DENVER -- After spending the better part of the last month at home, the Trail Blazers started a six-game road trip with a 140-108 loss to the Denver Nuggets in front of a crowd of 14,972 Thursday night at Ball Arena.
The Trail Blazers are now 16-25 overall and 2-14 on the road at the midway point of the 2021-22 season. With the win, the Nuggets now hold a 2-1 leads in the season series with one game remaining.
Portland entered Thursday’s contest with just 10 players in uniform with Damian Lillard (abdominal tendinopathy), CJ McCollum (right lung pneumothorax), Norman Powell (health and safety protocols), Larry Nance Jr.