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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**PHX**|**24**|**25**|**25**|**28**|**102**|[](/PHX)|
**DEN**|**35**|**17**|**39**|**27**|**118**|[](/DEN)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/PHX)**PHX**|**38-88 (43.2)**|**9-27 (33.3)**|**17-24 (70.8)**|**8**|**42**|**22**|**10**|**6**|**7**|**22**|**102**|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**42-85 (49.4)**|**13-27 (48.1)**|**21-28 (75.0)**|**10**|**50**|**32**|**10**|**6**|**6**|**17**|**118**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|27:42|7-11 (63.6)|5-8 (62.5)|0-0 (0.0)|0|8|2|0|1|0|2|19|+24|
A. Gordon^^PF|35:42|4-13 (30.8)|1-2 (50.0)|1-4 (25.0)|3|6|6|0|0|2|1|10|+27|
N. Jokic^^C|37:33|12-20 (60.0)|2-3 (66.7)|3-5 (60.0)|4|13|12|4|1|2|3|29|+18|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|26:59|1-6 (16.7)|1-3 (33.3)|4-4 (100.0)|2|7|3|0|1|2|2|7|+18|
J. Murray^^PG|36:42|7-15 (46.7)|2-4 (50.0)|3-3 (100.0)|0|5|6|2|1|0|1|19|+23|
B. Brown|26:44|7-11 (63.6)|2-4 (50.0)|9-10 (90.0)|1|5|1|1|1|0|1|25|-2|
J. Green|15:39|2-4 (50.0)|0-2 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|2|0|0|0|3|4|-3|
C. Braun|19:40|2-3 (66.7)|0-0 (0.0)|1-2 (50.0)|0|2|0|2|1|0|2|5|-5|
R. Jackson|3:31|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|-4|
P. Watson|3:31|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|1|0|0|1|0|-4|
I. Smith|2:06|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|-4|
V. Cancar|2:06|0-1 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|-4|
Z. Nnaji|2:04|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-4|
**Totals**||**42-85 (49.4)**|**13-27 (48.1)**|**21-28 (75.0)**|**10**|**50**|**32**|**10**|**6**|**6**|**17**|**118**||
**DNP:** ***Thomas Bryant***, ***DeAndre Jordan***
**Inactive:**
**[](/PHX)PHX**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
J. Okogie^^SF|8:13|0-3 (0.0)|0-2 (0.0)|1-2 (50.0)|0|0|1|0|0|0|1|1|-14|
K. Durant^^PF|41:49|10-24 (41.7)|0-3 (0.0)|6-9 (66.7)|2|11|7|5|0|1|4|26|-19|
D. Ayton^^C|31:44|7-12 (58.3)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|4|9|1|1|2|1|3|14|-21|
D. Booker^^SG|40:31|8-19 (42.1)|4-7 (57.1)|8-9 (88.9)|0|6|4|2|0|0|4|28|-19|
C. Payne^^PG|30:32|3-5 (60.0)|1-3 (33.3)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|4|2|1|0|2|7|-10|
L. Shamet|23:07|2-6 (33.3)|1-3 (33.3)|1-2 (50.0)|0|5|3|0|0|1|4|6|-11|
T. Ross|20:20|3-4 (75.0)|3-4 (75.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|3|1|0|1|1|2|9|0|
J. Landale|16:16|2-4 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1-2 (50.0)|0|4|0|0|0|0|1|5|+5|
T. Warren|14:50|2-7 (28.6)|0-2 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|1|0|0|1|2|0|4|-3|
T. Craig|4:18|1-2 (50.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|1|1|1|2|+4|
D. Lee|4:18|0-1 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|1|1|0|0|0|0|0|+4|
I. Wainright|4:00|0-1 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|+4|
**Totals**||**38-88 (43.2)**|**9-27 (33.3)**|**17-24 (70.8)**|**8**|**42**|**22**|**10**|**6**|**7**|**22**|**102**||
**DNP:** ***Darius Bazley***, ***Bismack Biyombo***, ***Chris Paul***
**Inactive:**
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**PHX**|44|11|23|1|26|10|11|[](/PHX)|
**DEN**|50|5|31|24|34|10|18|[](/DEN)|
**Lead Changes: 2** | **Times Tied: 1** | **Gametime: 2:24** | **Attendance: 19773**
*Officials: Bill Kennedy, David Guthrie, Brian Forte, Nick Buchert*
by BigHoneyBot
26 Comments
Nice team win! 1 more to go for the WCF. How ironic it will be for Bruce Brown causing or not helping KD to not move on, that’s what he did when they both played in Brooklyn, and that’s what Bruce did tonight!!!
Thank fuck.
Jokic is a national treasure. Gives it all on the field. Outside he knows it’s just a game at the end of the day. Love you big honey
Bruce giving some fantastic bench minutes today, putting up massive points. Love me some Bruce.
They play like they did tonight (minus 2nd quarter) no one is beating this team. Contributions from everyone. Murray actually looked decent in the 2nd half when he played within the offense. Brown was unbelievable.
Chris Paul said “we’ll see, I’m trying to.” When asked about playing in game 6. 🤤
BB coming through with some much needed bench points
Why don’t we simply not let Booker shoot over 50% all the time?
NUGGETS HAVE THEIR SWAGGER BACK PHX HAS NO SWAG
Yo somebody has to have that stank face Murray shot. That was iconic
Honestly I’m quite proud of Moach. I was saying before the game he needed to change up defensive coverages and keep them guessing, and he did exactly that! I’m now a believer top to bottom. Let’s close this thing out in Phoenix!
Jokic shedding more greatness. People still doubt. Let’s close out peoples.
Ah yes, Big Basket rigging games for big market teams like…Denver?
https://preview.redd.it/4m4mifsm7zya1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=d66a6f42ecf044e18be4ba4a065f0af6d301c2b5
Denver needs to send videos of Booker just checking Jokic for no reason multiple times
Game 6 is a must win!! Jeff continues to get blown past on defense… Malone won’t do anything until they’re down by 10
I’d be a big fan of Booker if he wasn’t a sore loser.
MPJ was wet today. We need him wet.
Shoutout Jamal for doing his best to contribute without scoring. He’s still sorry on defense, and not really great overall, but he saw a few shots fall down later in the game, and got pissed off at Shamet (who was locking his ass up big time, btw), hopefully it carries over.
So here’s the thing that puzzles me.
I get why Jamal getting into it with Shamet would spark him to play angry and play better individually. What I don’t get is how that caused Jamal to start playing good team basketball, which is exactly what happened. Kudos to Mal, if he plays like that on Thursday we’re on to the WCF.
Hey I need a link to that whole Jokic postgame interview so I can use it as my alarm tomorrow. Thanks in advance.
Suns fan here. Good Game Nuggets! You guys definitely deserved to win tonight. See you Thursday.
Some bullshit with that extra day of rest between G6 and G7. We should’ve already been at G7, they’re just getting extra days for their 48mpg dudes to recover + for CP0 to come back.
Just got home from the Arena. By far the best vibe I’ve had at any Nuggets game! Goosebumps!!!
Live look at Grant Hill
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https://preview.redd.it/74agh9k58zya1.png?width=300&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=f5a7027ccc8d51c3dbf8b40c2294872422647505
It’s bullshit that Jokic only had 5 FTAs while KD and Booker had 9 each.
Mike hitting those early threes was so huge