Phoenix Suns 97, Denver Nuggets 126 — Recap

January 11, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Phoenix Suns 97, Denver Nuggets 126. Scoring by quarter: Q1 PHX 28-34 DEN; Q2 PHX 26-36 DEN; Q3 PHX 21-30 DEN; Q4 PHX 22-26 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 21 points, 18 rebounds, 9 assists on 10-of-15 shooting; Nah'Shon Hyland (DEN) 21 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-12 shooting; Torrey Craig (PHX) 16 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-6 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 16 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-13 shooting; Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (DEN) 15 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 5-of-7 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

21 PTS, 18 REB, 9 AST · 10-15 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nah'Shon Hyland

21 PTS, 1 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM · 7-12 FG

Scoring · PHX

Torrey Craig

16 PTS, 5 REB, 0 AST, 3 3PM · 6-6 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	28	26	21	22		97
DEN	34	36	30	26		126

🧮 How They Scored

PHXDEN

52Points in the paint60

6Fast-break points24

12Second-chance points11

9Points off turnovers29

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

48.3%Effective FG%65.3%

14.3%Turnover %9.6%

32.6%Offensive rebound %19.4%

0.156Free-throw rate0.247

Box Score

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Okogie G	34	14	9	5	1	0	3	5-13	1-4	3-4	-3
Mikal Bridges F	30	7	5	4	0	0	1	3-10	1-3	0-0	-20
Damion Lee G	26	11	4	4	0	0	2	5-12	0-3	1-1	-2
Dario Saric F	26	11	3	2	2	0	0	5-10	1-4	0-0	-31
Jock Landale C	24	11	8	2	0	0	1	5-8	1-3	0-0	-3
Duane Washington Jr. G	24	8	1	5	0	2	4	3-14	1-6	1-3	-33
Torrey Craig F	23	16	5	0	0	0	0	6-6	3-3	1-2	-23
Ish Wainright F	22	7	3	1	1	0	3	3-7	1-5	0-0	+2
Bismack Biyombo C	16	4	3	1	0	0	1	2-6	0-0	0-0	-31
Saben Lee G	15	8	3	4	0	0	1	2-4	0-1	4-4	-1

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	28	21	18	9	1	0	3	10-15	0-0	1-3	+17
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	27	15	3	2	2	0	0	5-7	4-5	1-1	+26
Jamal Murray G	25	16	2	6	0	0	2	6-13	2-5	2-3	+20
Bruce Brown G	25	4	2	1	2	1	2	2-6	0-3	0-0	+11
Nah'Shon Hyland G	24	21	1	4	1	0	1	7-12	5-7	2-2	+7
Aaron Gordon F	24	12	0	2	1	1	0	4-4	0-0	4-6	+18
Michael Porter Jr. F	23	11	3	1	0	0	0	4-9	2-7	1-2	+20
Zeke Nnaji F-C	20	15	1	0	0	1	0	6-9	1-3	2-2	+12
Vlatko Cancar F	19	2	3	3	0	1	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	+9
Christian Braun G	9	2	0	0	1	0	1	0-2	0-1	2-2	-1
Ish Smith G	6	2	0	1	1	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	+2
Davon Reed G	6	0	3	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Jack White F	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	2-3	1-1	0-0	+2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Torrey Craig	Bench	23	16	116.3	12.7	-52.2	15.8
Josh Okogie	Bench	34	14	47.4	21.7	-1.2	11.9
Dario Saric	Bench	26	11	55.0	16.4	-64.0	8.6
Jock Landale	Bench	24	11	68.8	14.8	-4.1	16.3
Damion Lee	Bench	26	11	44.2	21.9	-5.8	7.9
Saben Lee	Bench	15	8	69.4	18.9	+2.8	22.2
Duane Washington Jr.	Bench	24	8	26.1	32.2	-68.8	-3.6
Mikal Bridges	Bench	30	7	35.0	15.1	-32.8	3.7
Ish Wainright	Bench	22	7	50.0	17.9	+8.4	2.5
Bismack Biyombo	Bench	16	4	33.3	18.4	-96.9	0.0
Deandre Ayton	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Landry Shamet	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Bench	28	21	64.3	30.2	+27.4	23.7
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	24	21	81.5	25.5	+14.3	16.3
Jamal Murray	Bench	25	16	55.9	26.7	+31.7	11.3
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	27	15	100.8	11.9	+50.8	15.0
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	20	15	75.9	20.8	+24.9	21.4
Aaron Gordon	Bench	24	12	90.4	13.5	+40.5	9.5
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	23	11	55.7	20.8	+50.1	4.3
Jack White	Bench	5	5	83.3	23.1	+18.2	28.1
Bruce Brown	Bench	25	4	33.3	13.6	+19.0	1.2
Christian Braun	Bench	9	2	34.7	18.2	-10.5	-3.2
Ish Smith	Bench	6	2	50.0	21.4	+16.7	14.3
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	19	2	33.3	6.8	+23.1	9.2
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Davon Reed	Bench	6	0	0.0	0.0	+16.7	28.6