The Portland Trail Blazers didn’t just prevent Nikola Jokic from making NBA history, they also handed him a stunning defeat.

The Blazers slithered away from the Moda Center with a 109-107 victory over the Denver Nuggets Friday night in an entertaining, back-and-forth NBA Cup matchup before 16,382.

Portland rallied from a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit in a game that went down to the wire, using a mix of stiffing late-game defense and clutch scoring to earn a hard-fought win.

The Blazers trailed by five with a minute left, but Deni Avdija had a clutch three-point play, Toumani Camara made multiple clutch defensive stands and Jerami Grant made four crucial free throws — including two with 3.0 seconds left — down the stretch.

The game-winning free throws came after the Blazers stymie

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