Los Angeles
Lakers
90
–
99
FINAL
Phoenix
Suns
Date
Sunday, May 23, 2021
Arena
Attendance
N/A
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAL | 25 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 90 |
| PHX | 32 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 99 |
Game MVPs
Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet
Key Contributor
Deandre Ayton
PHX
21
PTS
16
REB
0
AST
+16
+/−
Key Contributions
Deflections1
Contested Shots14
Loose Balls1
Opp FG% When Defending87.5%
Pts Allowed / Poss0.24
Impact Composite61.8
Hustle: 24.5Defense: 34.6Impact: 2.7
Double-Double90.9% FG14 contested shots+16 plus/minusonly 14 pts allowed on 59.5 possessions
Box Score MVP
Devin Booker
PHX
34
PTS
7
REB
8
AST
+9
+/−
Game Performance
FG13-26 (50.0%)
3PT3-7
FT5-6
TS%59.4%
eFG%55.8%
STL1
TOV6
ORTG106
DRTG97
NET+9
34 points3 deflectionsonly 34 pts allowed on 78.8 possessions
Box Score
| LAL | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Schröder | 34:08 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5-7 | 71% | 1-2 | 50% | 3-6 | 50% | -8 |
| LeBron James | 36:04 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6-13 | 46% | 3-7 | 43% | 3-6 | 50% | +2 |
| Montrezl Harrell | 14:38 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4-5 | 80% | 0-0 | 0% | 4-5 | 80% | +2 |
| Talen Horton-Tucker | 7:05 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-4 | 25% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +1 |
| Wesley Matthews | 11:45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-4 | 25% | 0-3 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -7 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Andre Drummond | 19:05 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5-7 | 71% | 0-0 | 0% | 2-4 | 50% | -4 |
| Kyle Kuzma | 19:24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-2 | 0% | 0-1 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -5 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 34:56 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2-9 | 22% | 1-7 | 14% | 2-2 | 100% | -9 |
| Anthony Davis | 38:48 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5-16 | 31% | 0-2 | 0% | 3-5 | 60% | -18 |
| Alex Caruso | 24:07 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4-9 | 44% | 2-4 | 50% | 0-0 | 0% | +1 |
| TOTAL | — | 90 | 33 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 33-76 | 43% | 7-26 | 27% | 17-28 | 61% | — |
Jared Dudley —
Marc Gasol —
Alfonzo McKinnie —
Ben McLemore —
Markieff Morris —
| PHX | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Paul | 36:10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3-8 | 38% | 1-1 | 100% | 0-0 | 0% | +6 |
| Deandre Ayton | 36:43 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10-11 | 91% | 0-0 | 0% | 1-2 | 50% | +16 |
| Cameron Johnson | 22:53 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3-7 | 43% | 2-5 | 40% | 2-2 | 100% | -6 |
| Jae Crowder | 29:25 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3-10 | 30% | 0-7 | 0% | 2-2 | 100% | +14 |
| E'Twaun Moore | 2:02 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +6 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Mikal Bridges | 40:32 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4-12 | 33% | 2-5 | 40% | 0-0 | 0% | +9 |
| Devin Booker | 45:11 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13-26 | 50% | 3-7 | 43% | 5-6 | 83% | +9 |
| Dario Saric | 11:17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2-4 | 50% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -7 |
| Cameron Payne | 12:40 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-8 | 25% | 1-3 | 33% | 0-0 | 0% | -3 |
| TOTAL | — | 99 | 47 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 40-86 | 47% | 9-28 | 32% | 10-12 | 83% | — |
Jalen Smith —
Jevon Carter —
Ty-Shon Alexander —
Torrey Craig —
Langston Galloway —
Frank Kaminsky —
Shot Chart & Zone Quality
Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average
Team
View
Player
LAL33/76 (43%)
Paint
22/39 (56%)
Mid
7/19 (37%)
3PT
7/27 (26%)
RA 67%Paint 35%ATB3 27%Corner 3 25%Mid 40%
PHX40/86 (47%)
Paint
27/42 (64%)
Mid
12/32 (38%)
3PT
9/28 (32%)
RA 78%ATB3 27%Paint 43%Mid 29%Corner 3 50%
Made
Missed
Hot (+5% vs avg)
Cold (-5% vs avg)
Matchup Breakdown
Matchup Matrix
Defense:
View:
Primary Matchup
Devin Booker
defended Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
10.0 min • 9 pts • 57%
Best Defender
Cameron Johnson
held Kyle Kuzma
4.2 min • 0 pts • 0%
Got Cooked
Devin Booker
vs Alex Caruso
4.0 min • 8 pts • 75%
| PHX Defense | Alex Caruso | Andre Drummond | Anthony Davis | Dennis Schröder | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | Kyle Kuzma | LeBron James | Montrezl Harrell | Talen Horton-Tucker | Wesley Matthews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devin Booker | 4.0m 8pts 75% | — | 1.8m 6pts 50% | 1.7m 7pts 60% | 10.0m 9pts 57% | — | — | — | — | 1.1m 4pts 50% |
| Mikal Bridges | 1.0m 0pts 0% | — | — | 1.2m 0pts 0% | 1.1m 0pts 0% | 1.0m 0pts 0% | 9.6m 5pts 40% | — | — | — |
| Deandre Ayton | — | 5.0m 2pts 100% | 5.8m 6pts 100% | 1.6m 6pts 75% | — | — | — | 1.3m 0pts 0% | — | — |
| Chris Paul | 1.6m 0pts 0% | — | 1.5m 0pts 0% | 6.4m 5pts 100% | 1.1m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | — | 1.5m 0pts 0% |
| Jae Crowder | 1.5m 2pts 100% | — | 5.2m 2pts 25% | 1.2m 2pts 0% | — | — | 1.2m 0pts 0% | — | — | — |
| Cameron Johnson | 1.1m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | — | 4.2m 0pts 0% | 1.9m 5pts 67% | — | — | — |
| Dario Saric | — | — | 1.1m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | — | 1.8m 4pts 67% | — | — |
| Cameron Payne | — | — | — | 1.6m 3pts 50% | — | — | — | — | 1.1m 0pts 0% | — |
| Other | 1.6m 4pts 100% | 2.8m 4pts 22% | 1.2m 5pts 50% | — | 2.9m 5pts 100% | 2.7m 4pts 50% | 2.4m 2pts 25% | 2.4m 7pts 50% | 1.8m 2pts 50% | — |
Game Flow
Game Flow
Score margin over time — positive = PHX leads, negative = LAL leads
PHX Largest Lead
16
Q4 0:56
LAL Largest Lead
5
Q1 4:35
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
PHX 8-0 run
Q1 6:22 – Q1 7:40
0 → +6
PHX 10-0 run
Q1 6:22 – Q1 8:14
0 → +8
LAL 8-0 run
Q2 2:36 – Q2 4:26
+9 → +3
LAL 8-0 run
Q3 6:32 – Q3 8:46
+13 → +7