Phoenix Suns 116, Denver Nuggets 102 — Recap

June 11, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Phoenix Suns 116, Denver Nuggets 102. Scoring by quarter: Q1 PHX 37-27 DEN; Q2 PHX 22-28 DEN; Q3 PHX 31-21 DEN; Q4 PHX 26-26 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 32 points, 20 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 threes on 13-of-29 shooting; Devin Booker (PHX) 28 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 11-of-23 shooting; Chris Paul (PHX) 27 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Monte Morris (DEN) 21 points, 0 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 15 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 5-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

32 PTS, 20 REB, 10 AST, 1 3PM · 13-29 FG

Scoring · PHX

Devin Booker

28 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 11-23 FG

Scoring · PHX

Chris Paul

27 PTS, 6 REB, 8 AST, 2 3PM · 9-16 FG

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
PHX	37	22	31	26		116
DEN	27	28	21	26		102

🧮 How They Scored

PHXDEN

42Points in the paint42

12Fast-break points2

14Second-chance points21

20Points off turnovers6

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

60.5%Effective FG%48.4%

11.8%Turnover %12.1%

12.5%Offensive rebound %34.6%

0.247Free-throw rate0.168

Box Score

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Devin Booker G	40	28	6	4	1	0	4	11-23	2-7	4-4	+19
Chris Paul G	37	27	6	8	3	0	2	9-16	2-3	7-7	+8
Deandre Ayton C	37	10	15	2	0	0	0	4-8	0-0	2-2	+18
Jae Crowder F	34	14	3	4	0	0	1	5-9	4-6	0-0	+18
Mikal Bridges F	27	11	2	0	3	1	2	4-8	1-3	2-4	+15
Cameron Johnson F	21	3	1	3	1	1	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	-1
Cameron Payne G	17	9	1	3	2	0	2	4-7	1-2	0-0	+2
Torrey Craig F	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	2-4	1-2	0-0	-4
Dario Saric F	10	7	4	2	0	0	0	2-3	0-1	3-3	-3
Jevon Carter G	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-1
Frank Kaminsky F-C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-1

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	40	32	20	10	0	1	2	13-29	1-6	5-9	-10
Aaron Gordon F	36	4	4	0	0	0	4	2-10	0-3	0-0	-9
Monte Morris G	30	21	0	5	0	1	0	8-12	3-5	2-3	-5
Michael Porter Jr. F	30	15	5	1	2	0	3	5-13	4-7	1-2	-11
Will Barton G	28	14	7	3	0	0	2	6-14	2-7	0-0	+2
Austin Rivers G	27	5	0	0	0	0	1	2-5	1-4	0-0	-18
Facundo Campazzo G	18	6	2	0	1	0	1	2-5	2-4	0-0	-12
JaMychal Green F	18	2	4	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-2	2-2	-9
Paul Millsap F	7	0	3	1	1	1	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	-5
Shaquille Harrison G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3
Zeke Nnaji F-C	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+1
Bol Bol C	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Vlatko Cancar F	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Markus Howard G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Devin Booker	Bench	40	28	56.5	31.9	+20.3	11.4
Chris Paul	Bench	37	27	70.8	26.3	+10.8	24.3
Jae Crowder	Bench	34	14	77.8	13.3	+24.8	8.8
Mikal Bridges	Bench	27	11	56.4	20.0	+25.8	5.8
Deandre Ayton	Bench	37	10	56.3	11.0	+24.0	12.9
Cameron Payne	Bench	17	9	64.3	22.5	-2.6	14.4
Dario Saric	Bench	10	7	81.0	18.2	-23.8	38.5
Torrey Craig	Bench	14	5	62.5	12.9	-16.6	4.5
Cameron Johnson	Bench	21	3	150.0	4.3	-2.2	9.3
Jevon Carter	Bench	1	2	100.0	33.3	-83.3	28.6
Frank Kaminsky	Bench	1	0	0.0	33.3	-83.3	-14.3

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	40	32	48.5	34.0	-15.5	20.3
Monte Morris	Bench	30	21	78.8	19.1	-4.6	16.5
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	30	15	54.0	22.4	-16.2	5.6
Will Barton	Bench	28	14	50.0	25.0	+5.7	10.6
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	18	6	60.0	12.5	-29.1	0.8
Austin Rivers	Bench	27	5	50.0	8.8	-29.9	-2.0
Aaron Gordon	Bench	36	4	20.0	15.7	-11.0	-6.3
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	1	3	150.0	50.0	+83.3	42.9
JaMychal Green	Bench	18	2	25.8	9.5	-21.3	2.3
Shaquille Harrison	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	+85.0	0.0
Paul Millsap	Bench	7	0	0.0	21.4	-24.1	0.0
Bol Bol	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	+83.3	14.3
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	1	0	0.0	50.0	+83.3	0.0
Markus Howard	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	+83.3	0.0