Burn City Sports · Oct 11, 2023
Suns Fall Short Without Big Three In Preseason Home Opener
The Phoenix Suns hosted the Denver Nuggets in their home preseason opener. Suns’ head coach Frank Vogel made the decision to sit Bradley Beal, Kevin Durant, and Devin Booker.
The starting lineup for Phoenix was Saban Lee, Grayson Allen, Josh Okogie, Chimezie Mutu, and Jusuf Nurkic.
The Nuggets played most of their starters, Jamal Murray, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Aaron Gordon, and Nikola Jokic started along side Justin Holiday.
The first quarter went back and forth as both teams had sloppy moments. The Suns had seven turnovers and the Nuggets turned the ball over five times in the quarter.
Okogie and Caldwell-Pope led all scorers with six points. Denver was up 25-23 after the first quarter.