Denver Nuggets @ Phoenix Suns

Preseason

3-4, 1-1 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Nuggets DEN	21	25	11	15	72
Suns PHX	24	27	16	21	88

Phoenix SunsSunsPHX

4-3, 3-0 Home

Denver Nuggets

starters
Corey BrewerC. Brewer#13
Wilson ChandlerW. Chandler#21
Kenneth FariedK. Faried#35
Kosta KoufosK. Koufos#41
Ty LawsonT. Lawson#3
bench
Anthony RandolphA. Randolph#15
JaVale McGeeJ. McGee#34
Andre MillerA. Miller#24
Jordan HamiltonJ. Hamilton#1
Evan FournierE. Fournier#94
Danilo GallinariD. Gallinari#8
Andre IguodalaA. Iguodala#9
Quincy MillerQ. Miller#30
Timofey MozgovT. Mozgov#25
Julyan StoneJ. Stone#10
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
32	6	3-9	0-3	0-0	4	3	6	0	0	0	4	2	-22
13	2	1-6	0-0	0-0	2	2	1	2	0	2	0	0	-11
28	12	5-10	0-0	2-3	6	0	6	1	0	2	4	3	-23
20	8	4-6	0-0	0-0	7	0	0	1	2	2	5	1	-11
23	2	1-4	0-0	0-0	2	3	3	1	0	0	2	2	-17
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
20	10	4-13	0-0	2-2	8	0	2	0	2	2	6	3	+7
23	7	3-9	0-0	1-2	8	0	1	0	2	2	6	2	-1
27	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	4	9	0	4	0	0	4	3	-3
27	15	6-17	1-4	2-3	10	0	2	0	0	4	6	0	0
28	8	3-8	1-4	1-2	3	2	5	0	0	1	2	2	+1
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-RIGHT HIP
	72	31-85	2-11	8-12	54	19	26	9	6	15	39	18
		36%	18%	67%

Phoenix Suns

starters
Luis ScolaL. Scola#14
Michael BeasleyM. Beasley#0
Jared DudleyJ. Dudley#3
Marcin GortatM. Gortat#4
Goran DragicG. Dragic#1
bench
Markieff MorrisM. Morris#11
Luke ZellerL. Zeller#40
Wesley JohnsonW. Johnson#2
Sebastian TelfairS. Telfair#31
Shannon BrownS. Brown#26
P.J. TuckerP.J. Tucker#17
Channing FryeC. Frye#8
Jermaine O'NealJ. O'Neal#20
Kendall MarshallK. Marshall#12
Diante GarrettD. Garrett#10
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
27	7	3-11	0-2	1-2	8	1	1	1	4	2	6	3	+19
34	29	13-21	3-3	0-0	10	1	4	0	1	2	8	2	+24
27	6	2-9	1-4	1-2	3	4	0	1	0	0	3	1	+23
26	4	2-8	0-0	0-2	8	1	0	0	1	3	5	2	+19
26	13	4-9	2-4	3-3	1	6	4	1	0	1	0	2	+20
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
22	8	4-7	0-0	0-2	4	1	1	0	2	0	4	1	-3
21	5	2-6	1-2	0-0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	5	-3
14	4	1-3	1-3	1-2	3	1	1	1	2	0	3	1	-8
22	2	1-4	0-2	0-0	2	5	1	4	0	0	2	1	-4
21	10	4-9	1-3	1-2	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	-7
DNP-EYE PROCEDURE
DNP-DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY
DNP-LEFT WRIST SPRAIN
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	88	36-87	9-23	7-15	41	23	15	9	10	8	33	18
		41%	39%	47%

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

Matchups

DEN

DEN wins season

2-1

PHX

100

Game 1@ PHX

Final

110

108

Game 2@ PHX

Final

118

Game 3@ DEN

Final

Game Information

Phoenix, AZ

Referee:Derek Richardson

Referee:Leon Wood

Referee:Ed Malloy

Western Conference

Northwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	64	18	.780	-	L2
Denver	54	28	.659	10	W12
Minnesota	49	33	.598	15	W2
Portland	42	40	.512	22	W2
Utah	22	60	.268	42	L1

Pacific	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	53	29	.646	-	W3
Phoenix	45	37	.549	8	W1
LA Clippers	42	40	.512	11	W1
Golden State	37	45	.451	16	L3
Sacramento	22	60	.268	31	L1

NBA News

Arkansas freshman guard Darius Acuff Jr. declares for 2026 NBA draft

Darius Acuff Jr. joins Malika Andrews on "NBA Today" to reveal that he will be entering the 2026 NBA draft.

Nuggets not biting on Wolves' McDaniels calling out defense

In response to the Wolves' Jaden McDaniels calling them out for being "bad defenders," the Nuggets on Wednesday said "it's part of the rivalry."

2026 NBA draft order: Pre-lottery picks for first, second rounds

Where does the NBA draft order stand ahead of next month's lottery? We have you covered.

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