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Phoenix Suns 107, Denver Nuggets 125 — Recap

April 29, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Phoenix Suns 107, Denver Nuggets 125. Scoring by quarter: Q1 PHX 32-31 DEN; Q2 PHX 19-37 DEN; Q3 PHX 30-26 DEN; Q4 PHX 26-31 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Jamal Murray (DEN) 34 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 6 threes on 13-of-24 shooting; Kevin Durant (PHX) 29 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 12-of-19 shooting; Devin Booker (PHX) 27 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists on 10-of-19 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 24 points, 19 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-21 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 23 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Jamal Murray

34 PTS, 5 REB, 9 AST, 6 3PM · 13-24 FG

Scoring · PHX

Kevin Durant

29 PTS, 14 REB, 1 AST, 1 3PM · 12-19 FG

Scoring · PHX

Devin Booker

27 PTS, 4 REB, 8 AST · 10-19 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	32	19	30	26		107
DEN	31	37	26	31		125

🧮 How They Scored

PHXDEN

60Points in the paint48

23Fast-break points20

12Second-chance points14

7Points off turnovers18

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.4%Effective FG%55.4%

14.9%Turnover %7.7%

19.5%Offensive rebound %34.8%

0.202Free-throw rate0.149

Box Score

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Devin Booker G	40	27	4	8	1	2	3	10-19	0-1	7-8	-18
Kevin Durant F	36	29	14	1	1	3	7	12-19	1-3	4-4	-20
Chris Paul G	32	11	0	5	1	0	1	5-11	1-5	0-0	-12
Deandre Ayton C	30	14	7	1	0	0	2	7-11	0-0	0-1	-21
Torrey Craig F	24	3	4	1	0	0	0	1-3	1-2	0-0	-12
Josh Okogie G	19	2	2	1	1	0	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	-11
Landry Shamet G	14	3	0	1	0	0	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	-15
Damion Lee G	12	3	1	1	0	0	0	1-4	1-4	0-0	+2
Jock Landale C	10	7	2	0	0	0	0	2-5	0-1	3-4	+5
Bismack Biyombo C	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	-3
Cameron Payne G	5	5	3	1	0	0	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	+5
Ish Wainright F	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+5
Terrence Ross G-F	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	+5

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Aaron Gordon F	39	23	6	0	1	0	1	9-13	3-4	2-2	+25
Jamal Murray G	37	34	5	9	2	0	3	13-24	6-10	2-2	+13
Nikola Jokic C	33	24	19	5	0	0	3	9-21	1-2	5-5	+19
Michael Porter Jr. F	31	11	3	2	2	0	0	5-9	1-4	0-0	+29
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	28	10	2	1	2	0	0	3-8	3-8	1-2	+10
Bruce Brown G	25	14	2	3	3	0	0	7-11	0-1	0-0	+21
Jeff Green F	18	5	4	0	0	0	0	1-5	1-2	2-2	0
Christian Braun G	14	1	5	1	4	0	2	0-4	0-1	1-2	-7
Peyton Watson G	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	-4
Reggie Jackson G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4
Ish Smith G	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4
Zeke Nnaji F-C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-4
Vlatko Cancar F	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	-4

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kevin Durant	Bench	36	29	69.8	33.3	-25.0	20.7
Devin Booker	Bench	40	27	59.9	27.6	-17.3	13.9
Deandre Ayton	Bench	30	14	61.2	20.3	-30.5	7.9
Chris Paul	Bench	32	11	50.0	18.5	-13.1	4.9
Jock Landale	Bench	10	7	51.8	28.0	+22.7	6.6
Cameron Payne	Bench	5	5	83.3	21.4	+39.1	48.5
Landry Shamet	Bench	14	3	150.0	5.9	-39.6	1.6
Damion Lee	Bench	12	3	37.5	14.8	+3.6	4.2
Torrey Craig	Bench	24	3	50.0	6.0	-22.0	3.4
Ish Wainright	Bench	5	3	150.0	7.1	+39.1	18.2
Josh Okogie	Bench	19	2	33.3	9.8	-22.2	0.5
Bismack Biyombo	Bench	6	0	0.0	13.3	-13.2	-13.1
Terrence Ross	Bench	5	0	0.0	21.4	+39.1	-12.1
T.J. Warren	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Darius Bazley	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
Jamal Murray	Bench	37	34	68.3	28.9	+15.2	20.1
Nikola Jokic	Bench	33	24	51.7	30.2	+24.2	20.7
Aaron Gordon	Bench	39	23	82.9	16.0	+29.1	11.7
Bruce Brown	Bench	25	14	63.6	17.2	+36.8	15.7
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	31	11	61.1	12.7	+48.5	6.9
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	28	10	56.3	12.7	+17.9	5.0
Jeff Green	Bench	18	5	42.5	12.0	+3.2	0.0
Peyton Watson	Bench	3	3	150.0	14.3	-57.1	52.4
Christian Braun	Bench	14	1	10.2	15.6	-22.6	2.8
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	3	0	0.0	28.6	-57.1	-19.0
Reggie Jackson	Bench	3	0	0.0	0.0	-57.1	0.0
Ish Smith	Bench	3	0	0.0	0.0	-57.1	9.5
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	3	0	0.0	42.9	-57.1	-19.0

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