NBA Play-Offs: Nuggets Advance to Western Conference Finals, Depak Suns

Liputan6.com, Jakarta- The Denver Nuggets finished off the Phoenix Suns in the second round of the 2023 NBA play-offs or the Western Conference semifinals. The Nuggets won a landslide victory 114-90 in the sixth game at home to the Suns, Footprint Center, Friday (12/5/2023) afternoon WIB.

This victory makes the Nuggets lead 4-2 over the Suns. In the NBA Western Conference Finals, the Nuggets must wait for the winner between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Golden State Warriors. The Lakers are currently 3-2 up.

In the sixth game of the NBA Western Conference semifinals, the Suns were without two of their top players, point guard Chris Paul and center Deandre Ayton, who were injured.

Despite playing at home, the Nuggets appeared so dominant in this sixth game. Having fallen behind several times at the start of the first quarter, the Nuggets only stepped on the gas at the end of the first quarter. The Nuggets took the first quarter 44-26.

The Nuggets continued to race in the second quarter. Nikola Jokic and friends scored 37 points and kept the Phoenix Suns from scoring only 25 points.

The Suns just improved in the third quarter. The Suns took the third quarter 25-22. But the Nuggets still led by more than 20 points at the end of the third quarter. A very long distance made the Suns fail to catch up until the end of the fourth quarter.

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