New Orleans Pelicans 99, Phoenix Suns 110 — Recap

April 17, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): New Orleans Pelicans 99, Phoenix Suns 110. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 16-28 PHX; Q2 NOP 18-25 PHX; Q3 NOP 37-26 PHX; Q4 NOP 28-31 PHX.

Top performers (box score): Chris Paul (PHX) 30 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists, 4 threes on 12-of-16 shooting; CJ McCollum (NOP) 25 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-25 shooting; Devin Booker (PHX) 25 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-19 shooting; Deandre Ayton (PHX) 21 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-15 shooting; Jonas Valanciunas (NOP) 18 points, 25 rebounds, 3 assists on 7-of-21 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · PHX

Chris Paul

30 PTS, 7 REB, 10 AST, 4 3PM · 12-16 FG

Scoring · NOP

CJ McCollum

25 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 9-25 FG

Scoring · PHX

Devin Booker

25 PTS, 4 REB, 8 AST, 4 3PM · 8-19 FG

Season highs

Chris Paul · Season-high 30 pointsJonas Valanciunas · Season-high 25 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
NOP	16	18	37	28		99
PHX	28	25	26	31		110

🧮 How They Scored

NOPPHX

38Points in the paint52

2Fast-break points15

29Second-chance points7

8Points off turnovers21

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

42.6%Effective FG%60.3%

10.9%Turnover %9.4%

45.5%Offensive rebound %14.3%

0.274Free-throw rate0.269

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
CJ McCollum G	43	25	8	6	1	1	3	9-25	3-8	4-6	-10
Brandon Ingram F	39	18	5	4	1	0	5	6-17	1-2	5-5	-6
Jonas Valanciunas C	31	18	25	3	0	0	1	7-21	0-1	4-6	-10
Herbert Jones F	31	5	3	0	1	0	1	2-8	1-2	0-0	-7
Trey Murphy III F	26	6	4	2	0	0	0	2-4	2-4	0-0	+6
Larry Nance Jr. F	20	14	6	3	1	0	1	5-8	1-2	3-4	-4
Naji Marshall F	15	6	1	1	0	0	1	3-4	0-0	0-0	-1
Jose Alvarado G	14	3	1	0	0	1	0	1-4	1-2	0-0	-9
Jaxson Hayes C	11	4	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	2-5	-11
Devonte' Graham G	10	0	1	1	0	0	1	0-2	0-2	0-0	-3

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Devin Booker G	41	25	4	8	1	0	1	8-19	4-8	5-6	+7
Mikal Bridges F	38	11	5	3	0	2	0	4-9	0-3	3-4	+4
Chris Paul G	35	30	7	10	3	1	2	12-16	4-6	2-2	+19
Deandre Ayton C	34	21	9	2	0	4	1	10-15	1-1	0-0	+7
Jae Crowder F	28	1	1	1	0	1	0	0-4	0-4	1-2	+10
Cameron Johnson F	23	13	1	0	0	0	2	5-6	1-2	2-3	+4
Cameron Payne G	17	2	1	0	0	0	1	1-6	0-3	0-0	-3
JaVale McGee C	14	7	7	0	0	1	1	2-2	0-0	3-4	+4
Torrey Craig F	11	0	0	1	2	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	+3

🔬 Advanced Stats

New Orleans PelicansTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
CJ McCollum	Bench	43	25	45.2	27.9	-13.3	10.1
Brandon Ingram	Bench	39	18	46.9	22.3	-9.3	6.0
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	31	18	38.1	29.3	-24.7	17.7
Larry Nance Jr.	Bench	20	14	71.7	23.4	-4.9	24.6
Naji Marshall	Bench	15	6	75.0	13.9	+3.1	10.2
Trey Murphy III	Bench	26	6	75.0	6.5	+13.8	8.9
Herbert Jones	Bench	31	5	31.3	11.0	-13.9	-3.2
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	11	4	47.6	12.5	-54.0	0.0
Jose Alvarado	Bench	14	3	37.5	10.5	-34.6	1.6
Devonte' Graham	Bench	10	0	0.0	13.6	+3.3	-6.8

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Chris Paul	Bench	35	30	88.9	27.9	+33.9	30.5
Devin Booker	Bench	41	25	57.8	25.3	+8.6	14.0
Deandre Ayton	Bench	34	21	70.0	23.2	+12.2	17.7
Cameron Johnson	Bench	23	13	88.8	17.3	+8.2	9.0
Mikal Bridges	Bench	38	11	51.1	13.9	+6.7	7.5
JaVale McGee	Bench	14	7	93.1	15.2	+6.9	22.9
Cameron Payne	Bench	17	2	16.7	18.4	-12.1	-11.8
Jae Crowder	Bench	28	1	10.2	9.3	+27.1	-4.8
Torrey Craig	Bench	11	0	0.0	7.1	-3.3	-2.0