Phoenix Suns vs. Denver Nuggets

Jan 11, 2023

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	28	26	21	22	97
DEN	34	36	30	26	126

Game Recap

The Nuggets defeated the Suns, 126-97. Nikola Jokic recorded 21 points (10-15 FG), 18 rebounds and 9 assists for the Nuggets, while Bones Hyland added 21 points and 4 assists in the victory. Torrey Craig tallied 16 points and 5 rebounds for the Suns in the losing effort. The Nuggets improve to 28-13, while the Suns fall to 21-22.

Player Stats

SUNS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
0Torrey CraigSF	23	6-6	3-3	1-2	5	0	0	0	0	1	-23	16
20Dario SaricPF	25	5-10	1-4	0-0	3	2	2	0	0	2	-31	11
18Bismack BiyomboC	15	2-6	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	1	2	-31	4
25Mikal BridgesSG	30	3-10	1-3	0-0	5	4	0	0	1	1	-20	7
4Duane Washington Jr.PG	24	3-14	1-6	1-3	1	5	0	2	4	2	-33	8
10Damion Lee	25	5-12	0-3	1-1	4	4	0	0	2	3	-2	11
12Ish Wainright	22	3-7	1-5	0-0	3	1	1	0	3	3	+2	7
11Jock Landale	23	5-8	1-3	0-0	8	2	0	0	1	2	-3	11
2Josh Okogie	34	5-13	1-4	3-4	9	5	1	0	3	0	-3	14
38Saben Lee	15	2-4	0-1	4-4	3	4	0	0	1	1	-1	8
22Deandre Ayton	— did not play —												— did not play —
14Landry Shamet	— did not play —												— did not play —


TOTAL	-	39-9043.3%	9-3228.1%	10-1471.4%	44	28	4	2	16	17	-	97

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
1Michael Porter Jr.SF	22	4-9	2-7	1-2	3	1	0	0	0	4	+20	11
50Aaron GordonPF	23	4-4	0-0	4-6	0	2	1	1	0	2	+18	12
15Nikola JokicC	28	10-15	0-0	1-3	18	9	1	0	3	3	+17	21
5Kentavious Caldwell-PopeSG	26	5-7	4-5	1-1	3	2	2	0	0	1	+26	15
27Jamal MurrayPG	25	6-13	2-5	2-3	2	6	0	0	2	1	+20	16
11Bruce Brown	25	2-6	0-3	0-0	2	1	2	1	2	2	+11	4
3Bones Hyland	23	7-12	5-7	2-2	1	4	1	0	1	4	+7	21
31Vlatko Cancar	19	1-3	0-2	0-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	+9	2
22Zeke Nnaji	19	6-9	1-3	2-2	1	0	0	1	0	1	+12	15
0Christian Braun	8	0-2	0-1	2-2	0	0	1	0	1	1	-1	2
14Ish Smith	5	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	0	+2	2
9Davon Reed	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	0	+2	0
10Jack White	5	2-3	1-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	+2	5
6DeAndre Jordan	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	48-8556.5%	15-3444.1%	15-2171.4%	38	30	9	4	10	20	-	126

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterPHXDEN

(11:55) Jump Ball N. Jokic vs. B. Biyombo: Tip to J. Murray
+2 (11:40) J. Murray 15' pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (N. Jokic 1 AST)
02
+2 (11:26) B. Biyombo cutting DUNK (2 PTS) (D. Washington Jr. 1 AST)
22
(11:26) A. Gordon shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Biyombo 1 FT)
(11:26) D. Saric double lane VIOLATION
(11:26) A. Gordon double lane VIOLATION
(11:21) Jump Ball B. Biyombo vs. N. Jokic: Tip to D. Washington Jr.
(11:04) MISS D. Saric 12' turnaround Shot
(11:02) M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (10:59) A. Gordon running DUNK (2 PTS) (M. Porter Jr. 1 AST)
24
+2 (10:49) B. Biyombo 9' floating Jump Shot (4 PTS) (D. Washington Jr. 2 AST)
44
(10:39) B. Biyombo kicked ball VIOLATION
(10:26) MISS J. Murray 18' fadeaway Shot
(10:21) T. Craig REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:05) MISS D. Washington Jr. fadeaway 3PT
(10:03) M. Bridges REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (10:03) M. Bridges putback Layup (2 PTS)
64
+2 (9:43) M. Porter Jr. driving DUNK (2 PTS) (N. Jokic 2 AST)
66
(9:30) B. Biyombo lost ball TURNOVER (1 TO)
(9:30) N. Jokic STEAL (1 STL)
(9:28) MISS N. Jokic running finger roll Layup
(9:26) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(9:26) MISS N. Jokic tip Layup
(9:25) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:2 Def:0)
+2 (9:24) N. Jokic putback Layup (2 PTS)
68
(9:06) MISS M. Bridges 11' pullup Shot
(9:03) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:2 Def:1)
+3 (8:56) K. Caldwell-Pope 25' 3PT (3 PTS) (J. Murray 1 AST)
611
+2 (8:34) D. Saric turnaround Hook (2 PTS) (M. Bridges 1 AST)
811
+2 (8:23) N. Jokic cutting Layup (4 PTS) (A. Gordon 1 AST)
813
+3 (8:05) T. Craig 26' 3PT (3 PTS) (D. Saric 1 AST)
1113
+2 (7:51) K. Caldwell-Pope Layup (5 PTS) (J. Murray 2 AST)
1115
(7:51) D. Washington Jr. shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Caldwell-Pope 1 FT)
+1 (7:51) K. Caldwell-Pope Free Throw 1 of 1 (6 PTS)
1116
(7:48) PHX Timeout
+3 (7:32) T. Craig 25' 3PT bank (6 PTS) (D. Saric 2 AST)
1416
(7:13) MISS K. Caldwell-Pope 16' pullup Shot
(7:11) M. Bridges REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(6:58) D. Washington Jr. lost ball TURNOVER (1 TO)
(6:58) K. Caldwell-Pope STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (6:54) K. Caldwell-Pope 26' 3PT running pullup (9 PTS)
1419
(6:41) MISS D. Washington Jr. 26' 3PT
(6:39) M. Bridges REBOUND (Off:2 Def:1)
(6:32) D. Washington Jr. bad pass TURNOVER (2 TO)
(6:32) A. Gordon STEAL (1 STL)
(6:27) B. Biyombo shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Porter Jr. 2 FT)
+1 (6:27) M. Porter Jr. Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
1420
(6:27) MISS M. Porter Jr. Free Throw 2 of 2
(6:24) T. Craig REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:08) MISS M. Bridges 25' 3PT
(6:05) B. Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (5:49) B. Brown 6' pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS)
1422
(5:37) MISS D. Washington Jr. driving floating Shot
(5:34) B. Biyombo REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(5:33) MISS B. Biyombo Hook
(5:31) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:2 Def:2)
+2 (5:24) A. Gordon cutting Layup (4 PTS) (N. Jokic 3 AST)
1424
+2 (5:10) T. Craig 14' step back Jump Shot (8 PTS) (D. Washington Jr. 3 AST)
1624
(4:57) MISS M. Porter Jr. 26' 3PT
(4:55) TEAM defensive REBOUND
(4:39) MISS I. Wainright 3PT
(4:37) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:2 Def:3)
+3 (4:25) K. Caldwell-Pope 3PT (12 PTS) (A. Gordon 2 AST)
1627
(4:08) I. Wainright bad pass out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
(3:47) MISS B. Brown 25' 3PT
(3:43) J. Landale REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (3:37) J. Okogie 25' 3PT pullup (3 PTS)
1927
(3:29) N. Jokic charge offensive FOUL (1 PF)
(3:29) N. Jokic offensive foul TURNOVER (1 TO)
(3:17) M. Porter Jr. personal FOUL (1 PF)
+3 (3:10) J. Landale 25' 3PT (3 PTS) (D. Lee 1 AST)
2227
+2 (3:01) N. Jokic finger roll Layup (6 PTS) (B. Hyland 1 AST)
2229
+2 (2:44) J. Okogie 9' fadeaway bank Jump Shot (5 PTS) (D. Lee 2 AST)
2429
(2:32) MISS B. Hyland 7' pullup Shot
(2:31) D. Lee REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (2:20) J. Okogie 9' pullup Jump Shot (7 PTS) (J. Landale 1 AST)
2629
(2:01) I. Wainright personal FOUL (1 PF)
(2:01) DEN Timeout
(1:50) MISS V. Cancar 24' 3PT
(1:47) I. Wainright REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:36) Z. Nnaji personal FOUL (1 PF)
(1:28) MISS I. Wainright 27' step back 3PT
(1:24) Z. Nnaji REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (1:10) B. Hyland 6' turnaround Hook (2 PTS)
2631
(1:00) MISS J. Landale 26' 3PT
(0:58) J. Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:52) MISS Z. Nnaji running alley-oop DUNK
(0:50) J. Landale REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(0:37) J. Landale traveling TURNOVER (1 TO)
+3 (0:30) B. Hyland 27' 3PT step back (5 PTS)
2634
(0:15) MISS D. Lee driving Layup
(0:15) TEAM offensive REBOUND
+2 (0:08) J. Okogie Layup (9 PTS) (D. Lee 3 AST)
2834
(0:04) S. Lee take personal FOUL (1 PF)
(0:00) MISS J. Murray 25' fadeaway 3PT
(0:00) TEAM offensive REBOUND

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

PHX

DEN

97Points126

39-90(43.3%)Field Goal(%)48-85(56.5%)

9-32(28.1%)3-Point(%)15-34(44.1%)

10-14(71.4%)Free Throw(%)15-21(71.4%)

44(15)Rebounds(Offensive)38(7)

28Assists30

4Steals9

2Blocks4

16Turnovers10

17Fouls20

52Pts In The Paint60

6Fast Break Pts24

9Pts Off Turnovers29

51Bench Pts51

2Largest Lead32

Game Details

Wednesday, January 11, 2023 · 10:00 PM

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

attendance: 18,872 (98.8%)

tv: ESPN