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00:30And after the Suns had cut it down to two, led by Jamal Murray, they went on an 8-2
00:36run to take an eight-point lead.
00:39Jamal Murray and Christian Brown, 10 of 10 from the three-point line.
00:42Jamal Murray is now 4 of 4.
00:43Both of them have yet to miss from deep.
00:46As a team, 70% on 16 makes by the three-point line.
00:51Brooks missed it, and it's an offensive foul.
00:58Do it! Do it!
01:00They say Dylan Brooks kicked the leg out, and you can see Jamal Murray in a little bit of pain.
01:06Looks like a lot of pain.
01:12Previous plays under review to see if he meets the criteria for a flag or foul.
01:28See the leg kick out there from Dylan Brooks.
01:36And Jamal Murray certainly still feeling it.
01:45Seeing if this is enough for a flagrant.
01:54That's very clearly out of his typical shooting motion.
02:00Those guys are both Canadian.
02:02That's what you call going five-hole in Canadian terms.
02:05I can't.
02:07And let me tell you something.
02:08This has been brewing for quite some time.
02:11Dylan Brooks had a bucket about two minutes ago.
02:13He got right in Jamal's face.
02:15Then Jamal had a three.
02:17He got right in Dylan Brooks' face.
02:18These guys both played for the Canadian national team.
02:21I don't know if they have prior beef or not, but that really woke Jamal up in this game.
02:26Well, and look, I mentioned this a little bit earlier.
02:28Watch this.
02:29Here's some of the plays that you were referencing.
02:30He goes right after Jamal and says, hey, you want some?
02:33And then Jamal comes back down the other side, and watch what he does.
02:37I've got three for you right here, and he lets them know about it.
02:40They love talking.
02:43They love running their mouths at each other.
02:45And again, I saw them during warm-ups give each other a hug, daff each other up.
02:49They're buds when it's not game time, when the clock's not ticking.
02:53We do the same thing in the broadcast booth.
02:55We sure do.
02:58I will keep an extra eye open if that's the case.
03:01Well, no, we've already witnessed it on the mountain, you know?
03:03That's true.
03:04On the hike.
03:09I've taken a long time to figure out if this is a flagrant,
03:13but it seems to me that it's going to be something,
03:15because he kicked that leg up pretty high.
03:17Well, it looks like they might even be taking another look at it right here.
03:20But the question at hand here is, was the kick intentional
03:24versus was it just an abnormal shooting motion?
03:28Was it accidental contact?
03:31We just laid out the evidence for you.
03:33We have some evidence.
03:34But that's, I guess, prior interaction.
03:36If we were in a court of law, I just gave you two examples of...
03:40I feel like that's leading the witness.
03:41After review, Brooks overtly kicks Murray in the groin,
03:45which is both unnecessary and excessive.
03:47It's been upgraded to a flagrant foul penalty, too.
03:50Brooks has been ejected from the game.
03:52Murray will attempt two free throws.
03:54Debra will retain possession of the ball on the free throw line extended.
03:57So, they liked your case, Vic.
03:59Well, Judge Judy, move over.
04:03That was, you know, listen, I expected a flagrant,
04:06but a flagrant, too, ejected.
04:08That one is...
04:09I will just say this.
04:11I don't know if this plays into that,
04:13but Dylan Brooks has been known to have actions similar to that
04:17throughout his NBA career.
04:19History goes into play.
04:20That's a great point.
04:21He leads with 22 points.
04:32A big loss on the night.
04:34Dylan Brooks ejected with the flagrant two.
04:37Jamal Murray goes one of two at the line to stretch the lead out to nine.
04:44Well, who's Jamal going to talk to now?
04:46I was actually having that same thought, Noah,
04:48of, okay, will he be able to stay up and on fire
04:52in the way that he gets when other players get in his face like that?
04:57Well, maybe it's Bridges.
05:01Jamal's stop and pop from 15.
05:03Too strong.
05:10Jamal's got the defense on Booker who hops into the paint,
05:13falls away, left it short.
05:15Fight for the rebound.
05:16It's saved into the hands of Jokic.
05:18Two on one.
05:20Brown all the way to the basket.
05:21He glides in for the layup.
05:23Such a smart play from Christian Brown, too.
05:25Jamal Murray 4-4 from the three-point line,
05:27so Brooks really took that outside look.
05:30Bridges gets it right back.
05:41Brown darts into the paints, and it was blocked.
05:44Booker got a hand on it.
05:46Murray to a flashing Gordon.
05:47Leaves it for Jokic.
05:49Back to Gordon, and he's fouled.
05:51What a pretty sequence.
05:53The ball was just popping from player to player.
05:55Awesome ball movement from Denver.
05:57I got it.
05:58I got it.
05:58I got it.
05:59I got it.
05:59We'll go back a series here.
06:01Jamal Murray contesting.
06:04Cam Johnson fighting for it, going out of bounds.
06:07And then Aaron Gordon finding Nicole Jokic, who finds Aaron Gordon.
06:11Those two, the back and forth, the ability to feel each other.
06:14Who has the better option on the floor?
06:17That has been a chemistry that has been growing for years.
06:20Lead is double digits for the first time.
06:29This unit that's on the floor for Denver, too, despite all of the turmoil that just happened,
06:34they have a certain composure about them that they can refocus and get back to business here.
06:402-for-2 trip for Gordon.
06:447 to go, 3rd quarter.
06:46Nuggets up 11.
06:4915 free throw attempts for the Nuggets, just 2 for Phoenix.
06:59Booker swings, Gillespie.
07:02Brown comes down with it.
07:06Jokic behind the back, but into the hands of Devin Booker.
07:10Numbers for the Suns.
07:13Gillespie to the corner.
07:15Goodwin catch and shoot.
07:16Buries it.
07:18Goodwin for the ball.
07:212-3.
07:25C-B to the basket again.
07:28The Nuggets really finding a way to get out and run in transition here in this third quarter.
07:34Brown's called for the foul, reaching in there afterwards.
07:3826 on 10 of 13.
07:41An incredibly efficient night for Christian Brown.
07:45You always have to be ready.
07:46If you're the Denver Nuggets, Nikola Jokic, kind of casual about bringing the ball up the floor.
07:50But Christian Brown, he sees a clear path.
07:52He sees the defense not paying close enough attention.
08:01This one's on Cam Johnson.
08:03Back-to-back fouls in the matter.
08:05Or no, it's on Aaron Gordon.
08:06Back-to-back fouls in the matter of just a few seconds for the Nuggets.
08:10Give it to the Suns free throw line.
08:12Shoot it to.
08:16I believe that's only the first foul for Aaron Gordon.
08:23First free throw is off the mark.
08:25Time now for our live odds update brought to you by FanDuel.
08:29The Nuggets up right now.
08:32Minus 900.
08:33Spread sits at minus 9.5.
08:38260.5.
08:39That's a lot of points.
08:45One for two trick for Devin Booker.
08:58Murray zigzags through the paint.
09:00And it was kicked.
09:02Right away, Jamal Murray seeing that the Nuggets got the switch that they wanted.
09:06And Nikola Jokic would have the smaller player on him in the paint.
09:11Could apply a pass fake there to create a better angle, but still Nuggets ball.
09:17Murray post up.
09:21Jokic with a dribble handoff.
09:26Cam Johnson wanted to find Trevin Brazile.
09:28Brazile didn't think it was for him.
09:29Miscommunication leads to a turnover.
09:31There's been a couple of those in this game where the Nuggets have just passed where they thought a teammate
09:34should be.
09:35And it's gone out of bounds.
09:38Gillespie.
09:40Short on the three.
09:41Murray the rebound.
09:42Chance to push in transition.
09:48Murray over the top.
09:50Swirls out on the three.
09:59Gillespie blocked by Brazile.
10:03Iguodaro no on the second chance.
10:05Brown got the deflection.
10:06He dives on the floor.
10:07Johnson's got it.
10:09Jamal to the cup.
10:10And he's fouled.
10:12Won't get it to go.
10:12But two free throws coming from Jamal Murray.
10:16Christian Brown has had a really good night defensively.
10:19We're going to start with this Trevin Brazile block.
10:21Colin Gillespie gets by him.
10:23But Brazile not giving up on the play.
10:25You see that length being shown off.
10:27And Jamal Murray up trying to time it so he could still get a chance for an and one.
10:31And it just trickles out.
10:33But to the point about Christian Brown, as good as he's been, especially from three tonight, defensively off the ball,
10:40he has been really good.
10:42And that he's gotten some steals, gotten some deflections.
10:44He's been in the gap in help for his teammates.
10:47And he talked to Vic at halftime about, I need to be better defensively.
10:50I need to do a better job of setting the tone on that side of the floor.
10:53That is a role that he takes a lot of pride in for this Denver Nuggets team.
10:56So not only is he talking it, he's backing it up with his actions.
11:00Well, so far, he and this Denver Nuggets defense have only given up 15 points in this third quarter.
11:10Cam Johnson being worked on over there at the bench.
11:17Cam has also been great defensively.
11:2112 points for him on offense.
11:23But the way that he is in that low man spot and helping out his teammates, there's been a couple
11:27times there was an opportunity a few defensive possessions ago where he slid in.
11:30And almost looked like he could take a charge, but instead just got a great contest.
11:34He's very disciplined defensively.
11:36And I mentioned this earlier, he has such a high defensive basketball, high basketball IQ that we can see applied
11:41on the defensive end.
11:45Lead back to double figures after the Murray free throw.
11:56Murray's got the defense on Gillespie.
12:04Booker, CB stays with him.
12:06Johnson steps in front of the passing line, can't get the turnover.
12:09Suns have four to shoot.
12:11Goodwin backs into Johnson, gets it off the window right before the shot clock.
12:24A foul against Colin Gillespie trying to battle through.
12:30Trying to fight around in Nicole Jokic's screen.
12:33We've talked about this, Noah, the first couple games.
12:35You can see players get frustrated defensively having to do that over and over and over again throughout a game.
12:42David Adelman's talked about it a few times.
12:44When this team screens with intention, they are hard to fight through.
12:51Jokic lost the handle.
12:52He didn't get the whistle that he wanted.
12:54Numbers for the Suns.
12:55Gillespie leaves it to Bridges who scoops it in.
13:02Timeout taken by David Adelman.
13:04A double-digit lead has been quickly shrunk to six here in the late third quarter on altitudes.
13:11We're doing this hike up, uh, what's the name of this place?
13:15Camelback Mountain.
13:15Camelback Mountain.
13:16They saw many bees.
13:18Oh, f***!
13:20That a boy.
13:23Blood ahead.
13:24Turn your TV off.
13:25Oh, that's good.
13:26How'd you do that?
13:30Thanks a lot for that, Vic.
13:32Poor Noah.
13:33He was baptized here on Camelback Mountain.
13:37Yeah, look at us.
13:38We would have still been there had that helicopter not rescued us.
13:43That was fun.
13:44Thanks for doing that, guys.
13:45That really was.
13:46Thanks for taking us.
13:46When we go to Philly, we'll do the Rocky Steps.
13:48In Miami, we'll swim to the Caribbean.
13:51Lovely.
13:52We have a bucket list.
13:53A bucket list perfect Lombardi.
13:58Just over four to go third quarter.
14:01Six-point lead for the Nuggets.
14:03A quick 4-0 spurt for Phoenix.
14:05Caused a timeout.
14:05Jamal Murray with a chance and a four-point play.
14:13This feels like the right time to maybe talk about how the Nuggets are making their way up the mountain.
14:17And Jamal Murray, with a sprint right here, gets this three-point look.
14:23Nikola Jokic finds him.
14:24And his ability to keep his eyes on the rim, despite players flying at him and making contact with him.
14:31So impressive.
14:3614 in the quarter for Murray, who can't complete the four-point play.
14:4025 total in the game.
14:42But that lead stretches back out to nine.
14:45DeRozan's got the steal.
14:46Great hands from Christian Brown, too.
14:48Once again in the passing lane.
14:52Brown wants a screen from Jamal, and he gets it.
14:58Murray against Booker at the top.
15:02Murray trying to circle around the defense.
15:05Gillespie taps it away and got the steal.
15:08Good win.
15:08Booker lays it in.
15:10That's been another area for the Nuggets.
15:12Now that's 24 points off of turnovers for them.
15:16There's been a couple possessions offensively where a player will pick up the basketball,
15:20and everyone just kind of turns and stands and looks at them.
15:23Oftentimes, this team is talented enough where they can make a play out of that,
15:26but you have to come to the ball and help relieve a teammate in that situation.
15:37Delay a game called on Phoenix.
15:39They already had a warning back in the first half.
15:44Jamal Murray with the technical free throw.
16:00Nuggets trying to make it back-to-back wins on the road.
16:03A 13-point win against New Orleans Wednesday night,
16:06and a chance to move to 1-0 in the NBA Cup standings with a win tonight.
16:11Jokic with a free lane in front of him.
16:17It looks like there might have been a wet spot on the floor.
16:21Iguodaro took a spill, and Nikoli Jokic saw a wide-open lane.
16:26See Jamal Murray going to set the screen,
16:28and Phoenix trying to be physical defensively.
16:30Nikoli Jokic parting of the sea right here.
16:36Unlucky step, but Nikoli Jokic puts a bow on it.
16:40Jokic becomes the fifth and final starter in the double figures.
16:43That gives him ten now on the night.
16:54No look pass.
16:55Bridges wide open for three.
16:56Two strong.
16:58Brazil snacks the rebound.
17:04DeRozan backing down the much smaller Gillespie.
17:07Kick to Brazil.
17:08Corner three.
17:09In and out.
17:18Slash.
17:19Bridges.
17:20Fancy finish underneath on the reverse.
17:22At that initial point of attack,
17:24and Nikoli Jokic was asking for a carry right there.
17:28Jamal got called for one earlier tonight.
17:30Or no, Aaron Gordon got called for one earlier tonight.
17:35Brown's first miss from three tonight.
17:38Still six of seven.
17:41Gillespie spins to the baseline.
17:55And a whistle in the backcourt against the Suns.
18:00That's just two rebounds for Trevin Brazil in this game.
18:03But his activity underneath the basket and his willingness to use his body to shield off other players from getting
18:09that rebound.
18:11His minutes have been really good in that regard.
18:13And rebounding is clearly where he's really making his mark with this Denver Nuggets team.
18:19Jamal Murray taking a seat.
18:21Final two minutes to go, third quarter.
18:25Both teams in the bonus here for the final two minutes, so we'll be shooting free throws from here on
18:30out.
18:35And Trevin Brazil takes advantage with the first free throw.
18:38I know it's early, Katie, but man, the difference between when he's on the floor and when he hasn't this
18:43season has been huge.
18:45Yeah, he's our Chipotle real difference maker for tonight.
18:47And when he's on the court versus when he's on the court, small sample size.
18:50But look at the impact that he's making, statistically speaking.
18:53The offense, yeah, he's going to make those pull-up shots.
18:56I think his movement underneath is really good.
18:58It was interesting hearing David Adelman talk about how he's learning to play similarly to Aaron Gordon in that dunker
19:03position.
19:03But defensively, obviously, is where he's taking up so much space in a really good way for Denver.
19:09Nine-point lead for the Nuggets.
19:13Booker tapped away.
19:14Brazil making an impact there, getting his hand in the passing lane.
19:18His length and his athleticism is simply so fun to watch.
19:25Brown finds a slipping Jokic.
19:27One more to the corner for DeRozan.
19:31Nicole's got to shoot that shot.
19:34Gillespie shovels it to Booker.
19:36Can't bank it in.
19:41Jokic is fouled.
19:51I think Nicola was asking for a take foul here.
19:53And the officials saying that he was making a play on the basketball.
20:00Good tip out from DeMar DeRozan and then another tip out to Brazil.
20:04And Nicola Jokic can feel the defense swarming around him.
20:08Now he's shooting free throws.
20:17Lead is double digits again.
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20:29Great minutes for Trevin Brazil in this stent here late third quarter.
20:34And a two-for-two trip for Jokic.
20:36Pushes that lead back out to 11.
20:52Here's Gillespie.
20:55Goodwin over the top of DeRozan.
20:57He airballed it.
21:03Denver's defense too in this third quarter doing a pretty good job of making it tough on the Phoenix Suns.
21:08And again, they haven't been making as many shots from three in this period.
21:11So that's when you really need to pick things up on the other side of the basketball when your offense
21:15isn't as efficient.
21:20Here's Jokic.
21:22Fakes the pass.
21:23Floats it in.
21:26Such a smart move from Nicola Jokic too.
21:28Felt the defense gambling right there and then kind of red as the rotations were happening.
21:33Largest lead of the night.
21:3513 now for the Nuggets.
21:40Gillespie double-teamed in the corner.
21:43Egedaro kicks.
21:45Cunard is fouled by DeRozan.
21:47And he doesn't like the call.
21:48Trying to argue his case.
21:52He's saying he didn't touch him.
21:55But DeMar DeRozan needs to close out tightly to Luke Cunard.
21:58That's what he does is shoot threes.
22:01Got him a tiny little bit on the arm it looks like.
22:09After the shot.
22:10A little bit of contact there.
22:11But again Luke Cunard a 60% three-point shooter.
22:15Averaging 10 points in catch-and-shoot situations.
22:19So they're looking for him along the three-point line.
22:22DeMar DeRozan knows that.
22:24Trying to get him to put the ball on the floor there.
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22:45So far two free throws for Luke Cunard.
22:48Trying to make it a three-for-three trip.
22:54Final 30 seconds of the third quarter.
23:03Nuggets have already scored 30-plus in all three quarters tonight.
23:06Trying to add to that here in what is likely their final possession of the third.
23:19Shot clock under 10.
23:20Jamal works off the screen from Brown.
23:23Now from Jokic.
23:25Kicks it to Jokic.
23:26Three on the shot clock.
23:28Nikola Jokic.
23:29No.
23:29Courted by Bridges.
23:31Four seconds in the quarter.
23:34Egedaro to Goodwin.
23:36Jamal's got it.
23:37And that brings us to the end of three here in Phoenix.
23:43Twelve minutes left for the Nuggets to finish off a 2-0 road trip up 10 after three.
23:51Always wanna feel not a part-time player.
23:53I just wanna be a great of all-time player.
23:56I'm on my way.
23:57A star was built but wasn't born that way.
24:00No path was forged, he had to find his way.
24:02Unpack the story of the path to glory and find the heights where we're still at.
24:06Let's take it back to the days it was first round.
24:09Fell in love with the game, that was first round.
24:12No please didn't know.
24:13That was tonight's super light highlight reel here inside a mortgage matchup center in Phoenix.
24:19On Wednesday night, Katie was a lot about the defense.
24:21Tonight, it's been a lot about the offense for Denver.
24:24I will say the Denver Nuggets defense in the third quarter has been better.
24:27The offense is clicking and when you're making shots, it's easy to just kind of go back and forth
24:31and continue to catch fire amongst one another.
24:33But the defense in the third quarter in particular, you had helped Phoenix to just 1-3.
24:38Did a much better job of defending from deep.
24:40Gave up just 26 in the third quarter after 67 in the first half.
24:44Bridges can't go high off the window.
24:46A good contest from Cam Johnson.
24:52Johnson circles through the lane.
24:54Wide open tie as Jones is short on the three.
25:02Gillespie works against Gordon.
25:04Finds Green straightaway, three off line and Bagley the rebound for the Nuggets.
25:17Here's DeRozan.
25:18Finds Bagley.
25:25DeRozan, mid-range jumper on the baseline.
25:27No.
25:27Bagley taps the rebound out to Gordon.
25:29Second chance.
25:31Johnson for three.
25:32Way short.
25:34That's a good look though.
25:36And Marvin Bagley, excellent job, you know, having that energy using his motor.
25:40He's been playing really good minutes for the Nuggets when he's been on the floor
25:43in terms of doing the little things like getting an offensive rebound.
25:46Even on nights where he's only playing nine or ten minutes, it seems like every night
25:50David Adelman is coming out talking about how good the minutes have been from Bagley.
25:55Green drops it off the bridges and Bagley the contest.
25:58They do get him for the foul, but doesn't allow it to be easy underneath.
26:04In my mind to finish out this game, you're up by ten in the fourth quarter.
26:08You can't allow points off of your turnovers.
26:10You want to do a better job of taking care of the basketball.
26:12The Nuggets, 13 turnovers, but 24 points off of those turnovers.
26:16That's been a way that Phoenix has been able to stick around in this game.
26:19And then you do have to limit the second chance opportunities for them, too.
26:22They did a better job of taking advantage of that in the third quarter in particular.
26:26First points of this fourth quarter for either team scored by Bridges on the free throw.
26:34Nuggets lead has been trimmed to eight with ten and a half to go,
26:37looking for their second straight win and a chance to move above 500 for the first time this season.
26:48Johnson working around Bridges.
26:51Rosen bumps, no whistle.
26:55Tyus Jones leaves it back.
26:57Three to shoot.
26:58Gordon with a hand in his face.
27:00Kennard the rebound.
27:01Chance for Phoenix to get out and run.
27:04Gillespie.
27:05Pull up three.
27:06Got it.
27:06And that was some high-pressure physical defense from the Phoenix Suns,
27:12which gave them an open three in transition from Gillespie.
27:185-0 start to the quarter for the Suns.
27:22Gordon is called for an offensive foul.
27:26Offensive foul is over three to Aaron Gordon.
27:28Con Gillespie knows the personnel of this Nuggets team very well.
27:32Knows the downshifting of Aaron Gordon,
27:34and Gillespie does a pretty good job right here of keeping his body in front of Gordon.
27:39I think it was more of the extension of Gordon's arm
27:41that probably warranted the offensive foul call there, though.
27:45Ryan Rokic with his early fourth quarter minutes on the bench.
27:48Jamal Murray just checked in for Tyus Jones.
27:519.45 to play here in Phoenix.
27:56Green gets downhill.
27:57Good kick test.
27:59Jamal Murray forced the miss, and it's headed back to the Nuggets.
28:10David Adelman's defense gets a stop.
28:13Now the offense trying to turn it into points.
28:16What was once a 13-point lead has been shrunk to five.
28:22Murray works into Gordon.
28:24Big size advantage.
28:25Kick out.
28:26Jamal Murray.
28:27Got it!
28:29Flawless execution right there.
28:30The motion movement that the Nuggets were running,
28:33getting Aaron Gordon to look in the post,
28:35and then a Jamal Murray relocation along the three-point line.
28:39That is Murray's sixth main three of the night.
28:42Him and Christian Brown both have six.
28:46Gordon sneaks his way into the paint.
28:48Fades from the right.
28:49Elbow.
28:50Buries it.
28:53Bucket.
28:53Stop.
28:54Bucket.
28:54And just like that, the lead is back to 10 for Denver.
28:58108-98.
29:008.56 to play.
29:01The Nuggets trying to hold on here on the road.
29:05Point lead.
29:0729 points from Jamal Murray tonight,
29:09including six of seven behind the three-point line.
29:11Jamal Murray, including tonight, is shooting 54% from the three-point line to start this season.
29:17And he's shot 41 of them, so he's getting up the volume and making over half of the shots that
29:23he's taking.
29:23They're not always easy looks.
29:25He makes them through contact.
29:26He makes them through contests, but sometimes his teammates do find him wide open for catch and shoot threes.
29:31And this is our T-Mobile game recap.
29:33Jamal Murray, he has been extremely effective tonight, particularly from the three-point line.
29:39Six of seven, like you mentioned, Noah.
29:41I think he actually has 29 points in this game.
29:44Oh, this is the second half.
29:4518 points in the second half alone.
29:47Five of those threes coming in this second half.
29:50He had eight threes in the win against New Orleans when he had 42 in the home opener.
29:55Six more tonight.
29:58And it's a ten-point advantage for Denver.
30:04Good ball movement here for the Suns.
30:06One more to Gillespie.
30:07Three on the shot clock.
30:08Gets in the lane over the top of Bagley, and he got the roll.
30:11And Gillespie!
30:12That's a pretty good finish from Colin Gillespie, too, over Marvin Bagley inside 6'10.
30:17And he was there early.
30:1916 off the bench tonight from the former Denver Nugget, Colin Gillespie.
30:27Gordon has a one-on-one.
30:28The entire left side cleared out, working on bridges.
30:31Steps back.
30:3215-foot fall away is too strong.
30:41Booker hesitates, gets to the paint, and a foul on DeRozan.
30:45Sends the birthday boy, Devin Booker, to the free-throw line.
30:48Yeah, the Nuggets have done a pretty good job of keeping Phoenix off the free-throw line in this game.
30:53They've shot just nine free-throws compared to Denver's 23.
30:57But that's a way that Phoenix can get back into this.
31:00You don't want to have the game clock stop and have them chip away into this Nuggets lead.
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31:16Cam Johnson takes a seat, his first game back after the injury in the season opener eight days ago.
31:25Two-for-two trick from Booker, back to a six-point game with eight to go.
31:38Gordon pestered right now by Bridges.
31:43Trying to work around him.
31:44Gordon does, gets to the cup, it's blocked, three on the shot clock.
31:50Murray, got to get it up, at the horn, oh yeah!
31:55Just how they drew it up.
32:01Second 30-point game of the season for Jamal Murray.
32:05Seven threes tonight, he has been unconscious.
32:08Booker rattles it down and has the answer immediately.
32:11One, two, three.
32:14One, two, three.
32:17One, two, three.
32:18One, two, three.
32:18Aaron Gordon feeling the pressure one-on-one in that last Denver Nuggets possession.
32:25And Jamal Murray, as the shot clock is winding down, steps in and steps up for the Denver Nuggets.
32:33Devin Booker, he's going to look to make something happen for Phoenix in this fourth quarter as they're trying to
32:37get into the Nuggets lead here.
32:43He's got 14 points in this game, an efficient six of nine from the field.
32:48But the fact that he's only taken nine shots, this being one of them, an open lane for Nikola Jokic
32:54to pedal to the metal, floor it up, to lay it in.
32:59Look for him to be more aggressive now and looking for a shot at this point in the game.
33:02He's a player that will consistently make the right basketball play, whether that's him taking his shot, him finding his
33:08teammates that have been really good tonight.
33:10His teammates are knocking down shots.
33:13But having Nikola Jokic back, the group that was in the game did a good job of holding off Phoenix
33:17so that Jokic could have his full rest.
33:207.19 remaining, and that's when he's checking back in.
33:23You said his teammates are knocking down shots, and man are they.
33:2719 made threes tonight, seven from Jamal Murray, six from Christian Brown.
33:3332 for Murray on the night, 26 for Brown.
33:38He's got the ball now with his team up six.
33:44Murray curls off the screen, gets downhill, can't finish.
33:48And it's rebounded by the Suns.
33:51Green going right at DeRozan, knocked it three, saved in to CB.
33:56Great hustle play from DeMar DeRozan there.
34:00Brazil, one more to the corner.
34:02Murray stepped back three.
34:03He got another!
34:08I think that might have been a two-pointer for Jamal Murray,
34:11but the way he's able to create space with that step back and get to his mid-range shot.
34:23Bridges with a kick to the corner.
34:25Gillespie got Brazil up.
34:27His three short, rebound tapped out to the hands of Booker.
34:30Pull up 15-footer, no.
34:32And Murray corrals the rebounds.
34:35I liked that contest from Trevin Brazil.
34:38Two different than the flybys that he had done earlier in this game.
34:40He had a chance to get up and then get down and reset and contest that shot.
34:46Murray left his short.
34:49Here comes Gillespie.
34:54And Bridges scoops it in.
35:10Brown off the screen.
35:12Bounces into Jokic.
35:15Brown straightaway three.
35:17Jokic with the rebound.
35:28Murray in the corner.
35:30Two to shoot.
35:31Murray is fouled.
35:32Almost banked it in.
35:37Dewell Murray has such a great awareness about him of shot clock, of time, of situation.
35:42And at this point, shot selection is so important in this game.
35:46You can see him take a look at the shot clock winding down.
35:49Drawing the foul of Booker coming over that high screen.
35:57Timeout taken by Phoenix.
36:08I thought they might be looking to challenge that play, so I was waiting to see if I saw the
36:12finger twirl.
36:15Six-point lead for the Nuggets here with a timeout.
36:185.25 to play in the fourth.
36:20And it is time to take off with Southwest Airlines.
36:23And I feel like we're going to be doing a lot of taking off with Trevin Brazil this season.
36:27There is definitely a trip to take to Brazil.
36:30There's something there with Southwest Airlines.
36:32You know what I mean?
36:33Like, airline, Brazil.
36:35But TB getting up.
36:37I love the fact that the Nuggets are getting out and running in transition in this game.
36:40And classic two-on-one.
36:42Christian Brown throws the basketball where no one can reach it but Trevin Brazil.
36:47Isn't that the truth?
36:53Six points tonight.
36:54Three rebounds for the rookie in 18 minutes.
37:01Nuggets trying to hold off Phoenix here with 5.25 to go.
37:07Up 113-107.
37:08And, Katie, it's a chance.
37:09I know it's a short road trip, but a two-game road trip, you've got a chance to go 2
37:12-0.
37:12That's always great.
37:13Well, and this is an NBA Cup game.
37:14So you have a chance to get your first win in NBA Cup play in your group.
37:18And the more of those you get, the more you make it a conversation to potentially be playing at Hinkley
37:23Fieldhouse down the road.
37:25Did you guys know there's a dog in the first row of this game?
37:28No, where?
37:29Yeah, we'll get a shot of it.
37:30I've never seen a dog in the first row of an NBA game.
37:34It's sleeping.
37:35It's clearly not entertained.
37:36It's...
37:37No, no.
37:37There's a real dog.
37:39That's a cow, Andy.
37:41Our producer, Andy, just showed us a cow.
37:44On the other basket, underneath, the only dog that goes to NBA games in the first row.
37:49The dog's been to 82 games in his career.
37:53There it is.
37:56It's amazing.
37:57Is that a doodle?
37:59Is that what they're called?
38:01Potentially.
38:02If you say so.
38:03I think it's interesting that the Nuggets are up eight points in the fourth quarter with five minutes and 25
38:08seconds remaining,
38:09and Vic's searching out the crowd for dogs.
38:11Well, I've just never seen one.
38:12I think it's great.
38:12I asked the lady.
38:14The dog comes to every game.
38:15Its name is J.D.
38:16And I responded.
38:17Some investigative booths on the ground reporting on this.
38:20That's fantastic.
38:21I mean, during the dog days of Phoenix basketball, the dog is here.
38:23I see what you did there.
38:25Good stuff.
38:26I'm actually surprised that we didn't get a when-you-live-above-the-rim comment from you with the TV
38:31dunk.
38:35Nine-point lead, first NBA Cup game of the season.
38:44Shot clock at five.
38:46Booker has the rookie Brazil on him.
38:49Booker, really good contest from Brazil off the side of the backboard.
39:02Murray, Jokic, free-throw line.
39:05Jumper is all met.
39:06As this game is winding down, too, what do you go to when you have Jamal Murray and Nicole Jokic
39:10on the floor?
39:11The dependable two-man game, and let it go to work.
39:1616-4-9 for Jokic.
39:19He has the defense here switching off on Gillespie, and he is pushed out of bounds by Jokic.
39:26Jokic admitted it right away, too.
39:31Rematch defensively.
39:33Make sure you know personnel here.
39:35Defend without fouling and really limit the three-point looks.
39:45Tend to shoot.
39:46Jokic letting Iguodaro have the ball at the top.
39:51Booker.
39:52Kick.
39:53Goodwin.
39:54In and out on the three.
39:56Through the hands of CB.
39:59Bridget spots up from the corner and connects.
40:02Sometimes a three-point look off of an offensive rebound is the best three-point look you're going to get.
40:07So, Denver, again, you have to know Phoenix is looking for threes to get back into this game.
40:11Make sure you're finishing your defensive possession with a board.
40:15It's the 16th made three for the Suns tonight.
40:18Nuggets have 19 of them.
40:21And an offensive foul.
40:22It's a moving screen called on Nikola Jokic.
40:25Offensive foul to number 15, Nikola Jokic.
40:26His second personal.
40:28Suns basketball.
40:31Aaron Gordon.
40:32Dribble handoff for Cam Johnson right there.
40:35Maybe a little bit of hip from Nikola Jokic, but again, he's in so much action throughout a game.
40:41Tough to call that here.
40:49Booker darts into the lane and there's an offensive foul the other way.
40:52I say you could also call it the other way all night long on the Phoenix Suns.
40:58We love the consistency, though.
41:00Love the consistency.
41:03And that one felt more like arm-to-arm shove.
41:08Shove feels dramatic.
41:09A little bit extra arm, where Nikola Jokic's was more of a hit.
41:16Trading some moving screens back and forth.
41:19Less than four to go in the fourth.
41:26Denver has the chance to win back-to-back for the first time this year.
41:32Murray.
41:33And there's a foul against the Suns.
41:36It's on Miles Bridges.
41:38It's very interesting to me that Phoenix has the lowest-rated defense because they have some good one-on-one
41:44defenders.
41:45Bridges is a very physical defender.
41:47Nikola Jokic knew that Bridges was going to try and be fighting through that screening situation right there.
41:52You see him fall back.
41:54And he absorbed that contact.
41:56He was anticipating that it was coming.
42:00A Suns team that gives up almost 124 points a game early in the season.
42:05Denver is closing in on that here.
42:09Murray rejects the screen.
42:10Maneuvers on the baseline.
42:12Two to shoot.
42:14Back to Murray.
42:15Got to get it up.
42:15Murray falls away.
42:17Short rebound Booker.
42:19Two on two the other way for Phoenix.
42:23Booker, baseline.
42:26Really good defense from Aaron Gordon.
42:33Three to go.
42:41Jokic lobs into Brown.
42:43Two defenders come down.
42:45Cam Johnson can't hit.
42:47Iguodaro skies for the rebound.
42:54Bridges.
42:55Too strong.
42:57Jokic the rebound.
42:59Just his fourth of the ninth.
43:01But a big one there to limit it to a one and done for the Suns.
43:12Brown catch and shoot from the corner.
43:15One more for Christian Brown.
43:18Phoenix Suns giving up the highest percentage from three in the entire NBA in the Nuggets.
43:23They have been taking advantage of it tonight.
43:25That's 20 on the night as a team.
43:28Seven of them coming from Christian Brown.
43:31He is one shy of his career high.
43:3330 points.
43:35Goodwin can't finish.
43:37Bridges.
43:37No.
43:38Third chance.
43:40Bridges.
43:40Can't finish again.
43:42Three great looks for the Suns.
43:44They come away empty handed.
43:55Murray wants to get into Jokic.
43:57He does.
43:58With one hand.
44:00Nothing?
44:00Jokic doesn't get a foul on that somehow.
44:09Shot clock dips under five.
44:11Jokic against Iguodaro.
44:13Spins through the lane.
44:14No.
44:15Got his own miss.
44:16And the putback.
44:18Sometimes I think Nikola Jokic misses strategically so that he can go and get his own offensive rebound.
44:23He's obviously not trying to miss.
44:25But if he doesn't have a great look he knows how to miss it so that he can be there
44:28for the offensive rebound opportunity.
44:30And he's arguing that lock call that we saw earlier too.
44:34Aaron Gordon against Devin Booker right here.
44:37Notice how he defends the initial drive and then defends the second drive.
44:40The multiple defensive efforts from AG in transition right there.
44:44Stellar.
44:45And then Christian Brown add another one to the list for CB tonight.
44:49Seven of nine from deep.
44:51And that's 20 on the night for the Nuggets and Nikola Jokic right here.
44:55If he doesn't get that initial finger roll he's already has his momentum coming over.
45:00Creates and carves out that space for him to be the one to have an easy finish on the other
45:04side.
45:06Noah you mentioned this earlier too the rebounding tonight.
45:08Jokic has seven rebounds.
45:10There's been collective rebounding.
45:13And that was something that this team has talked about.
45:14How do we not put all of the rebounding responsibility on Nikola Jokic?
45:18Cam Johnson has 10 tonight.
45:20He has a double-double.
45:21Aaron Gordon has four.
45:22Jamal Murray has six.
45:24It has been a full-team rebounding effort.
45:27Just minus three on the glass tonight.
45:29But Nikola Jokic with only seven rebounds does have a double-double with 18 and 10.
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45:4813 points matches the largest lead of the night for the Nuggets with 117 to go.
45:55Trying to hold on to go 1-0 in cup play and win a second straight road game.
46:05Gillespie.
46:06Gillespie.
46:06This Suns offense moving with some urgency.
46:09Needed that and they got it.
46:10Jordan Goodwin.
46:13For one, two, three.
46:17Johnson all the way to the basket blocked by Bridges.
46:20But it comes out to Jamal Murray.
46:23Handle the pressure here.
46:25Turnover.
46:26Booker.
46:29Eight-point game.
46:42Lob up top.
46:44Gordon can't finish on the dunk.
46:45Here comes Gillespie.
46:46Three on two.
46:47Booker spots up in transition.
46:49No.
46:50And Murray the rebounds.
46:54A steal.
46:55Egedaro the dunk.
46:57Two possession game.
46:58David Edelman takes a timeout with 35 seconds to go.
47:02You can see Jamal Murray holding on to the basketball.
47:04Bracing for the pressure for the fouls.
47:08Have to be able to break through this full court pressure if you're the Denver Nuggets.
47:11Beat it with the pass too.
47:13Help each other out here.
47:14That's a lot of contact from Goodwin trying to go for a play on the basketball there.
47:20Jamal Murray can't believe it.
47:23Could have easily been a foul call.
47:25It's a 7-0 run for Phoenix in just over 30 seconds of play.
47:30Cutting it all the way to a two-score game with 35.4 to go.
47:37Just unreal three-point shooting tonight as a whole team.
47:40But specifically Christian Brown and Jamal Murray.
47:42Yeah, the two of them have 14 made three-pointers, seven apiece.
47:46And they have just been all around the three-point line finding different openings.
47:51And their teammates have done a tremendous job of finding them.
47:54They've understood that those two have been the hot hand.
47:57And the two of them have absolutely lived up to it.
47:59That is special stuff right there.
48:01For their first time in franchise history, two different guys have made seven threes in the same game.
48:08Those two combining for 14 tonight.
48:11Remarkable.
48:18It is always fun when one player gets particularly hot.
48:21But when you have a couple, especially within this Nuggets offense, it is lethal.
48:26There is nothing you can do to defend it.
48:29Cam Johnson hit two.
48:30Aaron Gordon hit two.
48:32Several guys with multiple threes.
48:34But certainly Brown and Murray leading the way with seven apiece.
48:37The Nuggets also have 30 assists on the night now as well.
48:45Got to take care of it.
48:46Got to hold on to it.
48:48Trouble there.
48:51And a foul against Colin Gillespie.
48:56All right, exhale.
49:02That's a really tricky place to catch the basketball on the floor, too,
49:05because you have that sideline that acts almost as another defender.
49:10So Phoenix is challenging to see if this is, in fact, a foul on Colin Gillespie or not.
49:21Especially in this situation, you really want to catch the ball more in open space.
49:25You put Aaron Gordon in a really compromising position right there.
49:28You just have to get the ball in bounds.
49:30I understand that.
49:31But help each other out a little bit more.
49:34Was 13-point lead just a little bit ago.
49:37Seven straight by the Suns.
49:38I've cut it to six.
49:40And this is the play they're looking at to see if Gillespie fouled or not.
49:51Aaron Gordon getting that pass through, splitting the defense,
49:54trying to get it off of Booker, trying to throw it off his foot.
49:58And it could be a foul on Goodwin, too.
50:00He's just thinking the same thing.
50:02If it's not on Gillespie, it should be on Goodwin.
50:07The follow-up to that question, too,
50:09is that considered a loose ball that they're going for?
50:13Or is that enough of an intentional pass where Cam Johnson has the right-of-way?
50:27There's where they get the foul, the collision between Gillespie and Johnson.
50:35Even if they decide that this isn't a foul,
50:39which I don't think that that can be the decision,
50:42but it might be the decision on one of those two players,
50:44it's still going to be a loose ball situation,
50:46which will likely end up in a jump ball.
50:53Or a side out of bounds, even.
51:01Phoenix certainly making it interesting down to the final buzzer, though.
51:06One more look at the whole sequence here from Gordon,
51:09saving it in.
51:10Cam comes up with it.
51:12Gillespie and Goodwin in there on the play.
51:26Regardless of what happens here, too,
51:29you have...
51:30I'll hold.
51:33After you're in the midst of a loose ball,
51:35the contact is incidental,
51:36and it's been overturned to a no-call.
51:38Oh, wow.
51:41As the ball was loose and free for both players,
51:44in the immediate aftermath,
51:45Denver had possession of the ball
51:46with 17 seconds on the shot clock.
51:49They will inbound the ball on the sideline.
51:51Phoenix will retain their timeout.
51:53They have the ability for a second challenge
51:55remaining in the game.
51:56So a successful challenge,
51:58but Cam Johnson had possession of the ball.
52:01So we end up right where we left off.
52:03Correct.
52:03Essentially.
52:04Except for Phoenix has another challenge,
52:06and Colin Gillespie doesn't have a foul.
52:08And Rick's a defense!
52:12Defense!
52:14Defense!
52:16Defense!
52:17Defense!
52:19So Aaron Gordon to inbound,
52:2128.7 to go,
52:2315 on the shot clock now.
52:26Murray wisely holds off on the three,
52:28and Johnson is fouled by Gillespie.
52:31The fact that Aaron Gordon was there
52:32for the deflection of that Nikoli Jokic pass,
52:36that was maybe a deflection that he got fouled on.
52:39I mean, that was a whole lot of luck
52:41for Denver right there.
52:44You see Jokic anticipating the contact.
52:46Could have had a foul call.
52:47Didn't get called,
52:47but Aaron Gordon is there,
52:48which allows the Nuggets to kick it out.
52:50Wastes a few more seconds off the clock
52:52before Cam Johnson got fouled.
52:56Team!
52:58Team!
52:58Team!
52:58Team!
53:00Team!
53:02Team!
53:03Team!
53:03Team!
53:04Team!
53:04So again, it's AG to inbounds.
53:06Team!
53:07Team!
53:08Team!
53:08Team!
53:08Get it to Brown.
53:10Team!
53:11Team!
53:12Team!
53:12Cam Johnson picks up the dribble,
53:14finds Murray just across half-court,
53:17and Murray is fouled with 13.4 to play.
53:20All right.
53:21Son's final is number 23, Georgia Redwood is second.
53:23Jamal Murray with a lot of poise running along that sideline over there.
53:29Cam Johnson, too, picking up the basketball,
53:32and having enough patience to find the open player.
53:42Jamal Murray's 11th made free throw of the night pushes it to a three-score lead.
53:50And again, Jamal Murray didn't shoot a single free throw the last game.
53:53This is such a key part to his offensive production is getting to the free throw line.
53:58Tonight, very high volume, but for him to get there consistently for the Nuggets,
54:02that has to be there, that part of his game.
54:04He's about to attempt his 15th free throw of the evening.
54:15Murray hits both.
54:16He's got 39 tonight.
54:22Eight-point lead.
54:23Get it in to Goodwin.
54:25His three is good.
54:29Five-point game, 8.6 to play.
54:34Timeout, David Adelman.
54:38That'll be Denver's last timeout of this game.
54:47It looks like Nicole Jokic had Jamal Murray kind of streaking across the baseline right there,
54:52but was looking for an option further down the court.
54:54But this will give them a chance to draw something up.
54:58Nuggets trying to hold on.
55:00Five-point lead.
55:02With eight seconds to go.
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55:20Trying to make it back-to-back wins on the road this week.
55:23After a couple nights ago, winning in New Orleans, trying to do the same here in Phoenix.
55:348.6 on the clock with a five-point lead.
55:38Comes down to taking care of the basketball and making free throws here for Denver.
55:42Yeah, you can't shy away from the contact that the Phoenix Suns are certainly coming with right here.
55:47Have to be confident and strong with the basketball.
55:49Make the open easy play.
55:53Also important to remember, point differential does matter in NBA Cup games.
55:58So, the more you can win by, the better when it comes down to tie breaks.
56:02One-time Suns fans bring the defense!
56:06Defense!
56:07Defense!
56:08Defense!
56:10Defense!
56:15Defense!
56:15Bite away!
56:15Three!
56:16No!
56:17Rebound at CB!
56:18And he's fouled with eight-tenths of a second to go.
56:22Suns bounce for number 15.
56:23Certainly have made it interesting.
56:26Down the line.
56:29And, look.
56:31Phoenix, they don't want Jamal Murray at the free throw line.
56:33They don't want Nicole Okic at the free throw line.
56:34If they can avoid that, because those are two best free throw shooters on this Nuggets team.
56:39They're going to make the smartest decisions.
56:41И они будут подчеркивать их два
56:44И я как бы вы его полный
56:46Початый, и у вас есть полный
56:48И он с ней
56:50И он будет снять
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56:53Капу
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57:4018.10 assists
57:42the Nuggets finished with 30 assists overall
57:44as a team so offensively some
57:46really great things that you can build on
57:47and defensively just have to
57:49defend for closer to a full 48 minutes
57:51regardless of who your opponent is
57:54127 tonight for
57:55the Nuggets 70 of them
57:57come from Christian Brown
57:59and Jamal Murray combines
58:023-2 on the season
58:03now with the win the first time the Nuggets
58:05are over 500
58:10we'll head back to
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