**ESPN:** [recap](https://www.espn.com/nba/recap/_/gameId/401544339) – [boxscore](https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401544339) – [gamecast](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401544339) | **NBA.com:** [boxscore](https://www.nba.com/game/0042200226) – [shotchart](https://www.nba.com/game/0042200226/game-charts)
||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**DEN**|**44**|**37**|**22**|**22**|**125**|[](/DEN)|
**PHX**|**26**|**25**|**25**|**24**|**100**|[](/PHX)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**44-82 (53.7)**|**8-22 (36.4)**|**29-31 (93.5)**|**7**|**41**|**24**|**10**|**10**|**3**|**22**|**125**|
[](/PHX)**PHX**|**38-79 (48.1)**|**11-28 (39.3)**|**13-20 (65.0)**|**2**|**29**|**19**|**14**|**3**|**5**|**22**|**100**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|23:34|4-10 (40.0)|0-4 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|2|5|0|0|0|0|2|10|+11|
A. Gordon^^PF|34:32|3-7 (42.9)|0-0 (0.0)|2-4 (50.0)|1|6|3|2|0|0|3|8|+2|
N. Jokic^^C|37:33|13-18 (72.2)|0-1 (0.0)|6-6 (100.0)|3|10|12|2|3|1|4|32|+28|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|35:37|7-11 (63.6)|2-5 (40.0)|5-5 (100.0)|0|5|3|0|2|1|3|21|+21|
J. Murray^^PG|34:44|7-16 (43.8)|4-7 (57.1)|8-8 (100.0)|0|4|4|3|4|0|1|26|+6|
B. Brown|30:31|6-13 (46.2)|1-4 (25.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|5|1|2|1|1|4|13|+26|
C. Braun|14:26|1-2 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|2|0|0|0|0|1|4|+15|
J. Green|17:31|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|4-4 (100.0)|0|2|0|1|0|0|3|4|+13|
R. Jackson|2:46|1-1 (100.0)|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|3|+3|
P. Watson|2:11|1-2 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|0|0|0|0|1|2|0|
I. Smith|2:11|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|2|0|
Z. Nnaji|2:11|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
V. Cancar|2:11|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|
**Totals**||**44-82 (53.7)**|**8-22 (36.4)**|**29-31 (93.5)**|**7**|**41**|**24**|**10**|**10**|**3**|**22**|**125**||
**DNP:** ***Thomas Bryant***, ***DeAndre Jordan***
**Inactive:**
**[](/PHX)PHX**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
L. Shamet^^SF|36:32|3-11 (27.3)|3-9 (33.3)|0-0 (0.0)|1|6|4|2|0|0|3|9|-1|
K. Durant^^PF|36:50|8-19 (42.1)|0-0 (0.0)|7-7 (100.0)|0|5|5|4|0|1|2|23|-13|
J. Landale^^C|30:51|5-6 (83.3)|0-0 (0.0)|3-4 (75.0)|0|5|0|1|0|1|4|13|+7|
D. Booker^^SG|35:32|4-13 (30.8)|1-3 (33.3)|3-4 (75.0)|0|1|8|2|1|1|4|12|-27|
C. Payne^^PG|41:33|12-16 (75.0)|7-9 (77.8)|0-3 (0.0)|0|6|2|4|0|1|3|31|-10|
B. Biyombo|7:40|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-2 (0.0)|1|2|0|0|0|1|2|2|-26|
T. Ross|8:45|0-5 (0.0)|0-4 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|0|1|0|0|1|0|-27|
T. Craig|13:00|2-3 (66.7)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|1|0|2|4|-17|
T. Warren|15:34|0-1 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|0|0|0|0|1|0|-14|
D. Lee|11:36|3-4 (75.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|0|0|1|0|0|6|+3|
I. Wainright|2:04|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
**Totals**||**38-79 (48.1)**|**11-28 (39.3)**|**13-20 (65.0)**|**2**|**29**|**19**|**14**|**3**|**5**|**22**|**100**||
**DNP:** ***Deandre Ayton***, ***Darius Bazley***, ***Josh Okogie***, ***Chris Paul***
**Inactive:**
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**DEN**|62|18|19|32|28|11|21|[](/DEN)|
**PHX**|46|7|14|3|12|14|17|[](/PHX)|
**Lead Changes: 8** | **Times Tied: 3** | **Gametime: 2:20** | **Attendance: 17071**
*Officials: Marc Davis, Pat Fraher, Ben Taylor, Tyler Ford*
by BigHoneyBot
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TWolves fan here. Happy for yall. Go win it all!
Campaign legacy game
confirmed: devin booker has eastern european blood
I was in the parking lot before work on the espn app and just kept seeing suns missing and nuggets making in that 2nd quarter. I had the biggest smile on my face fr.
Suns fan here, please rinse whoever makes it out of the other WC series. I will be rooting for y’all
I love this team. To the WCF boys!
I wonder if this will get rid of all the bandwagon and cocky fans from the sun’s and they’ll go back to being the team people semi root for. Probably not with Booker on the team but man it’s gotta hurt
I’m so mad that I couldn’t watch the first half but the second half was really good to, I liked a lot on how Malone reacted after the slow star on the third.
When I wake up the first thing to do is see this first quarter
Jokic playmaking is somehow underrated still. Insanity… instant offense
WOOOOOO PARTY TIME THIS FEELS SO GOOD
We won the KCP trade
Spending more time on suns reddit… Lol
I’m trying to fall asleep, but Ive been stewing about the defense that Mark Jackson gave for his MVP ballot. If we are to believe his excuse, then he just admitted to being, in my opinion, criminally negligent of his responsibility as a NBA award voter. These votes affect players salaries not to mention their legacies. The MVP is the crown jewel of the awards. It’s the biggest choice of the year, and he apparently did not take the time and effort to make sure he filled his ballot out correctly. He needs to be stripped of the MVP vote regardless of whether he was being truthful or not. When you force me to choose between ignorance and malice, I choose to cut ties with you.
Okay so now that the dust has settled a bit, 92.5 was saying game 1 would be Sunday if Lakers win but Sportscenter told Jamal game 1 wouldn’t be till Tuesday at earliest
Edit: This was supposed to be a question but I’m drinking lol, what day will we seen them?
nom nom nom nom nom nom…
Who wants to celebrate by riding lime scooters in the rain?
Fire Malone!!!
I don’t like these Suns fans coming in here with their well wishes, I have so much animosity towards that fanbase, I’m gonna hate every single one of them for a decade, at least.
I’m gonna rewatch the game tomorrow and laugh, pure joy at the suns demise, fuck bitch ass Devin Booker
I want an invite to the Jokic pool party.
Mountain goat babeeeeeeeyyyyyy
Good luck on the rest of the series nuggets fans! As a suns fan it sucks to see my team lose. But it was some good basketball, and game 3 was the first playoff game I’ve ever seen in person. I’m glad to have been here! Y’all better make sure I didn’t see the sun’s lose to anything less than season champs though, so nuggets, win it all!
[This](https://www.reddit.com/r/denvernuggets/comments/10xn7ke/wojnarowski_breaking_the_phoenix_suns_are_nearing/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1) thread is a fun trip down memory lane.
Some of y’all are the quitters Suns fans think DA is.
I’m looking forward to the TNT crew sending the Suns fishing
Everyone get in here!
Phoenix can stuff it where the sun don’t shine, but they can’t stuff it here cuz it’s sunny 300+ days a year!
On the real what a moment if catharsis for us between all the fans from there talking shit, to how we went out last time to them, just awesome to close them out in that fashion on their own court
Fire Malone!!!
4 more wins and I’m booking flights. Can’t wait to drink with you guys in the DNVR bar
In the wise words of the Ball Arena announcer:
YYYEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
Durant just praised the Nuggets continuity and being together for a while with Malone. Of all people to say that helps. Lol
Damn DNVR guys with the negative Spanish knowledge 😕
LETS GOOOOO
I’ve lurked for years but it feels so goddamn rewarding to see this Nuggets team win and Jokic play like that. Anyone who was against him just didn’t watch him!!
For the past 6 years we’ve all been telling people that they have no idea how good Jokic is. This is an awesome night in Nuggets history. Lets fucking win it all!!!
Lakers fans in r/nba talking about the Nuggets being an easy out. Please let them make it past the Warriors. Please. I want to see that fanbase humbled so badly.
I just noticed that the Nuggets are slated to play again on Tuesday. If the Warriors win tomorrow, Game 7 plays on Sunday. I guess its time for me to hop on the Warriors bandwagon for one more game.
Imagine if we had a real coach like Steve Kerr gulch or monte William or Shauncey Philip Elm okey-dokey
Good luck boys win it all fuck the lakers
Forgot about [this](https://i.imgur.com/4xLAo0f.mp4) vid from the blazers series, seems appropriate
So goddamn lucky to watch Jokic man. Dude so good he made me a bball fan for life.
Shout out to the super chat whose profile picture was taken in the Mexico City subway
The Nuggets scored the winning points with 14:10 to go.
I’ve had a shit eating grin all night.
Once again my local charged me for one drink. I had many more than that. I salute the people behind the bar and tipped accordingly.
If I die of alcohol poisoning please tell my ashes we won this goddamn thing.