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Phoenix Suns vs. Denver Nuggets

March 24, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Suns 125-123 on 2026-03-24 on the road against the Suns. The Suns started Devin Booker, Royce O'Neale, Jalen Green, Collin Gillespie, and Oso Ighodaro. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, and Christian Braun. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 24 points (8/13) in his matchups, with Oso Ighodaro as his primary defender. Jalen Green (Suns) scored 20 points (8/11) in his matchups, with Cameron Johnson as his primary defender.

Box score

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

PHX

Phoenix Suns 123

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Devin Booker GS	34:41	22	3	8	0	0	0	3	5-14	1-4	11-13	+1
Oso Ighodaro GS	33:42	15	6	1	1	0	0	4	6-7	0-0	3-7	-7
Jalen Green GS	29:06	21	6	6	0	0	2	2	6-13	3-6	6-8	+9
Royce O'Neale GS	28:09	17	5	3	1	3	0	4	5-8	5-8	2-2	+10
Collin Gillespie GS	27:18	11	3	1	1	0	0	0	4-11	2-7	1-1	-1
Jordan Goodwin	26:25	7	8	2	2	0	1	3	3-8	1-5	0-0	+1
Grayson Allen	23:12	21	5	3	1	0	0	0	8-19	5-12	0-0	-16
Rasheer Fleming	23:08	3	4	0	0	0	0	2	0-6	0-4	3-4	-12
Khaman Maluach	10:50	6	1	0	0	2	0	2	2-3	0-1	2-2	+5
Jamaree Bouyea	3:31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		123	41	24	6	5	3	20	39-89	17-47	28-37

Did not play: Koby Brea (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DEN

Denver Nuggets 125

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray GS	37:56	21	1	6	0	1	2	1	7-18	3-9	4-4	+3
Nikola Jokić GS	35:25	23	17	17	0	0	2	3	9-16	0-1	5-7	-5
Cameron Johnson GS	32:41	14	3	2	1	1	0	5	4-9	2-7	4-4	-12
Christian Braun GS	32:27	13	3	1	0	0	0	3	6-10	1-3	0-0	+1
Aaron Gordon GS	26:13	16	6	3	0	0	2	4	5-9	1-1	5-10	-6
Tim Hardaway Jr.	22:48	18	3	2	0	0	0	1	6-12	4-8	2-3	+3
Bruce Brown	22:39	9	9	3	1	0	2	4	4-7	1-2	0-0	+6
Spencer Jones	21:47	4	7	0	0	0	1	5	2-4	0-0	0-0	+8
Julian Strawther	8:04	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	2-3	1-1	2-2	+12
Totals		125	50	35	2	2	9	27	45-88	13-32	22-30

Did not play: DaRon Holmes II (DNP - Coach's Decision), Curtis Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tyus Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Zeke Nnaji (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jalen Pickett (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jonas Valančiūnas (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

PHX

Phoenix Suns

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Devin Booker · Royce O'Neale · Jalen Green · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro Starter 10.8 min
Grayson Allen · Jordan Goodwin · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro · Rasheer Fleming 6.8 min
Devin Booker · Royce O'Neale · Jalen Green · Jordan Goodwin · Oso Ighodaro 6.5 min
Devin Booker · Grayson Allen · Jordan Goodwin · Rasheer Fleming · Khaman Maluach 6.0 min
Devin Booker · Royce O'Neale · Jalen Green · Jordan Goodwin · Khaman Maluach 4.0 min

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun Starter 17.1 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Spencer Jones 10.0 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Spencer Jones 4.5 min
Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Bruce Brown · Julian Strawther · Christian Braun 4.2 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Christian Braun · Spencer Jones 4.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Suns defense

Nikola Jokić 24 pts (8/13) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Oso Ighodaro (46 %, 2 pts) · Khaman Maluach (17 %, 6 pts) · Devin Booker (12 %, 1 pts)
Jamal Murray 6 pts (2/16) in 78 possessions

Guarded by: Jordan Goodwin (27 %, 2 pts) · Collin Gillespie (25 %, 0 pts) · Rasheer Fleming (11 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Devin Booker	Christian Braun: 34 poss., 9 pts (3/3) · Cameron Johnson: 9 poss., 8 pts (2/2)
Oso Ighodaro	Nikola Jokić: 33 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Spencer Jones: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Royce O'Neale	Aaron Gordon: 27 poss., 9 pts (3/6) · Jamal Murray: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Green	Cameron Johnson: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Bruce Brown: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Collin Gillespie	Jamal Murray: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jordan Goodwin	Jamal Murray: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Cameron Johnson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rasheer Fleming	Cameron Johnson: 12 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Spencer Jones: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Grayson Allen	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Spencer Jones: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Khaman Maluach	Nikola Jokić: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Aaron Gordon: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jamaree Bouyea	Jamal Murray: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Julian Strawther: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nuggets defense

Jalen Green 20 pts (8/11) in 54 possessions

Guarded by: Cameron Johnson (38 %, 2 pts) · Christian Braun (12 %, 4 pts) · Julian Strawther (12 %, 0 pts)
Devin Booker 19 pts (7/12) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Christian Braun (52 %, 5 pts) · Spencer Jones (9 %, 0 pts) · Cameron Johnson (9 %, 6 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jamal Murray	Jordan Goodwin: 21 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Collin Gillespie: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Nikola Jokić	Oso Ighodaro: 35 poss., 11 pts (4/6) · Khaman Maluach: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Cameron Johnson	Jalen Green: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Rasheer Fleming: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Christian Braun	Devin Booker: 34 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Jalen Green: 6 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Aaron Gordon	Royce O'Neale: 32 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Rasheer Fleming: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Bruce Brown	Grayson Allen: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jordan Goodwin: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Grayson Allen: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Collin Gillespie: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Spencer Jones	Oso Ighodaro: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rasheer Fleming: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Julian Strawther	Jalen Green: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Grayson Allen: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)