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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Suns | 34 | 25 | 31 | 28 | 118 |
 Grizzlies | 26 | 31 | 38 | 25 | 120 |
PHXTeam statsMEM| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHX | 41-9045.6% | 20-3852.6% | 16-2272.7% | 46 | 31 | 16 |
| MEM | 40-8646.5% | 17-4637.0% | 23-2785.2% | 39 | 26 | 13 |
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Memphis Grizzlies120| 34 | 10 | 4-11 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | −15 | −6.6 | |||||||
| 34 | 29 | 9-13 | 1-5 | 10-10 | 0 | +15 | +10.2 | |||||||
| 26 | 14 | 6-12 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | +1.5 | |||||||
| 25 | 14 | 5-11 | 4-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −1.6 | |||||
| 23 | 2 | 1-9 | 0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −7.9 | |||||
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| 27 | 13 | 3-7 | 1-4 | 6-7 | 0 | +1 | −0.3 | |||||||
| 22 | 13 | 4-7 | 4-6, Career high (his best before, 2) | 1-2 | 0 | +6 | +3.5 | |||||||
| 22 | 9 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | −3 | +0.2 | |||||
| 20 | 16 | 5-9 | 4-7, Career high (his best before, 2) | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −1 | +7.7 | ||||||
| 6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.6 | |||
| Team | 120 | 40-8646.5% | 17-4637.0% | 39 | 26 | 13 | 22 | 23-2785.2% | 11 | 9 | 7 | |||
Bench 51 points on 15 for 30 shooting
Did not play: Zach Edey (injury/illness); Yuki Kawamura (coach’s decision).
Phoenix Suns118| 41 | 35 | 11-24 | 7-9, Season high (his best before, 5) | 6-6 | 0 | −1 | +4.6 | |||||||
| 40 | 26 | 9-21 | 3-8 | 5-6 | 0 | +7 | −1.5 | |||||||
| 29 | 12 | 4-9 | 4-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −13 | +3.9 | ||||||
| 20 | 10 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +1.3 | ||||||
| 17 | 7 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −2.5 | |||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 9 | 3-6 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | −7 | +0.8 | |||||||
| 26 | 10 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 0 | +6 | −0.3 | |||||||
| 25 | 9 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 0 | −6 | −1.4 | |||||||
| 13 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −2.6 | ||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −0.1 | |
| Team | 118 | 41-9045.6% | 20-3852.6% | 46 | 31 | 16 | 22 | 16-2272.7% | 15 | 6 | 2 | |||
Bench 28 points on 9 for 20 shooting
Did not play: Oso Ighodaro, Damion Lee, Vasilije Micic and TyTy Washington Jr. (coach’s decision).
Grizzlies120Suns118ClickTap 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.
Ja Morant had 29 points and 12 assists, and the Memphis Grizzlies rallied from 16 points down in the first quarter to beat the Phoenix Suns 120-118.
The Grizzlies trailed 25-9 with 4:26 left in the first quarter. They outscored the Suns 111-93 the rest of the way.
Kevin Durant’s 3-pointer made it 120-118 with 9.5 seconds left, and Desmond Bane threw the ball away with 8.9 seconds left. Durant then missed a 28-foot pull-up 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Grizzlies outscored the Suns 12-11. Morant scored 8 of the Grizzlies’ 12 on 3 for 3 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Royce O'Neale had 2 steals in 57 seconds, both with the game within five points, and the Suns scored 3 points off them.
The Grizzlies had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Suns, Durant scored 35 points (14 in the first quarter) with 7 3-pointers, and Devin Booker added 26 points (12 in the fourth quarter), 9 rebounds and 6 assists.
The Suns made 20 3-pointers, 7 of them by Durant and 4 by Tyus Jones. The Grizzlies outscored the Suns 51-28 off the bench.
Memphis GrizzliesPhoenix 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).
97 points from the field on 85 shots: 5.8 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 12-17 | 70.6% | 66% |
| In the paint | 7-16 | 43.8% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 4-7 | 57.1% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 4-9 | 44.4% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 13-37 | 35.1% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyus Jones | 22 | 7 | 3-6 | −1 |
| Devin Booker | 15 | 4 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Kevin Durant | 14 | 4 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Royce O'Neale | 4 | 4 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 10 | 3-4 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 29 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 24 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collin Gillespie | 10 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Tyus Jones | 7 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Grayson Allen | 6 | 2 | 0-1 | +1 |
| Kevin Durant | 5 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 8 | 6 | 2-5 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 37 possessions. He usually scores about 7 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bol Bol | 18 | 7 | 3-5 | +2 |
| Devin Booker | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Tyus Jones | 7 | 5 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Royce O'Neale | 5 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 48 possessions. He usually scores about 12 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.
MEM win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
PHX
50/50
MEM
Highest Leverage Moments
O'Neale 27' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Jones 7 AST)
Q4 5:51
19.2%
77→58
Stevens 26' 3PT Jump Shot (13 PTS) (Morant 12 AST)
Q4 5:35
18.5%
58→76
Booker 3PT Jump Shot (24 PTS) (O'Neale 2 AST)
Q4 3:32
15.8%
89→73
Huff 26' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Bane 3 AST)
Q4 9:38
15.0%
53→68
Durant 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (25 PTS)
Q3 1:13
14.9%
77→62
