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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 25 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 115 |
 Suns | 27 | 29 | 33 | 30 | 119 |
DENTeam statsPHX| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 44-8353.0% | 8-2334.8% | 19-2382.6% | 38 | 24 | 12 |
| PHX | 41-7951.9% | 17-3647.2% | 20-2580.0% | 33 | 26 | 10 |
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Phoenix Suns119| 41 | 29 | 9-18 | 6-10, Season high (his best before, 5) | 0 | 5-7 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +2.8 | |||||
| 37 | 15 | 3-12 | 1-5 | 8-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | −4.3 | |||||
| 37 | 25 | 9-15 | 7-12, Season high (his best before, 6) | 0 | 0-0 | −8 | +8.3 | |||||||
| 32 | 16 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | +3 | +3.1 | |||||||
| 22 | 5 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 3-6 | +3 | −1.3 | ||||||||
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| 22 | 11 | 5-8 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | +1.0 | |||||
| 15 | 8 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +2.0 | ||
| 11 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.3 | |||||
| 7 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +1.3 | |||||
| 7 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −0.8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +1.6 | ||||
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −1.6 | ||
| Team | 119 | 41-7951.9% | 17-3647.2% | 33 | 26 | 10 | 16 | 20-2580.0% | 7 | 4 | 6 | |||
Bench 29 points on 12 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Saben Lee, Damion Lee and Darius Bazley (coach’s decision).
Denver Nuggets115| 38 | 31, Career high (his best before, 29) | 11-18 | 0-1 | 9-9 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +7.5 | ||||||
| 33 | 15 | 6-11 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0 | −9 | +0.7 | |||||||
| 30 | 20 | 7-15 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3.0 | ||||||
| 30 | 12 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | +4.1 | ||||||
| 26 | 3 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −9.7 | |||||
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| 23 | 11 | 5-12 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −0.3 | ||||||
| 22 | 14 | 4-7 | 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +2.6 | |||
| 20 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | −1.4 | |||||
| 17 | 7 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.1 | ||||||
| Team | 115 | 44-8353.0% | 8-2334.8% | 38 | 24 | 12 | 19 | 19-2382.6% | 9 | 7 | 2 | |||
Bench 34 points on 13 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Jack White and Thomas Bryant (coach’s decision).
Suns119Nuggets115ClickTap 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.
Chris Paul scored 25 points (21 on 7 3-pointers), and the Phoenix Suns went on a 10-0 run in the fourth quarter to beat the Denver Nuggets 119-115 for their seventh straight win.
The Nuggets led 107-106 when Kevin Durant’s corner 3-pointer put the Suns ahead for good with 4:10 left. They pulled away to a 116-107 lead with 2:28 left.
During clutch time, the Suns outscored the Nuggets 13-3. Paul scored 6 of the Suns’ 13 on 2 for 3 shooting.
Durant scored 29 points with 6 3-pointers.
For the Nuggets, Bruce Brown scored a career-high 31 points (22 in the paint) on 11 for 18 shooting, and Reggie Jackson added 20 points and 6 assists.
The Suns shot 51.9% from the field and 47.2% from 3 to the Nuggets’ 53.0% and 34.8%. The Nuggets outscored the Suns 66-32 in the paint.
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. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
99 points from the field on 79 shots: 15.6 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 9-15 | 60.0% | 67% |
| In the paint | 7-13 | 53.8% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 8-15 | 53.3% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-11 | 27.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 14-25 | 56.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peyton Watson | 27 | 7 | 2-3 | −5 |
| Jeff Green | 19 | 2 | 1-2 | −6 |
| Reggie Jackson | 8 | 0 | 0-1 | −4 |
| Christian Braun | 8 | 6 | 2-5 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 13 | 4-9 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 28 points on 78 possessions. He usually scores about 34 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Jackson | 14 | 9 | 3-5 | +6 |
| Bruce Brown | 12 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Christian Braun | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Ish Smith | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 22 | 13 | 5-8 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeAndre Jordan | 39 | 8 | 4-5 | −4 |
| Bruce Brown | 7 | 4 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Reggie Jackson | 5 | 4 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Christian Braun | 5 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 6 | 2-3 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 66 possessions. He usually scores about 21 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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50/50
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Highest Leverage Moments
Durant 3PT Jump Shot (29 PTS) (Paul 2 AST)
Q4 4:10
15.4%
47→62
Jackson 5' Driving Floating Jump Shot (16 PTS)
Q4 5:23
15.2%
58→43
Booker 8' Driving Floating Jump Shot (15 PTS)
Q4 4:56
14.9%
43→58
Green 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (14 PTS)
Q4 11:01
14.7%
58→43
Brown 4' Driving Bank Hook Shot (22 PTS)
Q4 9:01
13.5%
54→40
