Denver Nuggets 97, Phoenix Suns 126 — Recap

November 21, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 97, Phoenix Suns 126. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 28-48 PHX; Q2 DEN 32-25 PHX; Q3 DEN 18-27 PHX; Q4 DEN 19-26 PHX.

Top performers (box score): Cameron Johnson (PHX) 22 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-15 shooting; Deandre Ayton (PHX) 21 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists on 9-of-12 shooting; Jeff Green (DEN) 19 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-10 shooting; Devin Booker (PHX) 17 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-12 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 16 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · PHX

Cameron Johnson

22 PTS, 1 REB, 2 AST, 4 3PM · 9-15 FG

Scoring · PHX

Deandre Ayton

21 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST · 9-12 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jeff Green

19 PTS, 3 REB, 0 AST, 1 3PM · 6-10 FG

Season highs

Cameron Johnson · Season-high 22 pointsCameron Johnson · Season-high 4 threes

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	32	18	19		97
PHX	48	25	27	26		126

🧮 How They Scored

DENPHX

36Points in the paint56

14Fast-break points13

9Second-chance points7

9Points off turnovers13

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

42.8%Effective FG%59.2%

8.9%Turnover %10.1%

22.6%Offensive rebound %25.0%

0.311Free-throw rate0.299

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jeff Green F	30	19	3	0	0	0	1	6-10	1-5	6-8	-12
Aaron Gordon F	30	16	10	4	2	0	4	7-14	1-1	1-3	-15
Austin Rivers G	28	10	1	3	1	1	1	4-8	2-5	0-0	-20
Will Barton G	28	10	5	2	1	0	1	4-15	0-4	2-5	-7
Facundo Campazzo G	27	8	0	2	1	0	2	3-8	2-7	0-0	-25
JaMychal Green F	25	14	8	4	0	0	0	5-9	2-4	2-2	-22
Monte Morris G	23	10	1	3	0	0	0	3-8	2-4	2-2	-18
PJ Dozier G-F	21	3	7	1	0	0	0	0-4	0-1	3-4	-9
Markus Howard G	11	7	0	0	0	0	0	1-8	1-5	4-4	-4
Petr Cornelie F	7	0	3	1	0	0	1	0-2	0-2	0-0	-5
Bol Bol C	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	-5
Nah'Shon Hyland G	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	-3

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mikal Bridges F	33	8	6	4	1	0	0	3-8	1-4	1-1	+21
Devin Booker G	28	17	4	7	1	0	1	7-12	2-5	1-1	+13
Deandre Ayton C	26	21	8	1	1	2	3	9-12	0-1	3-4	+16
Jae Crowder F	24	15	4	1	0	0	1	5-8	2-4	3-3	+9
Chris Paul G	24	9	3	10	0	0	0	2-4	0-2	5-5	+7
Landry Shamet G	24	6	6	2	2	0	0	1-7	0-5	4-4	+20
Cameron Johnson F	23	22	1	2	1	0	0	9-15	4-10	0-1	+19
Cameron Payne G	21	10	5	3	1	1	2	2-7	2-3	4-5	+13
JaVale McGee C	14	10	4	0	0	0	3	5-7	0-0	0-0	+13
Elfrid Payton G	8	2	2	2	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	+9
Jalen Smith F-C	6	4	5	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	2-2	0
Ish Wainright F	5	2	2	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	+2
Chandler Hutchison F	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jeff Green	Bench	30	19	70.3	20.3	-21.0	10.7
Aaron Gordon	Bench	30	16	52.2	26.4	-22.1	10.5
JaMychal Green	Bench	25	14	70.9	16.7	-40.3	13.9
Will Barton	Bench	28	10	29.1	26.1	-11.9	0.4
Monte Morris	Bench	23	10	56.3	16.7	-36.7	5.0
Austin Rivers	Bench	28	10	62.5	13.4	-35.4	9.0
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	27	8	50.0	15.9	-44.6	-1.0
Markus Howard	Bench	11	7	35.9	34.6	-18.2	0.0
PJ Dozier	Bench	21	3	26.0	11.5	-23.4	5.8
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	2	0	0.0	33.3	-60.0	-13.5
Bol Bol	Bench	7	0	0.0	10.5	-40.5	2.3
Petr Cornelie	Bench	7	0	0.0	16.7	-35.7	-4.4

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Cameron Johnson	Bench	23	22	71.2	26.3	+38.0	17.7
Deandre Ayton	Bench	26	21	76.3	27.6	+30.2	16.8
Devin Booker	Bench	28	17	68.3	21.0	+22.4	17.9
Jae Crowder	Bench	24	15	80.5	18.9	+20.6	12.9
JaVale McGee	Bench	14	10	71.4	27.0	+33.7	5.6
Cameron Payne	Bench	21	10	54.3	21.6	+33.0	12.0
Chris Paul	Bench	24	9	72.6	11.1	+14.0	15.0
Mikal Bridges	Bench	33	8	47.4	10.3	+29.6	9.2
Landry Shamet	Bench	24	6	34.2	14.0	+41.7	9.9
Jalen Smith	Bench	6	4	69.4	23.1	+7.6	44.1
Elfrid Payton	Bench	8	2	50.0	10.5	+50.0	18.2
Ish Wainright	Bench	5	2	33.3	40.0	+28.9	4.8
Chandler Hutchison	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	+75.0	36.4