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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Suns | 22 | 23 | 29 | 35 | 109 |
 Mavericks | 26 | 27 | 29 | 19 | 101 |
PHXTeam statsDAL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHX | 39-8645.3% | 8-3622.2% | 23-2592.0% | 40 | 25 | 7 |
| DAL | 37-8543.5% | 11-3729.7% | 16-2080.0% | 50 | 19 | 19 |
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Phoenix Suns109| 38 | 28 | 11-25 | 1-8 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +0.1 | |||||
| 37 | 12 | 5-11 | 0-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +19 | +5.7 | ||||||
| 37 | 20 | 8-14 | 2-6 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +24 | +10.5 | ||||||
| 33 | 13 | 4-9 | 3-6 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +11 | −1.6 | |||||
| 18 | 8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −2.5 | |||||
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| 28 | 9 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 5-7 | 0 | +13 | −0.5 | |||||||
| 20 | 7 | 2-7 | 1-6 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −1.1 | |||||
| 19 | 12 | 4-10 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | −7 | +0.2 | ||||
| 10 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −3.7 | ||||
| Team | 109 | 39-8645.3% | 8-3622.2% | 40 | 25 | 7 | 21 | 23-2592.0% | 5 | 13 | 1 | |||
Bench 28 points on 8 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Ish Wainright, Jalen Smith and Elfrid Payton (coach’s decision); Deandre Ayton (injury/illness).
Dallas Mavericks101| 38 | 28 | 9-23 | 2-9 | 8-11 | 0 | −7 | −2.3 | |||||||
| 35 | 19 | 8-13 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −16 | −4.5 | ||||||
| 32 | 18 | 7-15 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0 | −2 | +1.3 | |||||||
| 32 | 5 | 2-6 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −6.1 | ||||||
| 27 | 9 | 3-9 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 0 | −10 | −2.6 | |||||||
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| 28 | 11 | 4-10 | 3-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −2.4 | ||||
| 20 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −1.5 | |||||
| 14 | 6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −0.2 | |||||
| 11 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −2.3 | ||||
| 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −0.8 | ||
| Team | 101 | 37-8543.5% | 11-3729.7% | 50 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 16-2080.0% | 10 | 1 | 3 | |||
Bench 22 points on 8 for 19 shooting
Did not play: Boban Marjanovic, Theo Pinson, Moses Brown, Trey Burke and Marquese Chriss (coach’s decision).
Suns109Mavericks101ClickTap 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.
Devin Booker scored 28 points (16 in the paint), and the Phoenix Suns beat the Dallas Mavericks 109-101 for their fifth straight win.
Mikal Bridges’ floater put the Suns ahead for good with 2:56 left in the fourth quarter.
During clutch time, the Suns outscored the Mavericks 13-4. Bismack Biyombo scored 6 of the Suns’ 13 on 2 for 2 shooting and 2 for 3 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Bridges had 2 of his 4 steals, one of them leading to Booker’s driving layup that put the Suns ahead 96-95, and the Suns scored 5 points off them.
Chris Paul had 20 points (10 in the fourth quarter) and 11 assists. Paul assisted on 5 of Booker’s 11 baskets.
For the Mavericks, Luka Dončić had 28 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists, and Maxi Kleber went 1 for 7 from 3.
The Mavericks forced 7 turnovers, about 7 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Suns outscored the Mavericks 20-6 on the fast break. The Suns outscored the Mavericks 30-13 in 10 minutes with Paul, Biyombo, Crowder, Booker and Bridges on the floor together.
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 8.4% (4th quarter, 8:59 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
86 points from the field on 85 shots: 1.9 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 13-18 | 72.2% | 65% |
| In the paint | 10-18 | 55.6% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 8-14 | 57.1% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 3-11 | 27.3% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 5-25 | 20.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorian Finney-Smith | 30 | 5 | 2-6 | −6 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 13 | 0 | 0-2 | −5 |
| Reggie Bullock Jr. | 11 | 4 | 2-4 | 0 |
| Jalen Brunson | 7 | 9 | 4-5 | +7 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 12 | 4-10 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 30 points on 81 possessions. He usually scores about 29 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxi Kleber | 18 | 2 | 1-2 | −2 |
| Kristaps Porziņģis | 16 | 13 | 6-8 | +9 |
| Dorian Finney-Smith | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Luka Dončić | 8 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 7 | 2-2 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Brunson | 31 | 5 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Luka Dončić | 9 | 3 | 1-4 | +1 |
| Dorian Finney-Smith | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Kristaps Porziņģis | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 10 points on 63 possessions. He usually scores about 10 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
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Highest Leverage Moments
Doncic 14' Driving Floating Jump Shot (28 PTS) (Kleber 4 AST)
Q4 3:10
21.3%
34→55
Bridges 7' Driving Floating Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Booker 5 AST)
Q4 2:56
21.3%
55→34
Booker 4' Running Layup (26 PTS)
Q4 4:53
14.9%
58→43
Doncic 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot (26 PTS)
Q4 4:36
14.7%
43→58
Paul 26' 3PT Jump Shot (13 PTS)
Q4 11:33
13.6%
82→68
