Denver Nuggets @ Phoenix Suns

West Semifinals - Game 1 • PHX leads series 1-0

47-25, 22-14 Away

105

47-25, 22-14 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Nuggets DEN	28	30	21	26	105
Suns PHX	28	29	31	34	122

Phoenix SunsSunsPHX

51-21, 27-9 Home

122

51-21, 27-9 Home

Denver Nuggets

starters
Aaron GordonA. Gordon#50
Michael Porter Jr.M. Porter Jr.#1
Nikola JokicN. Jokic#15
Austin RiversA. Rivers#25
Facundo CampazzoF. Campazzo#7
bench
Paul MillsapP. Millsap#4
JaMychal GreenJ. Green#0
Zeke NnajiZ. Nnaji#22
Vlatko CancarV. Cancar#31
Bol BolB. Bol#10
Monte MorrisM. Morris#11
Markus HowardM. Howard#00
Shaquille HarrisonS. Harrison#3
JaVale McGeeJ. McGee#34
team

MIN	PTS	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	FG%	3PT	3PT%	FT	FT%	PF	+/-
29	18	3	1	4	2	3	0	1	8-14	57.1	0-3	0.0	2-2	100.0	1	+2
31	15	1	6	7	2	0	0	0	6-13	46.2	3-8	37.5	0-0	0.0	3	-8
36	22	2	7	9	3	2	3	4	10-23	43.5	2-5	40.0	0-0	0.0	2	-13
31	7	1	2	3	4	0	0	2	2-7	28.6	1-4	25.0	2-2	100.0	3	0
36	14	0	4	4	6	2	0	3	5-9	55.6	3-6	50.0	1-1	100.0	4	-14
MIN	PTS	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	FG%	3PT	3PT%	FT	FT%	PF	+/-
13	9	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	4-6	66.7	1-3	33.3	0-1	0.0	1	-12
23	10	4	7	11	1	0	0	0	4-5	80.0	2-3	66.7	0-0	0.0	0	-15
2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	100.0	1-1	100.0	0-0	0.0	0	+1
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0	+1
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0.0	0-1	0.0	0-0	0.0	0	+1
23	2	0	1	1	6	2	0	0	1-10	10.0	0-4	0.0	0-0	0.0	1	-28
8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	50.0	1-2	50.0	0-0	0.0	2	-1
2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	100.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0	+1
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	105	11	30	41	26	10	4	11	43-92	46.7	14-40	35.0	5-6	83.3	17

Phoenix Suns

starters
Jae CrowderJ. Crowder#99
Deandre AytonD. Ayton#22
Chris PaulC. Paul#3
Devin BookerD. Booker#1
Mikal BridgesM. Bridges#25
bench
Dario SaricD. Saric#20
Cameron JohnsonC. Johnson#23
Jalen SmithJ. Smith#10
Torrey CraigT. Craig#12
Cameron PayneC. Payne#15
Jevon CarterJ. Carter#4
Frank KaminskyF. Kaminsky#8
Langston GallowayL. Galloway#2
Ty-Shon AlexanderT. Alexander#0
E'Twaun MooreE. Moore#55
team

MIN	PTS	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	FG%	3PT	3PT%	FT	FT%	PF	+/-
31	14	0	5	5	1	0	0	0	5-13	38.5	3-9	33.3	1-1	100.0	2	+12
36	20	3	7	10	0	1	0	1	9-13	69.2	0-0	0.0	2-2	100.0	1	+13
36	21	1	5	6	11	1	0	1	8-14	57.1	2-3	66.7	3-3	100.0	2	+13
38	21	0	4	4	8	1	0	5	8-12	66.7	1-4	25.0	4-6	66.7	3	+12
34	23	1	4	5	5	2	1	1	8-12	66.7	4-8	50.0	3-3	100.0	1	+12
MIN	PTS	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	FG%	3PT	3PT%	FT	FT%	PF	+/-
9	5	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	2-4	50.0	0-0	0.0	1-1	100.0	1	+5
14	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0-2	0.0	0-2	0.0	2-2	100.0	0	+5
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0	-1
17	9	2	6	8	0	0	2	0	3-7	42.9	2-5	40.0	1-2	50.0	1	+5
20	7	0	2	2	3	1	1	1	3-8	37.5	1-3	33.3	0-0	0.0	1	+10
2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0	-1
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	122	7	37	44	30	8	4	10	46-85	54.1	13-34	38.2	17-20	85.0	12

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Nuggets
105
Suns
122

Game 1

6/7

Nuggets
98
Suns
123

Game 2

6/9

Suns
116
Nuggets
102

Game 3

6/11

Suns
125
Nuggets
118

Game 4

6/13

Mortgage Matchup Center

10:00 PM, June 7, 2021Coverage: TNT

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 16,219

Referees:
Courtney Kirkland
Marc Davis
Kevin Scott

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	10	1	.909	-	W2
Denver	7	2	.778	2	W4
Minnesota	7	4	.636	3	W3
Portland	5	5	.500	4.5	L2
Utah	3	7	.300	6.5	L3

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	8	3	.727	-	W1
Golden State	6	5	.545	2	W1
Phoenix	6	5	.545	2	W3
Sacramento	3	7	.300	4.5	L2
LA Clippers	3	7	.300	4.5	L5

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