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Game 6 is Thursday night in Phoenix.
Kevin Durant had 26 points and 11 rebounds, Devin Booker scored
28 points and Deandre Ayton added 14 points and nine rebounds
for the Suns.
After a close first half, Denver took control in a chippy third
quarter. The Nuggets went ahead 69-53 with a 17-4 run to open
the second half and kept increasing their advantage. Two free
throws by Murray and a floater in the lane and a finger roll by
Jokic made it 77-57 with 4:46 left in the period.
The Suns got within 17 and had a chance to cut the deficit
further, but a Murray steal led to a 6-2 run and an 89-68 lead
late in the third.
Things got heated with 37.6 seconds left in the third when Brown
and Jokic were hovering near the Phoenix huddle and Durant
elbowed Jokic, who flailed back.
Brown and Durant were each assessed a technical foul.
Denver took a 91-74 lead into the fourth quarter, and then went
on an immediate run to essentially put the game away.
Brown hit a 3-pointer and split a pair of free throws and Murray
drained a 28-foot trey to put the Nuggets ahead 98-74. The Suns
scored six straight points to get back within 18, but Brown hit
two free throws, Murray banked in a 12-footer and Christian
Braun had a steal and a dunk to make it 104-80 with 7:48 left.
Booker hit a 3-pointer, but Jokic fed Gordon for an alley-oop
dunk, giving Jokic his 10th assist of the night and fourth
triple-double of the postseason.
The Nuggets led 35-20 late in the first quarter but Phoenix
rallied to take its only lead at 48-47 late in the second on a
Terrence Ross 3-pointer. Denver went into halftime up 52-49.
--Field Level Media
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