
When: 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 31
Where: Moda Center
Radio: Rip City Radio (KPOJ 620 AM).
TV channel: KUNP (Antenna: 47.1. Xfinity: 16, 302, 1170. DirecTV: 47. Spectrum: 184).
Online: The entire Blazers season can be streamed live or on-demand via BlazerVision for an annual fee of $120.
How to Watch Rip City TV Network: If you don’t have cable, you can watch the game live for FREE with an HDTV antenna through your local ABC affiliate (Charge 2.2 in Portland). For more information about Rip City TV and how to watch Blazers games, visit nba.com/blazers/watch.
ODDS (Oregon Lottery/DraftKings)
Moneyline: POR +170 | UTA -205
Spread: DEN -4.5 | Over/Under: 238.5
This and that: This it the first day of competition in the NBA Cup, the league’s third annual in-season tournament. The Blazers and Nuggets are playing in West Group C, along with Houston, San Antonio and Golden State. The four teams play a round-robin format, with the winner advancing to a single-elimination tournament in December in Las Vegas. The Blazers will play at the Rockets (Nov. 14) and Warriors (Nov. 21), and host the Spurs (Nov. 26) next month. … Portland completed a three-game trip on Wednesday, logging wins over the Los Angeles Lakers and Utah Jazz and a loss at the Clippers. … The trip ended with a 136-134 win at Utah on Wednesday, when the Blazers’ bench scored 50 points to continue its solid early-season production. The Blazers rank sixth in the NBA in bench scoring, averaging 43.0 points per game. … Backup wing Jerami Grant has been a sparkplug on the second unit, scoring 108 points in five games — the NBA’s third-highest output over the first five games of a season in the last 25 years. Grant leads the league in bench scoring this season, averaging 21.6 points per game. … The Blazers have recorded 10 or more steals in each of their first five games, becoming just the third team in the last 10 seasons to do so. … Center Donovan Clingan ranks second in offensive rebounds (23) and fifth in second-chance points (22). … Three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic has recorded a triple-double in all four of the Nuggets’ games this season, tying Oscar Robertson and Russell Westbrook for the longest streak to open a season in league history. Jokic, who is averaging 20.3 points, 14.5 rebounds and 11.3 assists, could break the record against the Blazers. … The Nuggets bring a three-game winning streak into the game. After suffering an overtime loss at Golden State on opening night, Denver has defeated Phoenix, Minnesota and New Orleans.
INJURIES
Portland: Scoot Henderson (left hamstring tear), Damian Lillard (left Achilles tendon) and Matisse Thybulle (left thumb sprain) are out, Kris Murray (illness) and Robert Williams III (G League assignment) are questionable and Shaedon Sharpe (left calf soreness) is probable.
Denver: Cameron Johnson (right shoulder inflammation) is probable and Jamal Murray (left calf tightness) is questionable.
NEXT UP
The Blazers host the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday at 7 p.m. at the Moda Center. It will be the second meeting between the teams in a week and the first since Portland beat the Lakers 122-108 Monday in Los Angeles.
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