George Karl's three-game winning streak as Nuggets head coach promptly came to an end on Wednesday night, as they were defeated by the Portland TrailBlazers 97-94.

Carmelo Anthony was held to just 7 points, as he was shadowed by Ruben Patterson.

Nick Van Exel scored 26 points for the Blazers.

``You want to win them all, but if you'd told me when I started we'd be 3-1 I probably would have given you a lot of money,'' Karl said.