Phoenix
Suns
87
–
97
FINAL
Denver
Nuggets
Date
Monday, May 1, 2023
Arena
Attendance
N/A
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHX | 21 | 21 | 26 | 14 | 87 |
| DEN | 18 | 22 | 23 | 27 | 97 |
Game MVPs
Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet
Key Contributor
Jamal Murray
DEN
10
PTS
4
REB
8
AST
+14
+/−
Key Contributions
Deflections2
Contested Shots6
Loose Balls1
Opp FG% When Defending18.2%
Pts Allowed / Poss0.09
Impact Composite89.0
Hustle: 14.5Defense: 72.0Impact: 2.4
6 contested shots+14 plus/minusheld opponents to 18.2% FGonly 6 pts allowed on 63.3 possessions
Box Score MVP
Nikola Jokić
DEN
39
PTS
16
REB
5
AST
+2
+/−
Game Performance
FG17-30 (56.7%)
3PT2-6
FT3-4
TS%61.4%
eFG%60.0%
STL2
BLK1
TOV3
ORTG106
DRTG104
NET+3
39 pointsDouble-Double56.7% FG3 deflectionsonly 31 pts allowed on 62.7 possessions
Box Score
| PHX | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Payne | 16:42 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1-7 | 14% | 0-4 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -16 |
| Josh Okogie | 21:39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1-3 | 33% | 0-2 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | 0 |
| Deandre Ayton | 33:01 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7-10 | 70% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | 0 |
| Devin Booker | 44:40 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 14-29 | 48% | 4-8 | 50% | 3-3 | 100% | -7 |
| Torrey Craig | 11:13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0% | 0-2 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -10 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Kevin Durant | 44:23 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10-27 | 37% | 2-12 | 17% | 2-2 | 100% | -4 |
| Jock Landale | 5:25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -9 |
| Damion Lee | 25:37 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-5 | 0% | 0-3 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -5 |
| Chris Paul | 25:23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-10 | 40% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +8 |
| Bismack Biyombo | 9:34 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1-2 | 50% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -1 |
| TOTAL | — | 87 | 39 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 38-95 | 40% | 6-31 | 19% | 5-5 | 100% | — |
Darius Bazley —
Landry Shamet —
Terrence Ross —
Ish Wainright —
T.J. Warren —
| DEN | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamal Murray | 39:12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3-15 | 20% | 0-9 | 0% | 4-4 | 100% | +14 |
| Jeff Green | 15:43 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1-3 | 33% | 0-2 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +7 |
| Aaron Gordon | 39:01 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5-8 | 63% | 1-3 | 33% | 5-6 | 83% | +11 |
| Christian Braun | 15:47 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1-2 | 50% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +15 |
| Michael Porter Jr. | 23:17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-7 | 29% | 0-2 | 0% | 1-1 | 100% | -12 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 41:05 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5-6 | 83% | 4-4 | 100% | 0-0 | 0% | +1 |
| Bruce Brown | 24:39 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2-5 | 40% | 0-1 | 0% | 5-6 | 83% | +12 |
| Nikola Jokić | 41:16 | 39 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 17-30 | 57% | 2-6 | 33% | 3-4 | 75% | +2 |
| TOTAL | — | 97 | 41 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 36-76 | 47% | 7-27 | 26% | 18-21 | 86% | — |
Zeke Nnaji —
Thomas Bryant —
Reggie Jackson —
Ish Smith —
Vlatko Čančar —
DeAndre Jordan —
Peyton Watson —
Shot Chart & Zone Quality
Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average
Team
View
Player
PHX38/95 (40%)
Paint
15/31 (48%)
Mid
20/39 (51%)
3PT
6/32 (19%)
Paint 33%Mid 60%ATB3 25%RA 63%Corner 3 8%
DEN36/76 (47%)
Paint
24/39 (62%)
Mid
8/18 (44%)
3PT
7/27 (26%)
RA 70%ATB3 22%Paint 58%Mid 29%Corner 3 50%
Made
Missed
Hot (+5% vs avg)
Cold (-5% vs avg)
Matchup Breakdown
Matchup Matrix
Defense:
View:
Primary Matchup
Aaron Gordon
defended Kevin Durant
10.6 min • 5 pts • 50%
Best Defender
Michael Porter Jr.
held Devin Booker
3.7 min • 0 pts • 0%
Got Cooked
Nikola Jokić
vs Bismack Biyombo
2.8 min • 7 pts • 60%
| DEN Defense | Bismack Biyombo | Cameron Payne | Chris Paul | Damion Lee | Deandre Ayton | Devin Booker | Ish Wainright | Jock Landale | Josh Okogie | Kevin Durant | Torrey Craig |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | — | 1.9m 3pts 100% | 5.7m 2pts 100% | 1.9m 0pts 0% | — | 3.0m 3pts 100% | — | — | 1.8m 3pts 50% | — | — |
| Jamal Murray | — | — | 1.3m 0pts 0% | — | — | 5.3m 2pts 0% | — | — | 4.6m 4pts 40% | — | 2.3m 0pts 0% |
| Aaron Gordon | — | — | — | — | 1.1m 0pts 0% | — | — | 1.2m 0pts 0% | — | 10.6m 5pts 50% | — |
| Nikola Jokić | 2.8m 7pts 60% | — | — | — | 10.1m 24pts 58% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Michael Porter Jr. | — | — | 1.3m 0pts 0% | 2.4m 5pts 40% | — | 3.7m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bruce Brown | — | 1.4m 0pts 0% | — | 3.2m 0pts 0% | — | 1.6m 4pts 33% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Christian Braun | — | 1.5m 2pts 50% | — | 1.2m 0pts 0% | — | 1.1m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jeff Green | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | 2.1m 2pts 100% | — |
| Other | 0.8m 2pts 50% | 1.7m 8pts 60% | 1.6m 2pts 50% | 1.3m 5pts 67% | 1.9m 5pts 33% | — | 1.0m 4pts 100% | — | 1.6m 8pts 75% | 4.3m 2pts 14% | — |
Game Flow
Game Flow
Score margin over time — positive = DEN leads, negative = PHX leads
DEN Largest Lead
12
Q4 10:50
PHX Largest Lead
8
Q3 6:43
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
DEN 8-0 run
Q1 11:38 – Q2 2:23
-3 → +3
DEN 10-0 run
Q1 11:38 – Q2 2:43
-3 → +5
DEN 8-0 run
Q4 0:18 – Q4 3:03
-3 → +3
DEN 10-0 run
Q4 0:18 – Q4 3:36
-3 → +5