Phoenix Suns vs. Denver Nuggets

Dec 25, 2022

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
PHX	24	33	27	29	12	125
DEN	28	23	30	32	15	128

Game Recap

Led by Nikola Jokic's 41 points, 15 rebounds and 15 assists, the Nuggets defeated the Suns, 128-125, in overtime. Aaron Gordon (28 points, 13 rebounds) and Jamal Murray (26 points, five rebounds, five assists) added a combined 54 points in the victory. Landry Shamet tallied a career-tying 31 points, along with six assists for the Suns, while Deandre Ayton (22 points, 16 rebounds) and Chris Paul (17 points, 16 assists) added a combined 39 points in a losing effort. The Nuggets improve to 21-11 on the season, while the Suns fall to 19-15.

Player Stats

SUNS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
25Mikal BridgesSF	40	5-12	2-5	1-1	2	3	0	4	2	5	-13	13
0Torrey CraigPF	35	5-8	3-4	0-0	7	2	2	1	2	3	-15	13
22Deandre AytonC	37	9-18	1-1	3-4	16	2	2	2	6	3	-13	22
1Devin BookerSG	4	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-9	2
3Chris PaulPG	40	6-17	0-3	5-10	4	16	2	1	0	4	-1	17
14Landry Shamet	38	10-20	7-17	4-4	2	6	0	1	2	5	+3	31
10Damion Lee	30	5-8	4-5	4-4	8	0	0	0	1	2	+8	18
12Ish Wainright	11	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	2	+7	0
18Bismack Biyombo	15	2-4	0-0	1-3	3	2	0	0	0	3	+10	5
2Josh Okogie	10	2-5	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	3	+8	4
11Jock Landale	— did not play —												— did not play —
20Dario Saric	— did not play —												— did not play —
4Duane Washington Jr.	— did not play —												— did not play —


TOTAL	-	45-9447.9%	17-3548.6%	18-2669.2%	46	32	7	9	13	30	-	125

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
1Michael Porter Jr.SF	34	3-11	0-5	1-2	8	0	1	1	0	4	+11	7
50Aaron GordonPF	41	11-18	1-2	5-9	13	2	1	1	3	2	+18	28
15Nikola JokicC	44	16-25	2-4	7-9	15	15	0	1	3	4	+12	41
5Kentavious Caldwell-PopeSG	38	4-10	3-5	4-4	2	4	2	0	1	3	+16	15
27Jamal MurrayPG	43	7-19	5-11	7-8	5	5	2	1	3	0	+2	26
11Bruce Brown	26	2-4	1-3	0-1	2	2	2	0	0	2	-16	5
0Christian Braun	12	1-1	1-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	-6	3
3Bones Hyland	14	1-6	0-5	1-1	2	1	0	0	2	4	-13	3
22Zeke Nnaji	8	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	3	-9	0
31Vlatko Cancar	— did not play —												— did not play —
6DeAndre Jordan	— did not play —												— did not play —
9Davon Reed	— did not play —												— did not play —
14Ish Smith	— did not play —												— did not play —
8Peyton Watson	— did not play —												— did not play —
10Jack White	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	45-9447.9%	13-3636.1%	25-3473.5%	48	29	8	4	12	23	-	128

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterPHXDEN

(11:56) Jump Ball N. Jokic vs. D. Ayton: Tip to J. Murray
+2 (11:37) N. Jokic 17' Jump Shot (2 PTS)
02
(11:19) MISS C. Paul 12' pullup Shot
(11:16) M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:06) MISS A. Gordon Layup - blocked
(11:06) D. Ayton BLOCK (1 BLK)
(11:04) A. Gordon REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(11:04) J. Murray traveling TURNOVER (1 TO)
+2 (10:38) D. Booker driving finger roll Layup (2 PTS)
22
+3 (10:16) N. Jokic 25' 3PT (5 PTS) (K. Caldwell-Pope 1 AST)
25
(10:01) MISS D. Booker 20' Jump Shot
(9:59) A. Gordon REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+3 (9:54) A. Gordon 25' 3PT running pullup (3 PTS)
28
(9:42) D. Ayton lost ball TURNOVER (1 TO)
(9:42) J. Murray STEAL (1 STL)
(9:36) MISS N. Jokic running Shot
(9:35) A. Gordon REBOUND (Off:2 Def:1)
(9:34) MISS A. Gordon putback Layup - blocked
(9:34) M. Bridges BLOCK (1 BLK)
(9:34) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (9:34) N. Jokic putback Layup (7 PTS)
210
(9:34) M. Bridges shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Jokic 1 FT)
+1 (9:34) N. Jokic Free Throw 1 of 1 (8 PTS)
211
(9:20) MISS D. Ayton 14' Jump Shot
(9:20) J. Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (9:11) A. Gordon alley-oop DUNK (5 PTS) (J. Murray 1 AST)
213
(8:56) MISS D. Ayton 16' Jump Shot
(8:54) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(8:46) MISS A. Gordon 12' turnaround fadeaway Shot
(8:43) D. Ayton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (8:36) T. Craig 27' 3PT (3 PTS) (C. Paul 1 AST)
513
(8:12) MISS M. Porter Jr. 25' pullup 3PT
(8:10) D. Ayton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (7:56) C. Paul 10' fadeaway Jump Shot (2 PTS)
713
+2 (7:40) N. Jokic 10' floating Jump Shot (10 PTS) (J. Murray 2 AST)
715
(7:40) M. Bridges shooting personal FOUL (2 PF) (Jokic 1 FT)
+1 (7:40) N. Jokic Free Throw 1 of 1 (11 PTS)
716
(7:26) MISS T. Craig 25' 3PT
(7:24) K. Caldwell-Pope REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:17) MISS J. Murray 25' pullup 3PT
(7:14) T. Craig REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (6:59) M. Bridges cutting Layup (2 PTS) (D. Ayton 1 AST)
916
(6:39) MISS M. Porter Jr. 25' 3PT
(6:36) D. Ayton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(6:23) MISS C. Paul driving finger roll Layup
(6:23) TEAM defensive REBOUND
(6:23) DEN Timeout
+2 (6:05) N. Jokic 15' turnaround fadeaway Jump Shot (13 PTS) (K. Caldwell-Pope 2 AST)
918
(5:37) D. Ayton lost ball TURNOVER (2 TO)
(5:37) B. Brown STEAL (1 STL)
(5:30) A. Gordon 3-second-violation TURNOVER (1 TO)
(5:19) MISS L. Shamet 26' 3PT
(5:15) M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(5:15) L. Shamet shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Caldwell-Pope 2 FT)
+1 (5:15) K. Caldwell-Pope Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
919
+1 (5:15) K. Caldwell-Pope Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
920
(4:57) T. Craig traveling TURNOVER (1 TO)
+3 (4:40) B. Brown 25' 3PT (3 PTS) (N. Jokic 1 AST)
923
+2 (4:25) C. Paul 7' fadeaway Jump Shot (4 PTS)
1123
(4:15) D. Ayton kicked ball VIOLATION
+3 (4:05) C. Braun 3PT step back (3 PTS) (N. Jokic 2 AST)
1126
+3 (3:55) D. Ayton 26' 3PT (3 PTS) (L. Shamet 1 AST)
1426
(3:45) M. Bridges kicked ball VIOLATION
(3:37) MISS J. Murray 25' step back 3PT
(3:37) D. Ayton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
(3:26) MISS M. Bridges 17' pullup Shot
(3:23) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(3:17) MISS B. Hyland 26' 3PT
(3:14) D. Ayton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:5)
(3:04) L. Shamet bad pass out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
(2:47) PHX Timeout
(2:43) MISS N. Jokic 15' step back Shot
(2:39) D. Lee REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:19) MISS M. Bridges 26' 3PT
(2:15) I. Wainright REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (2:06) D. Lee 17' step back Jump Shot (2 PTS)
1626
(1:45) N. Jokic bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(1:45) I. Wainright STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (1:37) M. Bridges 3PT (5 PTS) (B. Biyombo 1 AST)
1926
(1:18) MISS J. Murray 7' driving floating Shot
(1:17) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:2 Def:2)
+2 (1:16) N. Jokic tip Layup (15 PTS)
1928
(1:02) MISS L. Shamet 26' pullup 3PT
(0:58) B. Biyombo REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(0:51) MISS L. Shamet 27' 3PT
(0:46) I. Wainright REBOUND (Off:2 Def:0)
+2 (0:39) M. Bridges 14' fadeaway Jump Shot (7 PTS)
2128
(0:31) MISS B. Hyland 33' 3PT
(0:27) B. Biyombo REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (0:06) M. Bridges 14' driving floating Jump Shot (9 PTS) (L. Shamet 2 AST)
2328
(0:06) B. Brown shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Bridges 1 FT)
+1 (0:06) M. Bridges Free Throw 1 of 1 (10 PTS)
2428
(0:00) MISS J. Murray 29' step back 3PT
(0:00) TEAM offensive REBOUND

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Overtime

Team Stats

PHX

DEN

125Points128

45-94(47.9%)Field Goal(%)45-94(47.9%)

17-35(48.6%)3-Point(%)13-36(36.1%)

18-26(69.2%)Free Throw(%)25-34(73.5%)

46(12)Rebounds(Offensive)48(12)

32Assists29

7Steals8

9Blocks4

13Turnovers12

30Fouls23

40Pts In The Paint52

5Fast Break Pts11

21Pts Off Turnovers14

58Bench Pts11

12Largest Lead15

Game Details

Sunday, December 25, 2022 · 10:30 PM

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

attendance: 19,642 (102.8%)

tv: ABC