Game 46: Denver Nuggets (20-25) @ Phoenix Suns (15-31) - 9:00 PM ET

[Chuck Everett]

21-25. Getting back to .500 should be the goal, then re-adjust expectations from there. Lakers game on Tuesday night is a must win.

[TunaFish]

With Jokic out it looked like a loss for sure. Yet, you could argue this was their best win of the season. Go figure.

[RRFB]

Impressive win considering the circumstances. Those home-and-home's are always tough, even against the Suns.

Faried has quietly had a great month. Malone has found him a perfect role in this offense. Good to see him do it without Jokic.

[skywalker33]

21-25. Getting back to .500 should be the goal, then re-adjust expectations from there. Lakers game on Tuesday night is a must win.

Well I for one ALWAYS enjoy a Lakers loss, especially when it's also a Nuggets win !!

[The Rebel]

Since Nurkic was benched in mid second quarter Nuggets are rolling .

Actually it started to change when Murray got in, which was a couple of minutes after Nurkic went out.

[The Rebel]

Funny the more minutes Nurkic and Murray are allowed to play, the better they play. Nurkic will have to leave if they cannot come up with a lineup to surround them as I he is just not going to be on that superstar level which Jokic is well on his way to, he is way to good to be riding the bench especially with the way Malone treats these young guys.

[eathb_au]

Good game by Murray, can't wait to see him sit on the bench next game.

[Mickey8]

I was not happy with Nurkic's performance last night, he just looked lost out there, in the entire game he had a one good sequence on the defensive end and that was about it, it was circumstantial that Denver guards have showed up last night and played some good defense in the second half of the game , its not that Nurkic dominated on the defensive end , actually Chandler had his way with him, which is sad because Nurkic is much better player than Tyson. The best thing for Nurkic and Denver is for Nurkic being traded before the end of the trade deadline , Nurkic should start somewhere else fresh, maybe he will play to his full potential there , also it seems that he didn't work on his game a lot, his post up game is not very rich, shooting touch is all out of whack , he really needs to work very hard on his game in the off season.

[NuggetsWY]

Minutes
37.28 Gallinari
36.39 Faried
35.11 Harris
33.20 Nelson
23.21 Murray
23.15 Chandler
20.19 Barton
15.29 Nurkic
14.58 Athur

Who had the biggest impact? Probably Gallinari & Faried & Murray
with honorable mention for Nelson plus Harris who had a poor shooting night but corralled 8 boards