Phoenix Suns vs Denver Nuggets 102-118 — May 9, 2023 Box Score & Stats | stat.space

Phoenix

Suns

102

–

118

FINAL

Denver

Nuggets

Date

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Arena

Attendance

N/A

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
PHX	24	25	25	28	102
DEN	35	17	39	27	118

Game MVPs

Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet

Key Contributor

Aaron Gordon

DEN

PTS

REB

AST

+27

+/−

Key Contributions

Contested Shots9

Opp FG% When Defending26.7%

Pts Allowed / Poss0.16

Impact Composite79.0

Hustle: 13.5Defense: 60.9Impact: 4.7

9 contested shots+27 plus/minusheld opponents to 26.7% FGonly 10 pts allowed on 62.1 possessions

Box Score MVP

Nikola Jokić

DEN

PTS

REB

AST

+18

+/−

Game Performance

FG12-20 (60.0%)

3PT2-3

FT3-5

TS%65.3%

eFG%65.0%

STL1

BLK2

TOV4

ORTG126

DRTG104

NET+23

Triple-Double60.0% FG11 contested shots3 loose balls recovered+18 plus/minusonly 18 pts allowed on 65.7 possessions

Box Score

PHX	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Kevin Durant	41:50	26	11	2	7	0	1	5	4	10-24	42%	0-3	0%	6-9	67%	-19
Devin Booker	40:31	28	6	0	4	0	0	2	4	8-19	42%	4-7	57%	8-9	89%	-19
Deandre Ayton	31:44	14	9	4	1	2	1	1	3	7-12	58%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-21
Cameron Payne	30:32	7	2	0	4	1	0	2	2	3-5	60%	1-3	33%	0-0	0%	-10
Landry Shamet	23:07	6	5	0	3	0	1	0	4	2-6	33%	1-3	33%	1-2	50%	-11
BENCH
Terrence Ross	20:20	9	3	0	1	1	1	0	2	3-4	75%	3-4	75%	0-0	0%	0
Jock Landale	16:16	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2-4	50%	0-0	0%	1-2	50%	+5
T.J. Warren	14:51	4	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	2-7	29%	0-2	0%	0-0	0%	-3
Josh Okogie	8:13	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-3	0%	0-2	0%	1-2	50%	-14
Torrey Craig	4:18	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1-2	50%	0-1	0%	0-0	0%	+4
Damion Lee	4:18	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0%	0-1	0%	0-0	0%	+4
Ish Wainright	4:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0%	0-1	0%	0-0	0%	+4
TOTAL	—	102	42	8	22	6	7	10	22	38-88	43%	9-27	33%	17-24	71%	—

Darius Bazley —

Bismack Biyombo —

Chris Paul —

DEN	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Nikola Jokić	37:33	29	13	4	12	1	2	4	3	12-20	60%	2-3	67%	3-5	60%	+18
Jamal Murray	36:42	19	5	0	6	1	0	2	1	7-15	47%	2-4	50%	3-3	100%	+23
Aaron Gordon	35:42	10	6	3	6	0	2	0	1	4-13	31%	1-2	50%	1-4	25%	+27
Michael Porter Jr.	27:42	19	8	0	2	1	0	0	2	7-11	64%	5-8	63%	0-0	0%	+24
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	26:59	7	7	2	3	1	2	0	2	1-6	17%	1-3	33%	4-4	100%	+18
BENCH
Bruce Brown	26:44	25	5	1	1	1	0	1	1	7-11	64%	2-4	50%	9-10	90%	-2
Christian Braun	19:40	5	2	0	0	1	0	2	2	2-3	67%	0-0	0%	1-2	50%	-5
Jeff Green	15:39	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	3	2-4	50%	0-2	0%	0-0	0%	-3
Reggie Jackson	3:31	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-4
Peyton Watson	3:31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0-1	0%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-4
Ish Smith	2:06	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-4
Vlatko Čančar	2:06	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0%	0-1	0%	0-0	0%	-4
Zeke Nnaji	2:04	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-4
TOTAL	—	118	50	10	32	6	6	10	17	42-85	49%	13-27	48%	21-28	75%	—

Thomas Bryant —

DeAndre Jordan —

Shot Chart & Zone Quality

Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average

Team

View

Player

PHX38/88 (43%)

Paint

22/38 (58%)

Mid

13/32 (41%)

3PT

9/28 (32%)

Paint 42%ATB3 40%RA 56%Mid 50%Corner 3 13%

DEN42/85 (49%)

Paint

25/44 (57%)

Mid

5/17 (29%)

3PT

13/27 (48%)

RA 63%Paint 39%ATB3 45%Corner 3 57%Mid 20%

Made

Missed

Hot (+5% vs avg)

Cold (-5% vs avg)

Matchup Breakdown

Matchup Matrix

Defense:

View:

Primary Matchup

Nikola Jokić

defended Deandre Ayton

9.0 min • 14 pts • 50%

Best Defender

Christian Braun

held Cameron Payne

2.9 min • 0 pts • 0%

Got Cooked

Bruce Brown

vs Terrence Ross

2.6 min • 5 pts • 100%

DEN Defense	Cameron Payne	Deandre Ayton	Devin Booker	Jock Landale	Josh Okogie	Kevin Durant	Landry Shamet	T.J. Warren	Terrence Ross	Torrey Craig
Nikola Jokić	—	9.0m 14pts 50%	—	2.4m 0pts 0%	—	1.4m 4pts 50%	—	—	—	—
Jamal Murray	1.1m 2pts 100%	—	1.9m 5pts 50%	—	1.8m 0pts 0%	—	5.3m 7pts 60%	—	2.1m 2pts 50%	—
Aaron Gordon	—	1.4m 4pts 40%	1.1m 2pts 50%	1.6m 0pts 0%	—	8.1m 4pts 17%	—	—	—	—
Bruce Brown	2.5m 3pts 33%	—	1.8m 4pts 50%	—	—	—	1.5m 5pts 67%	—	2.6m 5pts 100%	—
Michael Porter Jr.	—	—	6.6m 8pts 60%	—	—	—	—	1.4m 0pts 0%	—	—
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	3.8m 2pts 0%	—	2.7m 5pts 50%	—	—	—	—	—	1.3m 0pts 0%	—
Christian Braun	2.9m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—	2.4m 2pts 100%	—	—	—	—
Jeff Green	—	—	—	—	—	2.6m 2pts 50%	—	1.2m 0pts 0%	—	—
Other	1.7m 8pts 57%	2.0m 5pts 50%	1.7m 6pts 75%	2.6m 7pts 60%	1.0m 3pts 100%	2.7m 9pts 100%	3.1m 7pts 67%	—	—	1.8m 1pts 0%

Game Flow

Score margin over time — positive = DEN leads, negative = PHX leads

DEN Largest Lead

Q4 1:24

PHX Largest Lead

Q2 10:21

Key Scoring Runs (8+)

DEN 8-0 run

Q1 1:00 – Q1 2:13

+3 → +8

DEN 9-0 run

Q1 1:00 – Q1 2:13

+3 → +9

PHX 8-0 run

Q2 4:26 – Q2 6:50

+10 → +4

DEN 8-0 run

Q2 11:24 – Q3 1:57

+3 → +9

Phoenix Suns 102 @ Denver Nuggets 118 — May 9, 2023 Box Score

Game MVPs

Box Score

Shot Chart & Zone Quality

Matchup Breakdown

Matchup Matrix

Game Flow

Game Flow