New Orleans Pelicans 125, Phoenix Suns 114 — Recap

April 19, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): New Orleans Pelicans 125, Phoenix Suns 114. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 30-28 PHX; Q2 NOP 26-33 PHX; Q3 NOP 34-22 PHX; Q4 NOP 35-31 PHX.

Top performers (box score): Brandon Ingram (NOP) 37 points, 11 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 threes on 13-of-21 shooting; Devin Booker (PHX) 31 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 7 threes on 12-of-19 shooting; CJ McCollum (NOP) 23 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists, 6 threes on 7-of-18 shooting; Mikal Bridges (PHX) 19 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-11 shooting; Chris Paul (PHX) 17 points, 1 rebounds, 14 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP

Brandon Ingram

37 PTS, 11 REB, 9 AST, 3 3PM · 13-21 FG

Scoring · PHX

Devin Booker

31 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 7 3PM · 12-19 FG

Scoring · NOP

CJ McCollum

23 PTS, 8 REB, 9 AST, 6 3PM · 7-18 FG

Season highs

Devin Booker · Season-high 7 threes

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	30	26	34	35		125
PHX	28	33	22	31		114

🧮 How They Scored

NOPPHX

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

64.9%Effective FG%57.6%

15.5%Turnover %11.3%

30.6%Offensive rebound %20.0%

0.238Free-throw rate0.209

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Herbert Jones F	41	14	1	3	1	0	1	5-8	2-3	2-4	+4
CJ McCollum G	40	23	8	9	0	1	3	7-18	6-10	3-4	+11
Brandon Ingram F	39	37	11	9	1	1	4	13-21	3-3	8-8	+18
Jonas Valanciunas C	26	10	13	3	1	0	4	4-9	0-2	2-2	+5
Larry Nance Jr. F	21	13	6	2	0	0	3	6-9	1-3	0-0	+8
Jaxson Hayes C	20	9	3	1	0	2	1	4-7	0-1	1-2	0
Trey Murphy III F	20	9	1	0	3	0	0	3-7	3-5	0-0	-1
Jose Alvarado G	17	8	0	3	1	0	1	3-3	2-2	0-0	+3
Naji Marshall F	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Devonte' Graham G	7	2	0	2	0	1	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	+7

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mikal Bridges F	40	19	6	2	1	1	2	7-11	2-3	3-4	-8
Chris Paul G	36	17	1	14	1	0	0	5-16	2-6	5-5	-12
Deandre Ayton C	33	10	9	4	0	0	0	4-6	0-0	2-2	-13
Jae Crowder F	27	5	6	1	2	2	2	2-11	0-5	1-1	-7
Cameron Johnson F	26	11	4	0	2	0	1	4-10	1-6	2-4	-11
Devin Booker G	25	31	2	1	0	0	2	12-19	7-11	0-0	-6
Cameron Payne G	17	6	1	2	2	0	3	3-6	0-2	0-0	+6
JaVale McGee C	15	10	3	1	0	0	2	4-4	0-0	2-2	+2
Landry Shamet G	12	5	0	0	1	0	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	-1
Torrey Craig F	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Brandon Ingram	Bench	39	37	75.4	29.2	+18.9	22.6
CJ McCollum	Bench	40	23	58.2	24.5	+14.8	12.2
Herbert Jones	Bench	41	14	71.7	11.2	+3.3	4.5
Larry Nance Jr.	Bench	21	13	72.2	25.0	+15.9	14.1
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	26	10	50.6	21.2	+6.8	9.1
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	20	9	57.1	18.4	+2.5	5.4
Trey Murphy III	Bench	20	9	64.3	14.3	-8.5	6.5
Jose Alvarado	Bench	17	8	133.3	11.1	+9.1	10.4
Devonte' Graham	Bench	7	2	50.0	13.3	+53.8	16.7
Naji Marshall	Bench	8	0	0.0	0.0	-7.5	1.2

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Devin Booker	Bench	25	31	81.6	36.2	-9.1	17.4
Mikal Bridges	Bench	40	19	74.5	16.7	-8.2	9.0
Chris Paul	Bench	36	17	46.7	22.2	-12.7	10.7
Cameron Johnson	Bench	26	11	46.8	23.6	-19.3	6.1
Deandre Ayton	Bench	33	10	72.7	9.2	-18.3	10.0
JaVale McGee	Bench	15	10	102.5	21.2	+7.1	14.3
Cameron Payne	Bench	17	6	50.0	22.5	+13.9	5.7
Landry Shamet	Bench	12	5	83.3	11.5	-9.9	9.8
Jae Crowder	Bench	27	5	21.9	20.3	-9.7	1.4
Torrey Craig	Bench	8	0	0.0	0.0	-22.4	6.1