New Orleans Pelicans 114, Phoenix Suns 118 — Recap

December 17, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 114, Phoenix Suns 118. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 34-27 PHX; Q2 NOP 29-19 PHX; Q3 NOP 26-38 PHX; Q4 NOP 25-34 PHX.

Top performers (box score): Devin Booker (PHX) 58 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 threes on 21-of-35 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 30 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists on 12-of-15 shooting; CJ McCollum (NOP) 27 points, 2 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 threes on 11-of-19 shooting; Chris Paul (PHX) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-11 shooting; Mikal Bridges (PHX) 15 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · PHX

Devin Booker

58 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 6 3PM · 21-35 FG

Scoring · NOP

Zion Williamson

30 PTS, 3 REB, 9 AST · 12-15 FG

Scoring · NOP

CJ McCollum

27 PTS, 2 REB, 8 AST, 4 3PM · 11-19 FG

Season highs

Devin Booker · Season-high 58 pointsZion Williamson · Season-high 9 assists

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	34	29	26	25		114
PHX	27	19	38	34		118

🧮 How They Scored

NOPPHX

48Points in the paint34

6Fast-break points7

6Second-chance points17

7Points off turnovers27

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

67.5%Effective FG%56.0%

16.2%Turnover %7.5%

13.8%Offensive rebound %23.8%

0.169Free-throw rate0.422

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Zion Williamson F	39	30	3	9	0	1	6	12-15	0-1	6-7	+2
CJ McCollum G	36	27	2	8	0	1	3	11-19	4-7	1-1	+1
Herbert Jones F	31	8	3	4	0	0	0	3-4	2-3	0-0	-13
Jonas Valanciunas C	26	12	8	0	0	1	2	6-9	0-1	0-0	-1
Dyson Daniels G	23	5	2	1	1	0	1	2-3	1-2	0-0	-5
Trey Murphy III F	22	8	4	2	0	2	1	3-8	2-4	0-0	+9
Larry Nance Jr. F	22	0	6	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-2	-6
Naji Marshall F	18	11	4	2	0	0	0	3-8	3-6	2-2	-5
Jose Alvarado G	15	10	1	0	1	0	2	4-8	2-4	0-0	-5
Devonte' Graham G	8	3	3	1	0	0	0	1-3	0-2	1-1	+3

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Devin Booker G	42	58	6	5	0	0	2	21-35	6-12	10-15	+11
Mikal Bridges F	37	15	3	2	3	0	0	5-13	3-9	2-2	+11
Chris Paul G	35	18	5	8	1	0	2	6-11	5-7	1-2	+6
Bismack Biyombo C	31	11	6	0	0	1	1	5-6	0-0	1-4	+6
Josh Okogie G	23	7	6	1	0	1	0	0-3	0-2	7-8	-3
Torrey Craig F	20	0	2	4	1	0	1	0-3	0-3	0-0	-10
Jock Landale C	16	2	4	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	2-2	+1
Landry Shamet G	15	4	1	3	1	0	0	1-6	0-2	2-2	-5
Damion Lee G	14	3	1	0	0	0	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	+13
Ish Wainright F	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	0-3	0-3	0-0	-10

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Zion Williamson	Bench	39	30	83.0	30.4	+6.1	16.5
CJ McCollum	Bench	36	27	69.4	29.7	+1.4	14.8
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	26	12	66.7	20.4	+0.5	8.0
Naji Marshall	Bench	18	11	61.9	24.3	-8.1	18.7
Jose Alvarado	Bench	15	10	62.5	30.3	-13.0	8.0
Herbert Jones	Bench	31	8	100.0	6.1	-22.5	7.0
Trey Murphy III	Bench	22	8	50.0	17.3	+13.3	5.3
Dyson Daniels	Bench	23	5	83.3	8.7	-6.0	6.2
Devonte' Graham	Bench	8	3	43.6	16.7	+27.1	17.6
Larry Nance Jr.	Bench	22	0	0.0	4.4	-12.1	-2.2
Garrett Temple	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Willy Hernangomez	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kira Lewis Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	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	42	58	69.7	42.9	+11.4	22.6
Chris Paul	Bench	35	18	75.8	17.7	+12.4	14.1
Mikal Bridges	Bench	37	15	54.0	16.1	+13.0	8.6
Bismack Biyombo	Bench	31	11	70.9	12.7	+9.7	7.2
Josh Okogie	Bench	23	7	53.7	12.7	-9.6	5.8
Landry Shamet	Bench	15	4	29.1	19.4	-31.7	4.7
Damion Lee	Bench	14	3	75.0	8.8	+37.7	8.0
Jock Landale	Bench	16	2	53.2	8.6	+3.2	7.2
Dario Saric	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Torrey Craig	Bench	20	0	0.0	8.9	-27.4	0.8
Ish Wainright	Bench	6	0	0.0	25.0	-80.3	-16.1