Chicago Bulls 116, Phoenix Suns 121 — Recap

March 31, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Chicago Bulls 116, Phoenix Suns 121. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHI 37-39 PHX; Q2 CHI 21-28 PHX; Q3 CHI 28-27 PHX; Q4 CHI 30-27 PHX.

Top performers (box score): Devin Booker (PHX) 45 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 17-of-24 shooting; Nikola Vucevic (CHI) 24 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-18 shooting; Thaddeus Young (CHI) 19 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists on 7-of-14 shooting; Denzel Valentine (CHI) 19 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-18 shooting; Chris Paul (PHX) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 14 assists on 7-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · PHX

Devin Booker

45 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 17-24 FG

Scoring · CHI

Nikola Vucevic

24 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 8-18 FG

Scoring · CHI

Thaddeus Young

19 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST · 7-14 FG

Season highs

Devin Booker · Season-high 45 points

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CHI	37	21	28	30		116
PHX	39	28	27	27		121

🧮 How They Scored

CHIPHX

56Points in the paint44

8Fast-break points14

14Second-chance points5

13Points off turnovers11

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

49.0%Effective FG%63.6%

7.7%Turnover %8.9%

39.1%Offensive rebound %11.1%

0.212Free-throw rate0.296

Box Score

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Vucevic C	34	24	10	3	2	1	0	8-18	2-4	6-6	-6
Lauri Markkanen F	34	16	10	2	0	0	1	5-13	2-8	4-5	-5
Patrick Williams F	32	16	3	1	1	1	1	7-11	2-3	0-0	-9
Tomas Satoransky G-F	30	9	3	7	2	0	3	3-11	1-4	2-2	-8
Denzel Valentine G	29	19	6	4	0	0	2	8-18	3-9	0-0	+1
Thaddeus Young F	28	19	10	4	1	0	1	7-14	0-0	5-6	-1
Daniel Theis F	20	6	5	2	0	2	1	2-5	0-2	2-2	-4
Troy Brown Jr. F	17	5	1	0	0	0	0	2-5	1-2	0-0	+4
Ryan Arcidiacono G	16	2	2	4	0	0	0	1-4	0-1	0-0	+3

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Devin Booker G	35	45	4	4	1	1	5	17-24	2-5	9-10	+7
Chris Paul G	32	19	4	14	0	0	1	7-13	0-0	5-7	+10
Deandre Ayton C	32	10	4	0	1	2	3	4-8	0-0	2-2	+9
Jae Crowder F	28	10	3	1	1	4	0	3-4	3-4	1-3	+2
Mikal Bridges F	28	6	2	1	1	0	0	3-8	0-3	0-1	-3
Dario Saric F	20	16	4	2	1	0	0	6-9	3-5	1-1	+3
Cameron Johnson F	20	6	2	2	0	0	0	2-4	2-4	0-0	+5
Cameron Payne G	16	9	4	4	0	0	0	4-7	1-3	0-0	-5
Torrey Craig F	16	0	3	0	1	0	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	-1
Jevon Carter G	13	0	2	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

Chicago BullsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Vucevic	Bench	34	24	58.1	22.8	-8.3	15.1
Denzel Valentine	Bench	29	19	52.8	29.0	+1.8	12.4
Thaddeus Young	Bench	28	19	57.1	23.1	-3.7	15.6
Lauri Markkanen	Bench	34	16	52.6	18.4	-2.0	10.0
Patrick Williams	Bench	32	16	72.7	14.1	-11.7	7.6
Tomas Satoransky	Bench	30	9	37.9	18.1	-10.8	2.0
Daniel Theis	Bench	20	6	51.0	15.6	-7.3	8.0
Troy Brown Jr.	Bench	17	5	50.0	13.5	+13.3	4.0
Ryan Arcidiacono	Bench	16	2	25.0	11.8	+6.2	3.3

Phoenix SunsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Devin Booker	Bench	35	45	79.2	42.9	+7.8	21.5
Chris Paul	Bench	32	19	59.1	24.6	+13.7	18.8
Dario Saric	Bench	20	16	84.7	20.0	+1.4	20.2
Deandre Ayton	Bench	32	10	56.3	17.1	+9.8	5.1
Jae Crowder	Bench	28	10	94.0	8.2	+1.3	6.9
Cameron Payne	Bench	16	9	64.3	20.0	-19.5	12.4
Mikal Bridges	Bench	28	6	35.5	13.1	-3.1	2.4
Cameron Johnson	Bench	20	6	75.0	10.0	+13.9	9.3
Jevon Carter	Bench	13	0	0.0	3.8	-14.0	-1.1
Torrey Craig	Bench	16	0	0.0	9.1	-3.4	-1.6