Phoenix Suns 125, Chicago Bulls 104 — Recap

March 3, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Phoenix Suns 125, Chicago Bulls 104. Scoring by quarter: Q1 PHX 40-29 CHI; Q2 PHX 20-35 CHI; Q3 PHX 34-21 CHI; Q4 PHX 31-19 CHI.

Top performers (box score): Devin Booker (PHX) 35 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 6 threes on 12-of-24 shooting; DeMar DeRozan (CHI) 31 points, 0 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 13-of-18 shooting; Zach LaVine (CHI) 27 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-21 shooting; Josh Okogie (PHX) 25 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Kevin Durant (PHX) 20 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · PHX

Devin Booker

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

Scoring · CHI

DeMar DeRozan

31 PTS, 0 REB, 6 AST, 1 3PM · 13-18 FG

Scoring · CHI

Zach LaVine

27 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 8-21 FG

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
PHX	40	20	34	31		125
CHI	29	35	21	19		104

🧮 How They Scored

PHXCHI

22Points in the paint26

2Fast-break points11

20Second-chance points18

10Points off turnovers15

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

61.9%Effective FG%51.2%

8.7%Turnover %7.8%

34.2%Offensive rebound %24.3%

0.298Free-throw rate0.301

Box Score

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Devin Booker G	36	35	5	6	1	1	0	12-24	6-10	5-6	+23
Josh Okogie G	32	25	4	0	0	0	1	7-15	5-10	6-6	+15
Kevin Durant F	31	20	9	6	1	1	2	7-10	2-4	4-5	+24
Chris Paul G	29	11	6	10	2	0	2	4-8	3-7	0-0	+13
Deandre Ayton C	27	7	3	0	1	0	0	2-4	0-0	3-4	+11
Jock Landale C	21	9	6	1	0	2	0	3-3	0-0	3-4	+10
Torrey Craig F	21	0	4	0	0	1	1	0-4	0-4	0-0	-3
Cameron Payne G	17	6	0	3	0	1	3	2-8	2-7	0-0	+8
Damion Lee G	16	10	1	1	0	0	0	4-6	2-4	0-0	+6
Darius Bazley F	7	2	3	1	1	1	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	-2
Saben Lee G	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Ish Wainright F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Zach LaVine G	37	27	4	4	1	0	2	8-21	2-7	9-11	-15
DeMar DeRozan G	36	31	0	6	2	0	0	13-18	1-1	4-7	-22
Nikola Vucevic C	31	13	9	2	1	0	2	6-15	1-3	0-0	-14
Patrick Williams F	29	9	3	0	0	0	0	4-8	0-2	1-2	-26
Patrick Beverley G	29	2	2	2	0	1	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	-12
Coby White G	21	5	1	3	0	0	1	1-3	1-2	2-2	-5
Alex Caruso G	19	5	5	2	0	0	0	1-4	1-4	2-2	+5
Ayo Dosunmu G	18	8	2	4	2	0	2	3-6	1-3	1-1	-9
Andre Drummond C	15	4	8	1	1	0	1	2-6	0-0	0-0	-7
Derrick Jones Jr. F-G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Dalen Terry F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Terry Taylor G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Devin Booker	Bench	36	35	65.7	31.7	+28.4	19.3
Josh Okogie	Bench	32	25	70.9	26.8	+20.0	11.6
Kevin Durant	Bench	31	20	82.0	19.7	+32.6	17.9
Chris Paul	Bench	29	11	68.8	15.4	+18.3	15.3
Damion Lee	Bench	16	10	83.3	16.2	+20.7	17.5
Jock Landale	Bench	21	9	94.5	10.4	+23.6	18.4
Deandre Ayton	Bench	27	7	60.8	10.0	+22.6	2.5
Cameron Payne	Bench	17	6	37.5	26.2	+17.4	-2.3
Darius Bazley	Bench	7	2	50.0	14.3	+1.0	11.9
Bismack Biyombo	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
T.J. Warren	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Torrey Craig	Bench	21	0	0.0	10.9	-4.9	-6.0
Saben Lee	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	+33.3	20.0
Ish Wainright	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	+33.3	0.0

Chicago BullsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
DeMar DeRozan	Bench	36	31	73.5	28.0	-29.5	17.7
Zach LaVine	Bench	37	27	52.2	33.3	-17.6	9.4
Nikola Vucevic	Bench	31	13	43.3	24.6	-25.7	6.7
Patrick Williams	Bench	29	9	50.7	14.1	-46.8	2.8
Ayo Dosunmu	Bench	18	8	62.1	21.6	-27.3	13.9
Alex Caruso	Bench	19	5	51.2	11.9	+17.5	18.4
Coby White	Bench	21	5	64.4	10.4	-14.7	6.3
Andre Drummond	Bench	15	4	33.3	21.9	-16.0	9.6
Patrick Beverley	Bench	29	2	50.0	3.1	-21.4	2.9
Derrick Jones Jr.	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	-33.3	0.0
Dalen Terry	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	-33.3	0.0
Terry Taylor	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	-33.3	0.0