Phoenix Suns 114, Los Angeles Lakers 104 — Recap

March 2, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Phoenix Suns 114, Los Angeles Lakers 104. Scoring by quarter: Q1 PHX 29-21 LAL; Q2 PHX 31-32 LAL; Q3 PHX 26-30 LAL; Q4 PHX 28-21 LAL.

Top performers (box score): LeBron James (LAL) 38 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 16-of-24 shooting; Dario Saric (PHX) 21 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-17 shooting; Mikal Bridges (PHX) 19 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-10 shooting; Deandre Ayton (PHX) 17 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists on 7-of-14 shooting; Devin Booker (PHX) 17 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAL

LeBron James

38 PTS, 5 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 16-24 FG

Scoring · PHX

Dario Saric

21 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 7-17 FG

Scoring · PHX

Mikal Bridges

19 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 6-10 FG

Season highs

Dario Saric · Season-high 21 points

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	29	31	26	28		114
LAL	21	32	30	21		104

🧮 How They Scored

PHXLAL

36Points in the paint50

7Fast-break points5

13Second-chance points10

10Points off turnovers10

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

59.7%Effective FG%57.6%

12.9%Turnover %12.2%

14.7%Offensive rebound %14.3%

0.325Free-throw rate0.215

Box Score

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mikal Bridges F	36	19	7	5	0	0	2	6-10	3-6	4-4	+5
Jae Crowder F	36	15	5	1	0	1	2	5-8	4-5	1-2	-2
Chris Paul G	33	8	5	10	0	1	1	1-4	1-3	5-6	0
Dario Saric F	26	21	5	3	1	0	2	7-17	2-5	5-6	+13
Deandre Ayton C	25	17	6	1	0	1	1	7-14	0-0	3-3	+5
Devin Booker G	24	17	3	6	3	0	3	7-12	1-3	2-2	+13
Abdel Nader F	23	8	3	1	1	3	2	2-5	2-3	2-2	-4
Cameron Johnson F	22	9	0	1	0	0	0	3-5	3-4	0-0	+8
Cameron Payne G	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	+5
E'Twaun Moore G	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+7

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LeBron James F	38	38	5	6	2	1	3	16-24	3-8	3-5	+2
Dennis Schroder G	38	17	3	6	0	1	3	6-17	2-5	3-4	-11
Markieff Morris F	34	12	6	0	1	2	2	5-6	2-3	0-0	-16
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	31	4	5	1	2	0	0	1-9	0-5	2-2	-11
Wesley Matthews G-F	23	0	1	0	1	1	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	+1
Alex Caruso G	20	7	6	4	0	0	1	2-4	2-3	1-2	-8
Talen Horton-Tucker G	19	16	3	0	0	0	2	6-9	2-5	2-2	-2
Montrezl Harrell F-C	19	6	2	1	0	1	0	2-4	0-0	2-2	-15
Jared Dudley F	11	0	2	0	0	1	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	+9
Damian Jones C	7	4	1	0	0	1	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	+1

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Dario Saric	Bench	26	21	53.5	39.3	+23.5	15.1
Mikal Bridges	Bench	36	19	80.8	17.3	+6.9	14.6
Deandre Ayton	Bench	25	17	55.5	29.1	+10.2	12.0
Devin Booker	Bench	24	17	66.0	27.8	+24.4	18.2
Jae Crowder	Bench	36	15	84.5	14.5	-4.5	10.7
Cameron Johnson	Bench	22	9	90.0	11.1	+19.5	6.7
Chris Paul	Bench	33	8	60.2	9.6	-1.7	11.9
Abdel Nader	Bench	23	8	68.0	15.7	-11.2	7.7
E'Twaun Moore	Bench	5	0	0.0	0.0	+58.2	3.6
Cameron Payne	Bench	10	0	0.0	9.1	+19.9	-4.5

Los Angeles LakersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
LeBron James	Bench	38	38	72.5	37.2	+7.2	22.7
Dennis Schroder	Bench	38	17	45.3	26.8	-8.2	5.2
Talen Horton-Tucker	Bench	19	16	81.0	32.4	+0.9	14.0
Markieff Morris	Bench	34	12	100.0	11.6	-18.6	8.9
Alex Caruso	Bench	20	7	71.7	14.0	-20.5	13.8
Montrezl Harrell	Bench	19	6	61.5	11.9	-38.5	4.9
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	31	4	20.2	13.8	-12.0	0.7
Damian Jones	Bench	7	4	100.0	14.3	+15.2	15.0
Jared Dudley	Bench	11	0	0.0	7.7	+37.0	-7.5
Wesley Matthews	Bench	23	0	0.0	6.4	+4.7	-2.0