He banked it in, but the officials ruled the shot didn't leave his hands quick enough before the horn.īooker has been Phoenix's most efficient scorer per usual. But the score would've been tied if Devin Booker's half-court buzzer-beater counted in time.Īfter Deandre Ayton blocked Aaron Gordon's floater near Denver's rim in the closing seconds, Booker grabbed a loose ball under the basket, then dribbled up the floor and threw up a contested heave shot. Booker's deep buzzer-beater waved off, Nuggets lead by 3 at halftimeĭenver leads Phoenix, 52-29 at the intermission. Phoenix is trailing, 63-53, has never led in the game through the third period's 8:59 mark, and called timeout to stop Denver's 11-4 run. Suns down by 10 early in 3rd quarterĭenver is repeating what it did in the first quarter's onset, outscoring Phoenix and gaining a sizable lead. He also got in a minor dust-up with Bruce Brown at 37 seconds left, and they were handed double technical fouls. Kevin Durant (20 points) got up just two shots as he was smothered by the Denver defense. Phoenix was outscored 24-13 from the 9:19 mark and laid a lot of bricks. Phoenix couldn't find an offensive flow, namely its stars Devin Booker and Kevin Durant in the third period.ĭenver leads 91-74, and stretching its largest to 21 at the 1:30 mark.ĭenver thrived in transition from its many defensive stops to outscore Phoenix, 39-25, in the third.ĭevin Booker made just one of his eight shot attempts after his 5-of-8 start in the first half for 19 points. More: The Suns couldn't do anything right against the Denver Nuggets Suns in trouble, down by 17 to end 3rd quarter More: Durant: Exchange with Jokic near Suns huddle was 'absolutely nothing' Win or go home: Suns facing elimination without answer for Nikola Jokic Phoenix has committed a myriad of turnovers and Denver's raucous home crowd can't get enough of those gifts that keep on giving. Phoenix was down by its largest lead of the contest, 24 points, at 7:48 after Christian Braun stole an errant pass from Kevin Durant. Phoenix coach Monty Williams has given up bringing in the end of his bench as Denver is ahead 115-95 at 3:31 left to play. Suns down by huge deficit late in 4th quarter Phoenix faces elimination from the playoffs in the next game. Phoenix's Devin Booker has his team-high 28 points and Kevin Durant had 26 in the losing effort. The team's second-best scorer was Bruce Brown with 25 points off the bench. The Phoenix Suns lost to the Denver Nuggets 118-106 in the go-ahead Game 5 of the Western Conference semifinals on Tuesday.ĭenver has a 3-2 lead in the series, which will return to Phoenix on Thursday.ĭenver's Nikola Jokic had a triple-double and led all scorers with 29 points, 13 rebounds, and 12 assists.
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