Rejuvenated Paul leads Suns over Nuggets 122-105 in Game 1

— In the opening minutes of Monday night's game, Chris Paul was bumped on his ailing right shoulder and grimaced for a second. His movements were a little tentative, his shots didn't look quite right.
Jun 8, 2021, 06:48 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

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--DEN
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--PHX

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Jae Crowder misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Deandre Ayton makes 5-foot hook shot (Devin Booker assists)
  • Facundo Campazzo makes 27-foot three pointer
  • Nikola Jokic makes layup
  • Mikal Bridges misses three point jumper
  • Facundo Campazzo makes driving layup
  • Facundo Campazzo makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Jae Crowder makes driving dunk (Chris Paul assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Deandre Ayton makes 1-foot driving dunk (Chris Paul assists)
  • Deandre Ayton makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Nikola Jokic makes layup (Austin Rivers assists)
  • Deandre Ayton makes 15-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
  • Austin Rivers misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jae Crowder misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Mikal Bridges misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 24-foot step back jumpshot (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Chris Paul misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
  • Mikal Bridges blocks Michael Porter Jr. 's 2-foot driving layup
  • Devin Booker makes 6-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes layup (Facundo Campazzo assists)
  • Devin Booker makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Devin Booker makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Aaron Gordon makes 14-foot two point shot
  • Jae Crowder makes 21-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
  • Mikal Bridges makes three point jumper (Devin Booker assists)
  • Aaron Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Deandre Ayton misses two point shot
  • Facundo Campazzo misses three point jumper
  • Aaron Gordon misses tip shot
  • Jae Crowder misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Mikal Bridges misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Aaron Gordon makes layup
  • Facundo Campazzo misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jae Crowder misses driving layup
  • Deandre Ayton misses tip shot
  • Monte Morris misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic blocks Jae Crowder 's 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes layup (Austin Rivers assists)
  • Cameron Payne makes 25-foot three point jumper (Devin Booker assists)
  • Monte Morris makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
  • Devin Booker misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes 14-foot two point shot
  • JaMychal Green misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Deandre Ayton makes layup (Jae Crowder assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jae Crowder makes 25-foot three point jumper (Devin Booker assists)
  • Jae Crowder makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Monte Morris misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Torrey Craig blocks Monte Morris 's 3-foot driving layup
  • Torrey Craig misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes dunk (Monte Morris assists)
  • Cameron Johnson misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Markus Howard makes 22-foot three point jumper (JaMychal Green assists)
  • Cameron Johnson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Torrey Craig makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 13-foot step back jumpshot (Paul Millsap assists)
  • Chris Paul misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Paul Millsap makes 26-foot three point jumper (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
  • Dario Saric makes dunk (Chris Paul assists)
  • Dario Saric makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Paul Millsap misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Cameron Payne misses driving floating jump shot
  • Torrey Craig misses tip shot
  • JaMychal Green makes 1-foot dunk (Monte Morris assists)
  • Chris Paul makes 25-foot three point jumper (Cameron Johnson assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 15-foot two point shot (Monte Morris assists)
  • Mikal Bridges makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Mikal Bridges makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Monte Morris misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Dario Saric misses 3-foot hook shot
  • Facundo Campazzo makes driving floating jump shot (Monte Morris assists)
  • Torrey Craig makes 30-foot three point jumper (Mikal Bridges assists)
  • Paul Millsap makes 12-foot two point shot
  • Paul Millsap misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Chris Paul makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Monte Morris misses driving layup
  • Chris Paul misses 15-foot two point shot
  • Austin Rivers misses two point shot
  • Devin Booker makes 23-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses 17-foot jumper
  • Paul Millsap makes two point shot (Facundo Campazzo assists)
  • Devin Booker makes 15-foot jumper (Mikal Bridges assists)
  • Austin Rivers misses three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic blocks Deandre Ayton's two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes layup (Monte Morris assists)
  • Mikal Bridges makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
  • Mikal Bridges makes two point shot (Devin Booker assists)
  • Aaron Gordon makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Devin Booker misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Facundo Campazzo makes 26-foot three point jumper (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Austin Rivers assists)
  • Mikal Bridges misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Devin Booker misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Deandre Ayton makes 8-foot hook shot
  • Facundo Campazzo misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Deandre Ayton misses two point shot
  • Devin Booker makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Devin Booker makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic misses driving layup
  • Nikola Jokic misses tip shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Jae Crowder misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Aaron Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Chris Paul misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Aaron Gordon misses layup
  • Aaron Gordon misses two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes tip shot
  • Jae Crowder misses 21-foot jumper
  • Chris Paul misses 18-foot jumper
  • Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
  • Chris Paul misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Facundo Campazzo assists)
  • Devin Booker misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Devin Booker makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Facundo Campazzo assists)
  • Mikal Bridges makes 13-foot two point shot
  • Austin Rivers makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Mikal Bridges makes two point shot
  • Mikal Bridges makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Austin Rivers makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Austin Rivers makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Aaron Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Mikal Bridges makes 23-foot three point jumper (Devin Booker assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
  • Devin Booker misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
  • Nikola Jokic misses 14-foot step back jumpshot
  • Chris Paul makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Chris Paul makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Monte Morris misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jae Crowder makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot
  • Deandre Ayton makes layup (Mikal Bridges assists)
  • Deandre Ayton makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic misses three point jumper
  • Devin Booker makes 27-foot step back jumpshot
  • Devin Booker misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Mikal Bridges makes two point shot (Cameron Payne assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Cameron Payne makes driving layup
  • Aaron Gordon makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Deandre Ayton makes 13-foot jumper (Mikal Bridges assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 23-foot jumper
  • Monte Morris misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
  • Deandre Ayton makes alley oop layup (Devin Booker assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Mikal Bridges makes 26-foot three point jumper (Cameron Payne assists)
  • Cameron Payne blocks Monte Morris's driving layup
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Cameron Payne misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic misses 4-foot hook shot
  • Nikola Jokic blocks Cameron Payne's two point shot
  • Paul Millsap blocks Dario Saric 's 2-foot layup
  • Dario Saric makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
  • Monte Morris misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Chris Paul makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Chris Paul makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Paul Millsap makes driving layup (Facundo Campazzo assists)
  • Chris Paul makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Chris Paul makes free throw 1 of 1
  • JaMychal Green makes three point jumper (Monte Morris assists)
  • Torrey Craig misses three point jumper
  • Chris Paul makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
  • Torrey Craig makes dunk (Cameron Payne assists)
  • Paul Millsap misses three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot
  • JaMychal Green makes dunk
  • Cameron Payne misses pullup jump shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes driving layup
  • Torrey Craig misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Torrey Craig makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Austin Rivers misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Torrey Craig misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Deandre Ayton makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
  • Torrey Craig blocks Austin Rivers's driving layup
  • Austin Rivers makes two point shot
  • Chris Paul makes driving layup (Mikal Bridges assists)
  • JaMychal Green makes three point jumper (Facundo Campazzo assists)
  • Devin Booker makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Facundo Campazzo misses two point shot
  • Jae Crowder misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Aaron Gordon makes 10-foot hook shot
  • Chris Paul makes 10-foot two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes 15-foot two point shot
  • Jae Crowder makes 23-foot three point jumper (Devin Booker assists)
  • Aaron Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Devin Booker makes 18-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
  • Facundo Campazzo makes 25-foot three point jumper (Austin Rivers assists)
  • Devin Booker makes 10-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses layup
  • Cameron Payne makes driving floating jump shot (Jalen Smith assists)
  • Markus Howard misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
  • Cameron Payne misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Shaquille Harrison makes two point shot
  • Zeke Nnaji makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bol Bol assists)
  • Cameron Johnson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Cameron Johnson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Bol Bol misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
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