Phoenix Suns @ Denver Nuggets

West Semifinals - Game 3 • PHX leads series 3-0

51-21, 24-12 Away

116

51-21, 24-12 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Suns PHX	37	22	31	26	116
Nuggets DEN	27	28	21	26	102

Denver NuggetsNuggetsDEN

47-25, 25-11 Home

102

47-25, 25-11 Home

Phoenix Suns

starters
Jae CrowderJ. Crowder#99
Deandre AytonD. Ayton#22
Chris PaulC. Paul#3
Devin BookerD. Booker#1
Mikal BridgesM. Bridges#25
bench
Frank KaminskyF. Kaminsky#8
Dario SaricD. Saric#20
Cameron JohnsonC. Johnson#23
Torrey CraigT. Craig#12
Cameron PayneC. Payne#15
Jevon CarterJ. Carter#4
Jalen SmithJ. Smith#10
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	+/-
34	14	0	3	3	4	0	0	1	5-9	55.6	4-6	66.7	0-0	0.0	3	+18
37	10	3	12	15	2	0	0	0	4-8	50.0	0-0	0.0	2-2	100.0	1	+18
37	27	0	6	6	8	3	0	2	9-16	56.3	2-3	66.7	7-7	100.0	0	+8
40	28	1	5	6	4	1	0	4	11-23	47.8	2-7	28.6	4-4	100.0	3	+19
27	11	0	2	2	0	3	1	2	4-8	50.0	1-3	33.3	2-4	50.0	2	+15
MIN	PTS	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	FG%	3PT	3PT%	FT	FT%	PF	+/-
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0.0	0-1	0.0	0-0	0.0	0	-1
10	7	0	4	4	2	0	0	0	2-3	66.7	0-1	0.0	3-3	100.0	2	-3
21	3	0	1	1	3	1	1	1	1-1	100.0	1-1	100.0	0-0	0.0	0	-1
14	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2-4	50.0	1-2	50.0	0-0	0.0	1	-4
17	9	0	1	1	3	2	0	2	4-7	57.1	1-2	50.0	0-0	0.0	1	+2
1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	100.0	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
	116	4	34	38	26	10	2	12	43-81	53.1	12-26	46.2	18-20	90.0	13

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
Will BartonW. Barton#5
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	+/-
36	4	2	2	4	0	0	0	4	2-10	20.0	0-3	0.0	0-0	0.0	4	-9
30	15	2	3	5	1	2	0	3	5-13	38.5	4-7	57.1	1-2	50.0	3	-11
40	32	10	10	20	10	0	1	2	13-29	44.8	1-6	16.7	5-9	55.6	2	-10
27	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2-5	40.0	1-4	25.0	0-0	0.0	3	-18
18	6	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	2-5	40.0	2-4	50.0	0-0	0.0	4	-12
MIN	PTS	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	FG%	3PT	3PT%	FT	FT%	PF	+/-
7	0	1	2	3	1	1	1	0	0-3	0.0	0-2	0.0	0-0	0.0	2	-5
18	2	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	0-3	0.0	0-2	0.0	2-2	100.0	1	-9
1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	100.0	1-1	100.0	0-0	0.0	0	+1
1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0	+1
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0	+1
30	21	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	8-12	66.7	3-5	60.0	2-3	66.7	1	-5
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0	+1
28	14	1	6	7	3	0	0	2	6-14	42.9	2-7	28.6	0-0	0.0	1	+2
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0	+3
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	102	18	28	46	21	4	3	14	39-95	41.1	14-41	34.1	10-16	62.5	21

+/- 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

Ball Arena

10:00 PM, June 11, 2021Coverage: ESPN

Denver, CO

Attendance: 18,277

Referees:
James Capers
Brent Barnaky
Sean Wright
Ben Taylor

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

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

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