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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pelicans | 35 | 26 | 27 | 36 | 124 |
 Suns | 30 | 32 | 29 | 25 | 116 |
NOPTeam statsPHX| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOP | 50-10448.1% | 17-4736.2% | 7-1258.3% | 50 | 25 | 6 |
| PHX | 44-9446.8% | 20-5337.7% | 8-1080.0% | 52 | 29 | 10 |
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New Orleans Pelicans124| 36 | 17 | 7-13 | 3-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +1.7 | |||||
| 36 | 18 | 6-18 | 5-13 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −5.8 | ||||||
| 34 | 19 | 7-18 | 3-9 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −2.6 | |||||
| 31 | 27 | 13-17 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0 | +17 | +15.0 | |||||||
| 29 | 11 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −0.5 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 10 | 4-9 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +22 | −2.3 | ||||||
| 21 | 5 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +22 | −0.5 | ||||||
| 20 | 14 | 5-9 | 2-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +10 | +7.5 | |||||
| 10 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −3.2 | ||
| Team | 124 | 50-10448.1% | 17-4736.2% | 50 | 25 | 6 | 12 | 7-1258.3% | 16 | 3 | 6 | |||
Bench 32 points on 12 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Antonio Reeves (coach’s decision); Bruce Brown (return to competition reconditioning); Brandon Boston (injury/illness).
Phoenix Suns116| 42 | 36 | 13-29 | 6-16 | 4-4 | 0 | −6 | +4.4 | |||||||
| 39 | 15 | 5-7 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +15 | +10.4 | ||||
| 36 | 28 | 12-23 | 4-13 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | +0.8 | |||||||
| 31 | 10 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | +15 | +3.8 | |||||||
| 29 | 15 | 6-10 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +15 | +1.5 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 17 | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | −21 | +1.9 | |||||
| 16 | 0 | 0-7 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −22 | −8.7 | ||||||
| 14 | 0 | 0-5 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −9 | −6.2 | |||||
| 11 | 6 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | +0.7 | |||
| 4 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −9 | 0.0 | ||||
| 3 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −2.3 | ||
| Team | 116 | 44-9446.8% | 20-5337.7% | 52 | 29 | 10 | 15 | 8-1080.0% | 14 | 4 | 6 | |||
Bench 12 points on 3 for 19 shooting
Did not play: Damion Lee, Oso Ighodaro and Vasilije Micic (coach’s decision).
Pelicans124Suns116ClickTap 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.
Zion Williamson had 27 points (26 in the paint), 10 rebounds and 11 assists, his first career triple-double, and the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Phoenix Suns 124-116.
Williamson’s driving layup put the Pelicans ahead for good with 7:21 left in the fourth quarter.
The Suns got within 103-101 on Devin Booker’s 2 free throws with 6:29 to play, but Yves Missi answered with an alley oop dunk, and the Suns got no closer than 111-108.
During clutch time, the Pelicans outscored the Suns 7-2. Early in the fourth quarter, Jose Alvarado had 3 steals, one of them leading to Jordan Hawkins’ driving dunk that put the Pelicans ahead 95-93, and the Pelicans scored 4 points off them. In that stretch, Alvarado had 4 of his 5 assists off the bench, 1 of them on a basket by Hawkins that put the Pelicans ahead.
The Pelicans had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Suns, Booker had 36 points and 9 assists, and Kevin Durant added 28 points. Tyus Jones had 15 points (all 15 on 5 3-pointers) and 12 assists.
The Suns made 20 3-pointers, 6 of them by Booker and 5 by Jones. They forced 6 turnovers, about 6 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Pelicans outscored the Suns 58-34 in the paint. The Pelicans were outscored 13-2 in 3 minutes with McCollum, Murphy, Alvarado, Cain and Missi on the floor together.
New Orleans PelicansPhoenix 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).
117 points from the field on 104 shots: 0.9 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 21-33 | 63.6% | 66% |
| In the paint | 8-19 | 42.1% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 4-5 | 80.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 5-14 | 35.7% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 12-33 | 36.4% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Durant | 22 | 4 | 2-3 | −5 |
| Nick Richards | 7 | 12 | 6-7 | +9 |
| Ryan Dunn | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Devin Booker | 5 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 6 | 3-4 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 60 possessions. He usually scores about 25 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyus Jones | 35 | 10 | 4-6 | −2 |
| Devin Booker | 14 | 3 | 1-5 | −2 |
| Kevin Durant | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Bol Bol | 3 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 6 | 4 | 1-4 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 66 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devin Booker | 26 | 6 | 2-5 | −2 |
| Kevin Durant | 18 | 6 | 2-5 | 0 |
| Tyus Jones | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Ryan Dunn | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 5 | 2-7 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 69 possessions. He usually scores about 22 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
NOP
50/50
PHX
Highest Leverage Moments
Booker 26' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot (30 PTS) (Jones 12 AST)
Q4 7:43
21.3%
34→55
McCollum 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Alvarado 5 AST)
Q4 5:22
19.3%
34→14
Alvarado 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (14 PTS)
Q4 5:55
16.9%
34→17
Jones 26' 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Booker 8 AST)
Q4 5:41
16.9%
17→34
Williamson 2' Driving Layup (21 PTS)
Q4 7:21
15.4%
55→40
