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Phoenix Suns vs. Denver Nuggets

November 29, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Suns 130-112 on 2025-11-29 on the road against the Suns. The Suns started Devin Booker, Royce O'Neale, Dillon Brooks, Grayson Allen, and Oso Ighodaro. The Nuggets started Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, Peyton Watson, and Spencer Jones. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 2 points (1/3) in his matchups, with Oso Ighodaro as his primary defender. Devin Booker (Suns) scored 15 points (5/9) in his matchups, with Peyton Watson as his primary defender.

Box score

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

PHX
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns 112

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Devin Booker GS 35:18 24 4 7 1 0 1 3 5-11 0-4 14-15 -16
Oso Ighodaro GS 31:48 8 8 3 2 0 1 2 4-4 0-0 0-3 -1
Royce O'Neale GS 29:09 15 6 1 2 0 0 4 6-13 3-10 0-0 -13
Dillon Brooks GS 27:56 27 3 2 1 0 2 5 10-18 2-6 5-6 -16
Grayson Allen GS 25:48 10 1 3 2 0 0 3 4-11 2-7 0-0 -5
Collin Gillespie 28:39 12 0 2 1 1 1 0 4-11 4-8 0-0 -23
Jordan Goodwin 15:04 8 2 1 1 0 0 0 3-7 2-3 0-0 -8
Jamaree Bouyea 14:36 3 2 3 1 1 0 1 1-4 0-1 1-2 +7
Nigel Hayes-Davis 13:13 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0-3 0-1 0-0 -7
Nick Richards 7:14 0 3 0 0 0 1 3 0-2 0-0 0-0 -11
Khaman Maluach 3:45 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 +1
Rasheer Fleming 3:45 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-2 1-1 0-0 +1
Koby Brea 3:45 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 +1
Totals 112 32 23 11 2 7 23 39-88 14-42 20-26

DEN
Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets 130

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jamal Murray GS 36:32 24 3 4 1 0 5 2 8-18 5-10 3-3 +16
Cameron Johnson GS 34:59 15 4 4 0 1 3 2 5-9 3-6 2-2 +11
Nikola Jokić GS 31:24 26 9 10 0 0 5 1 7-7 2-2 10-11 +16
Peyton Watson GS 27:36 11 5 3 0 0 0 2 3-4 1-1 4-4 +17
Spencer Jones GS 27:15 16 9 1 0 1 1 4 6-10 4-6 0-0 +9
Tim Hardaway Jr. 27:26 23 3 0 0 0 0 2 8-14 7-11 0-0 +10
Bruce Brown 27:01 4 2 10 1 1 1 3 2-6 0-1 0-0 +4
Jonas Valančiūnas 15:14 9 3 3 0 1 1 3 4-6 0-0 1-1 -1
Zeke Nnaji 8:06 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 -1
Hunter Tyson 1:29 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 +3
Jalen Pickett 1:29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +3
Curtis Jones 1:29 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 +3
Totals 130 40 36 2 5 16 20 44-76 22-38 20-21

Lineups

PHX
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

DEN
Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets

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.

Suns defense

Defender Guarded most
Devin Booker Peyton Watson: 26 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · Cameron Johnson: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Oso Ighodaro Nikola Jokić: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jonas Valanciunas: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Collin Gillespie Tim Hardaway Jr.: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jamal Murray: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Royce O'Neale Cameron Johnson: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Jamal Murray: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Dillon Brooks Jamal Murray: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Spencer Jones: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Grayson Allen Cameron Johnson: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Jamal Murray: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jamaree Bouyea Tim Hardaway Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bruce Brown: 5 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Jordan Goodwin Jamal Murray: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Bruce Brown: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nigel Hayes-Davis Bruce Brown: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Spencer Jones: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nick Richards Nikola Jokić: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jonas Valanciunas: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Koby Brea Jamal Murray: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Curtis Jones: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Khaman Maluach Nikola Jokić: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Pickett: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rasheer Fleming Hunter Tyson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cameron Johnson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nuggets defense

Defender Guarded most
Jamal Murray Dillon Brooks: 21 poss., 8 pts (2/3) · Jordan Goodwin: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Cameron Johnson Grayson Allen: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Devin Booker: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Nikola Jokić Royce O'Neale: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Oso Ighodaro: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Peyton Watson Devin Booker: 25 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Oso Ighodaro: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tim Hardaway Jr. Collin Gillespie: 23 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Jamaree Bouyea: 6 poss., 9 pts (3/3)
Spencer Jones Oso Ighodaro: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Royce O'Neale: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Bruce Brown Collin Gillespie: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Devin Booker: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonas Valanciunas Oso Ighodaro: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dillon Brooks: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zeke Nnaji Grayson Allen: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nigel Hayes-Davis: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jalen Pickett Jamaree Bouyea: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Khaman Maluach: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hunter Tyson Rasheer Fleming: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamaree Bouyea: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Curtis Jones Nigel Hayes-Davis: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rasheer Fleming: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/1)