Phoenix Suns 116, Chicago Bulls 115 — Recap

November 8, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Phoenix Suns 116, Chicago Bulls 115 (overtime). Scoring by quarter: Q1 PHX 36-28 CHI; Q2 PHX 21-29 CHI; Q3 PHX 31-27 CHI; Q4 PHX 19-23 CHI; OT1 PHX 9-8 CHI.

Top performers (box score): Grayson Allen (PHX) 26 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 8 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Nikola Vucevic (CHI) 26 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 11-of-19 shooting; Kevin Durant (PHX) 25 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-16 shooting; Zach LaVine (CHI) 22 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; DeMar DeRozan (CHI) 22 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-20 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · PHX

Grayson Allen

26 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 8 3PM · 9-16 FG

Scoring · CHI

Nikola Vucevic

26 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 11-19 FG

Scoring · PHX

Kevin Durant

25 PTS, 7 REB, 9 AST, 2 3PM · 7-16 FG

Season highs

Grayson Allen · Season-high 26 pointsNikola Vucevic · Season-high 26 pointsJusuf Nurkic · Season-high 20 pointsJusuf Nurkic · Season-high 17 reboundsKevin Durant · Season-high 9 assistsGrayson Allen · Season-high 8 threesZach LaVine · Season-high 8 assistsJusuf Nurkic · Season-high 8 assistsAlex Caruso · Season-high 4 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	OT		T
PHX	36	21	31	19	9		116
CHI	28	29	27	23	8		115

🧮 How They Scored

PHXCHI

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.2%Effective FG%52.7%

16.5%Turnover %12.0%

30.0%Offensive rebound %22.0%

0.284Free-throw rate0.247

Box Score

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Durant F	42	25	7	9	2	1	6	7-16	2-5	9-9	+5
Jusuf Nurkic C	38	20	17	8	2	—	6	8-16	0-2	4-6	+12
Grayson Allen G	37	26	8	4	1	2	1	9-16	8-13	—	+8
Eric Gordon G	25	2	1	2	—	—	3	1-9	0-8	—	-16
Bradley Beal G	24	13	4	4	—	1	2	3-12	3-6	4-4	+16
Josh Okogie G	18	7	2	—	1	—	—	3-6	0-2	1-2	-18
Jordan Goodwin G	17	6	2	—	—	—	—	2-5	2-3	—	+2
Drew Eubanks F	14	4	3	2	—	2	—	1-1	—	2-2	-12

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Vucevic C	41	26	6	3	1	1	2	11-19	2-5	2-3	-16
Zach LaVine G	41	22	8	8	1	—	3	7-13	3-6	5-7	-14
DeMar DeRozan G	40	22	2	7	1	2	2	6-20	1-4	9-11	-3
Coby White G	37	11	7	6	3	1	2	5-14	1-5	—	-11
Alex Caruso G	31	19	4	2	3	2	1	7-9	4-5	1-2	+24
Patrick Williams F	21	3	4	1	1	—	1	1-7	1-2	—	+18
Jevon Carter G	13	8	—	—	—	1	—	3-8	2-4	—	+10
Andre Drummond C	12	2	3	1	1	—	2	1-1	—	—	+15
Ayo Dosunmu G	10	2	3	1	—	—	1	1-2	—	—	-4

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Grayson Allen	Bench	37	26	81.3	18.3	+4.4	16.3
Kevin Durant	Bench	42	25	62.6	26.0	+5.7	14.2
Jusuf Nurkic	Bench	38	20	53.6	25.8	+13.7	14.3
Bradley Beal	Bench	24	13	47.2	27.6	+29.3	13.3
Josh Okogie	Bench	18	7	50.9	16.7	-43.3	5.3
Jordan Goodwin	Bench	17	6	60.0	10.6	+3.3	7.5
Drew Eubanks	Bench	14	4	106.4	6.7	-37.7	19.5
Eric Gordon	Bench	25	2	11.1	21.8	-26.3	-6.3

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Vucevic	Bench	41	26	64.0	23.9	-19.0	12.6
DeMar DeRozan	Bench	40	22	44.3	29.3	0.0	8.8
Zach LaVine	Bench	41	22	68.4	20.9	-16.7	14.8
Alex Caruso	Bench	31	19	96.2	15.5	+36.9	18.7
Coby White	Bench	37	11	39.3	19.3	-12.8	8.2
Jevon Carter	Bench	13	8	50.0	25.0	+35.7	3.2
Patrick Williams	Bench	21	3	21.4	16.3	+41.9	2.2
Andre Drummond	Bench	12	2	100.0	10.3	+54.3	4.7
Ayo Dosunmu	Bench	10	2	50.0	13.0	-21.1	16.2
Dalen Terry	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Julian Phillips	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0