Game Stats: Suns vs. Nuggets, 87-97, 2023 NBA Playoffs, Game 2, Western Conference Semifinals

Box score from the NBA basketball game played between the Phoenix Suns and the Denver Nuggets on May 1, 2023 with final result, scoring by period, game leaders and statistics by team and by player.

Game from the 2023 Playoffs

NBA Western Conference Semifinals
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Team
Nuggets
Suns
W
4
2
 

G.1 Game 1
125
107
G.2 Game 2
97
87
G.3 Game 3
114
121
G.4 Game 4
124
129
G.5 Game 5
118
102
G.6 Game 6
125
100
NBA Box Scores:

Game 2 Score

87

Phoenix Suns
- 97

Denver Nuggets

Scoring by Period

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
PHX 21 21 31 14 87
DEN 18 22 30 27 97

Game 2 Leaders

Suns Nuggets

Points

35 -
D.
Devin
Booker
39 -
N.
Nikola
Jokic

Rebounds

8 -
2 players
16 -
N.
Nikola
Jokic

Assists

6 -
2 players
8 -
J.
Jamal
Murray

Steals

1 -
2 players
2 -
2 players

Blocks

2 -
K.
Kevin
Durant
2 -
J.
Jeff
Green

Game Data

Date: May 1, 2023

Home Team: Denver Nuggets

Game 2 Box Score

Phoenix Suns

87
  Rebounds Shooting

Players

  Min Pts Off Def Tot Ast Stl Blk TO PF +/-
FG
3P
FT
Starters
 
Devin Booker G 44:40 35 0 5 5 6 0 0 2 4-714-29 4-8 3-3
Kevin Durant F 44:23 24 1 7 8 3 1 2 2 4-410-27 2-12 2-2
Deandre Ayton C 33:01 14 4 4 8 4 0 1 4 507-10 0-0 0-0
Chris Paul G 25:23 8 1 4 5 6 0 0 0 0+84-10 0-0 0-0
Josh Okogie F 21:39 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 301-3 0-2 0-0
Reserves
 
Bismack Biyombo 09:34 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 3-11-2 0-0 0-0
Cameron Payne 16:42 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 4-161-7 0-4 0-0
Damion Lee 25:37 0 3 3 6 2 0 0 0 1-50-5 0-3 0-0
Torrey Craig 11:13 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0-100-2 0-2 0-0
Jock Landale 05:25 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0-90-0 0-0 0-0
Ish Wainright 02:23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-60-0 0-0 0-0
Darius Bazley DNP - Coach's Decision
Terrence Ross DNP - Coach's Decision
Landry Shamet DNP - Coach's Decision
T.J. Warren DNP - Coach's Decision

Totals:

  240 87 11 28 39 23 2 4 9 25 38-95 6-31 5-5
Percentages: .400 .194 1.000

Denver Nuggets

97
  Rebounds Shooting

Players

  Min Pts Off Def Tot Ast Stl Blk TO PF +/-
FG
3P
FT
Starters
 
Nikola Jokic C 41:16 39 3 13 16 5 2 1 3 2+217-30 2-6 3-4
Aaron Gordon F 39:01 16 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 2+115-8 1-3 5-6
K. Caldwell-Pope G 41:06 14 2 3 5 2 1 0 1 2+15-6 4-4 0-0
Jamal Murray G 39:11 10 0 4 4 8 0 0 3 0+143-15 0-9 4-4
Michael Porter Jr. F 23:17 5 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 0-122-7 0-2 1-1
Reserves
 
Bruce Brown 24:39 9 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 4+122-5 0-1 5-6
Jeff Green 15:43 2 0 4 4 1 0 2 1 3+71-3 0-2 0-0
Christian Braun 15:47 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3+151-2 0-0 0-0
Thomas Bryant DNP - Coach's Decision
Vlatko Cancar DNP - Coach's Decision
Reggie Jackson DNP - Coach's Decision
DeAndre Jordan DNP - Coach's Decision
Zeke Nnaji DNP - Coach's Decision
Ish Smith DNP - Coach's Decision
Peyton Watson DNP - Coach's Decision

Totals:

  240 97 5 36 41 19 5 6 10 16 36-76 7-27 18-21
Percentages: .474 .259 .857

Abbreviations:
Min = Minutes played / Pts = Points / Off, Def, Tot = Offensive, Defensive and Total Rebounds / Ast = Assists / Stl = Steals / Blk = Blocks / TO = Turnovers / PF = Personal fouls / +/- = Plus-Minus / FG = Field Goals Made - Attempted / 3P = 3-Pointers Made - Attempted / FT = Free Throws Made - Attempted