Suns (87) vs Nuggets (97) · May 1, 2023 · NBA Scores

FINAL

May 1, 2023

0-2PhoenixSuns

2-0DenverNuggets

Game Recap

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

Box Score

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

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	2	0
35Kevin DurantPF	44	10-27	2-12	2-2	8	3	1	2	2	4	24	-4
22Deandre AytonC	33	7-10	0-0	0-0	8	4	0	1	4	5	14	0
1Devin BookerSG	44	14-29	4-8	3-3	5	6	0	0	2	4	35	-7
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	2	-1
0Torrey Craig	11	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-10
15Cameron Payne	16	1-7	0-4	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	4	2	-16
10Damion Lee	25	0-5	0-3	0-0	6	2	0	0	0	1	0	-5
12Ish Wainright	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-6
11Jock Landale	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	-9
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%	5-5100.0%	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	5	-12
50Aaron GordonPF	39	5-8	1-3	5-6	1	1	2	1	2	2	16	+11
15Nikola JokicC	41	17-30	2-6	3-4	16	5	2	1	3	2	39	+2
5Kentavious Caldwell-PopeSG	41	5-6	4-4	0-0	5	2	1	0	1	2	14	+1
27Jamal MurrayPG	39	3-15	0-9	4-4	4	8	0	0	3	0	10	+14
11Bruce Brown	24	2-5	0-1	5-6	4	1	0	1	0	4	9	+12
0Christian Braun	15	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	+15
32Jeff Green	15	1-3	0-2	0-0	4	1	0	2	1	3	2	+7
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

Scores Only

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 · 9:00 PM

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

attendance: 19,592 (102.6%)