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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**OT1**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**PHX**|**24**|**33**|**27**|**29**|**12**|**125**|[](/PHX)|
**DEN**|**28**|**23**|**30**|**32**|**15**|**128**|[](/DEN)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/PHX)**PHX**|**45-94 (47.9)**|**17-35 (48.6)**|**18-26 (69.2)**|**12**|**46**|**32**|**13**|**7**|**9**|**30**|**125**|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**45-94 (47.9)**|**13-36 (36.1)**|**25-34 (73.5)**|**12**|**48**|**29**|**12**|**8**|**4**|**23**|**128**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|34:52|3-11 (27.3)|0-5 (0.0)|1-2 (50.0)|0|8|0|0|1|1|4|7|+11|
A. Gordon^^PF|41:26|11-18 (61.1)|1-2 (50.0)|5-9 (55.6)|7|13|2|3|1|1|2|28|+18|
N. Jokic^^C|44:24|16-25 (64.0)|2-4 (50.0)|7-9 (77.8)|4|15|15|3|0|1|4|41|+12|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|38:52|4-10 (40.0)|3-5 (60.0)|4-4 (100.0)|0|2|4|1|2|0|3|15|+16|
J. Murray^^PG|43:11|7-19 (36.8)|5-11 (45.5)|7-8 (87.5)|0|5|5|3|2|1|0|26|+2|
B. Brown|26:32|2-4 (50.0)|1-3 (33.3)|0-1 (0.0)|0|2|2|0|2|0|2|5|-16|
C. Braun|12:58|1-1 (100.0)|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|0|0|0|0|1|3|-6|
B. Hyland|14:08|1-6 (16.7)|0-5 (0.0)|1-1 (100.0)|1|2|1|2|0|0|4|3|-13|
Z. Nnaji|8:35|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|3|0|-9|
**Totals**||**45-94 (47.9)**|**13-36 (36.1)**|**25-34 (73.5)**|**12**|**48**|**29**|**12**|**8**|**4**|**23**|**128**||
**DNP:** ***Vlatko Cancar***, ***DeAndre Jordan***, ***Davon Reed***, ***Ish Smith***, ***Peyton Watson***, ***Jack White***
**Inactive:** ***Collin Gillespie***, ***Jeff Green***
**[](/PHX)PHX**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Bridges^^SF|40:15|5-12 (41.7)|2-5 (40.0)|1-1 (100.0)|0|1|3|2|0|4|5|13|-13|
T. Craig^^PF|35:51|5-8 (62.5)|3-4 (75.0)|0-0 (0.0)|3|8|2|2|2|1|3|13|-15|
D. Ayton^^C|37:35|9-18 (50.0)|1-1 (100.0)|3-4 (75.0)|3|16|2|6|2|2|3|22|-13|
D. Booker^^SG|4:20|1-2 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|2|-9|
C. Paul^^PG|40:39|6-17 (35.3)|0-3 (0.0)|5-10 (50.0)|0|4|16|0|2|1|4|17|-1|
L. Shamet|38:40|10-20 (50.0)|7-17 (41.2)|4-4 (100.0)|0|2|6|2|0|1|5|31|+3|
D. Lee|30:25|5-8 (62.5)|4-5 (80.0)|4-4 (100.0)|1|8|0|1|0|0|2|18|+8|
I. Wainright|11:29|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|2|2|0|0|1|0|2|0|+7|
B. Biyombo|15:25|2-4 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1-3 (33.3)|1|3|2|0|0|0|3|5|+10|
J. Okogie|10:19|2-5 (40.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|2|2|1|0|0|0|3|4|+8|
**Totals**||**45-94 (47.9)**|**17-35 (48.6)**|**18-26 (69.2)**|**12**|**46**|**32**|**13**|**7**|**9**|**30**|**125**||
**DNP:** ***Jock Landale***, ***Dario Saric***, ***Duane Washington Jr.***
**Inactive:** ***Jae Crowder***, ***Cameron Johnson***, ***Cameron Payne***
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**PHX**|40|19|5|12|58|14|21|[](/PHX)|
**DEN**|52|19|11|15|11|13|14|[](/DEN)|
**Lead Changes: 6** | **Times Tied: 6** | **Gametime: 2:51** | **Attendance: 19642**
*Officials: Tony Brothers, Matt Boland, Karl Lane*
by BigHoneyBot
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Cheers! Ready to start this amazing day now… Cnt wait for DNVR podcast!!!
Yāall Nugget fans are alright. Just wish Wolves fans were this cool. Happy holidays gang! Good win, and have a good night!
I just want to say Iām so happy we got Jamal back š„¹
Jokic-AG as good as shaq-Kobe?
If you see a salty suns fan about the reverse on the charge call just send them [this](https://twitter.com/nbaofficial/status/1002405076575707137?s=46&t=uGCm5p9x_Ti92TKh4gDSUg)
We won 3 quarters and OT.
The best part about the dunk is that AG gets more publicity which means more all star votes. He still won’t get enough for a starter but he’ll get a lot more consideration for the reserves now
The Nuggets save Christmas!
Tbh this might have been my favorite regular season game of the Jokic era š¤·āāļø
The nuggets never disappoint me like the broncos do
Casual fan here, curious how people are feeling about Bones?
I love him and I was really hoping that this year he could become a big part of the team as a sixth man/bench commander. It seems like heās nowhere near that as it stands. Whenever heās on the court, seems like he just misses shots, turns the ball over, hogs the ball, and plays mostly awful defense.
If the Nuggets want to compete this year, Iām not sure he can play much of a role in it. Braun looks way more useful to the team at the moment, to be honest. How do you all think the Nuggets should use Bones going forward?
He didnāt need to do that, by the way. AG couldāve easily dumped it off to a wide open Jokic under the basket for a guaranteed two.
He wanted Landry Shametās soul. And he got it.
Shamet was moving on that āchargeā idk why suns fans are losing their shit
Did we just see Tony Brothers heart grow 3 times itās original size today with him overturning that charge call?
Was at the can tonight and it was rocking! Great game by Jokic as usual, but get that man AG in the all-star game! Deserves every vote he gets
I can’t believe Shamet is 7-16 for 3. I was under the impression he put every freaking one inš
Does anyone know how to watch full game replays? I need to watch this game immediately
Game was the best christmas gift I couldāve gotten would be better if we got AG in the all star game
In case you didn’t know, Jamal is now 16-3 against the Phoenix Suns in his career. Murray Christmas.
That was hands down the best Nuggets game I have ever attended, and Iāve been to a lot of them. What a win. So fucking hyped right now
Someone put the AG dunk on a shirt and take my money
That was better than sex
Wish I snagged tickets to this one! Wow
The media seems to be more okay with giving Jokic a 3rd MVP in a row rather than they were giving him that 2nd one! He completely deserves it and if we finish 1st seed with Jokic doing these games every 3-4 games and averaging 26/11/9 he could legit win it but I bet some people fuck him out of it.
AG is HIM
AG is a dawg
Suns fans outing themselves as Lake voters by complaining about that AG dunk
Porter had a bad offensive night but grabbed rebounds. In two possessions late game when it was clutch time he got some important boards
AG: kills a Sun. Jok: “not my christmas”. Hail Satan.
Dwayne Wade gave this game a 9/10
On Murray on Porter,on Joker! T’was the AG dunk that saved Christmas, It even warmed Tony Brothers’ cold heart!