Denver Nuggets vs. Phoenix Suns

Nov 21, 2021

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	28	32	18	19	97
PHX	48	25	27	26	126

Game Recap

The Suns have now won 12 consecutive games as they defeated the Nuggets, 126-97. Deandre Ayton led the Suns with 21 points (9-12 FG) and eight rebounds, while Devin Booker (17 points, seven assists) and Chris Paul (nine points, ten assists) added a combined 26 points in the victory. Jeff Green tallied 19 points and three rebounds for the Nuggets in the losing effort. The Suns improve to 13-3 on the season, while the Nuggets fall to 9-8.

Player Stats

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
32Jeff GreenSF	30	6-10	1-5	6-8	3	0	0	0	1	1	-12	19
50Aaron GordonPF	30	7-14	1-1	1-3	10	4	2	0	4	3	-15	16
JaMychal GreenC	24	5-9	2-4	2-2	8	4	0	0	0	3	-22	14
5Will BartonSG	28	4-15	0-4	2-5	5	2	1	0	1	2	-7	10
11Monte MorrisPG	23	3-8	2-4	2-2	1	3	0	0	0	3	-18	10
7Facundo Campazzo	26	3-8	2-7	0-0	0	2	1	0	2	5	-25	8
25Austin Rivers	27	4-8	2-5	0-0	1	3	1	1	1	1	-20	10
35PJ Dozier	21	0-4	0-1	3-4	7	1	0	0	0	2	-9	3
3Bones Hyland	2	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	-3	0
00Markus Howard	10	1-8	1-5	4-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4	7
10Bol Bol	7	0-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	0	-5	0
21Petr Cornelie	7	0-2	0-2	0-0	3	1	0	0	1	1	-5	0
15Nikola Jokic	— did not play —												— did not play —

TOTAL	-	33-9036.7%	11-3828.9%	20-2871.4%	42	20	5	1	10	22	-	97

SUNS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
25Mikal BridgesSF	33	3-8	1-4	1-1	6	4	1	0	0	0	+21	8
99Jae CrowderPF	24	5-8	2-4	3-3	4	1	0	0	1	2	+9	15
22Deandre AytonC	26	9-12	0-1	3-4	8	1	1	2	3	3	+16	21
1Devin BookerSG	27	7-12	2-5	1-1	4	7	1	0	1	1	+13	17
3Chris PaulPG	24	2-4	0-2	5-5	3	10	0	0	0	3	+7	9
14Landry Shamet	23	1-7	0-5	4-4	6	2	2	0	0	0	+20	6
15Cameron Payne	21	2-7	2-3	4-5	5	3	1	1	2	2	+14	10
23Cameron Johnson	23	9-15	4-10	0-1	1	2	1	0	0	3	+19	22
00JaVale McGee	14	5-7	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	3	5	+13	10
2Elfrid Payton	8	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	+8	2
10Jalen Smith	5	1-2	0-1	2-2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
12Ish Wainright	4	1-3	0-1	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	1	+2	2
35Chandler Hutchison	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	+3	0
11Abdel Nader	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	46-8752.9%	11-3630.6%	23-2688.5%	51	34	7	3	11	20	-	126

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterDENPHX

(11:56) Jump Ball Ayton vs. Je. Green: Tip to Paul
(11:47) Morris S.FOUL (P1.T1) (K.Fitzgerald)
+1 (11:47) Crowder Free Throw 1 of 3 (1 PTS)
01
+1 (11:47) Crowder Free Throw 2 of 3 (2 PTS)
02
+1 (11:47) Crowder Free Throw 3 of 3 (3 PTS)
03
(11:31) MISS Ja. Green 5' Hook Shot
(11:29) Bridges REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (11:23) Crowder 26' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Paul 1 AST)
06
(11:05) MISS Je. Green 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(11:02) Ja. Green REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+3 (11:00) Morris 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Ja. Green 1 AST)
36
+2 (10:43) Ayton 12' Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Booker 1 AST)
38
(10:31) MISS Barton 18' Step Back Jump Shot
(10:26) Crowder REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:17) Ayton Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(10:17) Gordon STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (10:13) Ja. Green 2' Running Layup (2 PTS) (Gordon 1 AST)
58
+2 (10:02) Ayton 2' Cutting Dunk Shot (4 PTS) (Booker 2 AST)
510
+2 (9:39) Je. Green 18' Turnaround Fadeaway (2 PTS) (Gordon 2 AST)
710
+2 (9:24) Crowder 19' Pullup Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Bridges 1 AST)
712
(9:16) Paul P.FOUL (P1.T1) (K.Fitzgerald)
+2 (9:09) Morris 15' Pullup Jump Shot (5 PTS)
912
(8:55) MISS Bridges 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:52) Barton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (8:47) Barton 7' Running Pull-Up Jump Shot (2 PTS)
1112
+2 (8:22) Ayton 4' Cutting Layup Shot (6 PTS) (Paul 2 AST)
1114
+3 (8:02) Gordon 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Ja. Green 2 AST)
1414
+2 (7:50) Ayton 5' Driving Floating Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Paul 3 AST)
1416
(7:50) Barton S.FOUL (P1.T2) (K.Fitzgerald)
+1 (7:50) Ayton Free Throw 1 of 1 (9 PTS)
1417
(7:37) MISS Ja. Green 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:34) Paul REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (7:26) Booker 6' Turnaround Fadeaway (2 PTS) (Paul 4 AST)
1419
(7:26) Nuggets Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
+2 (7:18) Gordon 4' Alley Oop Dunk (5 PTS) (Morris 1 AST)
1619
+3 (7:03) Booker 27' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Paul 5 AST)
1622
(6:41) MISS Gordon 18' Step Back Jump Shot
(6:41) SUNS Rebound
+2 (6:32) Paul 17' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS)
1624
(6:14) MISS Barton 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(6:09) Booker REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(5:48) MISS Bridges 6' Driving Finger Roll Layup
(5:46) Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(5:43) MISS Morris 3' Running Layup
(5:36) Gordon REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(5:36) MISS Gordon 2' Tip Layup Shot
(5:32) Gordon REBOUND (Off:2 Def:1)
+2 (5:32) Gordon 1' Tip Layup Shot (7 PTS)
1824
(5:22) MISS Booker 7' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot
(5:18) Ja. Green REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (5:18) Barton 2' Running Jump Shot (4 PTS)
2024
(5:05) MISS Ayton 9' Floating Jump Shot
(5:03) Barton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(4:51) MISS Barton 9' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
(4:48) Crowder REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (4:40) Booker 26' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Paul 6 AST)
2027
(4:21) MISS Ja. Green 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:19) Booker REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (4:07) Crowder 24' 3PT Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Ayton 1 AST)
2030
(4:05) Nuggets Timeout: Regular (Reg.2 Short 0)
+2 (3:51) Gordon 4' Cutting Layup Shot (9 PTS) (Dozier 1 AST)
2230
+3 (3:31) Johnson 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Payne 1 AST)
2233
(3:31) Hyland S.FOUL (P1.T3) (M.Dagher)
(3:31) MISS Johnson Free Throw 1 of 1
(3:29) Dozier REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (3:12) Campazzo 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (3 PTS)
2533
+2 (2:57) McGee 3' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Booker 3 AST)
2535
(2:43) Gordon Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(2:43) Shamet STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (2:38) Johnson 3' Running Dunk (5 PTS) (Booker 4 AST)
2537
+2 (2:22) Rivers 7' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS)
2737
(2:14) Gordon S.FOUL (P1.T4) (N.Sago)
+1 (2:14) Shamet Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
2738
+1 (2:14) Shamet Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
2739
(1:58) MISS Hyland 18' Pullup Jump Shot
(1:57) Hyland REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(1:54) MISS Hyland 8' Floating Jump Shot
(1:52) McGee REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:45) Nuggets T.Foul (Def. 3 Sec Rivers ) (N.Sago)
+1 (1:45) Booker Free Throw Technical (9 PTS)
2740
+2 (1:37) McGee 5' Cutting Dunk Shot (4 PTS) (Johnson 1 AST)
2742
(1:25) McGee S.FOUL (P1.T2) (M.Dagher)
(1:25) MISS Je. Green Free Throw 1 of 2
(1:25) Nuggets Rebound
+1 (1:25) Je. Green Free Throw 2 of 2 (3 PTS)
2842
(1:12) MISS Payne 9' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(1:07) Dozier REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(0:55) MISS Dozier 16' Step Back Jump Shot
(0:51) Payne REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (0:47) Bridges 24' 3PT Running Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Shamet 1 AST)
2845
(0:34) MISS Rivers 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:30) Payne REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (0:12) Johnson 25' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Payne 2 AST)
2848
(0:02) MISS Barton 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:02) Bridges REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(0:00)

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3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

DEN

PHX

97Points126

33-90(36.7%)Field Goal(%)46-87(52.9%)

11-38(28.9%)3-Point(%)11-36(30.6%)

20-28(71.4%)Free Throw(%)23-26(88.5%)

42(12)Rebounds(Offensive)51(10)

20Assists34

5Steals7

1Blocks3

10Turnovers11

22Fouls20

36Pts In The Paint56

14Fast Break Pts13

9Pts Off Turnovers13

28Bench Pts56

0Largest Lead30

Game Details

Sunday, November 21, 2021 · 8:00 PM

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