In the game between the Nuggets and the Suns, there was an upset in the first half, and the Suns without Booker beat the defending champions of Pope's comeback, 65-50, a 15-point gap. The difference was mainly opened in the second quarter, and the Nuggets even led the Suns in the first quarter, with Murray and Jokic playing well and hitting multiple fairy shots. But in the second quarter, the situation changed abruptly, the Nuggets suddenly lost power on the offensive end after Jokic came back, and there was no way to shoot, and Jokic also contributed a lot of turnovers and assists, allowing the Suns to switch between offense and defense, Durant and Allen played well, leading the team to a wave of 26-3 shockwaves. The Nuggets only scored 1 point in 6 minutes, which is very exaggerated, making people wonder if it is match-fixing, how to face the Lakers will not be in such a situation.
After adjusting in the second half, Allen's three-pointer continued, and Nurkic came to a powerful position, bringing the margin to 20 points. The Nuggets had no choice but to block Jokic and Murray, who could score, but couldn't prevent it, and Allen continued to shoot three-pointers. Gordon's three-pointer came, Durant pulled Gordon, Jokic didn't shoot, Durant continued to make free throws, a 22-point gap. The Nuggets didn't give up, Murray and Porter were in good shape, and the two scored back-to-back. Allen's three-pointer was finally broken, and Porter made a steal to narrow the gap to 14 points. It's a pity that Murray missed the empty three-point, Pope steals Durant, Gordon still doesn't have a three-pointer, O'Neal hit an empty three-pointer, a very important shot, and the Suns stopped the decline.
Jokic finally scored, Nurkic hooked his hand, Jokic made a basket, Durant missed a step-back jumper, and Murray countered and dunked, with an 11-point gap. Jokic's three-pointer also came, and Durant hit consecutive irons to return to the state of the first quarter, and the difference at the end of the third quarter was only 9 points. The Nuggets who are serious about defense are really powerful, and the Suns' offense can't keep up. In the fourth quarter, the Nuggets fell into a scoring drought again, and the Suns played averagely, and the rotation lineups on both sides were not very good. Beal hit the basket and scored, Braun threw it, and then the two sides followed up with iron and turnovers to make it a 4-4 run in four minutes.
Porter's three-pointer broke the deadlock, Allen missed a three-pointer, and Porter converted to score two more points to make it a four-point gap. Durant didn't pull dry, didn't have a three-pointer, and finally hit the third mid-range. Jokic missed a difficult three-pointer, Durant didn't pull out, Porter didn't have a three-pointer, and Beal hit a three-pointer, and the difference returned to 9 points. Pope's bottom corner three-pointers came, Murray threw himself to steal, Jokic knocked Nurkic down and got a free throw, a wave of 7-0. Durant still didn't have it in the middle distance, Jokic missed, Beal didn't have three points, and Pope converted three points to take a 10-0 lead. Durant still can't beat Gordon, Murray pulls back, and the 3-point gap is a 3-point gap. Durant's three-pointer finally came, and Jokic missed.
In overtime, the Suns took the lead to open the game, Eubanks Durant Beal scored, the Nuggets couldn't score, Mr. Yoo couldn't touch the ball, and Murray couldn't score. Durant hit again, and the difference came to 10 points, which ended the suspense of the game. In the end, the Suns were thrilled, refused to be reversed by 22 points, and defeated the defending champions 117-107 to move up to sixth place in the West. The Nuggets lost, missing out on second place in the West and missing out on a seven-game winning streak. Durant was more powerful in key moments, and with Beal, the two stars played better than Murray and Jokic, so they won the victory.