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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 34 | 27 | 31 | 32 | 124 |
 Suns | 32 | 31 | 35 | 31 | 129 |
DENTeam statsPHX| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 50-8956.2% | 7-2231.8% | 17-2373.9% | 32 | 28 | 8 |
| PHX | 46-8156.8% | 13-2944.8% | 24-2982.8% | 37 | 28 | 13 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Phoenix Suns129| 44 | 36 | 11-19 | 2-4 | 12-13 | 0 | 0 | +8.9 | |||||||
| 40 | 36 | 14-18 | 3-4 | 5-6 | 0 | −1 | +14.6 | |||||||
| 27 | 8 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | −13 | +0.2 | ||||||
| 25 | 5 | 2-8 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −6.6 | ||||||
| 17 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −8 | −0.6 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 19 | 6-9 | 5-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +15 | +3.4 | ||
| 21 | 8 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | +16 | +2.4 | |||||||
| 19 | 5 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −2.4 | ||||
| 17 | 8 | 3-7 | 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −2.3 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Team | 129 | 46-8156.8% | 13-2944.8% | 37 | 28 | 13 | 24 | 24-2982.8% | 12 | 6 | 4 | |||
Bench 40 points on 14 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Darius Bazley, Ish Wainright, Bismack Biyombo and Damion Lee (coach’s decision); Chris Paul (injury/illness).
Denver Nuggets124| 42 | 28 | 13-25 | 1-3 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +5 | +5.3 | ||||||
| 39 | 53 | 20-30 | 2-4 | 11-13 | 0 | +2 | +16.6 | |||||||
| 39 | 11 | 4-13 | 2-9 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | −3.5 | |||||||
| 36 | 11 | 5-10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | +7 | −2.0 | |||||||
| 34 | 10 | 5-7 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −1.4 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | 5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | −9 | +0.4 | |||||||
| 20 | 5 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −16 | −2.4 | |||
| 8 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −0.4 | |||
| Team | 124 | 50-8956.2% | 7-2231.8% | 32 | 28 | 8 | 19 | 17-2373.9% | 10 | 6 | 2 | |||
Bench 11 points on 3 for 4 shooting
Did not play: DeAndre Jordan, Zeke Nnaji, Ish Smith, Peyton Watson, Thomas Bryant, Vlatko Čančar and Reggie Jackson (coach’s decision).
Suns129Nuggets124ClickTap 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 36 points (17 in the third quarter) and 12 assists, and the Phoenix Suns beat the Denver Nuggets 129-124 to even the Western Conference semifinals 2-2.
Terrence Ross’ 3-pointer put the Suns ahead for good with 1:26 left in the third quarter.
The Nuggets got within 123-120 on Jamal Murray’s 10-foot fadeaway with 1:08 to play. They had the ball down 3 with 27 seconds left, but Deandre Ayton stole the ball from Nikola Jokić. A 3-pointer would have tied the game. T.J. Warren followed with 2 free throws, and the Nuggets got no closer.
During clutch time, the Suns outscored the Nuggets 11-4. Kevin Durant scored 6 of the Suns’ 11 on 1 for 2 shooting and 3 for 3 at the line.
Durant had 36 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists. Landry Shamet scored 14 of his 19 points (14 in the fourth quarter) in the fourth quarter. The Suns had 2 30-point scorers. Durant and Booker set each other up for 6 baskets and 15 points, 3 of them 3-pointers.
For the Nuggets, Jokić had 53 points and 11 assists on 20 for 30 shooting, and Murray added 28 points and 7 assists.
The Suns shot 56.8% from the field and 44.8% from 3 to the Nuggets’ 56.2% and 31.8%. The Nuggets gave up 12 offensive rebounds, about 4 more than usual for the shots the Suns missed. The Suns outscored the Nuggets 40-11 off the bench. They did not make a field goal in the last 3:00. The Nuggets’ starters outscored the Suns 62-49 in 20 minutes together.
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).
105 points from the field on 81 shots: 19.2 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 | 13-19 | 68.4% | 67% |
| In the paint | 10-18 | 55.6% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 10-15 | 66.7% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-11 | 27.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-18 | 55.6% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Gordon | 33 | 16 | 5-8 | +2 |
| Jeff Green | 15 | 5 | 2-4 | −1 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 9 | 2 | 1-2 | −2 |
| Jamal Murray | 8 | 4 | 1-4 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 21 | 8 | 4-5 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 35 points on 85 possessions. He usually scores about 37 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 32 | 4 | 2-6 | −9 |
| Bruce Brown | 18 | 11 | 4-4 | +4 |
| Aaron Gordon | 10 | 9 | 3-3 | +5 |
| Jamal Murray | 7 | 4 | 2-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 17 | 7-9 | +11 |
The tracking credits him with 45 points on 81 possessions. He usually scores about 33 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamal Murray | 16 | 8 | 3-3 | +5 |
| Michael Porter Jr. | 12 | 11 | 4-4 | +8 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Bruce Brown | 6 | 0 | 0-2 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 50 possessions. He usually scores about 11 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
DEN
50/50
PHX
Highest Leverage Moments
Shamet 25' 3PT Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Durant 6 AST)
Q4 7:35
15.8%
73→89
Jokic 26' 3PT Jump Shot (34 PTS) (Brown 1 AST)
Q3 5:46
14.6%
55→40
Shamet 24' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Durant 3 AST)
Q3 5:26
13.5%
40→54
Ross 25' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Booker 8 AST)
Q3 1:26
12.7%
47→60
Shamet 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Payne 4 AST)
Q4 8:33
11.0%
71→82
