Oklahoma City Thunder 97, Phoenix Suns 115 — Recap

December 29, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Oklahoma City Thunder 97, Phoenix Suns 115. Scoring by quarter: Q1 OKC 23-33 PHX; Q2 OKC 29-27 PHX; Q3 OKC 29-25 PHX; Q4 OKC 16-30 PHX.

Top performers (box score): Devin Booker (PHX) 38 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 threes on 12-of-24 shooting; Ty Jerome (OKC) 24 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-22 shooting; Aaron Wiggins (OKC) 22 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; JaVale McGee (PHX) 16 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists on 4-of-7 shooting; Cameron Payne (PHX) 16 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · PHX

Devin Booker

38 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 6 3PM · 12-24 FG

Scoring · OKC

Ty Jerome

24 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 9-22 FG

Scoring · OKC

Aaron Wiggins

22 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST, 1 3PM · 10-19 FG

Season highs

Ty Jerome · Season-high 24 pointsJalen Smith · Season-high 14 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
OKC	23	29	29	16		97
PHX	33	27	25	30		115

🧮 How They Scored

OKCPHX

50Points in the paint40

10Fast-break points8

15Second-chance points17

16Points off turnovers12

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

43.2%Effective FG%52.8%

9.6%Turnover %12.1%

26.9%Offensive rebound %36.7%

0.167Free-throw rate0.315

Box Score

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Aaron Wiggins G	39	22	8	1	2	0	2	10-19	1-5	1-1	-7
Paul Watson G	37	11	6	2	0	0	1	5-9	1-5	0-0	-15
Ty Jerome G	35	24	8	5	3	0	2	9-22	1-6	5-6	-3
Luguentz Dort G	35	9	5	4	1	1	1	3-18	0-7	3-4	-14
Isaiah Roby F	19	10	3	1	0	0	1	4-6	2-3	0-0	-2
Theo Maledon G	18	4	4	1	0	0	0	1-4	0-2	2-2	-15
Scotty Hopson F	18	4	1	1	0	0	2	2-4	0-1	0-0	-6
Mike Muscala F-C	15	13	5	1	0	0	0	4-9	2-4	3-3	+3
Derrick Favors F-C	12	0	2	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	-15
Kenrich Williams G-F	7	0	1	2	0	0	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	-4
Jaylen Hoard F	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-4
Rob Edwards G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-4
Olivier Sarr C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Devin Booker G	36	38	7	5	0	2	1	12-24	6-12	8-10	+18
Mikal Bridges F	33	5	7	2	1	0	2	2-6	1-4	0-0	+10
Chris Paul G	32	10	5	5	2	0	2	4-9	0-1	2-2	0
Cameron Payne G	31	16	2	7	1	0	1	7-13	2-4	0-0	+30
Landry Shamet G	28	7	3	1	2	1	1	3-10	1-7	0-0	+13
Jalen Smith F-C	25	11	14	0	1	2	2	4-7	0-1	3-4	+20
JaVale McGee C	23	16	8	0	0	2	3	4-7	0-0	8-12	-2
Cameron Johnson F	23	12	6	1	0	0	1	5-10	2-5	0-0	-6
Chandler Hutchison F	8	0	0	1	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+7
Emanuel Terry F	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-0	0-0	0

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Ty Jerome	Bench	35	24	48.7	30.3	-2.6	13.7
Aaron Wiggins	Bench	39	22	56.6	22.3	-8.9	13.7
Mike Muscala	Bench	15	13	63.0	22.7	+11.8	16.5
Paul Watson	Bench	37	11	61.1	10.6	-22.8	8.8
Isaiah Roby	Bench	19	10	83.3	16.7	-5.3	6.6
Luguentz Dort	Bench	35	9	22.8	23.3	-17.5	-0.7
Theo Maledon	Bench	18	4	41.0	11.4	-40.5	8.6
Scotty Hopson	Bench	18	4	50.0	14.3	-18.4	1.8
Kenrich Williams	Bench	7	0	0.0	20.0	-28.6	0.0
Derrick Favors	Bench	12	0	0.0	6.9	-54.2	-5.8
Jaylen Hoard	Bench	2	0	0.0	20.0	-100.0	-100.0
Rob Edwards	Bench	2	0	0.0	20.0	-100.0	200.0
Olivier Sarr	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	-100.0	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	36	38	66.9	34.5	+24.0	25.4
JaVale McGee	Bench	23	16	65.1	26.8	-4.3	12.7
Cameron Payne	Bench	31	16	61.5	19.2	+50.5	15.3
Cameron Johnson	Bench	23	12	60.0	19.0	-7.9	10.3
Jalen Smith	Bench	25	11	62.8	16.1	+38.5	19.2
Chris Paul	Bench	32	10	50.6	15.4	+1.7	10.6
Landry Shamet	Bench	28	7	35.0	16.2	+23.1	3.9
Mikal Bridges	Bench	33	5	41.7	10.4	+19.6	5.5
Chandler Hutchison	Bench	8	0	0.0	4.3	+48.5	0.0
Emanuel Terry	Bench	1	0	0.0	60.0	0.0	20.0