Los Angeles Lakers 90, Phoenix Suns 99 — Recap

May 23, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Los Angeles Lakers 90, Phoenix Suns 99. Scoring by quarter: Q1 LAL 25-32 PHX; Q2 LAL 20-21 PHX; Q3 LAL 23-28 PHX; Q4 LAL 22-18 PHX.

Top performers (box score): Devin Booker (PHX) 34 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 threes on 13-of-26 shooting; Deandre Ayton (PHX) 21 points, 16 rebounds, 0 assists on 10-of-11 shooting; LeBron James (LAL) 18 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-13 shooting; Dennis Schroder (LAL) 14 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-7 shooting; Anthony Davis (LAL) 13 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists on 5-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · PHX

Devin Booker

34 PTS, 7 REB, 8 AST, 3 3PM · 13-26 FG

Scoring · PHX

Deandre Ayton

21 PTS, 16 REB, 0 AST · 10-11 FG

Scoring · LAL

LeBron James

18 PTS, 7 REB, 10 AST, 3 3PM · 6-13 FG

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	25	20	23	22		90
PHX	32	21	28	18		99

🧮 How They Scored

LALPHX

44Points in the paint52

9Fast-break points16

10Second-chance points21

18Points off turnovers12

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

48.0%Effective FG%51.7%

13.7%Turnover %13.3%

24.4%Offensive rebound %41.0%

0.368Free-throw rate0.140

Box Score

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Davis F-C	39	13	7	2	0	3	0	5-16	0-2	3-5	-18
LeBron James F	36	18	7	10	3	0	5	6-13	3-7	3-6	+2
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	35	7	2	2	1	0	0	2-9	1-7	2-2	-9
Dennis Schroder G	34	14	1	3	2	1	4	5-7	1-2	3-6	-8
Alex Caruso G	24	10	0	0	0	0	0	4-9	2-4	0-0	+1
Andre Drummond C	19	12	9	0	1	1	2	5-7	0-0	2-4	-4
Kyle Kuzma F	19	0	3	1	0	0	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	-5
Montrezl Harrell F-C	15	12	3	0	2	0	2	4-5	0-0	4-5	+2
Wesley Matthews G-F	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-4	0-3	0-0	-7
Talen Horton-Tucker G	7	2	1	1	1	0	0	1-4	0-0	0-0	+1

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Devin Booker G	45	34	7	8	1	0	6	13-26	3-7	5-6	+9
Mikal Bridges F	41	10	4	0	2	1	0	4-12	2-5	0-0	+9
Deandre Ayton C	37	21	16	0	0	1	1	10-11	0-0	1-2	+16
Chris Paul G	36	7	4	8	1	1	1	3-8	1-1	0-0	+6
Jae Crowder F	29	8	4	3	1	0	2	3-10	0-7	2-2	+14
Cameron Johnson F	23	10	6	1	2	0	1	3-7	2-5	2-2	-6
Cameron Payne G	13	5	3	1	0	0	1	2-8	1-3	0-0	-3
Dario Saric F	11	4	2	1	0	1	2	2-4	0-0	0-0	-7
Torrey Craig F	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
E'Twaun Moore G	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+6

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
LeBron James	Bench	36	18	57.5	26.3	+5.8	18.3
Dennis Schroder	Bench	34	14	72.6	19.4	-9.1	7.5
Anthony Davis	Bench	39	13	35.7	21.4	-21.0	7.5
Andre Drummond	Bench	19	12	68.5	22.9	-9.8	14.8
Montrezl Harrell	Bench	15	12	83.3	27.3	+13.1	24.1
Alex Caruso	Bench	24	10	55.6	18.8	+6.6	1.8
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	35	7	35.4	13.3	-13.4	1.7
Wesley Matthews	Bench	12	2	25.0	13.3	-34.2	-11.5
Talen Horton-Tucker	Bench	7	2	25.0	25.0	+12.9	11.1
Kyle Kuzma	Bench	19	0	0.0	7.1	-13.2	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Devin Booker	Bench	45	34	59.4	33.0	+9.1	18.1
Deandre Ayton	Bench	37	21	88.4	14.9	+22.2	22.5
Mikal Bridges	Bench	41	10	41.7	12.8	+13.0	5.4
Cameron Johnson	Bench	23	10	63.5	17.6	-14.0	17.9
Jae Crowder	Bench	29	8	36.8	18.3	+22.2	3.9
Chris Paul	Bench	36	7	43.8	10.6	+7.2	8.8
Cameron Payne	Bench	13	5	31.3	29.0	-7.7	3.2
Dario Saric	Bench	11	4	50.0	24.0	-27.9	-1.8
Torrey Craig	Bench	3	0	0.0	0.0	+14.3	0.0
E'Twaun Moore	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	+120.0	75.0