Denver Nuggets @ Phoenix Suns
Preseason
1-0, 1-0 Away
115
1-0, 1-0 Away
1-1, 0-1 Home
107
1-1, 0-1 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Jusuf Nurkic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jusuf Nurkic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Josh Okogie makes 26-foot three point jumper (Saben Lee assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes layup (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Chimezie Metu makes 26-foot three point jumper (Saben Lee assists)
- Justin Holiday misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 7-foot two point shot
- Jusuf Nurkic misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot
- Jusuf Nurkic makes driving layup
- Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes 23-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Saben Lee makes 11-foot pullup jump shot (Josh Okogie assists)
- Chimezie Metu misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic misses 13-foot jumper
- Jamal Murray makes tip shot
- Jusuf Nurkic misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Justin Holiday makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 23-foot three point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes layup
- Grayson Allen misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Josh Okogie makes 24-foot three point jumper (Grayson Allen assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot
- Yuta Watanabe misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Yuta Watanabe makes 26-foot three point jumper (Grayson Allen assists)
- Eric Gordon makes 27-foot three point jumper (Yuta Watanabe assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses layup
- Peyton Watson makes dunk
- Keita Bates-Diop misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Eric Gordon misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Peyton Watson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Peyton Watson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Drew Eubanks makes free throw 1 of 2
- Drew Eubanks makes free throw 2 of 2
- Reggie Jackson misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
- Saben Lee misses step back jumpshot
- Yuta Watanabe misses three point jumper
- Reggie Jackson makes 27-foot three point jumper (Julian Strawther assists)
- Drew Eubanks misses free throw 1 of 2
- Drew Eubanks misses free throw 2 of 2
- Hunter Tyson misses three point jumper
- Julian Strawther makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Eric Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
- Eric Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Keita Bates-Diop misses driving layup
- Eric Gordon makes 2-foot two point shot
- Julian Strawther misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Julian Strawther makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Eric Gordon makes layup
- Jamal Murray makes 13-foot two point shot
- Eric Gordon misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Zeke Nnaji makes 5-foot layup (Justin Holiday assists)
- Hunter Tyson misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Keita Bates-Diop misses layup
- Jamal Murray misses driving layup
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
- Grayson Allen misses 9-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray makes driving layup
- Grayson Allen makes 11-foot two point shot (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Grayson Allen makes 27-foot three point jumper (Eric Gordon assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 9-foot two point shot
- Eric Gordon misses driving floating jump shot
- Julian Strawther misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Julian Strawther misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Grayson Allen misses layup
- Grayson Allen makes driving layup (Saben Lee assists)
- Justin Holiday misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Josh Okogie misses 5-foot two point shot
- Justin Holiday misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Josh Okogie makes driving layup (Jusuf Nurkic assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes layup (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 1
- Saben Lee makes 11-foot jumper
- Reggie Jackson makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jusuf Nurkic misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jusuf Nurkic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jusuf Nurkic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Josh Okogie misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Reggie Jackson makes 23-foot three point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Jusuf Nurkic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jusuf Nurkic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Reggie Jackson misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Chimezie Metu misses layup
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes technical free throw
- Nikola Jokic misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 18-foot jumper (Reggie Jackson assists)
- Josh Okogie misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes 11-foot jumper
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 1
- Jusuf Nurkic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jusuf Nurkic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Saben Lee makes free throw 1 of 2
- Saben Lee makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic misses 82-foot three point jumper
- Reggie Jackson misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Josh Okogie makes step back jumpshot (Grayson Allen assists)
- Josh Okogie misses free throw 1 of 1
- Reggie Jackson makes 14-foot driving floating jump shot (DeAndre Jordan assists)
- Drew Eubanks misses 4-foot hook shot
- Justin Holiday makes jumper (DeAndre Jordan assists)
- Grayson Allen makes layup (Drew Eubanks assists)
- Grayson Allen makes free throw 1 of 1
- Drew Eubanks makes free throw 1 of 2
- Drew Eubanks makes free throw 2 of 2
- Julian Strawther makes 15-foot driving floating jump shot
- Chimezie Metu makes 10-foot pullup jump shot (Grayson Allen assists)
- DeAndre Jordan makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Reggie Jackson assists)
- Saben Lee makes free throw 1 of 2
- Saben Lee makes free throw 2 of 2
- Reggie Jackson misses 23-foot jumper
- Saben Lee misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Julian Strawther makes 29-foot three point jumper (DeAndre Jordan assists)
- Saben Lee makes 23-foot three point jumper (Josh Okogie assists)
- Reggie Jackson misses technical free throw
- Julian Strawther makes layup (DeAndre Jordan assists)
- Josh Okogie misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Chimezie Metu makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nassir Little assists)
- Hunter Tyson misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
- Reggie Jackson makes technical free throw
- Josh Okogie makes 2-foot layup (Grayson Allen assists)
- Julian Strawther makes 26-foot three point jumper (Reggie Jackson assists)
- Josh Okogie makes finger roll layup (Grayson Allen assists)
- Reggie Jackson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Hunter Tyson assists)
- Josh Okogie makes three point jumper (Grayson Allen assists)
- DeAndre Jordan makes 2-foot dunk (Julian Strawther assists)
- Drew Eubanks misses 5-foot hook shot
- Chimezie Metu misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Braxton Key misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Drew Eubanks makes jumper (Josh Okogie assists)
- Nassir Little misses 14-foot two point shot
- Jalen Pickett misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
- Zeke Nnaji misses layup
- Nassir Little misses 11-foot jumper
- Jalen Pickett makes 27-foot three point jumper (Julian Strawther assists)
- Yuta Watanabe makes 12-foot jumper (Saben Lee assists)
- Julian Strawther makes 26-foot three point jumper (Braxton Key assists)
- Nassir Little misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Julian Strawther makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (Braxton Key assists)
- Yuta Watanabe misses free throw 1 of 2
- Yuta Watanabe makes free throw 2 of 2
- Zeke Nnaji makes free throw 1 of 2
- Zeke Nnaji makes free throw 2 of 2
- Bol Bol makes 25-foot three point jumper (Saben Lee assists)
- Peyton Watson makes 27-foot three point jumper (Braxton Key assists)
- Bol Bol makes alley oop layup (Saben Lee assists)
- Nassir Little makes 26-foot three point jumper (Saben Lee assists)
- Collin Gillespie misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Keita Bates-Diop makes three point jumper (Saben Lee assists)
- Zeke Nnaji makes layup (Collin Gillespie assists)
- Zeke Nnaji misses free throw 1 of 1
- Peyton Watson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jalen Pickett assists)
- Keita Bates-Diop misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Keon Johnson makes 9-foot jump bank shot
- Jalen Pickett makes 14-foot driving floating jump shot
- Keita Bates-Diop makes driving layup (Nassir Little assists)
- Zeke Nnaji makes driving dunk (Jalen Pickett assists)
- Nassir Little makes layup (Keita Bates-Diop assists)
- Jalen Pickett misses layup
- Keita Bates-Diop makes driving layup
- Zeke Nnaji misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nassir Little misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Zeke Nnaji makes 26-foot three point jumper (Hunter Tyson assists)
- Bol Bol makes layup (Keita Bates-Diop assists)
- Hunter Tyson misses 10-foot two point shot
- Yuta Watanabe misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
- Hunter Tyson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Keita Bates-Diop misses driving floating jump shot
- Zeke Nnaji makes driving layup (Collin Gillespie assists)
- Collin Gillespie makes layup (Zeke Nnaji assists)
- Yuta Watanabe makes 23-foot three point jumper (Keon Johnson assists)
- Jalen Pickett misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Keita Bates-Diop makes layup
- Peyton Watson misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Collin Gillespie makes driving layup
- Saben Lee misses driving layup
- Zeke Nnaji makes free throw 1 of 2
- Zeke Nnaji makes free throw 2 of 2
- Keon Johnson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Saben Lee assists)
- Zeke Nnaji makes free throw 1 of 2
- Zeke Nnaji makes free throw 2 of 2
- Keon Johnson misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Collin Gillespie makes driving layup
- Collin Gillespie makes free throw 1 of 1
- Keita Bates-Diop misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Hunter Tyson misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Saben Lee misses free throw 1 of 2
- Saben Lee misses free throw 2 of 2
- Collin Gillespie misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Nassir Little misses free throw 1 of 2
- Nassir Little makes free throw 2 of 2
Shot Made
Shot Missed
| TIME | PLAY | DEN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | | Nikola Jokic vs. Jusuf Nurkic (Saben Lee gains possession) | 0 | 0 |
| 11:42 | | Jusuf Nurkic makes free throw 2 of 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11:42 | | Nikola Jokic shooting foul | 0 | 0 |
| 11:42 | | Jusuf Nurkic makes free throw 1 of 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 11:17 | | Nikola Jokic lost ball turnover (Josh Okogie steals) | 0 | 2 |
| 11:07 | | Josh Okogie makes 26-foot three point jumper (Saben Lee assists) | 0 | 5 |
| 10:50 | | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists) | 3 | 5 |
| 10:28 | | Grayson Allen bad pass (Nikola Jokic steals) | 3 | 5 |
| 10:23 | | Nikola Jokic makes layup (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists) | 5 | 5 |
| 10:15 | | Chimezie Metu makes 26-foot three point jumper (Saben Lee assists) | 5 | 8 |
| 10:02 | | Justin Holiday misses 24-foot three point jumper | 5 | 8 |
| 9:58 | | Justin Holiday offensive rebound | 5 | 8 |
| 9:52 | | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 7-foot two point shot | 5 | 8 |
| 9:49 | | Josh Okogie defensive rebound | 5 | 8 |
| 9:40 | | Jusuf Nurkic misses 27-foot three point jumper | 5 | 8 |
| 9:36 | | Aaron Gordon defensive rebound | 5 | 8 |
| 9:31 | | Josh Okogie blocks Justin Holiday 's 1-foot layup | 5 | 8 |
| 9:31 | | Nuggets offensive team rebound | 5 | 8 |
| 9:19 | | Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot | 5 | 8 |
| 9:14 | | Grayson Allen defensive rebound | 5 | 8 |
| 9:01 | | Jusuf Nurkic makes driving layup | 5 | 10 |
| 8:41 | | Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper | 5 | 10 |
| 8:38 | | Josh Okogie defensive rebound | 5 | 10 |
| 8:28 | | Aaron Gordon blocks Josh Okogie 's 2-foot dunk | 5 | 10 |
| 8:26 | | Aaron Gordon defensive rebound | 5 | 10 |
| 8:21 | | Jamal Murray makes 23-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists) | 8 | 10 |
| 8:05 | | Saben Lee makes 11-foot pullup jump shot (Josh Okogie assists) | 8 | 12 |
| 7:46 | | Nikola Jokic out of bounds bad pass turnover | 8 | 12 |
| 7:28 | | Chimezie Metu misses 26-foot three point jumper | 8 | 12 |
| 7:24 | | Aaron Gordon defensive rebound | 8 | 12 |
| 7:21 | | Josh Okogie personal foul | 8 | 12 |
| 7:17 | | Jusuf Nurkic kicked ball violation | 8 | 12 |
| 7:12 | | Nikola Jokic misses 13-foot jumper | 8 | 12 |
| 7:12 | | Jamal Murray offensive rebound | 8 | 12 |
| 7:05 | | Jamal Murray makes tip shot | 10 | 12 |
| 7:00 | | Jusuf Nurkic misses 26-foot three point jumper | 10 | 12 |
| 6:57 | | Aaron Gordon defensive rebound | 10 | 12 |
| 6:52 | | Justin Holiday makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists) | 13 | 12 |
| 6:51 | | Suns Full timeout | 13 | 12 |
| 6:37 | | Josh Okogie bad pass (Justin Holiday steals) | 13 | 12 |
| 6:35 | | Justin Holiday bad pass (Grayson Allen steals) | 13 | 12 |
| 6:33 | | Grayson Allen bad pass (Jamal Murray steals) | 13 | 12 |
| 6:25 | | Jamal Murray misses 24-foot three point jumper | 13 | 12 |
| 6:23 | | Josh Okogie defensive rebound | 13 | 12 |
| 6:23 | | Jamal Murray personal foul | 13 | 12 |
| 6:16 | | Grayson Allen bad pass (Nikola Jokic steals) | 13 | 12 |
| 6:12 | | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 23-foot three point shot (Jamal Murray assists) | 16 | 12 |
| 5:59 | | Jusuf Nurkic out of bounds bad pass turnover | 16 | 12 |
| 5:59 | | Eric Gordon enters the game for Saben Lee | 16 | 12 |
| 5:43 | | Nikola Jokic makes layup | 18 | 12 |
| 5:25 | | Grayson Allen misses 26-foot three point jumper | 18 | 12 |
| 5:22 | | Aaron Gordon defensive rebound | 18 | 12 |
| 5:21 | | Grayson Allen personal foul | 18 | 12 |
| 5:07 | | Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper | 18 | 12 |
| 5:05 | | Chimezie Metu defensive rebound | 18 | 12 |
| 4:56 | | Nikola Jokic kicked ball violation | 18 | 12 |
| 4:56 | | Reggie Jackson enters the game for Justin Holiday | 18 | 12 |
| 4:56 | | Peyton Watson enters the game for Jamal Murray | 18 | 12 |
| 4:43 | | Josh Okogie makes 24-foot three point jumper (Grayson Allen assists) | 18 | 15 |
| 4:18 | | Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot | 18 | 15 |
| 4:14 | | Chimezie Metu defensive rebound | 18 | 15 |
| 4:09 | | Jusuf Nurkic traveling | 18 | 15 |
| 3:59 | | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope bad pass (Jusuf Nurkic steals) | 18 | 15 |
| 3:57 | | Reggie Jackson blocks Josh Okogie 's 4-foot two point shot | 18 | 15 |
| 3:55 | | Keita Bates-Diop enters the game for Josh Okogie | 18 | 15 |
| 3:55 | | Suns offensive team rebound | 18 | 15 |
| 3:55 | | Drew Eubanks enters the game for Chimezie Metu | 18 | 15 |
| 3:55 | | Yuta Watanabe enters the game for Jusuf Nurkic | 18 | 15 |
| 3:55 | | Hunter Tyson enters the game for Aaron Gordon | 18 | 15 |
| 3:50 | | Yuta Watanabe misses 25-foot three point jumper | 18 | 15 |
| 3:39 | | Keita Bates-Diop offensive rebound | 18 | 15 |
| 3:38 | | Yuta Watanabe makes 26-foot three point jumper (Grayson Allen assists) | 18 | 18 |
| 3:21 | | Reggie Jackson bad pass (Drew Eubanks steals) | 18 | 18 |
| 3:17 | | Eric Gordon makes 27-foot three point jumper (Yuta Watanabe assists) | 18 | 21 |
| 3:03 | | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses layup | 18 | 21 |
| 3:00 | | Grayson Allen defensive rebound | 18 | 21 |
| 2:56 | | Grayson Allen bad pass (Peyton Watson steals) | 18 | 21 |
| 2:50 | | Peyton Watson makes dunk | 20 | 21 |
| 2:34 | | Eric Gordon bad pass (Reggie Jackson steals) | 20 | 21 |
| 2:30 | | Peyton Watson steps out of bounds turnover | 20 | 21 |
| 2:30 | | Nuggets Full timeout | 20 | 21 |
| 2:30 | | Saben Lee enters the game for Grayson Allen | 20 | 21 |
| 2:30 | | Julian Strawther enters the game for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 20 | 21 |
| 2:30 | | Zeke Nnaji enters the game for Nikola Jokic | 20 | 21 |
| 2:11 | | Keita Bates-Diop misses 25-foot three point jumper | 20 | 21 |
| 2:09 | | Zeke Nnaji defensive rebound | 20 | 21 |
| 2:03 | | Yuta Watanabe personal foul | 20 | 21 |
| 1:58 | | Keita Bates-Diop blocks Julian Strawther 's 13-foot layup | 20 | 21 |
| 1:53 | | Keita Bates-Diop defensive rebound | 20 | 21 |
| 1:44 | | Eric Gordon misses 29-foot three point jumper | 20 | 21 |
| 1:42 | | Peyton Watson defensive rebound | 20 | 21 |
| 1:40 | | Saben Lee shooting foul | 20 | 21 |
| 1:40 | | Peyton Watson makes free throw 1 of 2 | 21 | 21 |
| 1:40 | | Peyton Watson makes free throw 2 of 2 | 22 | 21 |
| 1:31 | | Peyton Watson personal foul | 22 | 21 |
| 1:27 | | Julian Strawther personal foul | 22 | 21 |
| 1:27 | | Drew Eubanks makes free throw 1 of 2 | 22 | 22 |
| 1:27 | | Drew Eubanks makes free throw 2 of 2 | 22 | 23 |
| 1:17 | | Drew Eubanks blocks Reggie Jackson 's 7-foot driving layup | 22 | 23 |
| 1:16 | | Nuggets offensive team rebound | 22 | 23 |
| 1:08 | | Reggie Jackson misses 16-foot step back jumpshot | 22 | 23 |
| 1:04 | | Yuta Watanabe defensive rebound | 22 | 23 |
| 59.1 | | Peyton Watson blocks Yuta Watanabe 's 4-foot driving layup | 22 | 23 |
| 59.1 | | Suns offensive team rebound | 22 | 23 |
| 49.1 | | Saben Lee misses step back jumpshot | 22 | 23 |
| 45.2 | | Saben Lee offensive rebound | 22 | 23 |
| 37.2 | | Yuta Watanabe misses three point jumper | 22 | 23 |
| 34.1 | | Julian Strawther defensive rebound | 22 | 23 |
| 30.1 | | Reggie Jackson makes 27-foot three point jumper (Julian Strawther assists) | 25 | 23 |
| 7.1 | | Peyton Watson shooting foul | 25 | 23 |
| 7.1 | | Drew Eubanks misses free throw 1 of 2 | 25 | 23 |
| 7.1 | | Suns offensive team rebound | 25 | 23 |
| 7.1 | | Drew Eubanks misses free throw 2 of 2 | 25 | 23 |
| 5.1 | | Peyton Watson defensive rebound | 25 | 23 |
| 1.0 | | Hunter Tyson misses three point jumper | 25 | 23 |
| 1.0 | | Nuggets offensive team rebound | 25 | 23 |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 25 | 23 | |
Matchups
Game Information
Phoenix, AZ
Referee:Nick Buchert
Referee:Scott Twardoski
Referee:Andy Nagy
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 42 | 14 | .750 | - | L1 |
| Denver | 35 | 20 | .636 | 6.5 | W1 |
| Minnesota | 34 | 22 | .607 | 8 | W2 |
| Portland | 27 | 29 | .482 | 15 | W1 |
| Utah | 18 | 38 | .321 | 24 | L1 |
| Pacific | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 33 | 21 | .611 | - | W1 |
| Phoenix | 32 | 23 | .582 | 1.5 | L1 |
| Golden State | 29 | 26 | .527 | 4.5 | L1 |
| LA Clippers | 26 | 28 | .481 | 7 | W1 |
| Sacramento | 12 | 44 | .214 | 22 | L14 |
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