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[Post Game Thread] The Denver Nuggets (1-0) handle business and defeat the Phoenix Suns (0-1) in Game 1 of their series, 125-107. Jamal Murray bubbles up with 34 PTS.



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|[](/PHX) **107 – 125** [](/DEN)|
|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/PHX-vs-DEN-0042200221/box-score) – [Yahoo](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/scoreboard/)**|

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|**GAME SUMMARY**|
|**Location:** Ball Arena (19762), **Clock:** Q4 00:26|
|**Officials:** Marc Davis, Josh Tiven, and Tre Maddox|

|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|
|:—|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|Phoenix Suns|32|19|30|26|107|
|Denver Nuggets|31|37|26|31|125|

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|**TEAM STATS**|

|**Team**|**PTS**|**FG**|**FG%**|**3P**|**3P%**|**FT**|**FT%**|**OREB**|**TREB**|**AST**|**PF**|**STL**|**TO**|**BLK**|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|Phoenix Suns|107|43-84|51.2%|7-23|30.4%|14-17|82.4%|8|41|20|19|4|16|5|
|Denver Nuggets|125|48-101|47.5%|16-37|43.2%|13-15|86.7%|16|58|22|19|14|9|1|

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|**PLAYER STATS**|

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**[](/PHX) Phoenix Suns**|**MIN**|**PTS**|**FGM-A**|**3PM-A**|**FTM-A**|**ORB**|**DRB**|**REB**|**AST**|**STL**|**BLK**|**TO**|**PF**|**±**|
|Josh Okogie^SF|18:45|2|1-3|0-1|0-0|1|1|2|1|1|0|1|2|-11|
|Kevin Durant^PF|36:04|29|12-19|1-3|4-4|1|13|14|1|1|3|7|1|-20|
|Deandre Ayton^C|30:21|14|7-11|0-0|0-1|2|5|7|1|0|0|2|4|-21|
|Devin Booker^SG|40:06|27|10-19|0-1|7-8|2|2|4|8|1|2|3|1|-18|
|Chris Paul^PG|32:21|11|5-11|1-5|0-0|0|0|0|5|1|0|1|3|-12|
|Landry Shamet|13:59|3|1-1|1-1|0-0|0|0|0|1|0|0|1|2|-15|
|Torrey Craig|23:59|3|1-3|1-2|0-0|0|4|4|1|0|0|0|3|-12|
|Bismack Biyombo|06:19|0|0-1|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|2|-3|
|Damion Lee|11:47|3|1-4|1-4|0-0|0|1|1|1|0|0|0|0|2|
|Jock Landale|09:55|7|2-5|0-1|3-4|2|0|2|0|0|0|0|1|5|
|Terrence Ross|04:42|0|0-3|0-2|0-0|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|0|5|
|Ish Wainright|04:42|3|1-1|1-1|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|5|
|Cameron Payne|04:42|5|2-3|1-2|0-0|0|3|3|1|0|0|0|0|5|
|Darius Bazley|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|T.J. Warren|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
**[](/DEN) Denver Nuggets**|**MIN**|**PTS**|**FGM-A**|**3PM-A**|**FTM-A**|**ORB**|**DRB**|**REB**|**AST**|**STL**|**BLK**|**TO**|**PF**|**±**|
|Michael Porter Jr.^SF|30:50|11|5-9|1-4|0-0|0|3|3|2|2|0|0|3|29|
|Aaron Gordon^PF|38:57|23|9-13|3-4|2-2|2|4|6|0|1|0|1|2|25|
|Nikola Jokic^C|32:55|24|9-21|1-2|5-5|8|11|19|5|0|0|3|1|19|
|Kentavious Caldwell-Pope^SG|28:05|10|3-8|3-8|1-2|1|1|2|1|2|0|0|2|10|
|Jamal Murray^PG|36:49|34|13-24|6-10|2-2|1|4|5|9|2|0|3|2|13|
|Bruce Brown|24:39|14|7-11|0-1|0-0|0|2|2|3|3|0|0|3|21|
|Jeff Green|17:41|5|1-5|1-2|2-2|2|2|4|0|0|0|0|4|0|
|Christian Braun|13:56|1|0-4|0-1|1-2|2|3|5|1|4|0|2|2|-7|
|Reggie Jackson|02:46|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-4|
|Peyton Watson|02:46|3|1-1|1-1|0-0|0|2|2|0|0|1|0|0|-4|
|Ish Smith|02:46|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|0|-4|
|Zeke Nnaji|02:46|0|0-2|0-2|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-4|
|Vlatko Cancar|02:46|0|0-3|0-2|0-0|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|0|-4|
|Thomas Bryant|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|DeAndre Jordan|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

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by IamOlderthanMe

45 Comments

  1. Balls_of_Adamanthium

    Suns offense wasn’t even that bad tonight. They can’t guard a soul and Murray brought the flamethrower.

  3. madamsquirrel7

    Kinda forgot how good Jamal Murray is at basketball

  5. RabbitWolfie

    Jimmy Butler and Jamal Murray torching teams just as they did in 2020, but casuals told me “the bubble doesn’t count”

  6. abris33

    I don’t know who could have predicted it, but it turns out Murray > Facu

  9. MiaCannons

    Damn, Cam “Campaign” Payne is with the garbage time unit now? How/Why did he fall off so hard?

  10. mambaforever2481

    I tought the nuggets were the most fraudulent 1st seed ever and that the suns would expose them immediately.

  11. GGezpzMuppy

    Jokic with his shooters going off? League fucked doesn’t matter if you have KD and Booker firing.

  12. realsomalipirate

    Some general thoughts on this game.

    – the stats to watch in this series is the gap at the 3pt line and if the Suns can win this series while taking/making far less threes this series. The nuggets were + 30 in the competitive portions of this game.

    – what adjustments do the Suns have for the Murray/Jokic PnR? They tried dropping in the first half and Murray smoked them, putting two on the ball just got Jokic deep post touches, and they don’t have the personnel to switch (really only Draymond, Bam, and AD could do that).

    – the Suns offence was fantastic but the way they score is so much more taxing and tiring on their stars versus how the nuggets score. This compounded with their lack of depth and Monty’s suicide rotations (playing KD 40+ minutes is asking for trouble) makes me think we need to see more actions that get KD/Booker on the move off-ball.

    – the Suns simply need to kill the nuggets when Jokic is off the floor and losing the Jokic on the bench minutes in the first half basically ended this game.

    – The Suns still have significant advantages in this series and Denver hasn’t shown a way to defend them in the half court yet. So I think they can win it will but it be a struggle. I think Denver is the favourites here.

  13. Dafatveteran

    **I’M READY TO OVERREACT. NUGGETS IN 4** but seriously though, this changes nothing and I still expect a long series

  14. slysonic7

    Well our defense certainly has me concerned!

  15. slaythespirelover

    Jamal Murray is Luka Doncic brother

  16. Brad-Stevens

    Before the Suns pulled their starters:

    Suns – 5 threes

    Jamal Murray – 6 threes

    KCP/Gordon – 6 threes

    —

    You simply will never win that way

    Big reason why I had Denver winning this series … The math is going to be TOUGH to overcome

  18. KiryuXGoro

    Suns beat a healthy team challenge (Impossible)

  20. Dafatveteran

    3 Points > 2 Points

    Jamal Murray > Midrange Mafia

  21. lurkcitybaby

    I really dont understand why a team with Kevin Durant and Devin Booker playing 40 minutes every game takes so few threes

  22. PumpkinHead555

    Suns aren’t winning this series with that depth. Book and KD have to play 48 minutes to stand a chance

  24. TheGoldenLance

    ‪It’s so funny how many Suns fans said Jamal Murray wouldn’t make a difference in a series with us. Did they think he’s outplayed Booker head-to-head for his entire career by accident?‬

  25. CPage12

    I guess Jamal Murray does make a difference huh Suns fans?

  26. SecretaryWilling5649

    The Jokic-Murray tandem is a thing of beauty.

  27. VagabondReborn

    The most concerning part of this for Phoenix is how tired everyone looked. They had 3 full days off between the last series and today and all their top guys looked exhausted by the 4th. Their age and lack of depth was showing

  29. lol-sub-of-simps

    What going up against a fully healthy team does to a mfer

  30. dontleakmybootypics

    If the Suns are KDs new super team then the Nuggets must be a superduper team

  31. Toast2Carnage

    DENVER THROWING DOWN THE GAUNTLET IN GAME 1

  32. BathtubBobby

    Suns should’ve scored more points if they wanted to win.

  33. ApplesAndToothpicks

    Jokic finally has help man. I’ve been praying for times like these 🥹

  34. ChrisIsDaBomb17

    The funniest part about this W is that Suns fans have been mocking Nuggets fans for saying Murray didn’t play last series & then he went off on them hahaha

  35. Kombuja

    Just a reminder. Our guard rotation 2 years ago included Will Barton, Monte Morris, Facu Compazzo, and Austin Rivers.

    We replaced that with Jamal Murray, KCP, Bruce Brown, and Christian Braun.

  37. raki016

    Denver is so good. I really want them going up against the Celtics

  38. Betaateb

    We still frauds, no one believe in us. We are just lucky, that is all. Nothing to see here.

  41. Tritivix

    Where the Suns fans at shouting that their bench ain’t gonna be a problem?

  42. Padulsky21

    Christian Braun is a menace. Scored a single point but his defense is legit and he’s a very good player. Denver’s perimeter D forcing a lot of turnovers has looked nice.

    If Ayton continues playing like this I hope Monty looks back to KD at the 5 and sticks with it more. They desperately need to take more 3s too. Badly.

  43. owen5566

    – Bucks getting bounced earlier than expected
    – Kawhi and PG letting down Clipper fans
    – Jimmy Butler carrying the Miami Heat
    – Lakers beating up teams convincingly
    – Celtics are contenders
    – Jamal Murray turning into Michael Jordan

    It is the bubble playback with fans

  44. MC48_SportsLover

    I reeeaallllyyy hope we don’t get too comfortable. A win like that can give you a false sense of hope. KD and Book can give you 40 each at a moment’s notice. We gotta continue to be as aggressive as humanly possible.

  45. CulturalRoll

    Nobody has commented on how Jamal Murray has comeback after an ACL tear. In such a tough environment (the playoffs), he is SHOWING OUT.

    These players today are making injuries that at one point in time would’ve ended careers, look like ankle sprains

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