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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Clippers | 22 | 25 | 24 | 32 | 103 |
 Suns | 25 | 23 | 27 | 29 | 104 |
LACTeam statsPHX| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAC | 36-8045.0% | 13-3438.2% | 18-2475.0% | 39 | 18 | 8 |
| PHX | 41-8250.0% | 6-2623.1% | 16-1888.9% | 39 | 24 | 9 |
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Phoenix Suns104| 41 | 20 | 5-16 | 1-3 | 9-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −12.2 | |||||
| 37 | 29 | 12-24 | 2-8 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | +4 | +9.3 | ||||||
| 35 | 5 | 2-7 | 1-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6.8 | |||||
| 35 | 24 | 12-15 | 0-0 | 0-1 | +4 | +9.3 | ||||||||
| 33 | 2 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −5.5 | |||||
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| 24 | 11 | 5-5 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −1 | +3.8 | |||||
| 13 | 11 | 4-9 | 1-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +2.0 | |||||
| 11 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −4.2 | ||
| 11 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +1.2 | |||
| Team | 104 | 41-8250.0% | 6-2623.1% | 39 | 24 | 9 | 20 | 16-1888.9% | 7 | 5 | 3 | |||
Bench 24 points on 10 for 17 shooting
Did not play: Ty-Shon Alexander, Frank Kaminsky, Langston Galloway, Jevon Carter and Jalen Smith (coach’s decision).
LA Clippers103| 41 | 26 | 10-23 | 1-8 | 5-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4.4 | |||||
| 39 | 19 | 7-15 | 3-7 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +1.2 | ||||||
| 34 | 14 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | +3.6 | ||||||
| 26 | 6 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −1 | −2.7 | ||||||
| 25 | 7 | 3-11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | −5.9 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 19 | 8 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −1.1 | |||||
| 19 | 10 | 4-7 | 2-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | +2.1 | |||||
| 17 | 8 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +1.6 | ||||
| 16 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −0.9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −3.2 | |||
| Team | 103 | 36-8045.0% | 13-3438.2% | 39 | 18 | 8 | 19 | 18-2475.0% | 7 | 3 | 4 | |||
Bench 31 points on 10 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Jay Scrubb, Amir Coffey, Yogi Ferrell, Daniel Oturu and Patrick Patterson (coach’s decision).
Suns104Clippers103ClickTap 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.
Deandre Ayton made an alley oop dunk on a pass from Jae Crowder with 0.7 seconds left, and the Phoenix Suns beat the LA Clippers 104-103 for a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.
Paul George’s 21-foot pull-up jumper had put the Clippers ahead 103-102 with 22 seconds left.
During clutch time, the Suns outscored the Clippers 11-10. Ayton scored 4 of the Suns’ 11 on 2 for 2 shooting. In the fourth quarter, Cameron Payne had 5 of his 9 assists, 1 of them on a basket by Devin Booker that put the Suns ahead.
Payne had 29 points and 9 assists. Ayton added 24 points and 14 rebounds on 12 for 15 shooting, and Booker scored 20 points but shot 5 for 16. The Suns had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Clippers, George had 26 points and 6 assists but went 1 for 8 from 3.
The Suns outscored the Clippers 54-30 in the paint.
Phoenix SunsLA ClippersPS, 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. The Suns’ chance bottomed out at 14% (4th quarter, 3.3s left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
88 points from the field on 82 shots: about what the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 21-28 | 75.0% | 64% |
| In the paint | 9-14 | 64.3% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 5-14 | 35.7% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 0-4 | 0.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 6-22 | 27.3% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Jackson | 32 | 11 | 5-9 | +3 |
| Paul George | 7 | 4 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Ivica Zubac | 6 | 8 | 3-5 | +7 |
| Terance Mann | 5 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 8 | 4-11 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 31 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivica Zubac | 43 | 18 | 9-12 | +7 |
| Reggie Jackson | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Paul George | 7 | 6 | 3-3 | +4 |
| Patrick Beverley | 5 | 4 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 4 | 2-2 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 32 points on 72 possessions. He usually scores about 19 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Beverley | 41 | 6 | 2-7 | −10 |
| Terance Mann | 15 | 7 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Paul George | 6 | 2 | 0-1 | 0 |
| Ivica Zubac | 5 | 0 | 0-4 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 7 | 3-7 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 82 possessions. He usually scores about 31 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
LAC
50/50
PHX
Highest Leverage Moments
Ayton 1' Alley Oop Dunk (24 PTS) (Crowder 3 AST)
Q4 0:01
70.5%
14→85
Booker 15' Pullup Jump Shot (20 PTS) (Payne 9 AST)
Q4 0:27
43.3%
29→73
George 1' Running Layup (24 PTS)
Q4 0:31
41.4%
71→30
George 21' Pullup Jump Shot (26 PTS)
Q4 0:22
40.6%
73→32
Bridges 26' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Payne 7 AST)
Q4 2:56
18.9%
73→92
