National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Denver 128,
Phoenix 125
When: 10:30 PM ET, Sunday, December 25, 2022
Where: Ball Arena, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #25 Tony Brothers, #77 Karl Lane, #18 Matt Boland
Attendance: 19642
Where: Ball Arena, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #25 Tony Brothers, #77 Karl Lane, #18 Matt Boland
Attendance: 19642
Final Scoring Summary
Phoenix Suns
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Paul - G | 40:39 | 6-17 | 0-3 | 5-10 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| Devin Booker - G | 4:20 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mikal Bridges - F | 40:15 | 5-12 | 2-5 | 1-1 | -13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| Torrey Craig - F | 35:52 | 5-8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | -15 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| Deandre Ayton - C | 37:35 | 9-18 | 1-1 | 3-4 | -13 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 22 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Landry Shamet | 38:40 | 10-20 | 7-17 | 4-4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 31 |
| Damion Lee | 30:26 | 5-8 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| Bismack Biyombo | 15:25 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Ish Wainright | 11:29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Okogie | 10:19 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jock Landale | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Dario Saric | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Duane Washington Jr. | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 265 | 45-94 | 17-35 | 18-26 | 12 | 34 | 46 | 32 | 30 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 125 | |
| 47.9% | 48.6% | 69.2% | Team Rebs: 6 | Total TO: 14 | ||||||||||
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jamal Murray - G | 43:11 | 7-19 | 5-11 | 7-8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 26 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope - G | 38:52 | 4-10 | 3-5 | 4-4 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Aaron Gordon - F | 41:26 | 11-18 | 1-2 | 5-9 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 28 |
| Michael Porter Jr. - F | 34:53 | 3-11 | 0-5 | 1-2 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Nikola Jokic - C | 44:25 | 16-25 | 2-4 | 7-9 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 41 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Bruce Brown | 26:32 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0-1 | -16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Bones Hyland | 14:08 | 1-6 | 0-5 | 1-1 | -13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Christian Braun | 12:58 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Zeke Nnaji | 8:35 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vlatko Cancar | DNP | |||||||||||||
| DeAndre Jordan | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Davon Reed | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Ish Smith | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Peyton Watson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jack White | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 265 | 45-94 | 13-36 | 25-34 | 12 | 36 | 48 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 128 | |
| 47.9% | 36.1% | 73.5% | Team Rebs: 15 | Total TO: 13 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| PHO | Bismack Biyombo |
| DEN | Nikola Jokic |
Team Statistics
| Phoenix | Denver | ||
| Fast Break Points | 5 | Fast Break Points | 11 |
| Points in the Paint | 40 | Points in the Paint | 52 |
| Biggest Lead | 12 | Biggest Lead | 15 |