On March 6, 2024, Beijing time, in today's NBA game, the 42-19 Nuggets hosted the 35-26 Suns. Suns starters: Beal + Allen + O'Neal + Durant + Nurkic, Nuggets starters: Murray + Pope + Porter + Gordon + Jokic.
In the first quarter of the game, Allen scored three points, Jokic, Murray, and Pope scored 7 points in a row, the Nuggets 7-3, Allen, Durant overtook 1 point, Murray, Porter overtook 4 points, Beal, O'Neal, Durant, Allen scored, Porter, Murray responded, the Nuggets led by 1 point, Allen, Sabine Lee, Durant overtook 5 points, Reggie, Murray, Braun overtook 3 points, and the round face went to the basket, Jokic pressed the whistle for three points, and the Nuggets led 32-28 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, Beal, Roundface, and Eubanks scored, Najib, Watson, and Murray responded, the Nuggets led by 6 points, Bol, Roddy, Beal, and Durant overtook by 6 points, Jokic made 1 of 2 free throws, Nurkic, O'Neal, Durant, and Allen scored in a row, and the Suns led by 15 points, Gordon and Jokic scored, and Allen hit 2 three-pointers in a row, and the Suns led 65-50 at halftime. Allen scored 22 points in the half, Durant had 16 points and three boards, Murray had 15 points and four assists, and Jokic had nine points and five boards.
In the third quarter of the game, Allen, Nurkic and Durant teamed up to score, although Murray and Gordon scored 5 points, but the difference expanded to 22 points, Murray and Porter chased the difference to 14 points, O'Neal scored three points, the difference was 17 points, Jokic scored consecutive points, the difference was 11 points, Nurkic was replaced for the fifth foul, Eubanks scored in a row, Pope and Jokic chased points, the difference was 9 points, and the Suns led 90-81 in the third quarter. Jokic scored 11 points in the quarter.
In the fourth quarter of the game, Sabine Lee counterattacked against Najib, the Suns led by 11 points, Watson continued to cap Bill and Allen, Braun and Porter scored in a row, the difference was 6 points, the two sides missed three points in a row, Porter chose to break through to score a layup, the difference was 4 points, Durant shot, the difference was 6 points, and then the two sides did not score for more than 1 minute, Beal scored three points, the Suns led by 9 points, Pope, Murray, Jokic played a 10-0 lead by 1 point, Nurkic was fouled 6 times, and the game was left with 1 minute and 30 seconds, and the Suns paused, After the pause, Durant missed the shot, Murray scored on the shot, the Nuggets led by 3 points, there were 46 seconds left in the game, Durant tied the gap with three points, there were 27 seconds left in the game, Murray pressed the time to the end and was fouled by Beal, but the fouls were less than the number of fouls, and there were 4 seconds left in the game, Jokic missed the whistle, and the game went into overtime.
In overtime, Jokic and Murray made mistakes respectively, Eubanks and Durant scored 5 points in a row, Porter made a layup, Beal scored three points + layup, the Suns led by 8 points to stop the game, and after a pause, Porter missed three points, Durant shot, Jokic scored three points, Durant responded with three points, the difference was 10 points, there were 40 seconds left in the game, the two sides no longer attacked, the Suns defeated the Nuggets 117-107, and ended the Nuggets' 6-game winning streak at the Nuggets' Devil's home court without Booker, and the Suns created an NBA miracle.
Durant scored 35 points, 8 boards, 5 assists and 2 blocks on 14-of-34 shooting, Allen scored 28 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists on 9-of-15 shooting (8-of-12 three-pointers), and the performance was too good, Beal had 16 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists on 6-of-18 shooting, Nurkic had 7 points, 12 boards, 6 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, Eubanks had 10 points and 8 boards, and O'Neal had 8 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.
Jokic had 25 points, 16 boards, five assists and seven turnovers on 8-of-18 shooting, Murray had 28 points, seven rebounds and nine assists on 12-of-25 shooting, Porter had 20 points and seven boards, Pope had 11 points and five boards, and Gordon had seven points and three boards.
If the Nuggets win today, they will overtake the Thunder to become the second in the West, and the record will tie the Timberwolves, the first in the West, I didn't expect to lose to the Suns who Booker does not play, the Nuggets continue to rank third in the West after losing, 2 wins ahead of the fourth Clippers, the Suns stabilized the sixth place in the West after winning, 1 win ahead of the seventh Kings, this game is extremely critical for the Suns, because their follow-up schedule is difficult, and today they can beat the Nuggets away without Booker, which can greatly increase the confidence of Suns players, The Suns have a playoff straight to the playoffs, and the pattern in the West changes a lot every day after the game, and the competition is too fierce.