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Denver Nuggets vs. Phoenix Suns

October 25, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Suns 133-111 on 2025-10-25 at home. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, and Christian Braun. The Suns started Devin Booker, Dillon Brooks, Grayson Allen, Oso Ighodaro, and Ryan Dunn. Devin Booker (Suns) scored 9 points (4/6) in his matchups, with Christian Braun as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 9 points (4/10) in his matchups, with Oso Ighodaro as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

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Denver Nuggets 133

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Nikola Jokić GS 32:02 14 14 15 3 0 5 3 5-8 0-3 4-4 +27
Jamal Murray GS 31:45 23 6 5 1 0 2 2 8-17 3-8 4-4 +15
Christian Braun GS 31:07 20 3 3 2 0 1 3 6-10 0-1 8-8 +23
Aaron Gordon GS 25:12 17 2 1 3 0 0 0 5-11 1-6 6-6 +17
Cameron Johnson GS 24:39 15 4 1 1 0 0 3 4-9 1-3 6-6 +15
Tim Hardaway Jr. 26:01 4 0 0 1 0 1 3 1-6 1-5 1-2 +5
Bruce Brown 21:31 11 3 3 1 1 2 2 4-6 2-4 1-2 +8
Peyton Watson 19:49 7 2 1 1 0 2 3 3-4 0-0 1-1 +5
Jonas Valančiūnas 12:45 12 7 1 0 0 1 2 4-10 0-0 4-5 -5
Spencer Jones 3:13 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Jalen Pickett 2:59 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0
Julian Strawther 2:59 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1-1 0-0 1-2 0
Zeke Nnaji 2:59 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 2-2 0
DaRon Holmes II 2:59 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1-1 1-1 0-0 0
Totals 133 43 31 14 1 16 23 43-84 9-31 38-42

Did not play: Hunter Tyson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

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Phoenix Suns 111

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Devin Booker GS 36:36 31 3 7 0 0 9 1 10-16 2-5 9-9 -13
Grayson Allen GS 33:08 17 4 5 1 0 0 3 6-12 5-10 0-0 -10
Dillon Brooks GS 31:01 15 3 2 4 1 1 3 6-18 3-13 0-0 -16
Ryan Dunn GS 23:13 9 7 2 0 2 0 4 4-8 1-3 0-0 0
Oso Ighodaro GS 23:11 4 1 1 0 1 2 5 2-6 0-0 0-2 -9
Royce O'Neale 28:25 7 4 2 0 0 1 4 2-6 2-6 1-2 -23
Collin Gillespie 14:09 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 2-4 2-4 0-0 -16
Nigel Hayes-Davis 14:04 4 5 2 0 0 1 1 2-6 0-2 0-0 -6
Khaman Maluach 12:39 6 2 1 0 0 1 4 1-3 0-1 4-4 -1
Nick Richards 9:34 4 4 0 0 0 2 4 1-1 0-0 2-2 -10
Jordan Goodwin 4:40 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0-2 0-1 2-3 -2
Isaiah Livers 4:40 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-3 1-3 0-0 -2
Rasheer Fleming 4:40 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1-3 1-2 0-0 -2
Totals 111 38 24 7 4 19 29 38-88 17-50 18-22

Lineups

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Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

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Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Nuggets defense

Defender Guarded most
Nikola Jokić Oso Ighodaro: 25 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Nick Richards: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Christian Braun Devin Booker: 25 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Dillon Brooks: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jamal Murray Dillon Brooks: 16 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Ryan Dunn: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Cameron Johnson Grayson Allen: 12 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Dillon Brooks: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Aaron Gordon Dillon Brooks: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Grayson Allen: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/5)
Tim Hardaway Jr. Devin Booker: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Collin Gillespie: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Bruce Brown Grayson Allen: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Royce O'Neale: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Peyton Watson Royce O'Neale: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Nigel Hayes-Davis: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonas Valanciunas Khaman Maluach: 9 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Oso Ighodaro: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Spencer Jones Isaiah Livers: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nigel Hayes-Davis: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Strawther Jordan Goodwin: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nigel Hayes-Davis: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zeke Nnaji Isaiah Livers: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Goodwin: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Pickett Rasheer Fleming: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jordan Goodwin: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
DaRon Holmes II Khaman Maluach: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Nigel Hayes-Davis: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Suns defense

Defender Guarded most
Devin Booker Christian Braun: 32 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 11 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Grayson Allen Jamal Murray: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Bruce Brown: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Dillon Brooks Cameron Johnson: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jamal Murray: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Royce O'Neale Tim Hardaway Jr.: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Peyton Watson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Oso Ighodaro Nikola Jokić: 22 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Jamal Murray: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Dunn Aaron Gordon: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cameron Johnson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nigel Hayes-Davis Jonas Valanciunas: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jamal Murray: 5 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Khaman Maluach Nikola Jokić: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jonas Valanciunas: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Collin Gillespie Tim Hardaway Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamal Murray: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nick Richards Nikola Jokić: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Christian Braun: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Isaiah Livers Julian Strawther: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cameron Johnson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rasheer Fleming Jalen Pickett: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zeke Nnaji: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Goodwin Zeke Nnaji: 2 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Spencer Jones: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)