Denver Nuggets 105, Phoenix Suns 122 — Recap

June 7, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Denver Nuggets 105, Phoenix Suns 122. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 28-28 PHX; Q2 DEN 30-29 PHX; Q3 DEN 21-31 PHX; Q4 DEN 26-34 PHX.

Top performers (box score): Mikal Bridges (PHX) 23 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 22 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-23 shooting; Chris Paul (PHX) 21 points, 6 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Devin Booker (PHX) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Deandre Ayton (PHX) 20 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists on 9-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · PHX

Mikal Bridges

23 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 8-12 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

22 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 10-23 FG

Scoring · PHX

Chris Paul

21 PTS, 6 REB, 11 AST, 2 3PM · 8-14 FG

Season highs

JaMychal Green · Season-high 11 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		T
DEN	28	30	21	26		105
PHX	28	29	31	34		122

🧮 How They Scored

DENPHX

52Points in the paint48

7Fast-break points13

8Second-chance points7

12Points off turnovers18

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.3%Effective FG%61.8%

10.4%Turnover %9.6%

22.9%Offensive rebound %18.9%

0.065Free-throw rate0.235

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	36	22	9	3	2	3	4	10-23	2-5	0-0	-13
Facundo Campazzo G	36	14	4	6	2	0	3	5-9	3-6	1-1	-14
Michael Porter Jr. F	31	15	7	2	0	0	0	6-13	3-8	0-0	-8
Austin Rivers G	31	7	3	4	0	0	2	2-7	1-4	2-2	0
Aaron Gordon F	29	18	4	2	3	0	1	8-14	0-3	2-2	+2
JaMychal Green F	23	10	11	1	0	0	0	4-5	2-3	0-0	-15
Monte Morris G	23	2	1	6	2	0	0	1-10	0-4	0-0	-28
Paul Millsap F	13	9	1	1	0	1	1	4-6	1-3	0-1	-12
Markus Howard G	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	-1
Zeke Nnaji F-C	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+1
Shaquille Harrison G	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+1
Bol Bol C	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+1
Vlatko Cancar F	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Devin Booker G	38	21	4	8	1	0	5	8-12	1-4	4-6	+12
Chris Paul G	36	21	6	11	1	0	1	8-14	2-3	3-3	+13
Deandre Ayton C	36	20	10	0	1	0	1	9-13	0-0	2-2	+13
Mikal Bridges F	34	23	5	5	2	1	1	8-12	4-8	3-3	+12
Jae Crowder F	31	14	5	1	0	0	0	5-13	3-9	1-1	+12
Cameron Payne G	20	7	2	3	1	1	1	3-8	1-3	0-0	+10
Torrey Craig F	17	9	8	0	0	2	0	3-7	2-5	1-2	+5
Cameron Johnson F	14	2	1	1	1	0	0	0-2	0-2	2-2	+5
Dario Saric F	9	5	2	0	1	0	0	2-4	0-0	1-1	+5
Jalen Smith F-C	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1
Jevon Carter G	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1

🔬 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	36	22	47.8	32.5	-16.1	10.0
Aaron Gordon	Bench	29	18	60.5	24.6	+5.5	13.2
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	31	15	57.7	18.3	-13.1	8.5
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	36	14	74.2	15.2	-16.4	8.8
JaMychal Green	Bench	23	10	100.0	9.4	-30.7	15.0
Paul Millsap	Bench	13	9	69.9	25.0	-48.0	8.8
Austin Rivers	Bench	31	7	44.4	14.5	+1.8	2.5
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	2	3	150.0	25.0	+45.0	30.0
Markus Howard	Bench	8	3	75.0	10.5	+1.3	0.0
Shaquille Harrison	Bench	2	2	100.0	25.0	+45.0	30.0
Monte Morris	Bench	23	2	10.0	18.9	-57.6	0.8
Bol Bol	Bench	2	0	0.0	25.0	+45.0	0.0
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	+45.0	10.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Mikal Bridges	Bench	34	23	86.3	18.9	+15.8	17.3
Devin Booker	Bench	38	21	71.7	22.6	+14.2	11.3
Chris Paul	Bench	36	21	68.5	20.8	+18.6	15.7
Deandre Ayton	Bench	36	20	72.0	17.5	+16.1	13.5
Jae Crowder	Bench	31	14	52.1	19.1	+17.7	7.0
Torrey Craig	Bench	17	9	57.1	20.5	+10.8	11.5
Cameron Payne	Bench	20	7	43.8	19.1	+13.1	6.4
Dario Saric	Bench	9	5	56.3	19.0	+36.9	9.3
Cameron Johnson	Bench	14	2	34.7	9.1	+9.1	4.3
Jevon Carter	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	-45.0	10.0
Jalen Smith	Bench	2	0	0.0	20.0	-45.0	0.0