Los Angeles Lakers 94, Phoenix Suns 111 — Recap

March 21, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Los Angeles Lakers 94, Phoenix Suns 111. Scoring by quarter: Q1 LAL 26-31 PHX; Q2 LAL 18-28 PHX; Q3 LAL 32-29 PHX; Q4 LAL 18-23 PHX.

Top performers (box score): Devin Booker (PHX) 26 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 11-of-22 shooting; Deandre Ayton (PHX) 26 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists on 10-of-13 shooting; Montrezl Harrell (LAL) 23 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists on 10-of-13 shooting; Dennis Schroder (LAL) 22 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Talen Horton-Tucker (LAL) 17 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists on 6-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · PHX

Devin Booker

26 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM · 11-22 FG

Scoring · PHX

Deandre Ayton

26 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST · 10-13 FG

Scoring · LAL

Montrezl Harrell

23 PTS, 10 REB, 0 AST · 10-13 FG

Season highs

Chris Paul · Season-high 10 rebounds

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
LAL	26	18	32	18		94
PHX	31	28	29	23		111

🧮 How They Scored

LALPHX

46Points in the paint52

17Fast-break points6

8Second-chance points12

11Points off turnovers10

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

44.1%Effective FG%53.4%

10.2%Turnover %9.3%

14.3%Offensive rebound %20.9%

0.329Free-throw rate0.264

Box Score

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kyle Kuzma F	36	13	6	6	1	0	1	5-16	2-8	1-2	-15
Montrezl Harrell F-C	34	23	10	0	0	1	0	10-13	0-0	3-8	-7
Dennis Schroder G	30	22	1	3	0	0	2	8-14	2-4	4-5	-13
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	30	7	1	1	0	0	1	2-7	1-4	2-2	-17
Talen Horton-Tucker G	28	17	6	3	1	1	3	6-16	0-2	5-6	+5
Alex Caruso G	25	7	5	4	0	0	3	2-5	0-1	3-3	-6
Markieff Morris F	23	2	8	2	0	0	1	1-6	0-2	0-0	-10
Wesley Matthews G-F	16	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-5	0-3	0-0	-16
Alfonzo McKinnie F	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0
Devontae Cacok F-C	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-5
Kostas Antetokounmpo F	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	-1

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Devin Booker G	34	26	9	4	1	0	1	11-22	1-5	3-6	+21
Mikal Bridges F	33	10	6	1	1	1	0	5-9	0-2	0-0	+25
Deandre Ayton C	32	26	8	2	0	1	0	10-13	0-0	6-7	+22
Chris Paul G	32	11	10	13	3	1	2	3-11	0-3	5-6	+8
Jae Crowder F	31	11	5	2	1	1	0	4-10	3-8	0-0	+22
Cameron Payne G	19	5	1	4	0	0	2	1-3	1-2	2-2	+10
Cameron Johnson F	16	8	3	0	0	2	1	3-4	2-2	0-0	-6
Dario Saric F	15	4	2	2	0	0	2	1-6	0-3	2-2	-4
Abdel Nader F	11	5	5	2	0	0	2	2-2	1-1	0-0	-5
Langston Galloway G	9	3	0	0	1	0	0	1-4	1-4	0-0	-4
Torrey Craig F	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-2
Jalen Smith F-C	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-1
Jevon Carter G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-1

🔬 Advanced Stats

Los Angeles LakersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Montrezl Harrell	Bench	34	23	69.6	20.3	-5.4	19.1
Dennis Schroder	Bench	30	22	67.9	26.9	-19.3	9.2
Talen Horton-Tucker	Bench	28	17	45.6	32.4	+8.1	13.7
Kyle Kuzma	Bench	36	13	38.5	22.2	-21.5	8.2
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	30	7	44.4	13.8	-29.4	1.2
Alex Caruso	Bench	25	7	55.4	15.3	-11.3	6.4
Markieff Morris	Bench	23	2	16.7	13.5	-13.6	3.2
Devontae Cacok	Bench	6	2	50.0	15.4	-50.0	23.8
Kostas Antetokounmpo	Bench	2	1	56.8	20.0	-25.0	66.7
Wesley Matthews	Bench	16	0	0.0	13.5	-42.9	-5.1
Alfonzo McKinnie	Bench	9	0	0.0	4.8	0.0	-8.9

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Deandre Ayton	Bench	32	26	80.8	21.9	+35.2	22.3
Devin Booker	Bench	34	26	52.8	34.2	+30.4	14.3
Chris Paul	Bench	32	11	40.3	21.1	+11.9	19.8
Jae Crowder	Bench	31	11	55.0	14.3	+34.9	9.6
Mikal Bridges	Bench	33	10	55.6	11.8	+36.8	8.6
Cameron Johnson	Bench	16	8	100.0	11.9	-20.1	20.9
Cameron Payne	Bench	19	5	64.4	13.0	+22.3	4.7
Abdel Nader	Bench	11	5	125.0	14.3	-24.5	12.2
Dario Saric	Bench	15	4	29.1	23.7	-14.8	-2.0
Langston Galloway	Bench	9	3	37.5	16.0	-28.2	3.6
Torrey Craig	Bench	7	2	100.0	5.9	-20.9	0.0
Jevon Carter	Bench	1	0	0.0	33.3	-50.0	100.0
Jalen Smith	Bench	1	0	0.0	33.3	-50.0	100.0