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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hornets | 34 | 32 | 31 | 27 | 124 |
 Suns | 38 | 29 | 24 | 30 | 121 |
CHATeam statsPHX| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHA | 43-8848.9% | 13-3636.1% | 25-2792.6% | 46 | 24 | 13 |
| PHX | 44-8750.6% | 14-3836.8% | 19-2770.4% | 41 | 26 | 14 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Charlotte Hornets124| 36 | 10 | 3-11 | 1-5 | 3-3 | 0 | −1 | −8.4 | |||||||
| 35 | 20 | 7-17 | 0-5 | 6-7 | 0 | −1 | +0.3 | |||||||
| 30 | 20 | 7-11 | 3-7 | 3-3 | 0 | −5 | +7.5 | |||||||
| 24 | 10 | 4-8 | 1-3 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −4.5 | ||||
| 18 | 10 | 5-9 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | −4 | +3.9 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 29 | 10-21 | 5-10 | 0 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +15 | +7.7 | ||||
| 27 | 14 | 5-7 | 2-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | +2.9 | ||||
| 26 | 3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-4 | +11 | −1.7 | ||||||||
| 15 | 8 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | +2 | +3.3 | |||||
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −0.1 | |
| Team | 124 | 43-8848.9% | 13-3636.1% | 46 | 24 | 13 | 21 | 25-2792.6% | 9 | 8 | 5 | |||
Bench 54 points on 17 for 32 shooting
Did not play: Caleb Martin (health and safety protocols); Devonte' Graham (injury/illness).
Phoenix Suns121| 38 | 20 | 7-14 | 3-7 | 3-4 | 0 | +11 | +3.6 | |||||||
| 35 | 12 | 4-9 | 2-5 | 2-4 | −3 | −1.3 | ||||||||
| 32 | 16 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 6-8 | 0 | −9 | +4.8 | ||||||
| 31 | 33 | 13-24 | 4-10 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −0.1 | |||||
| 12 | 6 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −0.5 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 14 | 5-11 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.8 | ||||||
| 27 | 12 | 5-9 | 2-5 | 0-0 | −4 | +0.8 | ||||||||
| 16 | 6 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | +10 | +3.7 | ||||||
| 10 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | +0.2 | ||||||
| 10 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −3.4 | ||||
| Team | 121 | 44-8750.6% | 14-3836.8% | 41 | 26 | 14 | 25 | 19-2770.4% | 7 | 9 | 6 | |||
Bench 34 points on 13 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Langston Galloway, Abdel Nader and Jevon Carter (coach’s decision).
Hornets124Suns121ClickTap 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.
Malik Monk scored 29 points (20 in the second quarter), and the Charlotte Hornets rallied from 17 points down in the second quarter to beat the Phoenix Suns 124-121.
The Hornets trailed 57-40 with 6:02 left in the second quarter. They outscored the Suns 84-64 the rest of the way.
Chris Paul went 1 for 2 at the line to make it 124-121 with 2.9 seconds left. The Suns had the ball down 3, but Devin Booker missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Hornets outscored the Suns 12-8. Miles Bridges scored 6 of the Hornets’ 12 on 2 for 3 shooting and 1 for 1 at the line. With 3:43 left, Mikal Bridges stole the ball from Terry Rozier, and Booker’s driving dunk off it tied the game at 110.
LaMelo Ball had 20 points (9 in the third quarter) and 8 assists, and Gordon Hayward added 20 points and 8 rebounds. The Hornets had 3 20-point scorers and 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Suns, Booker scored 33 points, and Paul added 20 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists.
The Hornets went 25 for 27 at the line to the Suns’ 19 for 27 and outscored them 54-34 off the bench. The Hornets outscored the Suns 15-5 in 3 minutes with Biyombo, Monk, Bridges, McDaniels and Ball on the floor together.
Charlotte HornetsPhoenix SunsPS, 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 Hornets’ chance bottomed out at 8.3% (2nd quarter, 5:46 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
99 points from the field on 88 shots: 1.7 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 21-31 | 67.7% | 64% |
| In the paint | 6-12 | 50.0% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 3-9 | 33.3% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 5-10 | 50.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 8-26 | 30.8% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Paul | 12 | 5 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Devin Booker | 10 | 5 | 1-2 | +2 |
| E'Twaun Moore | 10 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
| Mikal Bridges | 9 | 3 | 1-5 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 19 | 8-12 | +14 |
The tracking credits him with 32 points on 61 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikal Bridges | 18 | 4 | 2-4 | −2 |
| Cameron Johnson | 17 | 0 | 0-2 | −5 |
| Jae Crowder | 12 | 4 | 2-3 | 0 |
| Devin Booker | 8 | 3 | 1-4 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 7 | 2-6 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 71 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Paul | 24 | 6 | 2-3 | 0 |
| Devin Booker | 8 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Cameron Payne | 6 | 2 | 0-0 | +1 |
| Mikal Bridges | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 12 | 5-8 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 61 possessions. He usually scores about 16 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.
PHX win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
CHA
50/50
PHX
Highest Leverage Moments
Booker 1' Running Dunk (26 PTS) (Paul 9 AST)
Q4 3:39
17.6%
37→55
Bridges 1' Alley Oop Dunk (9 PTS) (Ball 8 AST)
Q4 3:32
17.6%
55→37
Johnson 25' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Paul 8 AST)
Q4 5:00
15.1%
15→30
Bridges 26' 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Hayward 4 AST)
Q4 3:00
13.7%
34→20
Ball 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (7 PTS)
Q3 6:31
12.9%
53→41
