{"id":543884,"date":"2026-03-25T07:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T07:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/543884\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T07:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T07:04:09","slug":"nuggets-125-123-suns-mar-24-2026-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/543884\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuggets 125-123 Suns (Mar 24, 2026) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHOENIX — \u2014 Nikola Jokic<\/a> had 23 points, 17 rebounds and tied a season high with 17 assists to lead the Denver Nuggets<\/a> over the Phoenix Suns<\/a> 125-123 on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Jokic made the go-ahead basket, knocking down a 12-foot jumper with 11.5 seconds left. Phoenix’s Devin Booker<\/a> got a good look at a potential winning 3-pointer, but it bounced off the rim.<\/p>\n

The Suns trailed 117-109 with 3:19 left, but methodically worked their way back. Booker made a tough jumper in the lane to tie the game at 123 with 30.2 seconds remaining. He had 22 points and eight assists.<\/p>\n

Jokic had his NBA-leading 29th triple-double of the season by early in the third quarter. The three-time MVP shot 9 of 16 from the field and delivered several pinpoint passes, including one that went the full length of the court for a layup by Christian Braun<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Nuggets have fought injuries for most of the season, but are now close to full strength. Jamal Murray<\/a> had 21 points and Tim Hardaway Jr<\/a>. added 18 off the bench.<\/p>\n

Denver had a 10-point lead at halftime, but Jordan Goodwin<\/a> and Grayson Allen<\/a> made back-to-back 3s late in the third to help Phoenix cut the deficit to 97-95 heading into the fourth. Allen and Jalen Green<\/a> both had 21 points.<\/p>\n

The Nuggets have won six of their last eight games and are 1 1\/2 games behind the Lakers for the No. 3 spot in the Western Conference playoff race.<\/p>\n

The sliding Suns have dropped six of seven and face an uphill battle to avoid the play-in tournament. They’re currently the No. 7 team in the West.<\/p>\n

Jokic \u2014 who picked up an early technical foul after heated comments toward referee Dannica Baroody \u2014 had 15 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists before the halftime break.<\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

Nuggets: Host the Mavericks on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Suns: Host the Jazz on Saturday.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/NBA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX — \u2014 Nikola Jokic had 23 points, 17 rebounds and tied a season high with 17 assists…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":543885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-543884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/543885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}