PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Trail Blazers learned their second-round opponent Saturday night when the Denver Nuggets beat the San Antonio Spurs 90-86 in Game 7 of their first-round series.
Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals series between the Blazers and Nuggets is Monday at 7:30 p.m. on TNT.
Denver, the West's No. 2 seed, beat third-seeded Portland in three of four regular-season matchups this season, though the games were close, with Nuggets outscoring the Blazers by just six points, 456-450, in the four games.
Series schedule
All times Pacific
No. 3 Portland Trail Blazers vs. No. 2 Denver Nuggets
Game 1 (at DEN): Monday, 7:30 p.m., TNT
Game 2 (at DEN): Wednesday, 6 p.m., TNT
Game 3 (at POR): Friday, 7:30 p.m., ESPN
Game 4 (at POR): Sunday, May 5, 7 p.m., TNT
x-Game 5 (at DEN): Tuesday, May 7, time TBD, TNT
x-Game 6 (at POR): Thursday, May 9, time TBD, ESPN
x-Game 7 (at DEN): Sunday, May 12, time TBD, TV TBD
x-if necessary
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By the numbers
All stats are from the regular season; NBA ranks are in parentheses
OFFENSE
- Points per game: Portland 114.7 (6); Denver 110.7 (20)
- Points per 100 possessions: Portland 113.6 (3); Denver 112.1 (7)
DEFENSE
- Points allowed per game: Denver 106.7 (6); Portland 110.5 (14)
- Points allowed per 100 possessions: Denver 108.0 (10); Portland 109.5 (16)
- Defensive field-goal percentage: Portland 45.7% (13); Denver 45.8% (14)
- Defensive 3-point percentage: Denver 34.0% (2); Portland 35.9% (20)
- Steals per game: Denver 7.7 (13); Portland 6.7 (25)
- Blocks per game: Portland 5.0 (16); Denver 4.4 (24)
PLAYMAKING
- Assist percentage: Denver 65.3% (2); Portland 54.4% (27)
- Turnover percentage: Denver 13.6% (11); Portland 13.7% (12)
- Assist/turnover ratio: Denver 19.3 (3); Portland 1.66 (18)
REBOUNDING
- Offensive rebounding percentage: Denver 30.8% (1); Portland 30.8% (1)
- Defensive rebounding percentage: Denver 74.4% (5); Portland 73.9% (8)
- Total rebounding percentage: Portland 52.6% (1); Denver 52.4% (2)
SHOOTING
- Field goal percentage: Portland 46.7% (12); Denver 46.6% (13)
- Field goal attempts per game: Portland 90.6 (7); Denver 90.0 (11)
- 3-point percentage: Portland 35.9% (8); Denver 35.1% (17)
- 3-point attempts per game: Denver 31.4 (16); Portland 30.7 (18)
- Free-throw percentage: Portland 81.4% (2); Denver 75.5% (20)
- Free throws per game: Portland 23.3 (13); Denver 20.9 (25)
- Effective field goal percentage: Portland 52.8% (13); Denver 52.7% (15)
- True shooting percentage: Portland 56.8% (9); Denver 55.8% (14)
MISCELLANEOUS
- Pace: Portland 99.99 (18); Denver 98.52 (26)
Jared Cowley writes about the Trail Blazers and other topics for KGW.com. He's also the co-host of the 3-on-3 Blazers podcast (listen here). You can reach him on Twitter @jaredcowley.