Phoenix Suns vs. Denver Nuggets

May 1, 2023

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	21	21	31	14	87
DEN	18	22	30	27	97

Game Recap

Led by Nikola Jokic's 39 points and 16 rebounds lead the Nuggets past the Suns in Game 2.

Player Stats

SUNS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
2Josh OkogieSF	21	1-3	0-2	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	2
35Kevin DurantPF	44	10-27	2-12	2-2	8	3	1	2	2	4	-4	24
22Deandre AytonC	33	7-10	0-0	0-0	8	4	0	1	4	5	0	14
1Devin BookerSG	44	14-29	4-8	3-3	5	6	0	0	2	4	-7	35
3Chris PaulPG	25	4-10	0-0	0-0	5	6	0	0	0	0	+8	8
18Bismack Biyombo	9	1-2	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	1	3	-1	2
0Torrey Craig	11	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-10	0
15Cameron Payne	16	1-7	0-4	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	4	-16	2
10Damion Lee	25	0-5	0-3	0-0	6	2	0	0	0	1	-5	0
12Ish Wainright	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-6	0
11Jock Landale	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	-9	0
55Darius Bazley	— did not play —												— did not play —
8Terrence Ross	— did not play —												— did not play —
14Landry Shamet	— did not play —												— did not play —
21T.J. Warren	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	38-9540.0%	6-3119.4%	5-5100%	39	23	2	4	9	25	-	87

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
1Michael Porter Jr.SF	23	2-7	0-2	1-1	4	1	0	1	0	0	-12	5
50Aaron GordonPF	39	5-8	1-3	5-6	1	1	2	1	2	2	+11	16
15Nikola JokicC	41	17-30	2-6	3-4	16	5	2	1	3	2	+2	39
5Kentavious Caldwell-PopeSG	41	5-6	4-4	0-0	5	2	1	0	1	2	+1	14
27Jamal MurrayPG	39	3-15	0-9	4-4	4	8	0	0	3	0	+14	10
11Bruce Brown	24	2-5	0-1	5-6	4	1	0	1	0	4	+12	9
0Christian Braun	15	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	3	+15	2
32Jeff Green	15	1-3	0-2	0-0	4	1	0	2	1	3	+7	2
13Thomas Bryant	— did not play —												— did not play —
31Vlatko Cancar	— did not play —												— did not play —
7Reggie Jackson	— did not play —												— did not play —
6DeAndre Jordan	— did not play —												— did not play —
22Zeke Nnaji	— did not play —												— did not play —
14Ish Smith	— did not play —												— did not play —
8Peyton Watson	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	36-7647.4%	7-2725.9%	18-2185.7%	41	19	5	6	10	16	-	97

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterPHXDEN

(11:53) Jump Ball D. Ayton vs. N. Jokic: Tip to J. Okogie
+2 (11:47) D. Booker 12' pullup bank Jump Shot (2 PTS)
20
(11:26) MISS N. Jokic Layup
(11:24) D. Ayton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:19) MISS D. Ayton DUNK - blocked
(11:19) M. Porter Jr. BLOCK (1 BLK)
(11:19) TEAM defensive REBOUND
(11:08) K. Durant personal FOUL (1 PF)
+3 (10:58) N. Jokic 24' 3PT (3 PTS) (A. Gordon 1 AST)
23
+2 (10:34) D. Ayton 16' Jump Shot (2 PTS) (C. Paul 1 AST)
43
+2 (10:13) N. Jokic reverse Layup (5 PTS)
45
(9:59) K. Caldwell-Pope personal FOUL (1 PF)
+2 (9:51) D. Ayton alley-oop DUNK (4 PTS) (D. Booker 1 AST)
65
(9:33) J. Murray bad pass out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
(9:25) MISS C. Paul 14' pullup Shot
(9:23) TEAM defensive REBOUND
(9:09) MISS N. Jokic 25' 3PT
(9:05) K. Durant REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:58) MISS J. Okogie 3PT
(8:55) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:50) MISS J. Murray 24' running 3PT
(8:49) TEAM defensive REBOUND
(8:39) MISS D. Booker 14' driving floating bank Shot
(8:36) D. Ayton REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(8:34) MISS K. Durant 26' 3PT
(8:34) J. Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (8:24) N. Jokic floating Jump Shot (7 PTS) (J. Murray 1 AST)
67
(8:06) MISS K. Durant 3PT
(8:04) M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:58) MISS M. Porter Jr. 20' step back Shot
(7:56) K. Durant REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (7:50) D. Ayton running DUNK (6 PTS) (C. Paul 2 AST)
87
+3 (7:31) K. Caldwell-Pope 24' 3PT (3 PTS) (J. Murray 2 AST)
810
+2 (7:21) J. Okogie cutting DUNK (2 PTS) (D. Booker 2 AST)
1010
+2 (6:53) N. Jokic driving Hook (9 PTS) (J. Murray 3 AST)
1012
(6:41) MISS D. Booker 13' floating Shot
(6:40) M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:36) MISS J. Murray 25' running pullup 3PT
(6:36) C. Paul REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(6:30) MISS D. Booker 26' running pullup 3PT
(6:30) J. Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:19) J. Murray lost ball out-of-bounds TURNOVER (2 TO)
(6:19) DEN Timeout
(6:01) K. Durant lost ball TURNOVER (1 TO)
(6:01) N. Jokic STEAL (1 STL)
(5:53) MISS M. Porter Jr. 24' pullup 3PT
(5:52) B. Biyombo REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (5:43) B. Biyombo cutting finger roll Layup (2 PTS) (K. Durant 1 AST)
1212
(5:28) MISS N. Jokic 6' floating Shot
(5:27) B. Biyombo REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(5:23) MISS K. Durant 25' running 3PT
(5:23) N. Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(5:17) MISS J. Murray 25' running 3PT
(5:14) C. Paul REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(4:59) MISS C. Paul 15' Jump Shot
(4:56) M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(4:48) N. Jokic bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(4:48) K. Durant STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (4:43) D. Booker 16' running pullup Jump Shot (4 PTS)
1412
(4:18) MISS A. Gordon 9' step back Shot
(4:16) K. Durant REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(4:08) MISS J. Okogie 3PT
(4:05) TEAM offensive REBOUND
(3:51) MISS B. Biyombo 11' Hook
(3:49) C. Braun REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (3:33) N. Jokic 14' Jump Shot (11 PTS)
1414
(3:19) MISS K. Durant 16' pullup Shot
(3:17) B. Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (3:09) A. Gordon DUNK (2 PTS) (B. Brown 1 AST)
1416
+2 (2:51) K. Durant 14' Jump Shot (2 PTS)
1616
(2:33) B. Biyombo personal FOUL (1 PF)
(2:33) PHX Timeout
(2:29) C. Payne personal FOUL (1 PF)
(2:21) MISS B. Brown 9' pullup Shot
(2:21) TEAM defensive REBOUND
(2:21) C. Braun loose ball personal FOUL (1 PF)
+2 (2:10) K. Durant 16' fadeaway Jump Shot (4 PTS) (C. Payne 1 AST)
1816
(1:56) MISS N. Jokic 17' Jump Shot
(1:53) K. Durant REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
(1:44) MISS D. Booker 14' pullup Shot
(1:41) B. Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(1:29) MISS B. Brown cutting Layup - blocked
(1:29) C. Payne BLOCK (1 BLK)
(1:26) K. Durant REBOUND (Off:0 Def:5)
(1:18) MISS K. Durant 26' pullup 3PT
(1:15) K. Durant REBOUND (Off:1 Def:5)
+3 (1:08) D. Booker 26' 3PT (7 PTS)
2116
(0:58) K. Caldwell-Pope offensive FOUL (2 PF)
(0:58) K. Caldwell-Pope offensive foul TURNOVER (1 TO)
(0:42) MISS T. Craig 3PT
(0:40) J. Green REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (0:21) C. Braun turnaround Jump Shot (2 PTS)
2118
(0:05) C. Braun take personal FOUL (2 PF)
(0:00) MISS K. Durant 22' turnaround Shot
(0:00) TEAM offensive REBOUND

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

PHX

DEN

87Points97

38-95(40.0%)Field Goal(%)36-76(47.4%)

6-31(19.4%)3-Point(%)7-27(25.9%)

5-5(100.0%)Free Throw(%)18-21(85.7%)

39(11)Rebounds(Offensive)41(5)

23Assists19

2Steals5

4Blocks6

9Turnovers10

25Fouls16

30Pts In The Paint48

11Fast Break Pts7

7Pts Off Turnovers6

4Bench Pts13

8Largest Lead12

Game Details

Monday, May 1, 2023 · 10:00 PM

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

attendance: 19,592 (102.6%)

tv: TNT