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Suns win away from the Nuggets.
The Suns challenged the Nuggets away from home, and Nuggets guard Murray was absent in this game. In the first quarter, the two sides played a relatively stalemate, and the two sides fought to a 29-all tie at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, Durant began to exert his power, scoring consecutive points to help the Suns maintain the lead, and the Suns ended the half 59-52 Nuggets. The Nuggets tried to close the score, but at the end of the quarter, the Suns went on a 10-2 run to stretch the margin to 10 points into the fourth quarter. In the final quarter, Durant's three consecutive outside shots completely killed the suspense of the game, and finally the Suns defeated the Nuggets 104-97.
Player stats for both sides
Suns player stats: Durant 30 points and 13 rebounds, Booker 16 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists, Allen 13 points, Beal 10 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.
Nuggets player stats: Jokic 22 points, 9 rebounds and 10 assists, Gordon 18 points and 6 rebounds, Porter Jr. 18 points and 8 rebounds, Pope 13 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.
Highlights of the game
Porter Jr. received a pass from Jokic and wanted to dunk the basket, but Durant arrived in time to split his head and cover Porter.
Durant singled Porter Jr. with the ball and hit a difficult rollover jumper.
Durant has no solution to play singles and plays efficiently
Durant shot 12-of-20 from the field, including 3-of-4 from three-point range, and finished with 30 points, 13 rebounds and five blocks. Durant is ridiculously strong in offense and defense today, full of firepower, carrying the team on his shoulders, the sickle of death is still sharp, today is the ball-holding core + defensive gate, proper thighs, all kinds of indiscriminate singles make the Nuggets shake their heads and sigh.
The Suns moved up to seventh in the West, beating the Nuggets twice on the road this season.
After this game, the Suns surpassed the Kings with a 42-30 record to move up to 7th place in the West, one win away from the Mavericks in sixth place in the West, and two wins ahead of the Lakers in 9th place. The Suns beat the Nuggets to end their four-game winning streak and have beaten the Nuggets twice on the road this season. The Suns lost to the Spurs, who are the bottom of the West, in the last game, and the Nuggets who are the first in the West in this game, which is really a robbery of the rich and helping the poor.
The remaining schedule of the Suns is difficult, and they have to play against strong teams such as the Thunder, Timberwolves, and Clippers. It will be difficult for the Suns to return to sixth place in the West, and the Suns need to stabilize the 7th-8th place in the West, after all, the 7th-8th place has two chances to make the playoffs. The defending champion Nuggets swept the Lakers and Warriors this season, but facing the Suns at a disadvantage, the Suns can be described as the Nuggets' nemesis, and if the Suns and Nuggets meet in the first round of the playoffs, the Suns may have a chance to upset the powerful Nuggets.