Suns Can’t Shine in Late Collapse to Nuggets

After Friday’s loss, Phoenix Suns coach Monty Williams wasn’t a fan of how his staff took the ground in current appearances. 

“Whether or not it’s Boston, Memphis, these groups which can be large and bodily and need to put their palms on us, we don’t have the pre-game edge that we’ve had round right here,” Williams stated. “We obtained to get again to chasing one thing and proper now I really feel just like the prey and I don’t like that feeling,”

Towards prime competitors throughout the convention, the Suns had felt inferior. That wasn’t the case towards the Western Convention-leading Denver Nuggets on Sunday evening, at the very least for majority of the sport. 

Phoenix misplaced what was as a lot as an eight level lead with slightly below 5 minutes to play of their eventual 128-125 loss to the Nuggets. The Suns are actually on a three-game shedding streak.

The Suns held a small lead over Denver up till Jamal Murray knotted issues up at 113 with 11 seconds to go. They went into time beyond regulation and will by no means discover momentum. 

Phoenix misplaced SG Devin Booker after simply 4 minutes with one other groin damage, Booker beforehand missed the prior three video games and was dominated questionable heading into Sunday. He additionally missed two video games previous to his final absence with a hamstring damage. 

In his place, Landry Shamet once more paced Phoenix in scoring with 31 factors of his personal. He is now dropped 30 factors in his final two of three video games.

Nikola Jokic moved into first all-time for triple-doubles amongst facilities with a powerful 41-15-15. He grew to become the third participant to report a triple-double on Christmas. 

The Suns proceed their street journey on Tuesday with a pivotal rematch with the Memphis Grizzlies, who not too long ago defeated them 125-100 on Friday. 

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