Aldridge has 20 points, 11 rebounds in Portland's 93-75 preseason win over Denver Nuggets
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LaMarcus Aldridge scored 20 points and had 11 rebounds in Portland's 93-75 win over Denver in an exhibition game Tuesday.
Damian Lillard had 18 points on 6-of-13 shooting to go with six assists for the Blazers at the Coors Event Center. Wesley Matthews went 4 for 7 from beyond the arc for 17 points for Portland, which won its third straight game.
While Wilson Chandler had a team-high 13 points and Darrell Arthur added 10 points, the Nuggets shot just 33 percent from the field in their fourth loss in five games.
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The Trail Blazers are out to prove last year's Western Conference semifinals run wasn't their last. The Trail Blazers grabbed their first lead on a 20-foot Aldridge jumper with 10:06 left in the first quarter and never let it go.
The Nuggets, meanwhile, ended each half poorly, scoring 12 points in the second quarter and only 16 in the fourth.
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TIP-INS
The Nuggets: JaVale McGee returned to the court for the first time since suffering a stress fracture in his leg and playing just five games last season. He scored one point, went 0-for-3 from the field and grabbed two rebounds in just over 10 minutes of play. . Ty Lawson sat out with sore hamstring and is considered day-to-day.
The Blazers: The 7-foot-tall Robin Lopez scored four of his six points by going one-on-one with 5-foot-9 Nuggets guard Nate Robinson, who was forced to foul Lopez twice under the hoop. . Denver has two more exhibition games before hosting the Kevin Durant-less Oklahoma City Thunder to open the season Oct. 29.
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UP NEXT
Denver visits Golden State on Friday.
The Blazers travel to face the Lakers on Wednesday.