Nuggets 110-98 Suns (21 Oct, 2021) Box Score

Denver Nuggets

1-0, 1-0 away

110

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	26	25	34	25	110
PHX	20	38	24	16	98

Phoenix Suns

0-1, 0-1 home

Denver Nuggets

starters
A. Gordon PF
M. Porter Jr. SF
N. Jokic C
M. Morris PG
W. Barton G
bench
Je. Green PF
Ja. Green F
A. Rivers SG
F. Campazzo G
P. Dozier G
Z. Nnaji PF
P. Cornelie F
B. Bol C
M. Howard PG
B. Hyland PG
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
29	5-6	1-1	1-2	2	6	8	4	0	1	3	2	+22	12
34	6-10	2-3	1-1	1	5	6	5	2	0	2	3	+24	15
35	13-22	1-6	0-0	2	11	13	2	2	0	3	3	+28	27
28	3-8	3-6	0-2	0	2	2	3	0	0	1	1	+18	9
34	8-14	4-8	0-0	0	6	6	5	1	0	0	2	+20	20
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
19	4-9	3-6	2-2	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	3	-10	13
13	1-4	0-2	0-0	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	3	-16	2
8	1-3	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-13	2
20	0-3	0-1	0-0	0	3	3	4	2	0	2	1	-6	0
21	3-4	3-4	1-2	1	4	5	1	1	0	1	2	-7	10
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	44-83	17-39	5-9	6	40	46	25	9	1	17	20		110
	53.0%	43.6%	55.6%

Phoenix Suns

starters
J. Crowder PF
M. Bridges SF
D. Ayton C
C. Paul PG
D. Booker SG
bench
A. Nader SF
C. Johnson SF
J. McGee C
C. Payne PG
L. Shamet SG
F. Kaminsky PF
J. Smith PF
C. Hutchison SF
E. Payton G
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
24	0-5	0-5	2-2	0	8	8	2	1	0	1	1	-7	2
34	7-16	2-6	0-2	1	4	5	0	1	1	1	2	-21	16
33	6-10	1-3	2-2	2	4	6	2	1	0	2	2	-15	15
34	6-11	2-4	1-2	2	2	4	10	2	1	3	3	-23	15
30	3-15	2-7	4-4	1	3	4	4	1	0	3	3	-24	12
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
13	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	2	3	1	1	0	1	2	+9	0
24	4-10	3-5	0-0	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	-5	11
15	3-4	0-0	0-0	1	7	8	0	0	1	3	2	+3	6
14	3-9	1-3	3-5	1	1	2	3	1	0	3	2	+11	10
19	4-5	3-3	0-0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	+12	11
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	36-87	14-37	12-17	11	34	45	23	9	3	18	18		98
	41.4%	37.8%	70.6%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

DEN leads 1-0

Nuggets
110
Suns
98

Game 1

21/10

Nuggets
97
Suns
126

Game 2

22/11

Suns
140
Nuggets
130

Game 3

25/3

Footprint Center

3:00 AM, 21 October 2021

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 16,074

Referees:
Kevin Cutler
Marc Davis
Leon Wood

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	57	25	.695	-	W5
Denver	57	25	.695	-	W1
Minnesota	56	26	.683	1	L1
Utah	31	51	.378	26	L1
Portland	21	61	.256	36	L5

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Clippers	51	31	.622	-	L3
Phoenix	49	33	.598	2	W3
LA Lakers	47	35	.573	4	W2
Sacramento	46	36	.561	5	W1
Golden State	46	36	.561	5	W1

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