Jusuf Nurkic out scored Nikola Jokic but KD goes cold as Phoenix Suns fall to Denver Nuggets

The Phoenix Suns and Jusuf Nurkic fall to the Denver Nuggets and Nikola Jokic 119-111. Nurk had himself a night battling Jokic, he finished with a season high 31 points on 13-22 shooting and 6 rebounds. Kevin Durant moved into 10th place on the NBA All-Time Scoring Leaderboard and finished with 30 points and 11 assists. But it wasn’t enough to get the job done. Join the PHNX Suns Podcast for the Suns vs Nuggets postgame show and don’t forget to follow the show on social @PHNX_Suns.

0:00 Countdown
0:30 Intro, instant reaction
3:00 Nurkic’s “unnatural” foul
5:00 Kevin Durant had an off night
11:00 By The Numbers presented by DFCU
17:00 Jusuf Nurkic Big Bright Shining Star
28:30 Jokic with awful flops
36:00 Frank Vogel on KD’s second half
38:00 Kevin Durant enters top 10 in NBA scoring
40:00 Triple $$$, a check in on the Big 3
42:30 Gerald Bourguet joins the show from Footprint center
54:00 Reading your superchats
58:00 Nurkic posts on Twitter and if you could be top 10 in anything what would you choose

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