DENVER (AP) — Jamal Murray kept imploring the crowd to get louder and louder with each trip down the floor. Murray scored 34 points, hitting six of Denver’s 16 3-pointers, and the Nuggets sprinted past the Phoenix Suns 125-107 on Saturday night in Game 1 of their second-round series. Kevin Durant scored 29 points and grabbed 14 boards for the Suns, with Devin Booker adding 27 points and Chris Paul 11. This is a different sort of playoff series than two years ago, when the Suns swept the Nuggets in the second round. Nuggets: Malone called a timeout 32 seconds into the second half to settle his team down.

Source: The Star April 30, 2023 07:01 UTC