National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Denver 118,
Phoenix 102
When: 10:00 PM ET, Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Where: Ball Arena, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #16 David Guthrie, #55 Bill Kennedy, #45 Brian Forte, #3 Nick Buchert
Attendance: 19773
Where: Ball Arena, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #16 David Guthrie, #55 Bill Kennedy, #45 Brian Forte, #3 Nick Buchert
Attendance: 19773
Final Scoring Summary
Phoenix Suns
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Devin Booker - G | 40:31 | 8-19 | 4-7 | 8-9 | -19 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 |
| Cameron Payne - G | 30:32 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | -10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Kevin Durant - F | 41:50 | 10-24 | 0-3 | 6-9 | -19 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 26 |
| Josh Okogie - F | 8:13 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 1-2 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Deandre Ayton - C | 31:44 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -21 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Landry Shamet | 23:07 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 1-2 | -11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Terrence Ross | 20:21 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Jock Landale | 16:16 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| T.J. Warren | 14:50 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Torrey Craig | 4:18 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Damion Lee | 4:18 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ish Wainright | 4:00 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darius Bazley | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Bismack Biyombo | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Chris Paul | DND | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 38-88 | 9-27 | 17-24 | 8 | 34 | 42 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 102 | |
| 43.2% | 33.3% | 70.8% | Team Rebs: 10 | Total TO: 10 | ||||||||||
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jamal Murray - G | 36:42 | 7-15 | 2-4 | 3-3 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope - G | 26:59 | 1-6 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Aaron Gordon - F | 35:42 | 4-13 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Michael Porter Jr. - F | 27:42 | 7-11 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Nikola Jokic - C | 37:33 | 12-20 | 2-3 | 3-5 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 29 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Bruce Brown | 26:45 | 7-11 | 2-4 | 9-10 | -2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| Christian Braun | 19:40 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Jeff Green | 15:39 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Peyton Watson | 3:31 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Jackson | 3:31 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ish Smith | 2:06 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vlatko Cancar | 2:06 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zeke Nnaji | 2:04 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeAndre Jordan | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Thomas Bryant | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 42-85 | 13-27 | 21-28 | 10 | 40 | 50 | 32 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 118 | |
| 49.4% | 48.1% | 75.0% | Team Rebs: 5 | Total TO: 10 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| PHO | Kevin Durant |
| DEN | Jamal Murray , Bruce Brown |
Team Statistics
| Phoenix | Denver | ||
| Fast Break Points | 25 | Fast Break Points | 31 |
| Points in the Paint | 44 | Points in the Paint | 50 |
| Biggest Lead | 1 | Biggest Lead | 24 |