Oklahoma City Thunder 101, Phoenix Suns 113 — Recap

December 23, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Oklahoma City Thunder 101, Phoenix Suns 113. Scoring by quarter: Q1 OKC 17-29 PHX; Q2 OKC 31-16 PHX; Q3 OKC 21-37 PHX; Q4 OKC 32-31 PHX.

Top performers (box score): Devin Booker (PHX) 30 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 threes on 12-of-23 shooting; Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) 29 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; Cameron Johnson (PHX) 21 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-7 shooting; Deandre Ayton (PHX) 19 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists on 8-of-15 shooting; Josh Giddey (OKC) 17 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-17 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · PHX

Devin Booker

30 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST, 4 3PM · 12-23 FG

Scoring · OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

29 PTS, 5 REB, 7 AST, 2 3PM · 10-20 FG

Scoring · PHX

Cameron Johnson

21 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 5 3PM · 7-7 FG

Season highs

Cameron Johnson · Season-high 5 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
OKC	17	31	21	32		101
PHX	29	16	37	31		113

🧮 How They Scored

OKCPHX

48Points in the paint34

1Fast-break points6

14Second-chance points16

9Points off turnovers22

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

44.3%Effective FG%56.5%

10.2%Turnover %11.6%

21.2%Offensive rebound %25.0%

0.219Free-throw rate0.140

Box Score

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G	39	29	5	7	0	1	5	10-20	2-6	7-7	-12
Luguentz Dort G	33	10	4	0	1	0	1	4-16	2-9	0-0	-16
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl F	32	11	5	0	0	1	1	4-9	3-6	0-2	-19
Josh Giddey G	31	17	6	2	1	0	1	7-17	1-4	2-3	-10
Aaron Wiggins G	23	5	3	2	1	0	1	1-3	0-2	3-4	-9
Kenrich Williams G-F	21	7	4	1	1	0	2	3-6	0-2	1-2	+10
Darius Bazley F	18	8	10	1	1	1	1	3-9	1-2	1-1	-12
Tre Mann G	18	4	1	2	0	0	0	2-8	0-3	0-0	-6
Mike Muscala F-C	13	10	6	1	0	1	0	3-6	2-5	2-2	+10
Aleksej Pokusevski C	12	0	0	1	1	1	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	+4

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Devin Booker G	35	30	7	7	2	1	2	12-23	4-7	2-2	+19
Chris Paul G	32	16	5	7	3	0	2	7-14	1-6	1-2	-2
Deandre Ayton C	31	19	12	2	0	2	1	8-15	0-1	3-6	+17
Jae Crowder F	31	7	5	1	2	2	2	3-7	1-5	0-0	-6
Mikal Bridges F	28	5	5	0	0	0	1	2-6	1-4	0-0	+11
Cameron Johnson F	24	21	9	3	2	0	0	7-7	5-5	2-3	+13
Landry Shamet G	18	3	2	0	0	0	1	1-5	1-5	0-0	+2
Cameron Payne G	17	8	1	4	0	1	0	3-10	2-6	0-0	+12
JaVale McGee C	17	2	4	1	0	2	2	1-4	0-0	0-0	-5
Elfrid Payton G	7	2	2	1	0	0	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	-1

🔬 Advanced Stats

Oklahoma City ThunderTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Bench	39	29	62.8	29.8	-15.9	15.6
Josh Giddey	Bench	31	17	46.4	25.7	-15.6	10.4
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	32	11	55.7	14.1	-27.4	4.6
Luguentz Dort	Bench	33	10	31.3	20.7	-26.0	-0.7
Mike Muscala	Bench	13	10	72.7	20.6	+29.5	20.8
Darius Bazley	Bench	18	8	42.4	21.3	-32.8	18.4
Kenrich Williams	Bench	21	7	50.9	17.0	+20.6	6.5
Aaron Wiggins	Bench	23	5	52.5	8.3	-19.5	6.7
Tre Mann	Bench	18	4	25.0	17.4	-20.1	1.6
Aleksej Pokusevski	Bench	12	0	0.0	6.1	+15.4	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	35	30	62.8	29.1	+22.5	21.2
Cameron Johnson	Bench	24	21	126.2	14.0	+25.0	31.2
Deandre Ayton	Bench	31	19	53.9	25.7	+27.6	14.0
Chris Paul	Bench	32	16	53.8	22.7	-3.0	14.9
Cameron Payne	Bench	17	8	40.0	25.0	+32.4	9.7
Jae Crowder	Bench	31	7	50.0	12.5	-7.6	4.9
Mikal Bridges	Bench	28	5	41.7	10.1	+19.6	0.9
Landry Shamet	Bench	18	3	30.0	15.0	+10.7	-2.4
Elfrid Payton	Bench	7	2	50.0	28.6	0.0	3.8
JaVale McGee	Bench	17	2	25.0	15.4	-8.5	0.9