Nuggets 97-87 Suns (2 May, 2023) Box Score

Phoenix Suns

45-37, 17-24 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	21	21	31	14	87
DEN	18	22	30	27	97

Denver Nuggets

53-29, 34-7 home

Phoenix Suns

starters
K. Durant PF
J. Okogie SF
D. Ayton C
C. Paul PG
D. Booker SG
bench
I. Wainright F
T. Craig SF
B. Biyombo C
J. Landale C
C. Payne PG
D. Lee SG
D. Bazley F
T.J. Warren SF
L. Shamet SG
T. Ross G
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
44	10-27	2-12	2-2	1	7	8	3	1	2	2	4	-4	24
22	1-3	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	2
33	7-10	0-0	0-0	4	4	8	4	0	1	4	5	0	14
25	4-10	0-0	0-0	1	4	5	6	0	0	0	0	+8	8
45	14-29	4-8	3-3	0	5	5	6	0	0	2	4	-7	35
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-6	0
11	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-10	0
10	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	4	4	0	0	0	1	3	-1	2
5	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	-9	0
17	1-7	0-4	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	4	-16	2
26	0-5	0-3	0-0	3	3	6	2	0	0	0	1	-5	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	38-95	6-31	5-5	11	28	39	23	2	4	9	25		87
	40.0%	19.4%	100.0%

Denver Nuggets

starters
A. Gordon PF
M. Porter Jr. SF
N. Jokic C
J. Murray PG
K. Caldwell-Pope SG
bench
J. Green PF
B. Brown SF
C. Braun G
Z. Nnaji PF
P. Watson F
V. Cancar SF
D. Jordan C
T. Bryant C
I. Smith PG
R. Jackson PG
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
39	5-8	1-3	5-6	0	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	+11	16
23	2-7	0-2	1-1	0	4	4	1	0	1	0	0	-12	5
41	17-30	2-6	3-4	3	13	16	5	2	1	3	2	+2	39
39	3-15	0-9	4-4	0	4	4	8	0	0	3	0	+14	10
41	5-6	4-4	0-0	2	3	5	2	1	0	1	2	+1	14
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
16	1-3	0-2	0-0	0	4	4	1	0	2	1	3	+7	2
25	2-5	0-1	5-6	0	4	4	1	0	1	0	4	+12	9
16	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	+15	2
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	36-76	7-27	18-21	5	36	41	19	5	6	10	16		97
	47.4%	25.9%	85.7%

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

Suns
107
Nuggets
125

Game 1

30/4

Suns
87
Nuggets
97

Game 2

2/5

Nuggets
114
Suns
121

Game 3

6/5

Nuggets
124
Suns
129

Game 4

8/5

Suns
102
Nuggets
118

Game 5

10/5

Nuggets
125
Suns
100

Game 6

12/5

Ball Arena

3:00 AM, 2 May 2023

Denver, CO

Attendance: 19,592

Referees:
Eric Lewis
Sean Wright
John Goble
Aaron Smith

Team	PCT	GB	STRK
Golden State	.000	-	-
LA Clippers	.000	-	-
LA Lakers	.000	-	-
Phoenix	.000	-	-
Sacramento	.000	-	-

Team	PCT	GB	STRK
Denver	.000	-	-
Minnesota	.000	-	-
Portland	.000	-	-
Oklahoma City	.000	-	-
Utah	.000	-	-

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