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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hornets | 22 | 28 | 26 | 20 | 96 |
 Suns | 28 | 27 | 17 | 29 | 101 |
CHATeam statsPHX| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHA | 33-8041.3% | 14-3935.9% | 16-2080.0% | 52 | 24 | 25 |
| PHX | 38-9241.3% | 13-4330.2% | 12-1580.0% | 31 | 23 | 7 |
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Phoenix Suns101| 35 | 30 | 12-20 | 4-8 | 2-2 | 0 | −9 | +10.4 | |||||||
| 32 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | +14 | −3.4 | |||||
| 30 | 15 | 6-13 | 3-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −1.3 | |||||
| 25 | 11 | 3-9 | 0-4 | 0 | 5-5 | 0 | +1 | −0.1 | ||||||
| 21 | 12 | 3-9 | 1-4 | 0 | 5-6 | 0 | −16 | −2.7 | ||||||
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| 27 | 13 | 5-13 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +12 | −3.6 | ||||||
| 24 | 6 | 2-11 | 2-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +18 | −3.1 | ||||||
| 21 | 8 | 4-9 | 0-5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +16 | −3.6 | |||
| 16 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | −7 | −2.5 | |||||||
| 10 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +9 | −1.1 | |||||
| Team | 101 | 38-9241.3% | 13-4330.2% | 31 | 23 | 7 | 20 | 12-1580.0% | 9 | 11 | 4 | |||
Bench 31 points on 13 for 39 shooting
Did not play: Duop Reath, Jamaree Bouyea, Rasheer Fleming and Koa Peat (coach’s decision).
Charlotte Hornets96| 34 | 14 | 5-11 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −2.3 | ||||||
| 34 | 16 | 6-18 | 1-5 | 3-5 | 0 | −10 | −7.5 | |||||||
| 32 | 3 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −8.3 | ||||||
| 32 | 7 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −1.9 | |||||||
| 20 | 21 | 8-16 | 2-7 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +0.1 | ||||||
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| 22 | 7 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −4.7 | ||||
| 18 | 13 | 4-9 | 3-6 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −1.9 | ||||
| 16 | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −9 | +1.3 | |||||
| 16 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −4.2 | ||||
| 16 | 11 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | +11 | +4.5 | ||||||
| Team | 96 | 33-8041.3% | 14-3935.9% | 52 | 24 | 25 | 19 | 16-2080.0% | 15 | 4 | 4 | |||
Bench 35 points on 10 for 23 shooting
Did not play: PJ Hall and Liam McNeeley (coach’s decision).
Suns101Hornets96ClickTap 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 30 points (13 in the first quarter), and the Phoenix Suns beat the Charlotte Hornets 101-96.
Collin Gillespie’s 17-foot pull-up jumper put the Suns ahead for good with 8:44 left in the fourth quarter.
The Hornets got within 87-86 on Grayson Allen’s 11-foot floater with 5:17 to play, but Booker answered with a 20-foot fadeaway, and the Hornets got no closer than 97-95.
During clutch time, the Suns outscored the Hornets 14-3. Booker scored 9 of the Suns’ 14 on 3 for 3 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Oso Ighodaro had 5 of his 7 assists, 2 of them on baskets by Luke Kennard and Gillespie that put the Suns ahead. In that stretch, Booker had 2 of his 3 steals, and the Suns scored 2 points off them.
For the Hornets, Coby White scored 21 points (12 in the paint). Allen had 14 points and 6 assists.
The Hornets turned it over 27 times, about 8 more than usual for this many possessions. The Suns outscored the Hornets 31-12 in 10 minutes with Kennard, Bridges, Goodwin, Gillespie and Ighodaro on the floor together.
Phoenix SunsCharlotte HornetsPS, 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).
89 points from the field on 92 shots: 6.7 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 10-19 | 52.6% | 66% |
| In the paint | 9-18 | 50.0% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 6-12 | 50.0% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 2-10 | 20.0% | 36% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-33 | 33.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sion James | 29 | 4 | 2-6 | −6 |
| Naz Reid | 7 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Royce O'Neale | 6 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Tidjane Salaün | 6 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 18 | 7-10 | +12 |
The tracking credits him with 30 points on 64 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grayson Allen | 21 | 4 | 2-3 | −1 |
| Naz Reid | 10 | 9 | 3-4 | +6 |
| Moussa Diabaté | 8 | 2 | 1-4 | 0 |
| Royce O'Neale | 5 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 54 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Anderson | 12 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Coby White | 7 | 8 | 3-4 | +7 |
| Tidjane Salaün | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Grayson Allen | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 3 | 1-5 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 13 points on 44 possessions. He usually scores about 8 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 = PHX leads, negative = CHA leads
PHX Largest Lead
17
Q2 6:20
CHA Largest Lead
5
Q1 6:55
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
PHX 8-0 run
Q1 4:12 – Q1 2:59
-1 → +7
