Phoenix Suns vs. Denver Nuggets

Mar 27, 2024

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	29	30	24	21	104
DEN	29	23	21	24	97

Game Recap

The Suns defeated the Nuggets, 104-97. Kevin Durant led Phoenix with 30 points, along with season-highs in rebounds (13) and blocks (five), as Devin Booker added 17 points, five rebounds, and nine assists. Nikola Jokic led Denver with 22 points, nine rebounds, and 10 assists. Phoenix improves to 43-30 as the Nuggets move to 51-22. The Suns move to the 7 seed with the win.

Player Stats

SUNS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
8Grayson AllenSF	32	5-10	3-7	0-0	3	4	1	0	1	2	-4	13
35Kevin DurantPF	38	12-20	3-4	3-3	13	3	0	5	8	1	+11	30
14Drew EubanksC	27	2-3	0-0	1-1	4	1	0	0	0	1	-11	5
3Bradley BealSG	36	3-11	3-7	1-2	4	7	1	1	4	1	+9	10
1Devin BookerPG	37	5-17	2-6	5-5	5	9	0	0	2	2	-3	17
23Eric Gordon	20	4-9	2-5	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	0	+13	10
30Thaddeus Young	17	3-4	0-0	0-0	9	2	1	0	0	1	+15	6
00Royce O'Neale	17	2-4	1-2	0-0	7	2	0	0	1	4	+3	5
11Bol Bol	12	3-5	2-2	0-0	5	1	0	0	0	1	+2	8
27Udoka Azubuike	— did not play —												— did not play —
25Nassir Little	— did not play —												— did not play —
20Jusuf Nurkic	— did not play —												— did not play —
2Josh Okogie	— did not play —												— did not play —
21David Roddy	— did not play —												— did not play —
4Isaiah Thomas	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	39-8347.0%	16-3348.5%	10-1190.9%	51	29	3	7	16	13	-	104

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
1Michael Porter Jr.SF	32	7-16	2-7	2-2	8	0	2	0	2	0	+4	18
50Aaron GordonPF	36	7-14	1-3	3-3	6	2	0	0	2	2	+6	18
15Nikola JokicC	41	9-16	1-5	3-3	9	10	2	1	1	2	+2	22
5Kentavious Caldwell-PopeSG	36	5-9	3-6	0-0	6	6	2	1	2	4	+11	13
7Reggie JacksonPG	29	5-14	1-7	0-0	1	3	1	0	1	2	-11	11
8Peyton Watson	19	2-4	0-1	1-2	4	0	0	1	0	2	-16	5
21Collin Gillespie	16	2-7	2-6	2-2	1	3	1	0	0	1	+6	8
0Christian Braun	14	0-3	0-1	0-0	3	0	0	1	0	0	-19	0
9Justin Holiday	9	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-10	0
3Julian Strawther	3	1-3	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-8	2
30Jay Huff	— did not play —												— did not play —
6DeAndre Jordan	— did not play —												— did not play —
11Braxton Key	— did not play —												— did not play —
24Jalen Pickett	— did not play —												— did not play —
4Hunter Tyson	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	38-8843.2%	10-4025.0%	11-1291.7%	38	24	9	4	8	13	-	97

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterPHXDEN

(11:56) Jump Ball D. Eubanks vs. N. Jokic: Tip to D. Booker
(11:38) MISS B. Beal 12' pullup Shot
(11:35) M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:23) MISS M. Porter Jr. 22' step back Shot
(11:19) D. Eubanks REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (11:02) B. Beal 3PT (3 PTS) (D. Booker 1 AST)
30
+3 (10:42) K. Caldwell-Pope 26' 3PT (3 PTS) (N. Jokic 1 AST)
33
+3 (10:23) B. Beal 24' 3PT (6 PTS) (D. Booker 2 AST)
63
+2 (10:03) N. Jokic driving Layup (2 PTS) (R. Jackson 1 AST)
65
+2 (9:54) D. Booker driving reverse Layup (2 PTS) (K. Durant 1 AST)
85
(9:39) MISS K. Caldwell-Pope 3PT
(9:36) K. Caldwell-Pope REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (9:34) A. Gordon cutting DUNK (2 PTS) (K. Caldwell-Pope 1 AST)
87
(9:22) K. Caldwell-Pope shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Durant 2 FT)
+1 (9:22) K. Durant Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
97
+1 (9:22) K. Durant Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
107
+3 (9:00) K. Caldwell-Pope 25' 3PT step back (6 PTS)
1010
(8:40) B. Beal bad pass out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
(8:27) MISS R. Jackson driving floating Shot
(8:26) A. Gordon REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(8:25) MISS A. Gordon tip Layup
(8:24) K. Durant REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:21) MISS K. Durant 13' running pullup Shot
(8:18) A. Gordon REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (8:06) A. Gordon driving Layup (4 PTS)
1012
+3 (7:56) K. Durant 3PT (5 PTS) (G. Allen 1 AST)
1312
(7:43) MISS A. Gordon 7' turnaround fadeaway Shot - blocked
(7:43) K. Durant BLOCK (1 BLK)
(7:43) R. Jackson REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(7:38) MISS R. Jackson step back 3PT
(7:36) K. Durant REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(7:28) R. Jackson personal FOUL (1 PF)
(7:28) PHX Timeout
(7:17) MISS B. Beal 24' 3PT
(7:13) B. Beal REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(7:12) B. Beal bad pass TURNOVER (2 TO)
(7:12) K. Caldwell-Pope STEAL (1 STL)
(7:11) K. Caldwell-Pope bad pass out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
+3 (7:06) D. Booker 25' 3PT (5 PTS) (B. Beal 1 AST)
1612
+2 (6:44) A. Gordon reverse DUNK (6 PTS) (R. Jackson 2 AST)
1614
(6:19) MISS D. Booker 12' pullup Shot
(6:14) D. Eubanks REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+3 (6:14) G. Allen 28' 3PT (3 PTS) (D. Eubanks 1 AST)
1914
(6:12) DEN Timeout
+2 (5:50) M. Porter Jr. 16' fadeaway Jump Shot (2 PTS)
1916
(5:28) B. Beal step out-of-bounds TURNOVER (3 TO)
(5:17) MISS R. Jackson 26' 3PT
(5:14) D. Eubanks REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(5:09) K. Durant bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(5:09) M. Porter Jr. STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (4:57) M. Porter Jr. 27' 3PT (5 PTS) (N. Jokic 2 AST)
1919
+2 (4:33) G. Allen 9' driving floating bank Jump Shot (5 PTS)
2119
(4:16) D. Eubanks shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Porter Jr. 2 FT)
+1 (4:16) M. Porter Jr. Free Throw 1 of 2 (6 PTS)
2120
+1 (4:16) M. Porter Jr. Free Throw 2 of 2 (7 PTS)
2121
+2 (4:07) D. Booker 15' pullup bank Jump Shot (7 PTS) (T. Young 1 AST)
2321
(4:07) K. Caldwell-Pope shooting personal FOUL (2 PF) (Booker 1 FT)
+1 (4:07) D. Booker Free Throw 1 of 1 (8 PTS)
2421
+3 (3:48) K. Caldwell-Pope 3PT step back (9 PTS) (N. Jokic 3 AST)
2424
(3:31) MISS E. Gordon 11' driving floating Shot
(3:27) K. Caldwell-Pope REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(3:24) MISS K. Caldwell-Pope 24' running pullup 3PT
(3:22) D. Booker REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:13) MISS K. Durant 24' 3PT
(3:10) M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(3:00) MISS M. Porter Jr. 26' 3PT
(2:57) K. Durant REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(2:52) P. Watson personal FOUL (1 PF)
(2:50) D. Booker bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(2:50) C. Gillespie STEAL (1 STL)
(2:46) T. Young personal FOUL (1 PF)
(2:35) MISS C. Braun reverse Layup
(2:34) T. Young REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:30) MISS D. Booker 16' running pullup Shot
(2:27) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:17) MISS P. Watson 26' 3PT
(2:13) T. Young REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (2:03) B. Beal 24' 3PT (9 PTS) (R. O'Neale 1 AST)
2724
+3 (1:48) C. Gillespie 26' 3PT (3 PTS) (N. Jokic 4 AST)
2727
(1:23) MISS E. Gordon 24' 3PT
(1:20) C. Gillespie REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:09) MISS C. Gillespie 26' 3PT
(1:06) R. O'Neale REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (0:48) D. Booker 10' fadeaway Jump Shot (10 PTS)
2927
(0:30) MISS N. Jokic driving Layup
(0:28) D. Booker REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(0:06) MISS B. Beal 3PT
(0:03) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(0:00) R. O'Neale shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Gillespie 2 FT)
+1 (0:00) C. Gillespie Free Throw 1 of 2 (4 PTS)
2928
+1 (0:00) C. Gillespie Free Throw 2 of 2 (5 PTS)
2929

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3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

PHX

DEN

104Points97

39-83(47.0%)Field Goal(%)38-88(43.2%)

16-33(48.5%)3-Point(%)10-40(25.0%)

10-11(90.9%)Free Throw(%)11-12(91.7%)

51(12)Rebounds(Offensive)38(9)

29Assists24

3Steals9

7Blocks4

16Turnovers8

13Fouls13

34Pts In The Paint46

7Fast Break Pts5

7Pts Off Turnovers18

29Bench Pts15

15Largest Lead2

Game Details

Wednesday, March 27, 2024 · 10:00 PM

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

attendance: 19,827 (103.8%)

tv: ESPN