Oklahoma City Thunder 101, Phoenix Suns 132 — Recap

March 8, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Oklahoma City Thunder 101, Phoenix Suns 132. Scoring by quarter: Q1 OKC 21-34 PHX; Q2 OKC 31-26 PHX; Q3 OKC 28-44 PHX; Q4 OKC 21-28 PHX.

Top performers (box score): Devin Booker (PHX) 44 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 threes on 17-of-23 shooting; Terrence Ross (PHX) 24 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; Lindy Waters III (OKC) 23 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Chris Paul (PHX) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-8 shooting; Tre Mann (OKC) 14 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 4-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · PHX

Devin Booker

44 PTS, 3 REB, 4 AST, 6 3PM · 17-23 FG

Scoring · PHX

Terrence Ross

24 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 6 3PM · 8-13 FG

Scoring · OKC

Lindy Waters III

23 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 6 3PM · 7-14 FG

Season highs

Lindy Waters III · Season-high 23 pointsLindy Waters III · Season-high 6 threesTerrence Ross · Season-high 6 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	21	31	28	21		101
PHX	34	26	44	28		132

🧮 How They Scored

OKCPHX

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

46.0%Effective FG%62.8%

14.1%Turnover %12.2%

14.9%Offensive rebound %31.8%

0.239Free-throw rate0.170

Box Score

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Lindy Waters III F	31	23	4	2	0	0	0	7-14	6-12	3-3	-13
Tre Mann G	28	14	4	4	1	1	3	4-9	2-5	4-5	-2
Ousmane Dieng F	28	12	7	2	1	0	2	5-13	2-6	0-0	+3
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl F	24	8	7	2	0	0	0	3-5	0-1	2-2	-7
Josh Giddey G	22	10	7	5	2	0	3	3-12	1-1	3-3	-12
Luguentz Dort G	20	7	0	0	0	0	2	2-9	1-5	2-2	-29
Isaiah Joe G	19	6	1	1	1	0	1	1-8	1-5	3-3	-31
Aaron Wiggins G	18	6	1	0	1	0	2	3-8	0-2	0-0	-23
Jaylin Williams F	18	2	3	3	0	0	1	0-2	0-2	2-2	-25
Jared Butler G	16	5	0	4	3	0	2	2-3	1-2	0-0	-8
Olivier Sarr C	11	5	2	0	0	1	0	2-3	0-1	1-1	-7
Dario Saric F	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-1	0-0	-1

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Devin Booker G	28	44	3	4	0	1	3	17-23	6-10	4-5	+33
Chris Paul G	24	18	4	9	4	0	1	6-8	4-5	2-2	+27
Deandre Ayton C	24	12	8	2	0	1	0	5-9	0-0	2-2	+29
Terrence Ross G-F	23	24	2	2	2	0	0	8-13	6-10	2-2	+9
Torrey Craig F	22	3	4	2	0	2	1	1-3	1-2	0-0	+26
Josh Okogie G	21	5	4	3	0	1	1	2-6	1-3	0-0	+26
Cameron Payne G	18	8	3	7	2	0	3	4-10	0-5	0-0	+8
Jock Landale C	18	4	4	0	0	1	2	2-4	0-0	0-0	+8
Ish Wainright F	17	0	8	0	1	1	1	0-3	0-3	0-0	+16
Damion Lee G	16	9	6	1	1	0	1	3-6	1-1	2-3	-4
Darius Bazley F	10	3	3	1	0	0	1	1-5	1-3	0-0	-13
T.J. Warren F	7	0	4	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Saben Lee G	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0-4	0-1	2-2	-4
Bismack Biyombo C	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Lindy Waters III	Bench	31	23	75.1	21.1	-19.4	13.4
Tre Mann	Bench	28	14	62.5	21.9	-8.6	10.5
Ousmane Dieng	Bench	28	12	46.2	23.1	+1.4	7.9
Josh Giddey	Bench	22	10	37.5	29.6	-33.1	7.7
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	24	8	68.0	10.2	-16.3	13.1
Luguentz Dort	Bench	20	7	35.4	24.5	-66.1	-4.0
Isaiah Joe	Bench	19	6	32.2	20.4	-79.5	0.6
Aaron Wiggins	Bench	18	6	37.5	23.3	-61.5	1.2
Jared Butler	Bench	16	5	83.3	14.3	-23.5	7.9
Olivier Sarr	Bench	11	5	72.7	12.0	-28.0	16.7
Dario Saric	Bench	6	3	75.0	18.2	-9.1	10.3
Jaylin Williams	Bench	18	2	34.7	9.8	-73.5	3.2

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Devin Booker	Bench	28	44	87.3	41.5	+53.6	28.3
Terrence Ross	Bench	23	24	86.5	22.6	+17.6	16.6
Chris Paul	Bench	24	18	101.4	16.7	+55.2	24.8
Deandre Ayton	Bench	24	12	60.7	18.9	+63.0	15.3
Damion Lee	Bench	16	9	61.5	19.5	-6.2	17.1
Cameron Payne	Bench	18	8	40.0	28.9	+22.4	11.3
Josh Okogie	Bench	21	5	41.7	15.9	+67.6	5.4
Jock Landale	Bench	18	4	50.0	13.3	+22.4	1.1
Torrey Craig	Bench	22	3	50.0	8.7	+61.9	5.5
Darius Bazley	Bench	10	3	30.0	21.4	-54.0	1.3
Saben Lee	Bench	6	2	20.5	27.8	-22.4	-8.6
Bismack Biyombo	Bench	6	0	0.0	0.0	-22.4	0.0
Kevin Durant	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
T.J. Warren	Bench	7	0	0.0	0.0	-7.7	14.3
Ish Wainright	Bench	17	0	0.0	8.9	+41.0	3.7