The Phoenix Suns won for losing Friday.

The Denver Nuggets, not so much.

The Suns and Nuggets will meet in the resumption of regular-season play Saturday in Phoenix in different stages of an NBA Cup hangover.

The Suns lost at Oklahoma City 123-119 in a game to determine the Group A winner on the final night of the Cup knockout round, and the result was good enough for Phoenix to secure a place in the Cup quarterfinals as the Western Conference wild card.

The Suns and Group B runner-up Memphis Grizzlies finished 3-1, and the Suns won the tiebreaker based on point differential.

The Nuggets' 139-136 home loss to San Antonio spelled the end of their Cup run, the third straight year they have not advanced past the knockout round.

Suns guard Collin Gillespie had career highs with 24 points

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