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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Suns | 26 | 20 | 28 | 32 | 106 |
 Bulls | 26 | 32 | 23 | 16 | 97 |
PHXTeam statsCHI| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHX | 44-8850.0% | 6-2227.3% | 12-1580.0% | 30 | 35 | 7 |
| CHI | 39-7850.0% | 12-3138.7% | 7-1070.0% | 41 | 25 | 17 |
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.
Phoenix Suns106| 35 | 22 | 9-24 | 0-3 | 0 | 4-7 | 0 | 0 | +10 | −3.2 | |||||
| 35 | 14 | 5-11 | 0-4 | 4-4 | 0 | +28 | +7.3 | |||||||
| 33 | 22 | 10-17 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | +9 | +5.8 | |||||||
| 31 | 14 | 5-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +10 | +5.5 | ||||
| 29 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −3.1 | ||||
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| 18 | 8 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +12 | +2.2 | ||||
| 17 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −2.8 | |||
| 17 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −4.5 | |||||
| 14 | 15 | 7-13 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | +2 | +2.7 | |||||||
| 9 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −21 | +0.3 | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −0.2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −0.2 | |
| Team | 106 | 44-8850.0% | 6-2227.3% | 30 | 35 | 7 | 11 | 12-1580.0% | 3 | 11 | 4 | |||
Bench 31 points on 14 for 26 shooting
Did not play: Dario Saric (injury/illness); Langston Galloway (coach’s decision).
Chicago Bulls97| 33 | 4 | 2-8 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −11 | −6.2 | ||||||
| 33 | 24 | 9-16 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −2.3 | |||||
| 32 | 5 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −7.9 | |||||
| 31 | 19 | 7-16 | 1-6 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −3.2 | |||||
| 25 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −8.0 | ||||||
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| 22 | 13 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −7 | +6.5 | |||||
| 21 | 4 | 2-8 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −2.1 | ||||
| 21 | 12 | 5-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +0.9 | |||||
| 12 | 11 | 4-5 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +6 | +8.2 | ||||
| 11 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −0.1 | |||
| Team | 97 | 39-7850.0% | 12-3138.7% | 41 | 25 | 17 | 16 | 7-1070.0% | 6 | 2 | 4 | |||
Bench 43 points on 18 for 30 shooting
Did not play: Cristiano Felicio and Daniel Gafford (coach’s decision).
Suns106Bulls97ClickTap 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.
The Phoenix Suns rallied from 16 points down in the third quarter to beat the Chicago Bulls 106-97.
The Suns trailed 58-46 at halftime and 64-48 with 10:33 left in the third quarter. They outscored the Bulls 58-33 the rest of the way.
During clutch time, the Suns outscored the Bulls 7-0. Late in the fourth quarter, Devin Booker had 2 steals in 44 seconds, 1 of them during a 10-0 Suns run, and the Suns scored 3 points off them.
Deandre Ayton had 22 points (20 in the paint) and 3 blocks. Booker added 22 points, and Chris Paul had 14 points (8 on mid-range shots), 15 assists and 3 steals. Paul assisted on 6 of Ayton’s 10 baskets, 3 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Bulls, Zach LaVine scored 24 points.
The Bulls forced 7 turnovers, about 6 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Suns outscored the Bulls 66-44 in the paint. The Bulls’ starters were outscored 35-19 in 12 minutes together.
Phoenix SunsChicago BullsPS, 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 5.5% (3rd quarter, 10:33 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
94 points from the field on 88 shots: 2.5 more than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 19-27 | 70.4% | 64% |
| In the paint | 14-24 | 58.3% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 5-15 | 33.3% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 1-2 | 50.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 5-20 | 25.0% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendell Carter Jr. | 37 | 16 | 7-11 | +7 |
| Luke Kornet | 10 | 2 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Coby White | 10 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Thaddeus Young | 5 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 4 | 2-4 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 73 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrett Temple | 36 | 8 | 4-12 | −5 |
| Zach LaVine | 19 | 6 | 2-5 | −1 |
| Wendell Carter Jr. | 5 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Patrick Williams | 4 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 8 | 4-7 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 28 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thaddeus Young | 12 | 6 | 3-4 | +3 |
| Luke Kornet | 6 | 2 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 11 | 5-8 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 25 possessions. He usually scores about 6 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.
CHI win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Bridges 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Johnson 3 AST)
Q4 4:36
19.6%
47→27
LaVine 27' 3PT Jump Shot (23 PTS) (White 4 AST)
Q4 5:15
17.6%
40→58
Kornet Putback Dunk (11 PTS)
Q4 5:48
15.3%
37→53
Ayton 16' Jump Shot (18 PTS) (Paul 13 AST)
Q4 5:44
15.3%
53→37
Kaminsky 29' 3PT Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Booker 3 AST)
Q3 1:06
14.9%
77→62
