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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Suns | 31 | 35 | 38 | 36 | 140 |
 Nuggets | 31 | 37 | 38 | 24 | 130 |
PHXTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHX | 52-8660.5% | 13-2748.1% | 23-2979.3% | 29 | 32 | 8 |
| DEN | 48-8159.3% | 15-3246.9% | 19-2770.4% | 37 | 27 | 16 |
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Phoenix Suns140| 39 | 49, Season high (his best before, 48) | 16-25 | 2-5 | 15-17 | 0 | +16 | +22.0 | |||||||
| 38 | 22 | 8-9 | 3-4 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +6.0 | ||||
| 33 | 16 | 8-14 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +10 | −1.9 | ||||||
| 30 | 17 | 6-10 | 1-3 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | −5 | +8.9 | ||||||
| 29 | 12 | 4-8 | 4-7 | 0-1 | +1 | −0.8 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 19 | 8 | 3-7 | 2-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +4 | +0.4 | ||||||
| 19 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.6 | ||||
| 18 | 9 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +15 | +1.7 | ||||
| 10 | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −2.7 | |||
| 5 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −1.7 | |||
| Team | 140 | 52-8660.5% | 13-2748.1% | 29 | 32 | 8 | 23 | 23-2979.3% | 5 | 7 | 3 | |||
Bench 24 points on 10 for 20 shooting
Did not play: Ish Wainright, Elfrid Payton and Aaron Holiday (coach’s decision).
Denver Nuggets130| 33 | 21 | 10-16 | 0-1 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −11 | +1.0 | |||||
| 32 | 28 | 9-10 | 1-2 | 9-11 | 0 | −15 | +9.6 | |||||||
| 31 | 17 | 7-10 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +7.1 | ||||||
| 27 | 15 | 5-10 | 4-6 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −14 | +1.8 | ||||||
| 23 | 11 | 4-6 | 3-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | +2.7 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 23 | 7-13 | 4-8 | 0 | 5-9 | 0 | −1 | +7.0 | ||||||
| 21 | 1 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −5.2 | ||||||
| 19 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −6.3 | ||
| 16 | 10 | 4-8 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +2.2 | ||||||
| 14 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −2.1 | ||||||
| Team | 130 | 48-8159.3% | 15-3246.9% | 37 | 27 | 16 | 22 | 19-2770.4% | 10 | 5 | 2 | |||
Bench 38 points on 13 for 29 shooting
Did not play: Markus Howard, Bryn Forbes and Facundo Campazzo (coach’s decision).
Suns140Nuggets130ClickTap 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.
Devin Booker had a season-high 49 points and 10 assists, and the Phoenix Suns beat the Denver Nuggets 140-130 for their seventh straight win.
Mikal Bridges’ corner 3-pointer put the Suns ahead for good with 8:19 left in the fourth quarter.
The Nuggets got within 115-114 on Will Barton’s driving layup with 6:32 to play, but Bridges answered with 2 free throws, and the Nuggets got no closer.
During clutch time, the Suns outscored the Nuggets 7-1. Cameron Payne scored 4 of the Suns’ 7 on 2 for 2 shooting. Early in the fourth quarter, Chris Paul had 4 of his 13 assists, 1 of them on a basket by Booker that tied the game and 1 on a basket by Bridges that put the Suns ahead.
Bridges scored 22 points on 8 for 9 shooting. Bridges scored 15 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter.
For the Nuggets, Nikola Jokić had 28 points, 6 assists and 3 steals on 9 for 10 shooting, and Bones Hyland added 23 points (12 on 4 3-pointers) off the bench. Aaron Gordon scored 21 points (20 in the paint) on 10 for 16 shooting. Barton had 17 points and 8 assists on 7 for 10 shooting. The Nuggets had 3 20-point scorers and 7 players in double-digit scoring.
The Nuggets forced 9 turnovers, about 4 fewer than usual for this many possessions.
Phoenix SunsDenver NuggetsPS, 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 Suns’ chance bottomed out at 18% (3rd quarter, 3:16 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
117 points from the field on 86 shots: 32.3 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 12-14 | 85.7% | 65% |
| In the paint | 17-26 | 65.4% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 10-19 | 52.6% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 4-6 | 66.7% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-21 | 42.9% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Gordon | 35 | 14 | 7-10 | +1 |
| Will Barton | 13 | 12 | 5-6 | +7 |
| Austin Rivers | 7 | 6 | 0-0 | +3 |
| Nikola Jokić | 6 | 5 | 2-4 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 9 | 3-7 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 46 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 29 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Barton | 28 | 7 | 3-3 | +1 |
| Aaron Gordon | 12 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Jeff Green | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Bones Hyland | 7 | 8 | 3-3 | +7 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 7 | 3-4 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 73 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monte Morris | 18 | 4 | 2-2 | 0 |
| Davon Reed | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Austin Rivers | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Nikola Jokić | 6 | 10 | 5-5 | +9 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 5 | 1-5 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 52 possessions. He usually scores about 12 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.
DEN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Bridges 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Paul 12 AST)
Q4 8:19
19.1%
62→43
Bridges 26' 3PT Jump Shot (17 PTS) (Booker 7 AST)
Q4 4:31
15.5%
24→9
Booker 2' Running Dunk (38 PTS)
Q3 2:12
14.9%
77→62
Je. Green 25' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Barton 4 AST)
Q2 0:03
13.3%
49→62
Jokic 26' 3PT Jump Shot (22 PTS) (Barton 8 AST)
Q4 4:20
12.9%
9→22
