CJ McCollum scored 24 points and the Portland Trail Blazers clinched a Western Conference playoff spot with an easy 132-116 victory over the visiting Denver Nuggets on Sunday night.
Damian Lillard recorded 22 points and 10 assists and Jusuf Nurkic added 20 points and 13 rebounds in the wire-to-wire victory that allowed Portland (42-30) to avoid the play-in round and claim the No. 6 spot in the West.
"I can't express my desire, and like how bad I want to win [a championship] … Not just to say I won a championship, but I wanna do it in this city. I want to have a parade on Broadway."
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— Portland Trail Blazers (@trailblazers) May 17, 2021
Nikola Jokic scored 21 points in the first half before exiting for the Nuggets (47-25), who landed the third seed in West despite the setback because the Los Angeles Clippers lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Denve…
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