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Jamal Murray scored 26 points and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had
15 for the Nuggets, who have won four straight.
Landry Shamet tied his career high with 31 points for Phoenix.
Deandre Ayton had 22 points and 16 rebounds, Chris Paul amassed
17 points and 16 assists, Damion Lee scored 18 and Torrey Craig
and Mikal Bridges had 13 points each.
The Suns lost Devin Booker to a groin injury just 4:20 into the
game.
Ayton opened overtime with a 14-footer but Denver responded with
the next eight points to go ahead 121-115 with 2:30 left. Shamet
hit two 3-pointers around one by Caldwell-Pope and Ayton sank a
reverse layup to make it 124-123 with 1:02 left.
Shamet missed from deep and fouled Gordon on his seventh dunk of
the day. Gordon missed the free throw but was fouled after
getting the rebound and made one of two at the line.
Paul hit a jumper, Murray split a pair of free throws, Shamet
missed another 3-point attempt and the Nuggets closed it out.
Denver led by 15 early but the Suns rallied to take a 57-51 edge
into halftime. Phoenix built a 12-point lead in the third and
was ahead 84-81 heading into the fourth.
The Suns led by eight midway through the final period, but
Murray rallied the Nuggets to a 108-107 lead with 3:08 left.
Paul hit a 15-footer, Michael Porter Jr. made one of two free
throws to tie it and Shamet made a corner 3-pointer to put
Phoenix in front with 2:16 to go. Jokic's tip-in made it 112-111
with 1:17 remaining, and Murray missed a 3-point attempt that
would have put the Nuggets back in front.
Paul missed on a jump shot with 32 seconds left, Murray misfired
on a 21-footer and Ayton split a pair of free throws to make it
113-111 with 15 seconds left. After a timeout, Murray hit a
driving dunk to tie it again with 11 seconds left and send the
game to overtime.
--Field Level Media
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