Nuggets 77 - 72 Suns
Final
  for this game

Nuggets down Suns in outdoor game

Oct 12, 2008 - 5:44 AM INDIAN WELLS, California (Ticker) -- Mateen Cleaves scored 12 points off the bench as the Denver Nuggets downed the Phoenix Suns, 77-72, on Saturday in a game that will be best remembered as the first NBA contest played outdoors in 35 years.

A crowd of 16,236 attended the AutoTrader.com Open at Indian Wells Tennis Gardens. The basketball floor was placed over the green tennis surface.

Steve Nash was the only member of the Suns to reach double figures, scoring 16 points in a game that was tied 10 times and featured eight lead changes.

Cool weather and winds played havoc with the teams' shooting. Denver hit 36.2 percent from the field; Phoenix connected at a 31.6 percent rate, going 25-for-79.








  • AT PALM SPRINGS CA
    NBA DENVER 77
    PHOENIX 72 FINAL

    Oct 12 12:53 AM
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    Nuggets 77, Suns 72  4th - 0:27Oct 12 12:50 AM


  • AT PALM SPRINGS CA
    NBA DENVER 60
    PHOENIX 54 END, 3RD QTR

    Oct 12 12:11 AM
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    Nuggets 43, Suns 44  3rd - 8:50Oct 11 11:47 PM


  • AT PALM SPRINGS CA
    NBA DENVER 37
    PHOENIX 41 HALFTIME

    Oct 11 11:23 PM


  • AT PALM SPRINGS CA
    NBA DENVER 18
    PHOENIX 20 END, 1ST QTR

    Oct 11 10:44 PM

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