Denver Nuggets 130, Phoenix Suns 126 — Recap

January 22, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 130, Phoenix Suns 126 (overtime). Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 25-34 PHX; Q2 DEN 29-34 PHX; Q3 DEN 37-27 PHX; Q4 DEN 23-19 PHX; OT1 DEN 16-12 PHX.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 31 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 threes on 15-of-27 shooting; Devin Booker (PHX) 31 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-21 shooting; Deandre Ayton (PHX) 27 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists on 11-of-13 shooting; Mikal Bridges (PHX) 24 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Gary Harris (DEN) 19 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

31 PTS, 10 REB, 8 AST, 1 3PM · 15-27 FG

Scoring · PHX

Devin Booker

31 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 11-21 FG

Scoring · PHX

Deandre Ayton

27 PTS, 13 REB, 1 AST · 11-13 FG

Season highs

Deandre Ayton · Season-high 27 pointsChris Paul · Season-high 15 assistsMikal Bridges · Season-high 10 rebounds

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4	OT		T
DEN	25	29	37	23	16		130
PHX	34	34	27	19	12		126

🧮 How They Scored

DENPHX

80Points in the paint48

20Fast-break points14

16Second-chance points16

22Points off turnovers9

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.4%Effective FG%59.0%

7.5%Turnover %13.7%

21.7%Offensive rebound %21.4%

0.184Free-throw rate0.160

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	40	31	10	8	3	0	3	15-27	1-3	0-1	-13
Jamal Murray G	40	18	7	9	3	1	4	8-19	0-5	2-2	+8
Gary Harris G	39	19	2	3	0	0	0	8-12	1-3	2-2	-1
Will Barton G	33	17	4	2	0	0	1	5-10	1-2	6-6	-5
Monte Morris G	32	17	3	3	1	0	1	6-10	1-3	4-4	+17
Paul Millsap F	20	12	5	0	1	0	0	4-7	0-1	4-4	-10
Michael Porter Jr. F	20	7	6	2	1	0	0	3-7	1-4	0-0	+9
JaMychal Green F	19	3	3	2	1	0	0	1-6	1-3	0-0	+6
PJ Dozier G-F	14	6	3	2	1	0	0	3-5	0-2	0-0	+2
Facundo Campazzo G	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+7

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mikal Bridges F	41	24	10	4	1	1	0	8-15	6-8	2-2	-3
Devin Booker G	40	31	5	5	1	1	5	11-21	3-9	6-6	+10
Chris Paul G	39	11	4	15	1	0	4	5-15	1-5	0-0	-9
Deandre Ayton C	37	27	13	1	1	0	0	11-13	0-1	5-5	+4
Cameron Johnson F	32	5	3	1	0	0	1	2-7	1-6	0-0	-14
Abdel Nader F	19	9	3	0	1	0	1	4-7	1-2	0-0	-5
Jae Crowder F	19	8	1	1	2	0	2	2-7	2-5	2-2	+10
Frank Kaminsky F-C	16	8	4	2	0	1	0	3-5	2-4	0-0	-8
Cameron Payne G	16	0	2	1	0	1	3	0-1	0-1	0-0	0
Jevon Carter G	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	1-3	0-0	-5

🔬 Advanced Stats

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	40	31	56.5	33.7	-13.3	14.2
Gary Harris	Bench	39	19	73.8	13.3	-3.0	8.6
Jamal Murray	Bench	40	18	45.3	25.8	+9.6	9.3
Will Barton	Bench	33	17	67.2	18.4	-7.5	9.2
Monte Morris	Bench	32	17	72.3	17.1	+22.8	15.6
Paul Millsap	Bench	20	12	68.5	20.5	-21.5	10.3
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	20	7	50.0	15.2	+22.0	13.3
PJ Dozier	Bench	14	6	60.0	15.6	+9.5	13.2
JaMychal Green	Bench	19	3	25.0	12.5	+10.0	3.8
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	7	0	0.0	0.0	+41.0	5.8

Phoenix SunsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Devin Booker	Bench	40	31	65.6	31.1	+12.7	12.0
Deandre Ayton	Bench	37	27	88.8	17.6	+3.7	18.0
Mikal Bridges	Bench	41	24	75.6	17.0	-6.5	15.1
Chris Paul	Bench	39	11	36.7	21.6	-9.9	5.9
Abdel Nader	Bench	19	9	64.3	19.5	-15.6	8.8
Jae Crowder	Bench	19	8	50.8	21.3	+18.0	2.1
Frank Kaminsky	Bench	16	8	80.0	14.3	-20.9	16.9
Cameron Johnson	Bench	32	5	35.7	11.1	-22.2	-0.3
Jevon Carter	Bench	7	3	50.0	21.4	-23.1	0.0
Cameron Payne	Bench	16	0	0.0	10.8	+5.7	-2.4