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The Denver Nuggets are trying to put the brakes on a late-season slide that could cost them in the race for playoff position. The Nuggets took an important step Thursday night, beating the Portland Trail Blazers 109-92 behind a strong fourth-quarter effort from Carmelo Anthony, who scored 13 of his 25 points in the final period. ``This game was as big as it gets for us this year,'' said Denver's Chauncey Billups, who scored 21 points. ``We all...
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score
Thu 12/20	Por	Por 101-93
Tue 1/15	Den	Den 115-111
Wed 2/27	Por	Den 111-109
Sun 4/14	Den	Den 118-109

Game Stats

Trail Blazers (37-28) Season Stats | Roster Starters Name Min Reb Asst PF Pts A. Miller, G 34 1 2 3 19 L. Aldridge, F 41 7 3 4 16 B. Roy, G 41 5 5 2 12 J. Howard, C 28 7 4 3 8 N. Batum, F 14 3 1 4 4 Bench Name Min Reb Asst PF Pts J. Bayless 24 2 5 2 24 R. Fernandez 26 3 1 0 14 D. Cunningham 12 3 0 4 5 M. Webster 17 5 2 2 4 J. Pendergraph 4 1 0 2 0 T. Diener 0 0 0 0 0 P. Mills 0 0 0 0 0 M. Camby 0 0 0 0 0 G. Oden 0 0 0 0 0 J. Przybilla 0 0 0 0 0

Nuggets (42-21) Season Stats | Roster Starters Name Min Reb Asst PF Pts C. Anthony, F 39 2 5 4 30 C. Billups, G 40 4 5 2 21 N. Hilario, F 36 7 2 2 14 A. Afflalo, G 34 5 4 4 13 J. Petro, C 23 10 2 5 6 Bench Name Min Reb Asst PF Pts J. Smith 29 2 7 1 22 A. Carter 16 1 6 1 7 C. Andersen 18 4 0 5 5 M. Allen 5 0 0 1 0 T. Lawson 0 0 0 0 0 R. Balkman 0 0 0 0 0 J. Graham 0 0 0 0 0 K. Martin 0 0 0 0 0

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Injury Report

Trail Blazers Date Player Injury 4/7 W. Matthews, GF Left game - injured right ankle 4/3 N. Batum, GF Sore shoulder 11/1 E. Williams, SG Torn achilles tendon

Nuggets Date Player Injury 4/4 D. Gallinari, SF Torn ACL

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