December 25, 2024 · 10:30 PM EST
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DEN | 34 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 100 |
 PHX | 38 | 20 | 27 | 25 | 110 |
Biggest lead DEN by 2 · PHX by 15 · 8 lead changes
Q3 11:03+7% DENN. Jokić 24' 3PT (20 PTS) (M. Porter Jr. 1 AST)DEN 61 · PHX 60
Q3 10:40+7% DENM. Porter Jr. 3PT (14 PTS) (J. Murray 4 AST)DEN 64 · PHX 62
Q3 9:53+7% PHXT. Jones 26' 3PT (12 PTS) (J. Nurkić 1 AST)DEN 64 · PHX 67
Q3 8:41+7% PHXB. Beal 24' 3PT (17 PTS) (J. Nurkić 2 AST)DEN 68 · PHX 70
Q4 11:08+5% PHXM. Plumlee cutting Layup (2 PTS) (B. Beal 4 AST)DEN 78 · PHX 87| W | L | PCT | GB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1OK Thunder | 68 | 14 | .829 | — |
2HO Rockets | 52 | 30 | .634 | 16.0 |
| 3DENuggets | 50 | 32 | .610 | 18.0 |
4LA Clippers | 50 | 32 | .610 | 18.0 |
5LA Lakers | 50 | 32 | .610 | 18.0 |
6MI Timberwolves | 49 | 33 | .598 | 19.0 |
7GS Warriors | 48 | 34 | .585 | 20.0 |
8ME Grizzlies | 48 | 34 | .585 | 20.0 |
9SA Kings | 40 | 42 | .488 | 28.0 |
10DA Mavericks | 39 | 43 | .476 | 29.0 |
| 11PHSuns | 36 | 46 | .439 | 32.0 |
12PO Trail Blazers | 36 | 46 | .439 | 32.0 |
13SA Spurs | 34 | 48 | .415 | 34.0 |
14NO Pelicans | 21 | 61 | .256 | 47.0 |
15UT Jazz | 17 | 65 | .207 | 51.0 |
| Zone | DEN | PHX |
|---|---|---|
| Restricted area | 15/20 75% | 12/16 75% |
| Paint | 10/22 45% | 12/21 57% |
| Mid-range | 3/7 43% | 6/15 40% |
| Corner 3 | 3/6 50% | 5/17 29% |
| Above the break 3 | 5/23 22% | 6/19 32% |
JM Jamal MurrayG | 39 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 4-10 | 1-2 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -16 | 55.3% |
| NJNikola JokićC | 38 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 10-19 | 2-7 | 3-4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 60.2% |
| MPMichael Porter Jr.F | 37 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 7-14 | 3-8 | 5-7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | -4 | 64.4% |
CB Christian BraunG | 28 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | -10 | 31.7% |
AG Aaron GordonF | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 44.4% |
RW Russell WestbrookG | 27 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 6-12 | 1-4 | 4-7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 56.4% |
PW Peyton WatsonG | 24 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 25.8% |
JS Julian StrawtherG | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -8 | 62.5% |
DJ DeAndre JordanC | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -7 | 100.0% |
| Totals | 240 | 100 | 46 | 20 | 36-78 | 8-29 | 20-28 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 16 | ||
| Shooting | 46.2% | 27.6% | 71.4% | 55.4% |
| BBBradley BealG | 38 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 11-21 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +12 | 59.3% |
KD Kevin DurantF | 38 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 9-26 | 0-5 | 9-9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 45.1% |
| TJTyus JonesG | 30 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7-9 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 94.4% |
JN Jusuf NurkićC | 30 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3-6 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | +5 | 58.1% |
RD Ryan DunnF | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 83.3% |
RO Royce O'NealeF | 30 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2-7 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 35.7% |
MM Monté MorrisG | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3-8 | 1-5 | 4-4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +8 | 56.4% |
JO Josh OkogieG | 17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +9 | 58.3% |
| MPMason PlumleeF-C | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 104.2% |
OI Oso IghodaroF | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0.0% |
| Totals | 240 | 110 | 42 | 31 | 41-88 | 11-36 | 17-20 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 17 | ||
| Shooting | 46.6% | 30.6% | 85.0% | 56.8% |
11:56Jump Ball J. Nurkić vs. N. Jokić: Tip to B. BealDEN 011:38B. Beal bad pass out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)DEN 011:21J. Nurkić kicked ball VIOLATIONDEN 011:15M. Porter Jr. lost ball TURNOVER (1 TO)DEN 011:15B. Beal STEAL (1 STL)DEN 011:11K. Durant running DUNK (2 PTS) (B. Beal 1 AST)DEN 011:01MISS J. Murray 25' step back 3PTDEN 011:01J. Nurkić REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)DEN 010:51MISS B. Beal 13' pullup ShotDEN 010:46C. Braun REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)DEN 010:42MISS M. Porter Jr. 24' 3PTDEN 010:38J. Nurkić REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)DEN 010:24MISS K. Durant 19' pullup ShotDEN 010:21N. Jokić REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)DEN 010:12M. Porter Jr. lost ball TURNOVER (2 TO)DEN 010:12T. Jones STEAL (1 STL)DEN 010:09T. Jones 3PT running (3 PTS) (R. Dunn 1 AST)DEN 09:51M. Porter Jr. 24' 3PT (3 PTS) (A. Gordon 1 AST)DEN 39:38M. Porter Jr. shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Beal 2 FT)DEN 39:38MISS B. Beal Free Throw 1 of 2DEN 39:38MISS B. Beal Free Throw 2 of 2DEN 39:36M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)DEN 39:18R. Dunn shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Porter Jr. 3 FT)DEN 39:18M. Porter Jr. Free Throw 1 of 3 (4 PTS)DEN 49:18MISS M. Porter Jr. Free Throw 2 of 3DEN 49:18M. Porter Jr. Free Throw 3 of 3 (5 PTS)DEN 59:07K. Durant 13' Jump Shot (4 PTS) (T. Jones 1 AST)DEN 58:51MISS A. Gordon 26' 3PTDEN 58:48M. Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)DEN 58:47M. Porter Jr. lost ball TURNOVER (3 TO)DEN 58:47B. Beal STEAL (2 STL)DEN 58:36J. Nurkić cutting Layup (2 PTS) (K. Durant 1 AST)DEN 58:23MISS M. Porter Jr. 24' 3PTDEN 58:21J. Nurkić REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)DEN 58:12J. Nurkić 3PT (5 PTS) (B. Beal 2 AST)DEN 57:55J. Nurkić shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Gordon 2 FT)DEN 57:55A. Gordon Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)DEN 67:55MISS A. Gordon Free Throw 2 of 2DEN 67:53K. Durant REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)DEN 67:44R. Dunn 3PT (3 PTS) (T. Jones 2 AST)DEN 67:26M. Porter Jr. cutting DUNK (7 PTS) (J. Murray 1 AST)DEN 87:10J. Murray personal FOUL (1 PF)DEN 87:00T. Jones 11' driving floating Jump Shot (5 PTS)DEN 86:46N. Jokić 18' Jump Shot (2 PTS) (J. Murray 2 AST)DEN 106:26J. Nurkić cutting DUNK (7 PTS) (K. Durant 2 AST)DEN 106:21K. Durant personal FOUL (1 PF)DEN 106:13C. Braun cutting Layup (2 PTS) (N. Jokić 1 AST)DEN 126:01T. Jones bad pass out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)DEN 125:43T. Jones shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Porter Jr. 2 FT)DEN 125:43M. Porter Jr. Free Throw 1 of 2 (8 PTS)DEN 135:43MISS M. Porter Jr. Free Throw 2 of 2DEN 135:41R. O'Neale REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)DEN 135:24MISS K. Durant 8' driving LayupDEN 135:23N. Jokić REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)DEN 135:13MISS A. Gordon driving reverse LayupDEN 135:10N. Jokić REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)DEN 135:10MISS N. Jokić 8' floating ShotDEN 135:07N. Jokić REBOUND (Off:2 Def:2)DEN 134:58N. Jokić 15' Jump Shot (4 PTS) (C. Braun 1 AST)DEN 154:46J. Nurkić bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)DEN 154:46N. Jokić STEAL (1 STL)DEN 154:43J. Nurkić shooting personal FOUL (2 PF) (Braun 2 FT)DEN 154:43MISS C. Braun Free Throw 1 of 2DEN 154:43C. Braun Free Throw 2 of 2 (3 PTS)DEN 164:31B. Beal 25' 3PT step back (3 PTS) (R. O'Neale 1 AST)DEN 164:19R. Westbrook driving Layup (2 PTS)DEN 184:13C. Braun shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Beal 2 FT)DEN 184:13B. Beal Free Throw 1 of 2 (4 PTS)DEN 184:13B. Beal Free Throw 2 of 2 (5 PTS)DEN 184:00N. Jokić cutting Layup (6 PTS) (R. Westbrook 1 AST)DEN 204:00B. Beal shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Jokić 1 FT)DEN 204:00N. Jokić Free Throw 1 of 1 (7 PTS)DEN 213:45K. Durant 14' pullup Jump Shot (6 PTS) (R. O'Neale 2 AST)DEN 213:27N. Jokić 26' 3PT (10 PTS) (C. Braun 2 AST)DEN 243:00J. Okogie 3PT (3 PTS) (K. Durant 3 AST)DEN 242:45C. Braun step out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)DEN 242:29R. Westbrook shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Durant 2 FT)DEN 242:29K. Durant Free Throw 1 of 2 (7 PTS)DEN 242:29K. Durant Free Throw 2 of 2 (8 PTS)DEN 242:22R. Westbrook driving Layup (4 PTS)DEN 262:22R. O'Neale shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Westbrook 1 FT)DEN 262:22R. Westbrook Free Throw 1 of 1 (5 PTS)DEN 272:04J. Strawther shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Durant 2 FT)DEN 272:04K. Durant Free Throw 1 of 2 (9 PTS)DEN 272:04K. Durant Free Throw 2 of 2 (10 PTS)DEN 271:48N. Jokić 6' floating Jump Shot (12 PTS) (P. Watson 1 AST)DEN 291:38M. Morris 26' 3PT (3 PTS) (K. Durant 4 AST)DEN 291:25MISS P. Watson 24' 3PTDEN 291:23M. Plumlee REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)DEN 291:14N. Jokić personal FOUL (1 PF) (Morris 2 FT)DEN 291:14M. Morris Free Throw 1 of 2 (4 PTS)DEN 291:14M. Morris Free Throw 2 of 2 (5 PTS)DEN 290:52MISS R. Westbrook 24' step back 3PTDEN 290:49N. Jokić REBOUND (Off:3 Def:2)DEN 290:48MISS R. Westbrook 12' floating ShotDEN 290:48R. Westbrook REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)DEN 290:48R. Westbrook tip Layup (7 PTS)DEN 310:34MISS R. O'Neale 24' 3PTDEN 310:30R. Westbrook REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)DEN 310:09N. Jokić 13' bank Jump Shot (14 PTS) (P. Watson 2 AST)DEN 330:09M. Plumlee shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Jokić 1 FT)DEN 330:09N. Jokić Free Throw 1 of 1 (15 PTS)DEN 340:00MISS K. Durant 17' driving floating ShotDEN 34The Suns beat the Nuggets 110-100 at home.
Kevin Durant led the Suns with 27 points and 6 assists, while Nikola Jokić led the Nuggets with 25 points and 15 rebounds.
The Suns led by as many as 15 points. The lead changed hands 8 times and the score was tied 6 times.
Written by StatPro from the box score and play-by-play.
