Who won Phoenix Suns vs Denver Nuggets?

The Denver Nuggets beat the Phoenix Suns 117-90 on December 23, 2024.

Bradley Beal scored 23 for the Phoenix Suns; Nikola Jokić scored 32 for the Denver Nuggets.

Phoenix Suns at Denver Nuggets

2024-25 · Regular season Mon, Dec 23, 2024 · 10:00 pm EST · All results that day · Phoenix Suns vs Denver Nuggets head-to-head · Phoenix Suns schedule · Denver Nuggets schedule

Final

Away

Denver Nuggets

117

Venue: Ball Arena

Schedule source: whynba · Observed Oct 9, 2026, 06:29 UTC.

Game recap

The Denver Nuggets beat the Phoenix Suns 117-90 at home on Monday, December 23, 2024 at Ball Arena. Nikola Jokić had 32 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists for the Denver Nuggets. Kevin Durant had 23 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists for the Phoenix Suns.

The Denver Nuggets led 55-51 at halftime and pulled away after the break. Their best stretch was the third quarter, won 45-28. Bench points: Phoenix Suns 25, Denver Nuggets 34. Michael Porter Jr. had 24 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in support for the winners.

Written by the whynba data desk from the licensed final box score and period scores.

Score source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 2026, 06:29:18 UTC. Source update time is unavailable.

Quick answers

Who won Phoenix Suns vs Denver Nuggets?: The Denver Nuggets beat the Phoenix Suns 117-90 on December 23, 2024.
Who led the scoring?: Bradley Beal scored 23 for the Phoenix Suns; Nikola Jokić scored 32 for the Denver Nuggets.

Box score

Score by quarter
Team	q1	q2	q3	q4	Final
Phoenix Suns	26	25	28	11	90
Denver Nuggets	27	28	45	17	117

Game leaders

Phoenix Suns

Points: 23 Bradley Beal
Rebounds: 9 Kevin Durant
Assists: 4 Royce O'Neale

Denver Nuggets

Points: 32 Nikola Jokić
Rebounds: 7 Christian Braun
Assists: 8 Jalen Pickett

Phoenix Suns
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Bradley Beal starter	34:38	23	0	2	1	0	2	9-17	5-7	0-0	1	-18
Kevin Durant starter	31:04	23	9	2	2	1	3	8-15	2-3	5-6	1	-19
Royce O'Neale starter	28:38	6	2	4	1	0	0	2-9	2-8	0-0	2	-10
Tyus Jones starter	22:46	9	2	2	0	1	2	4-8	1-3	0-0	0	-24
Jusuf Nurkic starter	14:53	4	4	4	1	0	2	1-3	1-1	1-1	4	-5
Ryan Dunn bench	30:12	5	4	2	0	2	1	2-6	1-4	0-0	1	-19
Monte Morris bench	20:12	7	4	3	1	0	0	3-10	1-3	0-0	0	+4
Oso Ighodaro bench	18:09	7	6	1	0	1	0	3-3	0-0	1-4	0	-10
Mason Plumlee bench	14:58	6	4	2	0	0	0	1-3	0-0	4-4	2	-12
Josh Okogie bench	12:49	0	2	1	0	0	3	0-4	0-1	0-0	1	-14
Damion Lee bench	6:45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-4	0-2	0-0	1	-3
Jalen Bridges bench	4:56	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	-5

Not available: Grayson Allen, Bol Bol, Devin Booker, Collin Gillespie

Denver Nuggets
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Nikola Jokić starter	29:45	32	2	7	0	0	1	12-17	4-6	4-5	1	+19
Michael Porter Jr. starter	29:34	24	6	4	0	0	1	10-12	2-4	2-2	1	+22
Christian Braun starter	25:53	4	7	4	0	0	1	2-9	0-3	0-0	0	+18
Russell Westbrook starter	24:48	11	5	7	2	0	3	5-12	1-5	0-0	2	+10
Aaron Gordon starter	22:49	12	2	1	1	0	0	4-7	2-3	2-2	3	+9
Jalen Pickett bench	23:12	11	3	8	0	1	2	4-11	3-8	0-0	0	+17
Peyton Watson bench	21:13	4	6	1	0	1	2	2-5	0-1	0-0	2	+14
Julian Strawther bench	18:03	9	2	1	1	0	0	3-9	3-7	0-0	1	+7
Hunter Tyson bench	15:41	6	4	0	1	0	0	2-4	1-2	1-2	2	+3
DeAndre Jordan bench	14:05	4	5	1	1	1	1	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	+8
Zeke Nnaji bench	4:04	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	+2
Spencer Jones bench	4:04	0	2	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	+2
Trey Alexander bench	4:04	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	+2
PJ Hall bench	2:45	0	2	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	+2

Not available: Vlatko Cancar, DaRon Holmes II, Jamal Murray

Team statistics
Phoenix Suns	Stat	Denver Nuggets
11/15 (73%)	Free throws	9/11 (81%)
20/50 (40%)	2 pointers	30/49 (61%)
13/33 (39%)	3 pointers	16/41 (39%)
33/83 (39%)	Field goals	46/90 (51%)
39	Rebounds	46
30	Defensive rebounds	35
9	Offensive rebounds	11
23	Assists	35
13	Turnovers	12
6	Steals	6
5	Blocks	4
13	Fouls	15
11	Max points in a row	10
9:45	Time spent in lead	35:52
6	Biggest lead	28

Scoring margin by minute (above the line: Denver Nuggets ahead)

Largest margin: 28 points.

Game flow

Lead changes: 3
Times tied: 4
Largest lead · Phoenix Suns: 6 Q1 9:34
Largest lead · Denver Nuggets: 28 Q4 1:03
Longest run: 11-0 Phoenix Suns · Q2 4:01 to Q2 2:23

Scoring plays

Q1 · 26 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q1
Time left	Team	Play	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
11:41	Phoenix Suns	Bradley Beal 2-pt field goal	2	0
11:11	Phoenix Suns	Kevin Durant 2-pt field goal	4	0
10:53	Denver Nuggets	Michael Porter Jr. 2-pt field goal	4	2
10:33	Phoenix Suns	Tyus Jones 2-pt field goal	6	2
9:34	Phoenix Suns	Kevin Durant 2-pt field goal	8	2
9:21	Denver Nuggets	Michael Porter Jr. 3-pt field goal	8	5
8:48	Phoenix Suns	Tyus Jones 2-pt field goal	10	5
8:29	Denver Nuggets	Nikola Jokić 3-pt field goal	10	8
7:31	Denver Nuggets	Michael Porter Jr. 2-pt field goal	10	10
6:50	Phoenix Suns	Jusuf Nurkic 3-pt field goal	13	10
6:20	Phoenix Suns	Ryan Dunn 2-pt field goal	15	10
5:59	Denver Nuggets	Nikola Jokić 2-pt field goal	15	12
5:32	Denver Nuggets	Michael Porter Jr. 2-pt field goal	15	14
5:11	Phoenix Suns	Kevin Durant 2-pt field goal	17	14
4:50	Denver Nuggets	Michael Porter Jr. 2-pt field goal	17	16
4:50	Denver Nuggets	Michael Porter Jr. Free throw	17	17
4:35	Phoenix Suns	Bradley Beal 2-pt field goal	19	17
4:20	Denver Nuggets	Aaron Gordon 2-pt field goal	19	19
3:52	Phoenix Suns	Bradley Beal 3-pt field goal	22	19
3:27	Phoenix Suns	Monte Morris 2-pt field goal	24	19
2:47	Denver Nuggets	Michael Porter Jr. 2-pt field goal	24	21
1:26	Denver Nuggets	Jalen Pickett 2-pt field goal	24	23
0:47	Denver Nuggets	Nikola Jokić 2-pt field goal	24	25
0:12	Denver Nuggets	Nikola Jokić 2-pt field goal	24	27
0:01	Phoenix Suns	Mason Plumlee Free throw	25	27
0:01	Phoenix Suns	Mason Plumlee Free throw	26	27

Q2 · 29 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q2
Time left	Team	Play	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
11:38	Denver Nuggets	DeAndre Jordan 2-pt field goal	26	29
9:45	Phoenix Suns	Tyus Jones 3-pt field goal	29	29
9:06	Denver Nuggets	Peyton Watson 2-pt field goal	29	31
7:52	Denver Nuggets	Jalen Pickett 3-pt field goal	29	34
7:37	Phoenix Suns	Oso Ighodaro 2-pt field goal	31	34
6:50	Denver Nuggets	Christian Braun 2-pt field goal	31	36
6:14	Phoenix Suns	Tyus Jones 2-pt field goal	33	36
5:54	Denver Nuggets	Peyton Watson 2-pt field goal	33	38
5:40	Denver Nuggets	Nikola Jokić 3-pt field goal	33	41
5:01	Denver Nuggets	Nikola Jokić Free throw	33	42
5:01	Denver Nuggets	Nikola Jokić Free throw	33	43
4:01	Phoenix Suns	Kevin Durant 2-pt field goal	35	43
3:41	Phoenix Suns	Kevin Durant Free throw	36	43
3:41	Phoenix Suns	Kevin Durant Free throw	37	43
3:17	Phoenix Suns	Kevin Durant Free throw	38	43
2:52	Phoenix Suns	Monte Morris 2-pt field goal	40	43
2:52	Phoenix Suns	Jusuf Nurkic Free throw	41	43
2:23	Phoenix Suns	Kevin Durant 3-pt field goal	44	43
2:08	Denver Nuggets	Nikola Jokić 3-pt field goal	44	46
1:44	Denver Nuggets	Aaron Gordon 2-pt field goal	44	48
1:30	Phoenix Suns	Monte Morris 3-pt field goal	47	48
1:02	Denver Nuggets	Michael Porter Jr. 2-pt field goal	47	50
1:02	Denver Nuggets	Michael Porter Jr. Free throw	47	51
0:40	Phoenix Suns	Kevin Durant 2-pt field goal	49	51
0:34	Denver Nuggets	Russell Westbrook 2-pt field goal	49	53
0:10	Phoenix Suns	Mason Plumlee Free throw	50	53
0:10	Phoenix Suns	Mason Plumlee Free throw	51	53
0:04	Denver Nuggets	Nikola Jokić Free throw	51	54
0:04	Denver Nuggets	Nikola Jokić Free throw	51	55

Q3 · 32 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q3
Time left	Team	Play	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
11:39	Denver Nuggets	Nikola Jokić 2-pt field goal	51	57
11:11	Denver Nuggets	Michael Porter Jr. 3-pt field goal	51	60
10:54	Phoenix Suns	Kevin Durant Free throw	52	60
10:54	Phoenix Suns	Kevin Durant Free throw	53	60
10:39	Denver Nuggets	Nikola Jokić 2-pt field goal	53	62
10:24	Denver Nuggets	Russell Westbrook 2-pt field goal	53	64
9:56	Denver Nuggets	Russell Westbrook 2-pt field goal	53	66
9:30	Denver Nuggets	Aaron Gordon Free throw	53	67
9:30	Denver Nuggets	Aaron Gordon Free throw	53	68
9:17	Phoenix Suns	Bradley Beal 3-pt field goal	56	68
8:58	Denver Nuggets	Nikola Jokić 3-pt field goal	56	71
8:35	Phoenix Suns	Bradley Beal 2-pt field goal	58	71
7:56	Denver Nuggets	Russell Westbrook 3-pt field goal	58	74
7:27	Phoenix Suns	Bradley Beal 3-pt field goal	61	74
7:06	Denver Nuggets	Michael Porter Jr. 2-pt field goal	61	76
6:45	Phoenix Suns	Bradley Beal 2-pt field goal	63	76
6:31	Denver Nuggets	Russell Westbrook 2-pt field goal	63	78
5:48	Denver Nuggets	Aaron Gordon 3-pt field goal	63	81
5:25	Denver Nuggets	Nikola Jokić 2-pt field goal	63	83
5:05	Denver Nuggets	Aaron Gordon 3-pt field goal	63	86
4:23	Phoenix Suns	Mason Plumlee 2-pt field goal	65	86
4:07	Denver Nuggets	Michael Porter Jr. 2-pt field goal	65	88
3:53	Phoenix Suns	Ryan Dunn 3-pt field goal	68	88
3:46	Denver Nuggets	Christian Braun 2-pt field goal	68	90
3:26	Phoenix Suns	Bradley Beal 3-pt field goal	71	90
3:09	Denver Nuggets	Julian Strawther 3-pt field goal	71	93
2:48	Denver Nuggets	Nikola Jokić 2-pt field goal	71	95
2:13	Phoenix Suns	Royce O'Neale 3-pt field goal	74	95
1:39	Phoenix Suns	Kevin Durant 3-pt field goal	77	95
0:55	Phoenix Suns	Kevin Durant 2-pt field goal	79	95
0:11	Denver Nuggets	Nikola Jokić 2-pt field goal	79	97
0:06	Denver Nuggets	Hunter Tyson 3-pt field goal	79	100

Q4 · 12 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q4
Time left	Team	Play	Phoenix Suns	Denver Nuggets
9:47	Phoenix Suns	Bradley Beal 3-pt field goal	82	100
8:51	Denver Nuggets	Julian Strawther 3-pt field goal	82	103
8:31	Denver Nuggets	Julian Strawther 3-pt field goal	82	106
8:11	Phoenix Suns	Royce O'Neale 3-pt field goal	85	106
7:40	Denver Nuggets	Hunter Tyson Free throw	85	107
6:45	Denver Nuggets	Hunter Tyson 2-pt field goal	85	109
6:32	Phoenix Suns	Oso Ighodaro 2-pt field goal	87	109
5:49	Denver Nuggets	DeAndre Jordan 2-pt field goal	87	111
5:32	Phoenix Suns	Oso Ighodaro 2-pt field goal	89	111
4:15	Denver Nuggets	Jalen Pickett 3-pt field goal	89	114
1:03	Denver Nuggets	Jalen Pickett 3-pt field goal	89	117
0:54	Phoenix Suns	Oso Ighodaro Free throw	90	117

2024-25 season series

After this game: Denver Nuggets 1-0. Final series: Denver Nuggets 3-1.

Dec 23: Phoenix Suns 90 at Denver Nuggets 117 (this game)
Dec 25: Denver Nuggets 100 at Phoenix Suns 110
Feb 8: Denver Nuggets 122 at Phoenix Suns 105
Mar 7: Phoenix Suns 141 at Denver Nuggets 149

Highlights

Denver Nuggets 117-90 Phoenix Suns — Full Highlights (YouTube)

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