The hobbling Blazers show up for tonight's contest but the visiting Denver Nuggets do not. Portland rides amazing distance shooting to a victory over a lopsided Denver attack.
After pulling away early, the Portland Trail Blazers withstood every run from the Denver Nuggets, holding on late for a big victory without All-Star LaMarcus Aldridge.
The Denver Nuggets have the Trail Blazers out-manned and outgunned as the two teams face off in the Rose Garden tonight. Can the injured Blazers' joie de vivre propel them past a team that, on paper, should obliterate them?
