Denver Nuggets 114, Phoenix Suns 121 — Recap

May 5, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Denver Nuggets 114, Phoenix Suns 121. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 31-29 PHX; Q2 DEN 21-38 PHX; Q3 DEN 36-23 PHX; Q4 DEN 26-31 PHX.

Top performers (box score): Devin Booker (PHX) 47 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 5 threes on 20-of-25 shooting; Kevin Durant (PHX) 39 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 threes on 12-of-31 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 32 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 13-of-29 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 30 points, 17 rebounds, 17 assists, 1 threes on 11-of-19 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 21 points, 12 rebounds, 0 assists, 6 threes on 7-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · PHX

Devin Booker

47 PTS, 6 REB, 9 AST, 5 3PM · 20-25 FG

Scoring · PHX

Kevin Durant

39 PTS, 9 REB, 8 AST, 1 3PM · 12-31 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

32 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 13-29 FG

Season highs

Nikola Jokic · Season-high 17 assists

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	31	21	36	26		114
PHX	29	38	23	31		121

🧮 How They Scored

DENPHX

52Points in the paint50

11Fast-break points23

22Second-chance points6

7Points off turnovers10

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

49.5%Effective FG%55.3%

10.1%Turnover %8.0%

32.0%Offensive rebound %16.7%

0.216Free-throw rate0.189

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	42	30	17	17	0	1	6	11-19	1-2	7-8	+5
Jamal Murray G	41	32	6	5	1	1	2	13-29	1-6	5-6	+5
Aaron Gordon F	39	9	7	1	0	2	0	3-13	0-3	3-4	+1
Michael Porter Jr. F	37	21	12	0	0	1	2	7-14	6-10	1-1	+3
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	34	2	2	1	2	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	-12
Bruce Brown G	23	11	3	3	1	0	1	4-11	1-3	2-2	-14
Jeff Green F	14	7	1	0	1	0	0	3-5	1-3	0-0	-20
Christian Braun G	10	2	3	0	1	0	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	-3

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Durant F	43	39	9	8	0	2	0	12-31	1-5	14-16	+11
Devin Booker G	42	47	6	9	3	1	3	20-25	5-8	2-2	+7
Cameron Payne G	30	7	0	6	1	0	1	3-9	1-5	0-0	+3
T.J. Warren F	26	7	3	1	0	1	1	3-7	1-2	0-0	+20
Deandre Ayton C	26	4	9	0	0	1	1	2-6	0-0	0-0	-4
Landry Shamet G	25	4	2	0	0	0	1	2-4	0-1	0-0	-10
Jock Landale C	22	6	9	0	1	0	1	3-3	0-0	0-0	+10
Terrence Ross G-F	14	5	0	0	0	1	0	2-7	1-6	0-0	+8
Josh Okogie G	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-8
Torrey Craig F	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jamal Murray	Bench	41	32	50.6	32.7	+5.7	11.8
Nikola Jokic	Bench	42	30	66.6	26.2	+3.0	22.5
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	37	21	72.7	17.2	+2.3	12.5
Bruce Brown	Bench	23	11	46.3	21.3	-25.9	12.2
Aaron Gordon	Bench	39	9	30.5	15.0	+1.2	0.6
Jeff Green	Bench	14	7	70.0	15.2	-69.1	10.8
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	34	2	25.0	4.8	-12.8	1.1
Christian Braun	Bench	10	2	50.0	12.0	-14.3	-8.1
Thomas Bryant	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Peyton Watson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Reggie Jackson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ish Smith	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Devin Booker	Bench	42	47	90.8	29.9	+7.9	26.2
Kevin Durant	Bench	43	39	51.3	37.6	+10.6	16.3
T.J. Warren	Bench	26	7	50.0	12.9	+35.7	5.8
Cameron Payne	Bench	30	7	38.9	15.2	+4.8	3.4
Jock Landale	Bench	22	6	100.0	7.5	+19.6	12.8
Terrence Ross	Bench	14	5	35.7	18.9	+21.6	0.8
Deandre Ayton	Bench	26	4	33.3	11.9	-7.1	3.0
Landry Shamet	Bench	25	4	50.0	8.5	-12.1	-0.5
Josh Okogie	Bench	10	2	50.0	8.7	-38.1	1.2
Bismack Biyombo	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Chris Paul	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Damion Lee	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Torrey Craig	Bench	3	0	0.0	25.0	+3.2	-3.7
Darius Bazley	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ish Wainright	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0