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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 34 | 22 | 26 | 31 | 113 |
 Suns | 22 | 27 | 32 | 30 | 111 |
DENTeam statsPHX| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 43-7855.1% | 15-2853.6% | 12-1580.0% | 39 | 31 | 21 |
| PHX | 42-8748.3% | 13-3735.1% | 14-1877.8% | 38 | 29 | 17 |
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Denver Nuggets113| 35 | 28 | 12-19 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0 | +6 | +7.4 | |||||||
| 35 | 9 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +13 | −4.1 | |||||
| 34 | 13 | 6-11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | +14 | −0.6 | |||||||
| 31 | 22 | 6-13 | 4-7, Season high (his best before, 3) | 6-6 | 0 | +25 | +9.9 | |||||||
| 28 | 10 | 4-7 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | +21 | −1.9 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | 7 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −24 | −6.3 | ||||||
| 20 | 11 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 4-7 | 0 | 0 | −19 | −0.5 | ||||
| 17 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −23 | −2.2 | ||||||
| 13 | 8 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +1.5 | ||||
| 6 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −0.9 | ||||
| Team | 113 | 43-7855.1% | 15-2853.6% | 39 | 31 | 21 | 24 | 12-1580.0% | 6 | 10 | 1 | |||
Bench 31 points on 11 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Juancho Hernangomez, Torrey Craig and Vlatko Čančar (coach’s decision).
Phoenix Suns111| 38 | 14 | 5-16 | 1-8 | 3-3 | 0 | −17 | −5.4 | |||||||
| 34 | 11 | 3-12 | 1-6 | 4-4 | 0 | −5 | −5.5 | |||||||
| 34 | 21 | 9-12 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +5.2 | ||||||
| 30 | 11 | 5-11 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5.4 | ||||||
| 17 | 13 | 6-11 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | −13 | +4.1 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 12 | 5-9 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | +2.7 | ||||
| 19 | 11 | 3-6 | 3-5 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | +15 | +3.8 | |||||
| 18 | 13 | 4-6 | 2-3 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −1.6 | ||||
| 14 | 5 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +13 | +6.0 | ||||||
| 5 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −3.6 | ||||
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −0.6 | |
| Team | 111 | 42-8748.3% | 13-3735.1% | 38 | 29 | 17 | 19 | 14-1877.8% | 9 | 10 | 0 | |||
Bench 41 points on 14 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Cheick Diallo and Tyler Johnson (coach’s decision).
Nuggets113Suns111ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Jamal Murray made a 24-foot step-back jumper with 3.2 seconds left, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Phoenix Suns 113-111 for their seventh straight win.
The Suns led 106-98 with 3:57 left before the Nuggets went on a 15-5 run.
The Suns had the ball down 2 with 2.5 seconds left, but Jerami Grant blocked Devin Booker’s fadeaway 3-pointer. It would have put the Suns ahead.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Suns 12-7. Nikola Jokić (No. 2 in clutch points, 2019-20) scored 7 of the Nuggets’ 12 on 1 for 2 shooting and 4 for 4 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Ricky Rubio had 5 of his 9 assists, 1 of them on a basket by Booker that tied the game and 1 on a basket by Cameron Johnson that put the Suns ahead. In that stretch, Kelly Oubre Jr. had 2 steals in 29 seconds, and the Suns scored 2 points off them.
Murray had 28 points and 7 assists, and Jokić added 22 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists, his 34th career triple-double. Murray and Jokić set each other up for 9 baskets and 25 points, 7 of them 3-pointers.
For the Suns, Rubio had 21 points and 9 assists on 9 for 12 shooting, and Oubre went 1 for 8 from 3. The Suns had 8 players in double-digit scoring.
The Nuggets’ starters outscored the Suns 73-49 in 27 minutes together.
Denver NuggetsPhoenix SunsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Nuggets’ chance bottomed out at 5.3% (4th quarter, 3:47 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
101 points from the field on 78 shots: 20.7 more than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 14-22 | 63.6% | 64% |
| In the paint | 7-13 | 53.8% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 7-15 | 46.7% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 2-3 | 66.7% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 13-25 | 52.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Rubio | 34 | 13 | 5-6 | +4 |
| Devin Booker | 11 | 3 | 1-4 | 0 |
| Jevon Carter | 10 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Aron Baynes | 5 | 8 | 4-6 | +7 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 6 | 3-3 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 30 points on 72 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aron Baynes | 41 | 14 | 5-10 | +2 |
| Devin Booker | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Frank Kaminsky | 5 | 4 | 1-2 | +3 |
| Ricky Rubio | 5 | 2 | 0-0 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 19 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Oubre Jr. | 31 | 6 | 3-4 | −1 |
| Ricky Rubio | 11 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Devin Booker | 9 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Mikal Bridges | 5 | 4 | 2-4 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 3 | 1-4 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 69 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
PHX win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Murray 24' Step Back Jump Shot (28 PTS)
Q4 0:03
44.3%
53→8
Murray 27' 3PT Jump Shot (26 PTS) (Jokic 10 AST)
Q4 0:28
42.0%
55→13
Booker 27' 3PT Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Rubio 9 AST)
Q4 0:26
39.7%
13→53
Jokic 25' 3PT Jump Shot (22 PTS) (Harris 2 AST)
Q4 2:00
20.8%
77→56
Baynes 1' Layup (11 PTS)
Q4 2:37
18.7%
59→77
