Phoenix Suns 121, Chicago Bulls 117 — Recap

February 22, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Phoenix Suns 121, Chicago Bulls 117. Scoring by quarter: Q1 PHX 20-30 CHI; Q2 PHX 40-28 CHI; Q3 PHX 33-32 CHI; Q4 PHX 28-27 CHI.

Top performers (box score): Devin Booker (PHX) 29 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; Kevin Durant (PHX) 27 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-15 shooting; Bradley Beal (PHX) 25 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; Josh Giddey (CHI) 24 points, 8 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-14 shooting; Coby White (CHI) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · PHX

Devin Booker

29 PTS, 4 REB, 8 AST, 4 3PM · 10-20 FG

Scoring · PHX

Kevin Durant

27 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 9-15 FG

Scoring · PHX

Bradley Beal

25 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 10-19 FG

Season highs

Zach Collins · Season-high 10 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
PHX	20	40	33	28		121
CHI	30	28	32	27		117

🧮 How They Scored

PHXCHI

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.6%Effective FG%51.0%

10.3%Turnover %7.9%

19.0%Offensive rebound %22.0%

0.310Free-throw rate0.173

Box Score

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Devin Booker G	38	29	4	8	2	—	3	10-20	4-7	5-6	-4
Kevin Durant F	38	27	10	5	—	1	2	9-15	3-6	6-6	+6
Bradley Beal G	38	25	6	4	2	—	4	10-19	3-7	2-2	+11
Nick Richards C	28	15	10	—	—	—	—	5-9	—	5-5	+7
Grayson Allen G	24	3	3	4	—	—	1	1-4	0-1	1-2	-6
Royce O'Neale F	24	2	5	2	2	—	1	1-7	0-5	—	+8
Tyus Jones G	20	2	3	6	1	—	—	0-5	0-3	2-2	+1
Mason Plumlee F-C	17	10	6	—	—	1	—	4-5	—	2-3	-2

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Giddey G	35	24	8	10	3	1	—	6-14	3-5	9-9	+2
Coby White G	31	20	4	8	1	—	1	7-14	2-8	4-4	-16
Nikola Vucevic C	30	16	11	1	—	—	3	6-16	2-5	2-2	-1
Kevin Huerter G	30	14	2	2	2	—	—	5-12	4-10	—	+11
Lonzo Ball G	29	3	3	1	—	1	2	1-9	1-7	—	+3
Matas Buzelis F	24	15	3	1	1	1	2	5-10	3-7	2-2	-4
Julian Phillips F	24	9	3	1	2	1	—	3-7	3-6	—	—
Zach Collins F-C	18	8	10	1	—	—	1	4-7	0-2	—	-3
Tre Jones G	14	4	1	3	—	—	—	2-6	0-2	—	-3
Dalen Terry F	4	4	—	1	—	—	—	2-3	0-1	—	-9

🔬 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	38	29	64.0	27.2	-3.5	13.5
Kevin Durant	Bench	38	27	76.5	22.2	+6.1	19.1
Bradley Beal	Bench	38	25	62.9	27.6	+11.0	12.1
Nick Richards	Bench	28	15	67.0	16.4	+11.9	15.5
Mason Plumlee	Bench	17	10	79.1	14.6	-8.5	11.7
Grayson Allen	Bench	24	3	30.7	10.2	-15.3	1.4
Tyus Jones	Bench	20	2	17.0	12.0	+5.0	5.6
Royce O'Neale	Bench	24	2	14.3	13.6	+17.5	3.4
Collin Gillespie	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ryan Dunn	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Oso Ighodaro	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Josh Giddey	Bench	35	24	66.8	22.0	+2.7	21.3
Coby White	Bench	31	20	63.5	20.5	-23.2	12.7
Nikola Vucevic	Bench	30	16	47.4	27.8	+0.1	9.3
Matas Buzelis	Bench	24	15	68.9	22.4	-9.6	13.7
Kevin Huerter	Bench	30	14	58.3	16.0	+14.8	6.3
Julian Phillips	Bench	24	9	64.3	12.1	+5.2	3.5
Zach Collins	Bench	18	8	57.1	18.2	-4.3	8.4
Tre Jones	Bench	14	4	33.3	15.4	-12.7	4.3
Dalen Terry	Bench	4	4	66.7	33.3	-88.9	12.5
Lonzo Ball	Bench	29	3	16.7	15.7	+3.2	-2.5
Jevon Carter	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0