Paul's back, Suns clinch top seed with 140-130 win in Denver

— Chris Paul was eager to rejoin his teammates who were having all the fun even if that meant playing his first game in five weeks at altitude.
Mar 25, 2023, 05:00 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

100%
--PHX
0%
--DEN

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Nikola Jokic makes 10-foot two point shot
  • Devin Booker makes 16-foot two point shot
  • Jeff Green misses 2-foot two point shot
  • Monte Morris makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes layup (Monte Morris assists)
  • Will Barton makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Devin Booker makes 14-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot two point shot
  • Deandre Ayton makes 12-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
  • Jae Crowder misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Devin Booker makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Devin Booker misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Devin Booker makes 27-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
  • Devin Booker misses 22-foot step back jumpshot
  • Will Barton misses two point shot
  • Deandre Ayton misses 16-foot jumper
  • Will Barton makes two point shot
  • Devin Booker makes 33-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
  • Monte Morris misses driving layup
  • Aaron Gordon makes tip shot
  • Chris Paul makes 14-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
  • Devin Booker makes 16-foot two point shot
  • Devin Booker makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Aaron Gordon misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Devin Booker misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Devin Booker makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Torrey Craig makes 3-foot two point shot (Mikal Bridges assists)
  • Aaron Gordon makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Torrey Craig makes 25-foot three point jumper (Cameron Payne assists)
  • Austin Rivers misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
  • Aaron Gordon makes 1-foot dunk
  • Deandre Ayton misses 3-foot two point shot
  • Bones Hyland misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Bones Hyland misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Bones Hyland makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Bones Hyland makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Bones Hyland makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Bones Hyland makes free throw 2 of 2
  • JaVale McGee makes alley oop layup (Devin Booker assists)
  • Bones Hyland makes 23-foot step back jumpshot (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
  • Devin Booker makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Devin Booker makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Bones Hyland makes layup (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
  • Bones Hyland makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Cameron Payne makes 23-foot three point jumper (Devin Booker assists)
  • Davon Reed misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Devin Booker misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Torrey Craig misses tip shot
  • Bones Hyland misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • DeMarcus Cousins misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Landry Shamet misses three point pullup jump shot
  • DeMarcus Cousins makes 9-foot two point shot (Bones Hyland assists)
  • DeMarcus Cousins makes free throw 1 of 1
  • JaVale McGee misses free throw 1 of 2
  • JaVale McGee makes free throw 2 of 2
  • DeMarcus Cousins makes 26-foot three point jumper (JaMychal Green assists)
  • DeMarcus Cousins misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jae Crowder makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
  • Jae Crowder misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Jae Crowder makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
  • Bones Hyland makes 27-foot three pointer
  • Jae Crowder makes 27-foot three pointer
  • Bones Hyland misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Torrey Craig misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jae Crowder misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Davon Reed makes 22-foot pullup jump shot (DeMarcus Cousins assists)
  • Chris Paul misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Davon Reed makes driving layup
  • Mikal Bridges makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Bones Hyland makes 28-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
  • Mikal Bridges makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
  • Jae Crowder misses 5-foot two point shot
  • Deandre Ayton misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Bones Hyland makes 27-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Deandre Ayton misses 19-foot jumper
  • JaMychal Green misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Mikal Bridges misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Will Barton makes 26-foot three pointer (Bones Hyland assists)
  • Deandre Ayton makes 17-foot jumper
  • Will Barton misses two point shot
  • Deandre Ayton makes 9-foot two point shot (Mikal Bridges assists)
  • Jeff Green makes 24-foot step back jumpshot (Will Barton assists)
  • Deandre Ayton makes 11-foot jumper (Cameron Payne assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Devin Booker misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Jeff Green misses two point shot
  • Devin Booker makes driving layup
  • Devin Booker makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Aaron Gordon misses 22-foot jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes technical free throw
  • Monte Morris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
  • Jeff Green makes 3-foot layup (Monte Morris assists)
  • Cameron Payne makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Devin Booker makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Will Barton makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Torrey Craig makes 27-foot three point jumper (Cameron Payne assists)
  • Deandre Ayton makes alley oop layup (Devin Booker assists)
  • Monte Morris misses two point shot
  • Will Barton misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Will Barton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Devin Booker makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot (Chris Paul assists)
  • Jeff Green makes 25-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
  • Torrey Craig misses 40-foot three point shot
  • Deandre Ayton misses 6-foot two point shot
  • Monte Morris misses 20-foot jumper
  • Deandre Ayton makes 12-foot jumper (Jae Crowder assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot two point shot
  • Chris Paul makes 12-foot two point shot
  • Monte Morris makes 27-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
  • Chris Paul makes 23-foot three point jumper (Devin Booker assists)
  • Aaron Gordon misses 17-foot two point shot
  • Deandre Ayton makes 12-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
  • Jeff Green makes 24-foot three point jumper (Monte Morris assists)
  • Devin Booker makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Devin Booker misses step back jumpshot
  • Deandre Ayton misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Will Barton makes 22-foot three point jumper (Jeff Green assists)
  • Chris Paul misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Monte Morris makes 23-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
  • Devin Booker makes technical free throw
  • Monte Morris makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Devin Booker misses driving floating jump shot
  • Deandre Ayton makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Devin Booker assists)
  • Aaron Gordon makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Chris Paul makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Monte Morris makes two point shot
  • Devin Booker makes 15-foot two point shot (Torrey Craig assists)
  • Mikal Bridges makes 19-foot jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Devin Booker misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes 4-foot two point shot (Will Barton assists)
  • Chris Paul makes 13-foot two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes dunk (Monte Morris assists)
  • Devin Booker makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Devin Booker makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Devin Booker makes 3-foot layup (Cameron Payne assists)
  • Aaron Gordon makes 2-foot two point shot
  • JaVale McGee misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Cameron Payne misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Devin Booker makes layup
  • Devin Booker makes free throw 1 of 1
  • JaMychal Green misses layup
  • Torrey Craig misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Devin Booker makes dunk
  • Bones Hyland misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Bones Hyland makes two point shot
  • Landry Shamet makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (Devin Booker assists)
  • Devin Booker makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Devin Booker makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Devin Booker makes free throw 3 of 3
  • JaMychal Green misses free throw 1 of 2
  • JaMychal Green makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Devin Booker makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Chris Paul assists)
  • Bones Hyland makes 21-foot jumper
  • DeMarcus Cousins makes 3-foot two point shot (Davon Reed assists)
  • Bismack Biyombo makes dunk (Chris Paul assists)
  • Devin Booker misses 15-foot two point shot
  • JaMychal Green misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Bismack Biyombo misses 5-foot two point shot
  • Davon Reed misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Chris Paul misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Devin Booker makes 3-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
  • DeMarcus Cousins misses 22-foot jumper
  • Bismack Biyombo misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Bismack Biyombo misses free throw 2 of 2
  • DeMarcus Cousins makes layup
  • Mikal Bridges makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
  • DeMarcus Cousins misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Jae Crowder misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Bones Hyland misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Chris Paul makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 15-foot jumper (Bones Hyland assists)
  • Mikal Bridges makes 13-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
  • Will Barton makes 3-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Monte Morris misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Devin Booker misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Mikal Bridges makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Mikal Bridges makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Devin Booker makes 11-foot jumper (Cameron Payne assists)
  • Mikal Bridges makes 26-foot three point jumper (Devin Booker assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Will Barton assists)
  • Cameron Payne makes 3-foot two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Cameron Payne makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Will Barton misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Mikal Bridges makes driving dunk (Devin Booker assists)
  • Mikal Bridges makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Nikola Jokic makes driving floating jump shot
  • Jae Crowder makes 25-foot three point jumper (Devin Booker assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 22-foot pullup jump shot
  • Mikal Bridges makes 11-foot two point shot (Devin Booker assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Chris Paul misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
  • Aaron Gordon misses finger roll layup
  • Aaron Gordon makes tip shot
  • Devin Booker misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
  • Chris Paul makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Chris Paul makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Aaron Gordon misses 19-foot two point shot
  • Chris Paul makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Chris Paul makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Bones Hyland misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Bones Hyland misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Will Barton makes 11-foot jumper
  • Devin Booker makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Devin Booker makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Monte Morris misses 27-foot three point jumper
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