Game 62: Phoenix Suns (35-26) @ Denver Nuggets (42-19) | Tuesday | 8.00PM

[Stix]

lol so he finally shows up in OT and all is forgiven.

If he hadn't shot 25% in regulation we would already have a DUB.

[sunsbg]

lol so he finally shows up in OT and all is forgiven.

If he hadn't shot 25% in regulation we would already have a DUB.

Better late than never as they say.

[Qwigglez]

Needed this win badly. Mavs lost earlier too.

[RaisingArizona]

Ez win. Denver sux

[Blonde]

Durant owes an apology for this one

He is forgiven

[Mr Puddles]

Suns have found an answer to their 4th quarter woes...




Let the game go into overtime

[grumpysaddle]

12 points in 4th, 15 points in OT. It's just so **** bizarre.

[bwgood77]

Man, talk about getting cold and then heating up when it really mattered. Nice to see Beal and KD really come alive at the end. We wouldn't have been in it early if not for Allen, so he gets props....great win, one of the ugliest I remember, but they'd only lost 5 at home all year and hadn't lost since Feb 14th.

[SkyBill40]

A very MUCH needed win tonight. We absolutely need to find some way to put the clamps on and close out in these last games. We need every possible win to solidify our playoff positioning.

We have to toughen up. Whether that's with Booker or without.

[sunsbg]

After almost single handedly losing the game in Q4, KD was huge in OT hitting shots and defending MPJ 3PT attempts. Beal came big too. Surprising but very important win on maybe the hardest road courts.

[sunsbum]

lol so he finally shows up in OT and all is forgiven.

If he hadn't shot 25% in regulation we would already have a DUB.

Obsessed.

[Frank Lee]

17pts, 20 rbs , 6 assists, 4 blocks , 2 steals from the C spot tonight.

Thought for sure Nuggs would steal this one on that last play in regulation. Nice win for us. Needed it after the recent embarrassments

[Hitachi77]

Road win against the defending champs without Booker. In the 4th they shouldn’t have settled for 3s so much when they went cold. But being able to bounce back after giving up the lead like that does say something too.

[Iceman36]

12 points in 4th, 15 points in OT. It's just so **** bizarre.

Perfect comment!

[sashaturiaf]

Rapt to get the win but my outcomes from the game

Positives
- Nurk guards Jokic very well, of the west top seeds I think he matches up really well against Nuggs, OKC, clippers and Wolves. In those series I take him over Ayton 1v1, great trade
- Grayson got his shot back
- defensively we are growing, Vogel's use of the zone has been pretty effective to date and even though Nuggets missed a lot of open 3s we aren't walkovers on D right now
- Saben kinda looked playable in short stints
- Eubanks outstanding today, so maybe he's not a complete 0, perhaps the problem was Okogie all along and Vogel insisting they have to play together


Negatives
- we still have a massive mental block in the 4th. People stop playing and start worshipping at the altar of KD, that is BS, not hard to figure out in theory but I'm not optimistic it can be turned around since it's been like this all season
- Vogel still very stubborn in his rotations, Eubanks had a great game but he did nothing to deserve those minutes based on his previous play. I guess this means 20 more games of Eubanks and Okogie getting minutes while they're -20 together
- KD looks old, Beal better get healthy and be ready to play more like Washington Beal because KD iso offense is killing us. 3 years of empirical evidence in the playoffs says KD iso offense ain't gonna carry us to a title, Beal get your thumb out your ass and carry yourself like a max player

[garrick]

Rapt to get the win but my outcomes from the game

Positives
- Nurk guards Jokic very well, of the west top seeds I think he matches up really well against Nuggs, OKC, clippers and Wolves. In those series I take him over Ayton 1v1, great trade
- Grayson got his shot back
- defensively we are growing, Vogel's use of the zone has been pretty effective to date and even though Nuggets missed a lot of open 3s we aren't walkovers on D right now
- Saben kinda looked playable in short stints
- Eubanks outstanding today


Negatives
- we still have a massive mental block in the 4th. People stop playing and start worshipping at the altar of KD, that is BS, not hard to figure out in theory but I'm not optimistic it can be turned around since it's been like this all season
- Vogel still very stubborn in his rotations, Eubanks had a great game but he did nothing to deserve those minutes based on his previous play. I guess this means 20 more games of Eubanks and Okogie getting minutes while they're -20 together
- KD looks old, Beal better get healthy and be ready to play more like Washington Beal because KD iso offense is killing us. 3 years of empirical evidence in the playoffs says KD iso offense ain't gonna carry us to a title, Beal get your thumb out your ass and carry yourself like a max player

The great thing about the zone is if your opponent is bricking 3's like Denver was tonight it works great.

All too often though we leave shooters wide open so the zone defense isn't one that we can employ every night.

[Saberestar]

Wow, I was close to having a **** heart attack...but what a game!

With 3 points down 99-102 I thought it was a win for them but that big time balls three from KD gave us everything back.

Then KD killed them in the OT.

Kudos for Eubanks who played very well. I have been on him all year lol.

[Golanator]

I am really happy they won that game.

Needed it for sure. Shoutout Eubanks for playing some key minutes.

Grayson carried early on and KD/Beal closed in OT. 4th quarter sucked but they survived on the road without Book. I’ll take it.

[AtheJ415]

The Nuggets figured out at the end that KD was never going to drive to the rim no matter what. Beal did the right thing and drove in the 4th, but missed a layup, then a FT line jumper, and also made a bad pass in another situation.

I will never understand why we just shovel it to our stars and stop running offense entirely every 4th. When they are obviously struggling, run SOME type of action.

[MrMiyagi]

Big 3: 14-9
Book/KD: 12-8
Book/Beal: 3-1
Beal/KD: 3-3
KD: 2-4
Book: 2-1
Beal: 0-0

Total: 36-26