Riding a six-game winning streak, the Denver Nuggets hosted the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday. Denver stormed out to a 15-point halftime lead, putting themselves in a good position to pick up their seventh consecutive victory.

The Nuggets got scoring contributions up and down their bench, shooting 65.9% in their seventh consecutive win to stay hot in pursuit of Memphis for second in the Western Conference.

Nikola Jokic scored 40 points and the surging Denver Nuggets beat the Portland Trail Blazers 146-117 for their seventh straight win. It was Portland's second straight loss after winning 10 of 11.