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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Suns | 27 | 26 | 22 | 21 | 96 |
 Thunder | 20 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 117 |
PHXTeam statsOKC| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHX | 37-8941.6% | 7-3818.4% | 15-1788.2% | 33 | 22 | 11 |
| OKC | 43-8749.4% | 17-4141.5% | 14-1877.8% | 54 | 33 | 16 |
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Oklahoma City Thunder117| 37 | 11 | 5-15 | 0-5 | 1-1 | 0 | +16 | −3.4 | |||||||
| 36 | 17 | 7-14 | 3-5 | 0-0 | +2 | +2.5 | ||||||||
| 30 | 11 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 0 | 3-6 | 0 | +14 | +3.3 | ||||||
| 27 | 9 | 3-9 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −2.7 | ||||||
| 26 | 17 | 6-9 | 1-4 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +5.6 | |||||
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| 24 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +18 | −4.6 | ||||||
| 23 | 10 | 4-12 | 2-9 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +16 | +0.9 | |||||
| 22 | 24, Career high (his best before, 17) | 9-12 | 5-6, Career high (his best before, 2) | 1-1 | 0 | +15 | +10.7 | |||||||
| 15 | 14 | 5-6 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +12 | +5.9 | ||||
| Team | 117 | 43-8749.4% | 17-4141.5% | 54 | 33 | 16 | 18 | 14-1877.8% | 12 | 7 | 4 | |||
Bench 52 points on 19 for 33 shooting
Did not play: Tre Mann and Kenrich Williams (injury/illness).
Phoenix Suns96| 32 | 14 | 4-15 | 2-11 | 4-4 | 0 | −12 | −5.2 | |||||||
| 31 | 10 | 4-10 | 2-8 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −16 | −2.0 | ||||
| 30 | 18 | 7-17 | 1-7 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −3.7 | |||||
| 30 | 11 | 5-11 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −10 | +0.3 | ||||||
| 23 | 8 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −9 | −0.5 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | 7 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | −11 | +2.3 | ||||||
| 22 | 8 | 4-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | −18 | −0.9 | ||||||||
| 17 | 5 | 2-9 | 1-4 | 0-0 | −17 | −0.4 | ||||||||
| 12 | 7 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +4.1 | ||
| 11 | 8 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +1.3 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −2.4 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −3.0 | |||
| Team | 96 | 37-8941.6% | 7-3818.4% | 33 | 22 | 11 | 17 | 15-1788.2% | 6 | 14 | 4 | |||
Bench 35 points on 14 for 30 shooting
Did not play: Devin Booker and Deandre Ayton (rest); Jae Crowder (injury/illness).
Thunder117Suns96ClickTap 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.
Olivier Sarr scored a career-high 24 points (14 in the fourth quarter), and the Oklahoma City Thunder went on a 13-4 run in the third quarter to beat the Phoenix Suns 117-96.
The Thunder led by as many as 22, pulling away with a 23-7 run bridging the third and fourth quarters.
Sarr scored 14 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter. The Thunder had 7 players in double-digit scoring. Aleksej Pokusevski assisted on 6 of Sarr’s 9 baskets, 4 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Suns, Mikal Bridges scored 18 points (12 in the paint) but went 1 for 7 from 3.
The Thunder shot 49.4% from the field and 41.5% from 3 to the Suns’ 41.6% and 18.4%. The Suns got 6 offensive rebounds, about 5 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. They outscored the Thunder 26-12 off turnovers.
Oklahoma City ThunderPhoenix 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. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
103 points from the field on 87 shots: 11.6 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 | 16-20 | 80.0% | 65% |
| In the paint | 8-20 | 40.0% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 2-6 | 33.3% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 1-6 | 16.7% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 16-35 | 45.7% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bismack Biyombo | 22 | 7 | 3-4 | +3 |
| JaVale McGee | 7 | 5 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Cameron Payne | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Torrey Craig | 4 | 3 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 12 | 4-5 | +10 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 49 possessions. He usually scores about 8 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landry Shamet | 20 | 2 | 1-4 | −2 |
| Cameron Johnson | 12 | 9 | 4-4 | +7 |
| Chris Paul | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Mikal Bridges | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 6 | 2 | 0-0 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 52 possessions. He usually scores about 9 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Paul | 19 | 4 | 2-2 | 0 |
| Cameron Payne | 10 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Cameron Johnson | 8 | 8 | 3-4 | +6 |
| Mikal Bridges | 8 | 0 | 0-3 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 30 | 8 | 4-8 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 15 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.
OKC win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Johnson 24' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Payne 3 AST)
Q3 0:44
17.7%
91→73
Pokusevski 27' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot (10 PTS)
Q3 0:02
17.7%
73→91
Sarr 5' Reverse Layup (8 PTS) (Pokusevski 5 AST)
Q3 0:54
11.7%
79→91
Roby 27' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Wiggins 3 AST)
Q3 7:54
10.9%
66→77
Paul 7' Pullup Jump Shot (9 PTS)
Q3 7:11
10.4%
73→62
