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Phoenix Suns vs. Denver Nuggets

October 30, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Nuggets beat the Suns 127-120 on 2026-10-30 on the road against the Suns. The Suns started Devin Booker, Dillon Brooks, Miles Bridges, Jalen Green, and Khaman Maluach. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, and Christian Braun. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 14 points (6/13) in his matchups, with Khaman Maluach as his primary defender. Devin Booker (Suns) scored 18 points (5/11) in his matchups, with Christian Braun as his primary defender.

Box score

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

PHX

Phoenix Suns 120

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Devin Booker GS	39:03	20	2	5	2	0	4	5	7-19	3-7	3-4	-14
Miles Bridges GS	36:37	24	10	2	1	3	0	3	10-19	2-7	2-2	-1
Jalen Green GS	24:30	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	1-6	0-2	0-0	-9
Dillon Brooks GS	20:42	22	1	2	1	0	1	4	9-12	4-6	0-0	-14
Khaman Maluach GS	17:14	9	6	0	0	0	2	1	4-6	0-0	1-1	-15
Collin Gillespie	33:27	16	3	10	4	1	2	2	6-11	4-8	0-0	+8
Jordan Goodwin	24:31	11	5	5	2	0	0	2	4-10	3-7	0-0	0
Oso Ighodaro	20:53	2	9	5	0	0	4	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	+4
Luke Kennard	12:23	9	1	2	0	0	0	1	2-4	1-3	4-4	+7
Ryan Dunn	10:41	5	3	1	0	1	0	2	2-4	1-2	0-0	-1
Totals		120	42	34	10	5	15	22	46-94	18-42	10-11

Did not play: Jamaree Bouyea (DNP - Coach's Decision), Rasheer Fleming (DNP - Coach's Decision), Koa Peat (DNP - Coach's Decision), Duop Reath (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DEN

Denver Nuggets 127

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Christian Braun GS	37:29	31	3	1	3	0	1	1	11-16	7-9	2-2	+9
Nikola Jokić GS	37:19	18	7	10	3	0	5	2	8-13	0-1	2-2	+6
Jamal Murray GS	37:02	39	8	5	1	1	5	1	10-18	7-9	12-15	+13
Cameron Johnson GS	33:44	12	9	3	1	0	2	3	5-13	2-8	0-2	+12
Aaron Gordon GS	29:23	15	4	5	0	0	3	2	4-9	2-4	5-5	+11
DeMar DeRozan	24:16	3	1	5	2	0	1	3	1-5	0-1	1-2	-4
Trevon Brazile	19:08	6	3	1	1	1	0	0	2-3	1-2	1-2	-7
Tyus Jones	10:58	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1-3	1-3	0-0	-6
Marvin Bagley III	10:41	0	5	0	0	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Totals		127	40	30	11	3	18	13	42-80	20-37	23-30

Did not play: DaRon Holmes II (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bryce Hopkins (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ryan Nembhard (DNP - Coach's Decision), Zeke Nnaji (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

PHX

Phoenix Suns

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Devin Booker · Dillon Brooks · Miles Bridges · Jalen Green · Khaman Maluach Starter 9.7 min
Devin Booker · Miles Bridges · Jordan Goodwin · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro 10.4 min
Luke Kennard · Miles Bridges · Jalen Green · Collin Gillespie · Ryan Dunn 4.0 min
Devin Booker · Dillon Brooks · Jordan Goodwin · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro 3.3 min
Devin Booker · Dillon Brooks · Jalen Green · Collin Gillespie · Khaman Maluach 3.3 min

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun Starter 18.2 min
DeMar DeRozan · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Christian Braun · Trevon Brazile 9.7 min
DeMar DeRozan · Aaron Gordon · Tyus Jones · Marvin Bagley III · Cameron Johnson 7.1 min
Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun · Trevon Brazile 5.6 min
DeMar DeRozan · Nikola Jokić · Tyus Jones · Christian Braun · Trevon Brazile 3.3 min

Who guarded whom

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

Suns defense

Nikola Jokić 14 pts (6/13) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Khaman Maluach (32 %, 4 pts) · Oso Ighodaro (29 %, 0 pts) · Miles Bridges (11 %, 0 pts)
Jamal Murray 10 pts (4/14) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Jalen Green (21 %, 0 pts) · Jordan Goodwin (18 %, 0 pts) · Collin Gillespie (14 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Devin Booker	Christian Braun: 35 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Cameron Johnson: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Miles Bridges	Aaron Gordon: 21 poss., 4 pts (2/5) · Cameron Johnson: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Jordan Goodwin	Jamal Murray: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · DeMar DeRozan: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Collin Gillespie	Jamal Murray: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Christian Braun: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jalen Green	Jamal Murray: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Cameron Johnson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Oso Ighodaro	Nikola Jokić: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jamal Murray: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dillon Brooks	Aaron Gordon: 12 poss., 9 pts (3/3) · Jamal Murray: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Khaman Maluach	Nikola Jokić: 22 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Cameron Johnson: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Luke Kennard	DeMar DeRozan: 5 poss., 6 pts (1/2) · Cameron Johnson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Dunn	Marvin Bagley III: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · DeMar DeRozan: 4 poss., 5 pts (2/2)

Nuggets defense

Devin Booker 18 pts (5/11) in 84 possessions

Guarded by: Christian Braun (31 %, 10 pts) · Cameron Johnson (23 %, 3 pts) · Trevon Brazile (13 %, 0 pts)
Jalen Green 9 pts (4/5) in 50 possessions

Guarded by: Cameron Johnson (26 %, 2 pts) · Jamal Murray (21 %, 2 pts) · Christian Braun (16 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Jokić	Oso Ighodaro: 27 poss., 10 pts (5/7) · Khaman Maluach: 26 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jamal Murray	Jordan Goodwin: 23 poss., 8 pts (2/3) · Dillon Brooks: 15 poss., 15 pts (4/4)
Christian Braun	Devin Booker: 26 poss., 10 pts (3/5) · Collin Gillespie: 11 poss., 13 pts (5/6)
Cameron Johnson	Devin Booker: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Jalen Green: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Aaron Gordon	Miles Bridges: 28 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Dillon Brooks: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
DeMar DeRozan	Miles Bridges: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Goodwin: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Trevon Brazile	Devin Booker: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Miles Bridges: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Marvin Bagley III	Ryan Dunn: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Miles Bridges: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyus Jones	Collin Gillespie: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Green: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)