Denver Nuggets vs. Phoenix Suns

Oct 20, 2021

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	26	25	34	25	110
PHX	20	38	24	16	98

Game Recap

Led by Nikola Jokics 27 points and 13 rebounds, the Nuggets defeated the Suns, 110-98. Michael Porter Jr. added 15 points, six rebounds and five assists for the Nuggets in the victory, while Chris Paul tallied 15 points, four rebounds and 10 assists for the Suns in the losing effort. The Nuggets improve to 1-0 on the season, while the Suns fall to 0-1.

Player Stats

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
1Michael Porter Jr.SF	33	6-10	2-3	1-1	6	5	2	0	2	3	+24	15
50Aaron GordonPF	29	5-6	1-1	1-2	8	4	0	1	3	2	+22	12
15Nikola JokicC	34	13-22	1-6	0-0	13	2	2	0	3	3	+28	27
5Will BartonSG	33	8-14	4-8	0-0	6	5	1	0	0	2	+20	20
11Monte MorrisPG	28	3-8	3-6	0-2	2	3	0	0	1	1	+18	9
7Facundo Campazzo	19	0-3	0-1	0-0	3	4	2	0	2	1	-6	0
35PJ Dozier	20	3-4	3-4	1-2	5	1	1	0	1	2	-7	10
32Jeff Green	18	4-9	3-6	2-2	1	1	0	0	2	3	-10	13
25Austin Rivers	7	1-3	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-13	2
JaMychal Green	13	1-4	0-2	0-0	2	0	1	0	2	3	-16	2
10Bol Bol	— did not play —												— did not play —
21Petr Cornelie	— did not play —												— did not play —
00Markus Howard	— did not play —												— did not play —
3Bones Hyland	— did not play —												— did not play —
22Zeke Nnaji	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	44-8353.0%	17-3943.6%	5-955.6%	46	25	9	1	17	20	-	110

SUNS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
25Mikal BridgesSF	33	7-16	2-6	0-2	5	0	1	1	1	2	-21	16
99Jae CrowderPF	24	0-5	0-5	2-2	8	2	1	0	1	1	-7	2
22Deandre AytonC	32	6-10	1-3	2-2	6	2	1	0	2	2	-15	15
1Devin BookerSG	29	3-15	2-7	4-4	4	4	1	0	3	3	-24	12
3Chris PaulPG	33	6-11	2-4	1-2	4	10	2	1	3	3	-23	15
15Cameron Payne	14	3-9	1-3	3-5	2	3	1	0	3	2	+11	10
00JaVale McGee	15	3-4	0-0	0-0	8	0	0	1	3	2	+3	6
23Cameron Johnson	23	4-10	3-5	0-0	2	1	1	0	1	1	-5	11
14Landry Shamet	19	4-5	3-3	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	0	+12	11
11Abdel Nader	13	0-2	0-1	0-0	3	1	1	0	1	2	+9	0
35Chandler Hutchison	— did not play —												— did not play —
8Frank Kaminsky	— did not play —												— did not play —
2Elfrid Payton	— did not play —												— did not play —
10Jalen Smith	— did not play —												— did not play —

TOTAL	-	36-8741.4%	14-3737.8%	12-1770.6%	45	23	9	3	18	18	-	98

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterDENPHX

(11:57) Jump Ball Ayton vs. Jokic: Tip to Morris
+2 (11:45) Jokic 18' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Porter Jr. 1 AST)
20
+2 (11:19) Ayton 10' Turnaround Fadeaway (2 PTS)
22
(11:00) Jokic Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(11:00) Booker STEAL (1 STL)
(10:53) MISS Booker 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:49) Barton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:46) Gordon OFF.Foul (P1) (K.Cutler)
(10:46) Gordon Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T2)
(10:33) MISS Bridges 3PT Jump Shot
(10:31) Barton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(10:25) MISS Barton 25' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
(10:23) Crowder REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (10:13) Paul 12' Fadeaway Jumper (2 PTS)
24
(9:59) Crowder S.FOUL (P1.T1) (K.Cutler)
(9:59) MISS Gordon Free Throw 1 of 2
(9:59) Nuggets Rebound
+1 (9:59) Gordon Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
34
(9:44) Crowder Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(9:44) Jokic STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (9:36) Porter Jr. 17' Step Back Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Gordon 1 AST)
54
(9:23) MISS Booker 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(9:20) Morris REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (9:15) Barton 1' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Morris 1 AST)
74
+2 (9:03) Ayton 16' Step Back Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Booker 1 AST)
76
+2 (8:45) Barton 1' Cutting Dunk Shot (4 PTS) (Gordon 2 AST)
96
+2 (8:30) Ayton Cutting Dunk Shot (6 PTS) (Booker 2 AST)
98
+2 (8:08) Jokic 1' Reverse Layup (4 PTS)
118
+2 (8:01) Bridges 1' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Paul 1 AST)
1110
(7:42) MISS Morris 21' Pullup Jump Shot
(7:39) Ayton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:28) MISS Bridges 4' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot
(7:27) Bridges REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(7:27) MISS Bridges Tip Layup Shot
(7:26) Ayton REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (7:26) Ayton Tip Layup Shot (8 PTS)
1112
(7:01) MISS Barton 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:01) Ayton REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(6:51) MISS Ayton 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:49) Morris REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:40) Jokic Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P2.T3)
(6:40) SUNS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(6:31) Ayton Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(6:31) Porter Jr. STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (6:24) Gordon 2' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Jokic 1 AST)
1312
(6:01) MISS Bridges 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(5:59) Ayton REBOUND (Off:2 Def:2)
+3 (5:57) Booker 28' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Ayton 1 AST)
1315
+2 (5:35) Jokic 7' Hook Shot (6 PTS) (Barton 1 AST)
1515
(5:21) MISS Ayton 11' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot
(5:19) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(5:15) MISS Morris 3PT Running Jump Shot
(5:13) Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (5:09) Jokic 6' Hook Shot (8 PTS) (Porter Jr. 2 AST)
1715
(4:47) MISS Booker 17' Pullup Jump Shot
(4:45) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(4:39) MISS Jokic 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:39) Crowder REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(4:21) MISS Crowder 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(4:21) Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+3 (4:14) Gordon 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Porter Jr. 3 AST)
2015
(4:12) SUNS Timeout: Regular (Full 2 Short 0)
(3:55) MISS Payne 3PT Jump Shot
(3:54) Dozier REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:42) MISS Gordon 4' Jump Shot
(3:42) McGee BLOCK (1 BLK)
(3:39) Dozier REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (3:32) Porter Jr. 17' Turnaround Jump Shot (4 PTS)
2215
(3:12) Booker Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T3)
(3:12) Porter Jr. STEAL (2 STL)
(3:07) MISS Porter Jr. 4' Running Layup
(3:03) Gordon REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (3:03) Gordon Tip Layup Shot (8 PTS)
2415
(2:53) MISS Payne 11' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(2:51) Payne REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(2:49) MISS Payne 2' Tip Layup Shot
(2:47) Dozier REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(2:44) Dozier Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T4)
(2:44) Payne STEAL (1 STL)
(2:36) McGee Traveling Turnover (P1.T4)
(2:15) MISS Campazzo 3' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(2:14) Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(2:14) MISS Jokic 1' Tip Layup Shot
(2:13) Jokic REBOUND (Off:2 Def:2)
+2 (2:13) Jokic Tip Layup Shot (10 PTS)
2615
(1:56) MISS Nader 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:52) Dozier REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(1:42) Je. Green Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T5)
(1:42) Nader STEAL (1 STL)
(1:30) Payne Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T5)
(1:30) Jokic STEAL (2 STL)
(1:24) MISS Campazzo 3PT Jump Shot
(1:21) Shamet REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:09) Nader Offensive Charge Foul (P1) (K.Cutler)
(1:09) Nader Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T6)
(0:57) MISS Ja. Green 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:54) McGee REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (0:41) Shamet 11' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS)
2617
(0:32) MISS Campazzo 11' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(0:30) McGee REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (0:12) Shamet 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Nader 1 AST)
2620
(0:04) Nader P.FOUL (P2.T2) (M.Davis)

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

DEN

PHX

110Points98

44-83(53.0%)Field Goal(%)36-87(41.4%)

17-39(43.6%)3-Point(%)14-37(37.8%)

5-9(55.6%)Free Throw(%)12-17(70.6%)

46(6)Rebounds(Offensive)45(11)

25Assists23

9Steals9

1Blocks3

17Turnovers18

20Fouls18

42Pts In The Paint34

18Fast Break Pts10

27Pts Off Turnovers22

27Bench Pts38

15Largest Lead16

Game Details

Wednesday, October 20, 2021 · 10:00 PM

Mortgage Matchup Center · Phoenix, AZ

attendance: 16,074 (94.2%)

tv: ESPN