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PGT: NUGGETS DROP GAME #3 – 114-121 | Lead series over the Suns 2-1 | May 5, 2023



**ESPN:** [recap](https://www.espn.com/nba/recap/_/gameId/401544336) – [boxscore](https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401544336) – [gamecast](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401544336) | **NBA.com:** [boxscore](https://www.nba.com/game/0042200223) – [shotchart](https://www.nba.com/game/0042200223/game-charts)

 

||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**DEN**|**31**|**21**|**36**|**26**|**114**|[](/DEN)|
**PHX**|**29**|**38**|**23**|**31**|**121**|[](/PHX)|

 

**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**43-97 (44.3)**|**10-30 (33.3)**|**18-21 (85.7)**|**16**|**51**|**27**|**12**|**6**|**5**|**21**|**114**|
[](/PHX)**PHX**|**48-95 (50.5)**|**9-28 (32.1)**|**16-18 (88.9)**|**7**|**41**|**24**|**9**|**5**|**6**|**24**|**121**|

 

**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|36:34|7-14 (50.0)|6-10 (60.0)|1-1 (100.0)|1|12|0|2|0|1|1|21|+3|
A. Gordon^^PF|39:07|4-14 (28.6)|0-3 (0.0)|3-4 (75.0)|6|7|1|0|0|2|3|11|+1|
N. Jokic^^C|41:55|10-18 (55.6)|1-2 (50.0)|7-8 (87.5)|6|17|17|6|0|1|3|28|+5|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|34:29|1-4 (25.0)|0-2 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|1|0|2|0|2|2|-12|
J. Murray^^PG|40:53|13-29 (44.8)|1-6 (16.7)|5-6 (83.3)|1|6|5|2|1|1|3|32|+5|
B. Brown|23:24|4-11 (36.4)|1-3 (33.3)|2-2 (100.0)|0|3|3|1|1|0|3|11|-14|
J. Green|13:42|3-5 (60.0)|1-3 (33.3)|0-0 (0.0)|1|1|0|0|1|0|1|7|-20|
C. Braun|9:54|1-2 (50.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|3|0|1|1|0|5|2|-3|
**Totals**||**43-97 (44.3)**|**10-30 (33.3)**|**18-21 (85.7)**|**16**|**51**|**27**|**12**|**6**|**5**|**21**|**114**||

**DNP:** ***Thomas Bryant***, ***Vlatko Cancar***, ***Reggie Jackson***, ***DeAndre Jordan***, ***Zeke Nnaji***, ***Ish Smith***, ***Peyton Watson***

**Inactive:**

 

**[](/PHX)PHX**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
J. Okogie^^SF|10:00|1-2 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|1|0|0|0|0|1|2|-8|
K. Durant^^PF|43:21|12-31 (38.7)|1-5 (20.0)|14-16 (87.5)|0|9|8|0|0|2|4|39|+11|
D. Ayton^^C|25:39|2-6 (33.3)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|9|0|1|0|1|4|4|-4|
D. Booker^^SG|41:37|20-25 (80.0)|5-8 (62.5)|2-2 (100.0)|0|6|9|3|3|1|5|47|+7|
C. Payne^^PG|29:36|3-9 (33.3)|1-5 (20.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|6|1|1|0|3|7|+3|
T. Ross|13:52|2-7 (28.6)|1-6 (16.7)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|5|+8|
J. Landale|22:03|3-3 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|2|9|0|1|1|0|4|6|+10|
L. Shamet|24:58|2-4 (50.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|2|0|1|0|0|3|4|-10|
T. Craig|3:07|0-1 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|2|0|1|0|0|0|0|-2|
T. Warren|25:44|3-7 (42.9)|1-2 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|3|1|1|0|1|0|7|+20|
**Totals**||**48-95 (50.5)**|**9-28 (32.1)**|**16-18 (88.9)**|**7**|**41**|**24**|**9**|**5**|**6**|**24**|**121**||

**DNP:** ***Darius Bazley***, ***Bismack Biyombo***, ***Damion Lee***, ***Chris Paul***, ***Ish Wainright***

**Inactive:**

 

||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**DEN**|52|22|11|5|20|13|7|[](/DEN)|
**PHX**|48|6|23|16|22|9|10|[](/PHX)|

 

**Lead Changes: 18** | **Times Tied: 5** | **Gametime: 2:29** | **Attendance: 17071**

*Officials: Sean Corbin, Zach Zarba, James Williams, Justin Van Duyne*

by BigHoneyBot

19 Comments

  1. 32 pts on 29 shots 😀

    i hope hes in the gym shooting tomorrow.

  2. OhWhatsInaWonderball

    Took Booker and KD a combined 86 points with book shooting 75% to beat us. Whatever. Nuggs in 5.

  3. s4r4ngh43

    Was close but kd and booker are too insane

  4. strahinja021

    Hope this game is a last wakeup call for Jamal. This media shit got to him, as he thinks he is better than Jokic and casually takes 30 shots and makes everyone cold in the 2nd half. You can’t throw games like that and expect to win a championship. Malone honestly needs to grow a pair and bench him, Bruce was much better choice for last 6 minutes.

  5. Lonely_Anteater447

    Sad Loss but fuck em we winning in 5

  6. ImGonnaChubbBradley

    We might be fucked if Monty starts Landale for the rest of the series lol

  7. lemondhead

    I don’t wanna be mad at Mal, but I sorta am?

  8. le_real_art

    Murray should have been pulled out of the game in the 4th.

  9. n0t_malstroem

    And here we go with the crazy Jamal hate again lol

  10. xyzscorpion

    Phoenix needed KD and Booker to combine for 85 and for us to miss shots we normally don’t miss only to beat us by 7. I’m not worried at all. Nuggets in 5

  11. redwagon76

    Let’s take the next one. We played a good game. They had to go lights out.

  12. GerhardBURGER1

    Lost the game in the first 2 mins of the 4th Q. Just terrible effort there

  13. drunkontequila

    Only mad that we wasted a vintage MPJ game. We’ll bounce back like always!

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