Chris Paul helps Suns hold off Nuggets, improve to 5-1

— Chris Paul hit a clutch jumper with 7.3 seconds remaining after a successful coach's challenge on the other end and the Phoenix Suns moved to 5-1 for the first time since 2009-10 by holding off the scuffling Denver Nuggets 106-103 on Friday night.
Jan 2, 2021, 06:07 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

100%
--PHX
0%
--DEN

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Jae Crowder misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray makes two point shot
  • Devin Booker makes 3-foot two point shot (Jae Crowder assists)
  • Deandre Ayton makes 14-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
  • Deandre Ayton misses 13-foot jumper
  • Jamal Murray makes 13-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Deandre Ayton makes 2-foot layup (Jae Crowder assists)
  • Jae Crowder misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Mikal Bridges blocks Paul Millsap 's 9-foot two point shot
  • Mikal Bridges makes 25-foot three point jumper (Devin Booker assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes 23-foot step back jumpshot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Deandre Ayton misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Gary Harris makes driving dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Deandre Ayton makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Paul Millsap assists)
  • Chris Paul makes 26-foot three point jumper (Mikal Bridges assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Devin Booker misses 13-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Cameron Johnson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Cameron Payne assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Cameron Johnson misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
  • Paul Millsap makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Gary Harris misses two point shot
  • Mikal Bridges makes 25-foot three point jumper (Cameron Payne assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses 18-foot jumper
  • Cameron Payne misses 26-foot jump bank shot
  • Gary Harris misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Devin Booker makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Gary Harris makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Devin Booker misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • PJ Dozier misses layup
  • Mikal Bridges makes 26-foot three point shot (Cameron Payne assists)
  • Gary Harris misses jumper
  • Langston Galloway makes 23-foot three point jumper (Frank Kaminsky assists)
  • JaMychal Green makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Monte Morris makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Cameron Johnson makes 27-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
  • Monte Morris misses driving floating jump shot
  • Frank Kaminsky misses driving floating jump shot
  • Will Barton misses 50-foot three point shot
  • PJ Dozier misses 10-foot two point shot
  • JaMychal Green makes 26-foot three point jumper (PJ Dozier assists)
  • Langston Galloway misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Will Barton misses step back jumpshot
  • Frank Kaminsky makes 4-foot two point shot (Cameron Johnson assists)
  • Monte Morris makes pullup jump shot (JaMychal Green assists)
  • Chris Paul makes 16-foot step back jumpshot
  • Chris Paul makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Cameron Johnson misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Will Barton misses two point shot
  • Chris Paul misses pullup jump shot
  • Langston Galloway makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jevon Carter assists)
  • PJ Dozier misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Frank Kaminsky misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Mikal Bridges misses pullup jump shot
  • Mikal Bridges misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • PJ Dozier misses two point shot
  • Jae Crowder makes 20-foot two point shot (Jevon Carter assists)
  • Paul Millsap misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Deandre Ayton makes 8-foot layup (Chris Paul assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses tip shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes 15-foot jumper
  • Cameron Payne misses driving floating jump shot
  • Mikal Bridges misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Paul Millsap makes layup (Monte Morris assists)
  • Paul Millsap makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Deandre Ayton makes 15-foot jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Mikal Bridges misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Monte Morris misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Devin Booker makes 12-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
  • Paul Millsap misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jae Crowder misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Gary Harris misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Deandre Ayton misses layup
  • Deandre Ayton makes dunk
  • Nikola Jokic makes layup (Will Barton assists)
  • Chris Paul misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Deandre Ayton blocks Jamal Murray 's 3-foot layup
  • Cameron Johnson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Gary Harris assists)
  • Chris Paul misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Mikal Bridges makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
  • Paul Millsap makes 2-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes 3-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Devin Booker makes 20-foot pullup jump shot (Deandre Ayton assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three point jumper (Gary Harris assists)
  • Devin Booker misses 18-foot two point shot
  • Deandre Ayton makes layup (Devin Booker assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses 17-foot jumper
  • Paul Millsap makes 26-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
  • Chris Paul makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Paul Millsap misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Deandre Ayton makes 3-foot layup (Jae Crowder assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes 20-foot step back jumpshot
  • Chris Paul misses driving floating jump shot
  • Mikal Bridges misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • JaMychal Green makes dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Devin Booker misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Cameron Payne makes 5-foot two point shot
  • Devin Booker makes driving dunk
  • Will Barton misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Devin Booker makes driving floating jump shot
  • Devin Booker makes 23-foot three point jumper (Frank Kaminsky assists)
  • Monte Morris makes 25-foot three point jumper (JaMychal Green assists)
  • Devin Booker misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Devin Booker makes 24-foot three pointer (Jae Crowder assists)
  • PJ Dozier makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Monte Morris misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Isaiah Hartenstein makes dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses driving layup
  • Cameron Johnson misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Monte Morris misses two point shot
  • Isaiah Hartenstein misses tip shot
  • PJ Dozier misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Chris Paul misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jamal Murray misses two point shot
  • Deandre Ayton makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
  • Monte Morris misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Chris Paul misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
  • Isaiah Hartenstein makes 3-foot layup (Monte Morris assists)
  • Cameron Johnson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Mikal Bridges assists)
  • Isaiah Hartenstein makes 2-foot dunk (Will Barton assists)
  • Deandre Ayton makes 2-foot layup (Cameron Johnson assists)
  • Isaiah Hartenstein misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Jevon Carter misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Will Barton misses two point shot
  • PJ Dozier makes dunk
  • Cameron Johnson misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Deandre Ayton blocks Monte Morris 's 7-foot driving layup
  • Mikal Bridges misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Cameron Johnson misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Will Barton misses two point shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Nikola Jokic makes layup (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Devin Booker misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jamal Murray misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
  • Chris Paul blocks Gary Harris 's 3-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 20-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Devin Booker misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Gary Harris misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
  • Chris Paul makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 16-foot two point shot
  • Will Barton blocks Jae Crowder 's 22-foot three point jumper
  • Monte Morris makes 23-foot three point shot (Will Barton assists)
  • Gary Harris misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Devin Booker makes 27-foot three pointer
  • Jamal Murray misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Devin Booker misses 16-foot two point shot
  • Will Barton makes two point shot
  • Chris Paul makes 16-foot step back jumpshot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 26-foot three point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses 23-foot two point shot
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