Daily Western Conference Playoff Standings Update: Utah Jazz Biting At Phoenix Suns' Heels
Suns still cling to 8th seed.
Denver
Nuggets
118
Phoenix
Suns
107
Denver
Nuggets
118
| Final - 4.21.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Nuggets | 30 | 30 | 33 | 25 | 118 |
| Phoenix Suns | 34 | 24 | 22 | 27 | 107 |
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Nuggets playoff opponent, should they make it, still remains to be seen as the Spurs and Thunder are battling for the top spot, while the Lakers and Clippers are jockeying for the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds.
Clippers Vs. Nuggets recap: Kenyon Martin's revenge
Tied with one minute left to go, the Nuggets' old friend Kenyon Martin tip's in a horrible shot by Chris Paul with the shot clock expiring ... setting in motion a sequence of events that led to a loss by the Nuggets. Nuggets lost 104-98
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver | 30 | 30 | 33 | 25 | 118 |
| Phoenix | 34 | 24 | 22 | 27 | 107 |
| Denver | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danilo Gallinari | 37 | 5-13 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1-0 | 13 |
| Kenneth Faried | 27 | 9-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 14-4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3-0 | 18 |
| Kosta Koufos | 15 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Arron Afflalo | 37 | 6-10 | 0-1 | 7-7 | 3-0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1-0 | 19 |
| Ty Lawson | 36 | 10-16 | 5-5 | 4-4 | 4-0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 29 |
| Al Harrington | 22 | 4-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 8 |
| Andre Miller | 27 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3-0 | 8 |
| JaVale McGee | 18 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 11 |
| Corey Brewer | 16 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 10 |
| Julyan Stone | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Chris Andersen | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Timofey Mozgov | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Rudy Fernandez | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Wilson Chandler | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Jordan Hamilton | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 48-87 | 6-13 | 16-17 | 38-8 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 17-0 | 118 | |
| .552 | .462 | .941 | Team Reb: 5 | Total TO: 1 (22 pts) | |||||||
| Phoenix | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jared Dudley | 31 | 4-12 | 0-4 | 1-1 | 6-4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 9 |
| Channing Frye | 12 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 5 |
| Marcin Gortat | 27 | 8-14 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 11-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1-0 | 18 |
| Shannon Brown | 41 | 10-24 | 6-12 | 2-2 | 6-1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1-0 | 28 |
| Steve Nash | 29 | 4-9 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 6-1 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2-0 | 8 |
| Markieff Morris | 17 | 1-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 3 |
| Michael Redd | 18 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Sebastian Telfair | 20 | 6-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 15 |
| Josh Childress | 8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Robin Lopez | 14 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2-1 | 8 |
| Hakim Warrick | 19 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 7 |
| Grant Hill | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Ronnie Price | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 44-95 | 11-26 | 8-11 | 45-18 | 24 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 14-2 | 107 | |
| .463 | .423 | .727 | Team Reb: 6 | Total TO: 0 (22 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Joe Crawford, Rodney Mott, Violet Palmer
Duration:2:12
Officials: - Joe Crawford, Rodney Mott, Violet Palmer
Duration:2:12
