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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**PHX**|**35**|**24**|**22**|**24**|**105**|[](/PHX)|
**DEN**|**30**|**24**|**24**|**29**|**107**|[](/DEN)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/PHX)**PHX**|**35-82 (42.7)**|**12-37 (32.4)**|**23-28 (82.1)**|**9**|**43**|**25**|**14**|**7**|**5**|**28**|**105**|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**37-82 (45.1)**|**11-33 (33.3)**|**22-36 (61.1)**|**10**|**40**|**21**|**12**|**9**|**3**|**24**|**107**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|22:35|2-11 (18.2)|1-5 (20.0)|4-5 (80.0)|1|5|1|2|2|0|2|9|-7|
J. Green^^PF|23:10|3-7 (42.9)|0-2 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|0|1|1|0|1|2|8|-3|
D. Jordan^^C|22:27|3-5 (60.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1-1 (100.0)|4|10|2|0|0|0|0|7|-5|
B. Brown^^SG|27:48|4-9 (44.4)|2-5 (40.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|2|2|1|0|0|5|12|-3|
B. Hyland^^PG|20:12|6-15 (40.0)|2-7 (28.6)|2-2 (100.0)|2|6|3|0|1|2|1|16|0|
D. Reed|19:20|1-4 (25.0)|1-4 (25.0)|2-4 (50.0)|1|6|3|1|3|0|3|5|+2|
C. Braun|25:33|3-5 (60.0)|1-2 (50.0)|4-6 (66.7)|1|2|0|1|1|0|3|11|+7|
I. Smith|24:34|7-12 (58.3)|1-1 (100.0)|2-4 (50.0)|0|3|7|3|0|0|2|17|+3|
Z. Nnaji|20:36|3-5 (60.0)|1-3 (33.3)|2-6 (33.3)|1|5|1|1|0|0|4|9|+6|
V. Cancar|22:31|3-6 (50.0)|2-3 (66.7)|1-2 (50.0)|0|0|1|1|1|0|2|9|+8|
P. Watson|6:17|1-2 (50.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|1|0|0|2|+1|
J. White|4:57|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-2 (0.0)|0|1|0|1|0|0|0|2|+1|
**Totals**||**37-82 (45.1)**|**11-33 (33.3)**|**22-36 (61.1)**|**10**|**40**|**21**|**12**|**9**|**3**|**24**|**107**||
**DNP:** ***Kentavious Caldwell-Pope***, ***Collin Gillespie***, ***Grant Golden***, ***Aaron Gordon***, ***Kellan Grady***, ***Nikola Jokic***, ***Jamal Murray***, ***Chasson Randle***
**Inactive:**
**[](/PHX)PHX**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Bridges^^SF|27:18|5-10 (50.0)|3-5 (60.0)|1-1 (100.0)|1|3|4|0|1|0|2|14|+7|
T. Craig^^PF|19:51|1-4 (25.0)|1-3 (33.3)|0-0 (0.0)|1|4|2|1|0|2|3|3|+4|
D. Ayton^^C|27:26|9-12 (75.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1-3 (33.3)|2|11|1|0|3|1|2|19|+3|
D. Booker^^SG|28:19|5-17 (29.4)|2-9 (22.2)|8-8 (100.0)|0|3|2|2|1|1|4|20|+4|
C. Paul^^PG|28:57|1-4 (25.0)|1-2 (50.0)|3-3 (100.0)|0|5|8|1|1|0|3|6|0|
D. Lee|22:22|3-5 (60.0)|2-3 (66.7)|2-3 (66.7)|0|3|0|2|0|0|2|10|-3|
D. Washington Jr.|19:03|3-10 (30.0)|2-6 (33.3)|2-2 (100.0)|1|2|6|1|0|0|1|10|-2|
J. Landale|20:34|4-10 (40.0)|1-4 (25.0)|1-2 (50.0)|2|6|1|1|1|1|2|10|-5|
J. Okogie|14:44|1-4 (25.0)|0-2 (0.0)|1-2 (50.0)|1|1|0|4|0|0|2|3|-5|
T. Luwawu-Cabarrot|19:07|2-3 (66.7)|0-1 (0.0)|4-4 (100.0)|1|3|1|1|0|0|2|8|-9|
I. Wainright|7:22|1-3 (33.3)|0-2 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|0|1|0|0|4|2|-3|
F. Jackson|4:57|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|-1|
**Totals**||**35-82 (42.7)**|**12-37 (32.4)**|**23-28 (82.1)**|**9**|**43**|**25**|**14**|**7**|**5**|**28**|**105**||
**DNP:** ***Bismack Biyombo***, ***Jae Crowder***, ***Cameron Johnson***, ***Cameron Payne***, ***Dario Saric***, ***Landry Shamet***
**Inactive:**
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**PHX**|40|15|13|9|43|14|12|[](/PHX)|
**DEN**|40|14|7|5|55|12|13|[](/DEN)|
**Lead Changes: 18** | **Times Tied: 11** | **Gametime: 2:28** | **Attendance: 12505**
*Officials: Scott Wall, Leon Wood, Kevin Cutler*
by BigHoneyBot
31 Comments
Ish Mr Nugget confirmed
Let’s gooooooo!! ⚒️
It’s crazy how the Suns squandered the only 1.5 year window in a decade+ where they were better than us
Preseason forever!!!!
Weird seeing #14 and #11 dominate a game and their names not being Gary Harris and Monte Morris ☹️
What happened to mpj ?
I am so excited for Peyton Watson.
The basketball gods blessed Matt Moore with this one
Always will remember that game Ish crapped all over us lol
Lets goooo fuck the suns
Man Chris Paul looked straight bad… someone is getting old
Said it in the game thread – I love Peyton Watson’s potential. I’ve been saying since we drafted him, this fanbase has been really underrating him. He’s got so many tools, he just has to put it together.
Bones, Ish, Brown, DAJ all mr Nugget years
Missed game but read bones ankle injury? Anyone know how serious?
Bones update asap please
I need a clip of ish coming from the corner to contest an ayton lob then busting ass to get back out to his man when rotation didn’t come
Great all around game for so many nuggets, so much defensive effort, fun game.
Best and worst 3 of the night
Best 3:
Ish smith: obviously, calm and composed all night long, made tough shots, lead that bench unit in a lot of minutes.
Bones hyland: bones looked great tonight, made shots, looked confident and more controlled tonight, loved the aggression and his mid range game is so nice
Bruce Brown: another obvious one, just insane defensive hustle, can’t wait for him to gel even more, he’s gonna be a huge factor this season, this game showed us what we needed from Bruce.
Worst 3:
Free throw shooting: just can’t have that happen, especially in the 4th. That unit was gassed tho.
Mpj: I wanna preface this by saying I don’t think Mike was all around bad tonight, jumper was off and a few lazy possessions lands him here, but I thought his defense looks better than it has in seasons past. Just had a bad night, it happens.
Off ball movement: this team says that it wants lots of off ball action and cutting, yet there were tons of times tonight where the ball just stopped, I understand the lineups were weird which makes it hard to run plays, but you need more off ball action to open up the paint for dunkers.
Malone reminding everyone that he has a good relationship with Mike 😊
So far we have lost a wrist-it just straight fell off, removed a hamstring in its entirety and now we’re going to have to put Rocky’s tail bone in Bone’s ankle if he ever wants to walk again!? Season in shambles.
God damn I can’t wait for the start of this season
ISH SMITH IS A POINT GUARD!!!
Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner!
O wait I thought the OKC game was the season opener lol I guess no season opener on my birthday then rigged smh
ok I just spent the last 20 minutes trying to find my original hype comment for DAJ on the daily thread but I can’t. Searching hard.
So imma post this comment by WRB on the DAJ signing ” [Holy Shit, this is awful](https://www.reddit.com/r/denvernuggets/comments/vok6cd/shams_free_agent_center_deandre_jordan_has_agreed/iedj1kt/) “
y mp no long j
Broncos: 2-3
My fantasy team: 2-3
Nuggets: fire mick melon NOW
Me:
Also I want to confirm I intended to make a boomer meme
Also fuck Reddit and it’s stupid fucking comment formatting impossible
[Brown DPoG chain](https://i.imgur.com/pONYZhO.jpg)
[*it’s pronounced Braun :(*](https://i.imgur.com/GKYKnoO.jpg)
Michael Peter Junior
I’m pretty sure Vlatko can shoot and he just needs to be unleashed.
Also, petition for ish smith’s Nougat name to be fish smith
I think it’s close enough to be even funnier
Wow it’s been really nice not having to see Booker’s face this whole offseason. Forgot how annoying it is