Kevin Durant, Suns turn 支援する Nuggets again
Kevin Durant had 30 points, 13 回復するs and five 封鎖するd 発射s, Devin Booker had 17 points and nine 補助装置s in his first game against Denver his season, and the visiting 不死鳥／絶品 Suns （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 the Nuggets 104-97 on Wednesday night.
Grayson Allen 得点する／非難する／２０d 13 points and Bradley Beal and Eric Gordon finished with 10 each for 不死鳥／絶品 (43-30).
Nikola Jokic had 22 points, 10 補助装置s and nine 回復するs for Denver (51-22), which lost for just the third time in 18 games. Two of those losses have been to the visiting Suns.
Aaron Gordon and Michael Porter Jr. 得点する／非難する／２０d 18 points each, Kentavious Caldwell-ローマ法王 追加するd 13 points and Reggie Jackson finished with 11 points for the Nuggets, who were without guard Jamal Murray (権利 膝 inflammation) for the third straight game.
不死鳥／絶品 中心 Jusuf Nurkic was out with an ankle 傷害 支えるd in the Suns' loss at San Antonio on Monday night.
不死鳥／絶品 led by seven at halftime and the teams 貿易（する）d 延長するd runs in the third ４半期/4分の1.
The Suns outscored Denver 10-0 to go ahead 71-56 on Booker's two 解放する／自由な throws with 9:14 left in the period. The Nuggets 答える／応じるd with 12 straight points, 10 by Jokic, to make it 71-68, but 不死鳥／絶品 answered with another 10-0 run to 押し進める the lead 支援する to 二塁打 digits.
Denver 削減（する） the 赤字 to 83-73 長，率いるing into the fourth.
The Suns opened the final 12 minutes with two quick buckets to lead by 14, but Peyton Watson's tip got the Nuggets 支援する within eight with just over seven minutes left. Royce O'Neale, Allen and Durant 攻撃する，衝突する 3-pointers to give 不死鳥／絶品 a 98-83 lead.
Denver got within seven in the final minute but couldn't get closer.
Durant had 14 poin ts and seven 回復するs in the first half when the Suns led by as many as 11. The Nuggets 削減（する） the 赤字 to two points on Porter's 3-pointer with 1:33 left in the second, but 不死鳥／絶品 finished the half strong to take a 59-52 lead into intermission.
--Field Level マスコミ
