DENVER NUGGETS (47-25, 0-3) vs. PHOENIX SUNS (51-21, 3-0) ROUND 2 ▪ GAME # 4 BALL ARENA ▪ JUNE 13, 2021 ▪ 6:00 P.M. MT TV: TNT ▪ RADIO: ALTITUDE 92.5 FM 2011-12 MEDIA GUIDE: http://mediacentral.nba.com/media/mediacentral/2011-12-Nuggets-MediaGuide.pdf LAST GAME STARTERS 2020-21 SCHEDULE POS. NO. PLAYER PPG RPG APG NOTABLE DATE OPP W/L RESULT SECOND HALF REGULAR SEASON Tallied 15 points (5-13 FG’s), 5 rebounds DATE OPP W/L RESULT Michael Porter Jr. and 1 assist in 30 minutes in game 3 vs. PRESEASON F 1 17.1 6.4 1.4 3/12 @MEM W 103-102 6-10, 218 PHX on 6/11 … Scored at least 25 points in 12/12 @GSW L 105-107 3 games this postseason. 12/16 POR W 126-95 3/13 DAL L 103-116 Recorded 18 points (8-14 FG’s), 4 rebounds 12/18 POR W 129-96 3/15 IND W 121-106 Aaron Gordon and 2 assists in 29 minutes in game 1 at FIRST HALF REGULAR SEASON 3/17 CHA W 129-104 F 50 11.4 5.3 1.8 PHX on 6/7 … Acquired from Orlando in a 6-9, 235 12/23 SAC L 122-124* 3/19 CHI W 131-127* trade deadline deal on 3/25. 12/25 LAC L 108-121 3/21 NOP L 108-113 Had 32 points (13-29 FG’s), 20 rebounds 3/23 @ORL W 110-99 Nikola Jokić and 10 assists in game 3 vs. PHX on 6/11 12/28 HOU W 124-111 C 15 30.7 11.7 5.1 3/24 @TOR L 111-135 7-0, 284 … 14 career 30+ point playoff games 12/29 @SAC L 115-125 (second most in franchise history). 1/1 PHX L 103-106 3/26 @NOP W 113-108 Tallied 18 points (5-10 FG’s, 4-8 3FG’s), 7 1/3 @MIN W 124-109 3/28 ATL W 126-102 Austin Rivers assists and 1 rebound in 47 minutes in 3/30 PHI W 104-95 G 25 9.7 1.8 2.1 1/5 MIN W 123-116 6-4, 200 game 5 vs. POR on 6/1… Shooting 47.0% 1/7 DAL L 117-124* 4/1 @LAC W 101-94 from three in the playoffs (16-34). 1/9 @PHI W 115-103 4/4 ORL W 119-109 Facundo Registered 14 points (5-9 FG’s), 6 assists 4/6 DET W 134-119 and 4 rebounds in 36 minutes in game 1 at 1/10 @NYK W 114-89 4/7 SAS W 106-96 G 7 Campazzo 8.8 3.3 4.3 PHX on 6/7 … Has a total of 4 games this 1/12 @BKN L 116-122 5-11, 165 postseason with 10+ points and 5+ assists. 1/14 GSW W 114-104 4/9 SAS W 121-119 1/17 UTA L 105-109 4/11 BOS L 87-105 DENVER NUGGETS STAFF 1/19 OKC W 119-101 4/12 @GSW L 107-116 4/14 MIA W 123-106 Head Coach: Michael Malone (Loyola-MD) Associate Head Coach: Wes Unseld Jr. (Johns Hopkins) 1/22 @PHX W 130-126* Assistant Coaches: David Adelman (Portland), Jordi Fernandez (Inefc Lleida), Ryan Bowen (Iowa), Charles 1/23 @PHX W 120-112** 4/16 @HOU W 128-99 Klask (Michigan State), John Beckett (Eckerd College) Director Player Development: Ognjen Stojakovic 1/25 @DAL W 117-113 4/19 MEM W 139-137** Player Development: Stephen Graham (Oklahoma State), Boniface N’Dong Special Assistant to the Head 1/27 @MIA W 109-82 4/21 @POR W 106-105 Coach: Andrew Munson (Iowa) Assistant Video Coordinator: Travess Armenta (Northern Colorado) Video 1/29 @SAS L 109-119 4/23 @GSW L 97-118 Room Associate: Jordan Bickerstaff (Whittier College) VP of Sports Medicine: Steve Short (Dayton) Head 1/31 UTA W 128-117 4/24 HOU W 129-116 Athletic Trainer: Dan Shimensky (Utah) Director of Performance/Head Strength and Conditioning 4/26 MEM W 120-96 Coach: Felipe Eichenberger (N.W. Oklahoma State University) Associate Head Athletic Trainer: Jason 2/1 DET PPD 4/28 NOP W 114-112 Miller (Iowa) Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach: Claus Antunes de Souza (Tulsa) Director of 2/4 @LAL L 93-114 Sport Science/Physical Therapist: Matt Tuttle (Syracuse). 2/6 @SAC L 114-119 4/29 TOR W 121-111 2/8 MIL L 112-125 5/1 @LAC W 110-104 NUGGETS 2020-21 RECORDS 2/10 CLE W 133-95 5/3 @LAL L 89-93 RECORD HOME ROAD OT STREAKS 2/12 OKC W 97-95 5/5 NYK W 113-97 5/7 @UTA L 120-127 OVERALL: 47-25 25-11 22-14 4-2 OVERALL: Loss 1 2/14 LAL W 122-105 5/8 BKN L 119-125 WESTERN: 26-16 14-7 12-9 3-2 HOME: Loss 1 2/16 @BOS L 99-105 EASTERN: 21-9 11-4 10-5 1-0 ROAD: Loss 1 2/17 @WAS L 128-130 5/11 @CHA W 117-112 2/ 19 @CLE W 120-103 5/13 @MIN W 114-103 NUGGETS POSTSEASON RECORDS/STREAKS 2/ 21 @ATL L 115-123 5/14 @DET W 104-91 5/16 @POR L 116-132 RECORD HOME ROAD OT STREAKS 2 /23 POR W 111-106 2021 PLAYOFFS 4-5 2-2 2-3 --- OVERALL: Loss 3 2/25 WAS L 110-112 ALL-TIME 81-123 55-43 26-80 9-5 HOME: Loss 1 2/27 @OKC W 126-96 3 /1 @CHI W 118-112 ROAD: Loss 2 3/2 @MIL W 128-97 3 /4 @IND W 113-103 PLAYER STATUS JAMAL MURRAY – LEFT ACL SURGERY. OUT P.J. DOZIER – RIGHT ADDUCTOR STRAIN. OUT. RECENT TRANSACTIONS 4/30/21: Signed Austin Rivers for the remainder of the season … 4/20/21: Signed Austin Rivers to a 10-day contract … 4/9/21: Signed Shaquille Harrison to a two-way contract … 4/9/21: Waived Greg Whittington and Gary Clark … 3/25/21: Acquired Aaron Gordon and Gary Clark from Orlando via trade in exchange for Gary Harris, R.J. Hampton and a future first round draft pick … 3/25/21: Acquired JaVale McGee from Cleveland via trade in exchange for Isaiah Hartenstein and two future second round picks … 12/9/20: Re- signed Monte Morris to multi-year contract … 12/1/20: Signed Zeke Nnaji … 12/1/20: Signed R.J. Hampton … 11/30/20: Signed Markus Howard to a two-way contract … 11/30/20: Signed JaMychal Green … 11/24/20: Converted Bol Bol contract from two-way to NBA contract … 11/24/20: Signed Greg Whittington to a two-way contract … 11/23/20: Signed Isaiah Hartenstein … 11/22/20: Waived Keita Bates-Diop … 11/18/20: Acquired R.J. Hampton (24th overall) from the Milwaukee Bucks … 11/18/20: Drafted Zeke Nnaji (22nd overall) … 6/30/20: Converted PJ Dozier’s contract from two-way to NBA contract. 2020-21 DENVER NUGGETS GAME NOTES 1 NUGGETS ROSTER NO. PLAYER POS. HT. WT. SCHOOL / COUNTRY EXP. 5 Will Barton III G 6-5 181 Memphis/USA 8 10 Bol Bol C 7-2 209 Oregon/Sudan 1 31 Vlatko Čančar (CHAN-char) F 6-8 236 KK Mega Bemax/Slovenia 1 7 Facundo Campazzo (FAH-coon-doe Com-PAH-zo) G 5-11 165 Real Madrid/Argentina R 35 P.J. Dozier G 6-6 205 South Carolina/USA 3 50 Aaron Gordon F 6-9 235 Arizona/USA 6 0 JaMychal Green F 6-8 227 Alabama/USA 6 3 Shaquille Harrison* G 6-4 190 Tulsa/USA 3 00 Markus Howard* G 5-11 180 Marquette/USA R 15 Nikola Jokić (ni-KOLA yo-kitch) C 7-0 284 KK Mega Vizura/Serbia 5 34 JaVale McGee C 7-0 270 Nevada/USA 12 4 Paul Millsap F 6-7 257 Louisiana Tech/USA 14 11 Monte Morris G 6-2 183 Iowa State/USA 3 27 Jamal Murray G 6-4 215 Kentucky/Canada 4 22 Zeke Nnaji (NAH-jee) F 6-11 240 Arizona/USA R 1 Michael Porter Jr. F 6-10 218 Missouri/USA 1 25 Austin Rivers G 6-4 200 Duke/USA 8 * Denotes two-way player 2020-21 NUMERICAL ROSTER 00 Markus Howard 0 JaMychal Green 1 Michael Porter Jr. 3 Shaquille Harrison 4 Paul Millsap 5 Will Barton III 7 Facundo Campazzo 10 Bol Bol 11 Monte Morris 15 Nikola Jokić 22 Zeke Nnaji 25 Austin Rivers 27 Jamal Murray 31 Vlatko Čančar 34 JaVale McGee 35 P.J. Dozier 50 Aaron Gordon PLAYOFF SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT TIME (MT) TV RADIO 6/11 PHOENIX 8:00 PM ESPN Altitude Radio 92.5/950 6/13 PHOENIX 6:00 PM TNT Altitude Radio 92.5/950 6/15 @ Phoenix TBD TNT Altitude Radio 92.5/950 6/17 PHOENIX TBD ESPN Altitude Radio 92.5/950 6/20 @ Phoenix TBD TBD Altitude Radio 92.5/950 *TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE THE OPPONENT ---- PHOENIX SUNS PLAYOFF STATS PPG OPP PPG FG % 3FG % FT % RPG APG SPG BPG TO NUGGETS 120.8 119.5 47.2% 40.6% 80.8% 44.3 26.0 8.17 4.50 11.2 SUNS 104.0 97.5 45.8% 35.9% 83.9% 41.8 24.3 7.17 5.00 12.5 SERIES NOTES The Nuggets have met the Suns in the playoffs three times in franchise history in 1982, 1983, HEAD-TO-HEAD HISTORY and 1989 with Denver holding a 3-9 all-time record … The Nuggets hold a 1-6 record on the road PLAYOFFS 2021 ALL-TIME STREAKS in the playoffs at Phoenix … Denver is 32-29 overall against the Suns since 2004-05, having OVERALL: 0-3 3-9 Loss 6 gone 21-11 at home and 11-18 on the road … The road team has won just 18 games in this HOME: 0-1 2-3 Loss 2 series since the end of the 2006-07 season – road teams are a mere 18-27 over this stretch … ROAD: 0-2 1-6 Loss 4 Denver won the season series 3-1 in 2020-21, their fourth straight season of winning the series … Before then the last time the Nuggets won back-to-back season series was in 2010-11 and ’11-12 … The Suns set a Nuggets opponent record with 20 made three-pointers at the U.S.