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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Suns | 32 | 33 | 28 | 30 | 123 |
 Pelicans | 33 | 22 | 30 | 29 | 114 |
PHXTeam statsNOP| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHX | 45-9845.9% | 20-4445.5% | 13-1968.4% | 55 | 26 | 16 |
| NOP | 38-8743.7% | 9-2733.3% | 29-3387.9% | 43 | 16 | 13 |
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 Suns123| 34 | 20 | 6-18 | 3-9 | 5-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9.7 | |||||
| 33 | 18 | 7-18 | 2-7 | 2-3 | 0 | +4 | −3.8 | |||||||
| 33 | 15 | 5-9 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0 | +9 | +0.1 | |||||||
| 31 | 17 | 6-14 | 5-7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +13 | +5.4 | ||||||
| 29 | 8 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | +16 | +2.2 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 16 | 5-12 | 2-6 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +4.5 | |||||
| 15 | 5 | 2-7 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −4.9 | ||||
| 12 | 12 | 5-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +5.1 | ||||
| 11 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | +1 | −0.6 | |||||||
| 11 | 10 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −12 | +5.4 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −1.0 | |||||
| Team | 123 | 45-9845.9% | 20-4445.5% | 55 | 26 | 16 | 23 | 13-1968.4% | 22 | 7 | 3 | |||
Bench 45 points on 17 for 35 shooting
Did not play: Khaman Maluach and Nigel Hayes-Davis (coach’s decision).
New Orleans Pelicans114| 37 | 24 | 6-12 | 6-9, Season high (his best before, 5) | 6-6 | 0 | +1 | +4.9 | |||||||
| 34 | 18 | 7-19 | 0-4 | 4-4 | 0 | −12 | −6.0 | |||||||
| 33 | 17 | 5-10 | 0-2 | 0 | 7-8 | 0 | −6 | +3.0 | ||||||
| 27 | 21 | 7-15 | 2-4 | 5-6 | −1 | +2.3 | ||||||||
| 24 | 0 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −11.2 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 22 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 0 | 6-8 | −7 | +1.6 | |||||||
| 21 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | −8 | +6.5 | |||||||
| 14 | 7 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +0.8 | ||||
| 14 | 1 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −2.8 | |||
| 8 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −3.4 | |||
| Team | 114 | 38-8743.7% | 9-2733.3% | 43 | 16 | 13 | 22 | 29-3387.9% | 14 | 11 | 7 | |||
Bench 34 points on 13 for 26 shooting
Did not play: Jordan Hawkins, DeAndre Jordan, Kevon Looney and Karlo Matković (coach’s decision).
Suns123Pelicans114ClickTap 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 beat the New Orleans Pelicans 123-114.
The Suns took control with a 24-11 run in the second quarter and led by as many as 13.
The Pelicans got within 108-106 on Zion Williamson’s 2 free throws with 3:54 to play, but Devin Booker answered with a pull-up 3-pointer, and the Pelicans got no closer.
During clutch time, the Suns outscored the Pelicans 6-2. Booker scored all 6 of the Suns’ points on 2 for 2 shooting and 1 for 2 at the line.
Booker scored 20 points but shot 6 for 18, and Mark Williams added 10 points (8 in the paint) and 8 rebounds off the bench. The Suns had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Pelicans, Trey Murphy III scored 24 points (11 in the first quarter) with 6 3-pointers, and Williamson added 22 points on 8 for 11 shooting off the bench. Derik Queen had 21 points and 11 rebounds. The Pelicans had 3 20-point scorers.
The Suns shot 45.9% from the field and 45.5% from 3 to the Pelicans’ 43.7% and 33.3%. The Suns made 20 3-pointers, 5 of them by Royce O'Neale and 5 by Collin Gillespie. The Pelicans gave up 22 offensive rebounds, about 7 more than usual for the shots the Suns missed. The Pelicans outscored the Suns 23-10 in 4 minutes with Williamson, Poole, Murphy, Alvarado and Missi on the floor together.
Phoenix SunsNew Orleans PelicansPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. Wins: how much his shots, free throws, turnovers and passes moved his team’s chance to win (1.00 is a whole win).
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.
110 points from the field on 98 shots: 0.9 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 | 15-30 | 50.0% | 67% |
| In the paint | 8-19 | 42.1% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 2-5 | 40.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 6-14 | 42.9% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 14-30 | 46.7% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce McGowens | 21 | 6 | 2-4 | −1 |
| Jeremiah Fears | 15 | 4 | 1-5 | −1 |
| Trey Murphy III | 10 | 7 | 3-3 | +4 |
| Jose Alvarado | 9 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 2 | 0-3 | −5 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 73 possessions. He usually scores about 25 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saddiq Bey | 22 | 0 | 0-1 | −7 |
| Zion Williamson | 17 | 0 | 0-1 | −6 |
| Trey Murphy III | 13 | 7 | 3-4 | +3 |
| Jeremiah Fears | 5 | 4 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 7 | 3-10 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 24 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah Fears | 19 | 0 | 0-0 | −5 |
| Trey Murphy III | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Bryce McGowens | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Saddiq Bey | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 17 | 6-12 | +12 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 62 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.
Score margin over time — positive = NOP leads, negative = PHX leads
NOP Largest Lead
4
Q1 9:17
PHX Largest Lead
13
Q3 11:40
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
NOP 9-0 run
Q4 6:34 – Q4 4:31
-12 → -3
