The game between the Phoenix Suns and Denver Nuggets will take place at Footprint Center on Thursday, April 6 at 10:00 PM ET.
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The Phoenix Suns will welcome the Denver Nuggets to the Footprint Center for an NBA game on Thursday. The Phoenix Suns won 115-94 in their last game over the Spurs. Devin Booker scored 27 points and the Phoenix Suns never trailed, beating the depleted San Antonio Spurs 115-94 on Tuesday night to clinch a playoff spot. The Suns (44-35) won their sixth in a row, the longest current winning streak in the NBA. With one more victory in the final three games, Phoenix would assure itself of the No. 4 seed in the Western Conference and home-court advantage in the first round.
Chris Paul scored 22 points, while Deandre Ayton had 19 points and 11 rebounds. Kevin Durant scored 18 points and reserve Torrey Craig added 15 points and 10 rebounds, playing particularly well in the second half when the Spurs got as close as nine points after trailing by 31 in the second quarter. “I just wanted to come in and bring a spark,” Craig said. “We get a big lead and think that sometimes teams might lay down because of the guys we have. But it is the NBA and teams make runs.”
The Suns are 7-0 when Durant has been in their lineup, including the last four games after he returned from an injured ankle. His presence has opened up more scoring opportunities for Paul, who was 9 of 14 from the field, including 4 of 6 from 3-point range. “I never thought I’d have to tell a Hall of Fame player to shoot the ball,” Suns coach Monty Williams said. “Kevin and Book are going nuts because they all want him to shoot.” Malaki Branham led the Spurs with 21 points. Tre Jones scored 20, while Keita Bates-Diop and Sandro Mamukelashvili each had 13.
The Denver Nuggets on the other hand lost 124-103 against the Rockets in their last game. Denver had a sluggish start to the fourth quarter, making just one field goal in the first five minutes. Houston went on a 16-4 run in that stretch. Running away with the game late, the young Rockets went on a dunking spree, firing up the Toyota Center crowd for the home finale. After the fourth dunk of the quarter, a thunderous, two-handed windmill dunk in transition from Tari Eason, Nuggets coach Michael Malone called timeout with 5:33 remaining in the game and pulled his starters.
“If that’s how we’re going to play, we’ll be out in the first round,” Malone said after the game. “When we don’t do our jobs, there’s accountability. And I speak the truth. I just called our team, ‘soft,’ and I dared someone to challenge me. No one did, because we as a group were soft tonight. I’m not saying we are soft, but tonight, we were.”
Phoenix Suns: Kevin Durant, Josh Okogie, Deandre Ayton, Devin Booker, Chris Paul
Denver Nuggets: Aaron Gordon, Michael Porter Jr., Nikola Jokić, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Jamal Murray
Phoenix Suns: None
Denver Nuggets: Collin Gillespie, Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, Zeke Nnaji
The game between the Phoenix Suns and Denver Nuggets will take place at Footprint Center on Thursday, April 6 at 10:00 PM ET.
The match between the Phoenix Suns and Denver Nuggets will be telecast live on TNT.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | TNT. | April 6 (10:00 PM ET) |
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