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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Suns | 29 | 26 | 22 | 34 | 111 |
 Mavericks | 28 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 105 |
PHXTeam statsDAL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHX | 37-8145.7% | 10-2245.5% | 27-3187.1% | 42 | 22 | 13 |
| DAL | 44-8353.0% | 9-2931.0% | 8-1457.1% | 37 | 22 | 15 |
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Phoenix Suns111| 39 | 18 | 8-16 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0 | +8 | +3.5 | |||||||
| 35 | 29 | 8-18 | 1-3 | 12-13 | 0 | +5 | +11.3 | |||||||
| 34 | 6 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −5.8 | |||
| 33 | 14 | 6-12 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −5.8 | |||||
| 32 | 14 | 5-10 | 4-9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −2.6 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 12 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 0 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −4.6 | ||||
| 22 | 7 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +0.8 | |||||
| 13 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −0.5 | |||||
| 9 | 7 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | −1 | +2.1 | |||||||
| Team | 111 | 37-8145.7% | 10-2245.5% | 42 | 22 | 13 | 19 | 27-3187.1% | 9 | 9 | 0 | |||
Bench 30 points on 9 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Jalen Smith, Damian Jones and Jevon Carter (coach’s decision); Devin Booker (injury/illness).
Dallas Mavericks105| 36 | 19 | 8-19 | 3-10 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | −0.2 | ||||||
| 35 | 9 | 4-11 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −8.2 | |||||
| 34 | 9 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −2.4 | ||||||
| 33 | 29 | 12-22 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +3.1 | |||||
| 30 | 14 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | +5 | +5.5 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 7 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −17 | −4.3 | ||||||
| 19 | 6 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −15 | −2.4 | ||||||
| 18 | 8 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 4-7 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −2.3 | ||||||
| 9 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −2.7 | |||||
| Team | 105 | 44-8353.0% | 9-2931.0% | 37 | 22 | 15 | 26 | 8-1457.1% | 5 | 5 | 4 | |||
Bench 25 points on 10 for 18 shooting
Did not play: Tyler Bey, Josh Green, Nate Hinton, Wes Iwundu, Boban Marjanovic and Tyrell Terry (coach’s decision).
Suns111Mavericks105ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Chris Paul had 29 points (16 in the fourth quarter) and 12 assists, and the Phoenix Suns rallied from 15 points down in the third quarter to beat the Dallas Mavericks 111-105.
The Suns trailed 74-59 with 6:01 left in the third quarter. They outscored the Mavericks 52-31 the rest of the way.
During clutch time, the Suns outscored the Mavericks 16-3. Paul (No. 7 in clutch points, 2020-21) scored 12 of the Suns’ 16 on 3 for 3 shooting and 5 for 6 at the line. Early in the fourth quarter, Paul had 2 of his 4 steals in 30 seconds, the first leading to Langston Galloway’s 3-pointer and the second to Deandre Ayton’s hook shot that tied the game at 82. In that stretch, Paul had 5 of his 12 assists, 2 of them on baskets by Cameron Johnson and Jae Crowder that put the Suns ahead.
Paul scored 16 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter.
For the Mavericks, Luka Dončić had 29 points (8 during a 14-0 run across the second and third quarters), 8 rebounds and 7 assists.
The Suns went 27 for 31 at the line to the Mavericks’ 8 for 14. The Mavericks turned it over 16 times, about 4 more than usual for this many possessions. The Mavericks’ starters outscored the Suns 51-41 in 20 minutes together. Willie Cauley-Stein and Dwight Powell fouled out.
Phoenix SunsDallas MavericksPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Suns’ chance bottomed out at 6.7% (3rd quarter, 6:01 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
84 points from the field on 81 shots: 1.6 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 12-20 | 60.0% | 64% |
| In the paint | 8-24 | 33.3% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 7-15 | 46.7% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 1-1 | 100.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-21 | 42.9% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorian Finney-Smith | 28 | 2 | 0-3 | −4 |
| Jalen Brunson | 10 | 4 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Josh Richardson | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Luka Dončić | 5 | 3 | 1-4 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 15 | 6-10 | +12 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 66 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Cauley-Stein | 42 | 6 | 3-8 | −4 |
| Dwight Powell | 19 | 4 | 2-4 | −1 |
| Dorian Finney-Smith | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Luka Dončić | 5 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 6 | 2-4 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 85 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luka Dončić | 25 | 2 | 1-5 | −3 |
| Dorian Finney-Smith | 8 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 7 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Josh Richardson | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 5 | 2-3 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 13 points on 58 possessions. He usually scores about 11 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
DAL win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
PHX
50/50
DAL
Highest Leverage Moments
Ayton 2' Dunk (16 PTS)
Q4 3:25
21.3%
55→34
Crowder 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Paul 10 AST)
Q4 7:09
19.1%
62→43
Cauley-Stein 1' Alley Oop Dunk (12 PTS) (Doncic 6 AST)
Q4 3:41
17.6%
37→55
Johnson 26' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Paul 9 AST)
Q4 10:37
15.5%
53→37
Paul 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (20 PTS)
Q4 4:28
15.4%
62→47
