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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**|
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|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
Suns offense wasn’t even that bad tonight. They can’t guard a soul and Murray brought the flamethrower.
Deandre Ain’t-him
Kinda forgot how good Jamal Murray is at basketball
What a beat down.
Jimmy Butler and Jamal Murray torching teams just as they did in 2020, but casuals told me “the bubble doesn’t count”
I don’t know who could have predicted it, but it turns out Murray > Facu
Nuggets are the most slept on first seed
Suns are 0-1 since I failed my math exam
Damn, Cam “Campaign” Payne is with the garbage time unit now? How/Why did he fall off so hard?
I tought the nuggets were the most fraudulent 1st seed ever and that the suns would expose them immediately.
Jokic with his shooters going off? League fucked doesn’t matter if you have KD and Booker firing.
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.
**I’M READY TO OVERREACT. NUGGETS IN 4** but seriously though, this changes nothing and I still expect a long series
Well our defense certainly has me concerned!
Jamal Murray is Luka Doncic brother
Before the Suns pulled their starters:
Suns – 5 threes
Jamal Murray – 6 threes
KCP/Gordon – 6 threes
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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
[~~bubble~~ murray] (https://i.imgur.com/QsgCIeQ.jpg)
Suns beat a healthy team challenge (Impossible)
Ayton is a complete disgrace
3 Points > 2 Points
Jamal Murray > Midrange Mafia
I really dont understand why a team with Kevin Durant and Devin Booker playing 40 minutes every game takes so few threes
Suns aren’t winning this series with that depth. Book and KD have to play 48 minutes to stand a chance
an ass woopin
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?
I guess Jamal Murray does make a difference huh Suns fans?
The Jokic-Murray tandem is a thing of beauty.
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
I repeat, Nuggets in 6
What going up against a fully healthy team does to a mfer
If the Suns are KDs new super team then the Nuggets must be a superduper team
DENVER THROWING DOWN THE GAUNTLET IN GAME 1
Suns should’ve scored more points if they wanted to win.
Jokic finally has help man. I’ve been praying for times like these 🥹
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
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.
we told yall those fuckers were good
Denver is so good. I really want them going up against the Celtics
We still frauds, no one believe in us. We are just lucky, that is all. Nothing to see here.
LIGHT THE BLUNT!
KD pubes -1
Actual KD- 0
Where the Suns fans at shouting that their bench ain’t gonna be a problem?
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.
– 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
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.
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