Phoenix Suns 115, Los Angeles Lakers 105 — Recap

October 22, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Phoenix Suns 115, Los Angeles Lakers 105. Scoring by quarter: Q1 PHX 23-26 LAL; Q2 PHX 34-18 LAL; Q3 PHX 37-23 LAL; Q4 PHX 21-38 LAL.

Top performers (box score): LeBron James (LAL) 25 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-18 shooting; Chris Paul (PHX) 23 points, 5 rebounds, 14 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-12 shooting; Anthony Davis (LAL) 22 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists on 6-of-18 shooting; Devin Booker (PHX) 22 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-19 shooting; Mikal Bridges (PHX) 21 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAL

LeBron James

25 PTS, 2 REB, 5 AST, 5 3PM · 8-18 FG

Scoring · PHX

Chris Paul

23 PTS, 5 REB, 14 AST, 1 3PM · 6-12 FG

Scoring · LAL

Anthony Davis

22 PTS, 14 REB, 3 AST · 6-18 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	23	34	37	21		115
LAL	26	18	23	38		105

🧮 How They Scored

PHXLAL

52Points in the paint26

5Fast-break points5

5Second-chance points11

15Points off turnovers19

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.7%Effective FG%48.3%

10.1%Turnover %13.9%

17.1%Offensive rebound %23.1%

0.326Free-throw rate0.337

Box Score

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mikal Bridges F	35	21	5	3	3	1	1	8-11	2-4	3-4	+13
Jae Crowder F	35	13	6	0	0	0	0	5-10	1-6	2-3	+1
Devin Booker G	34	22	5	4	0	0	4	9-19	2-6	2-2	+8
Deandre Ayton C	33	8	15	2	2	1	0	4-10	0-0	0-0	+5
Chris Paul G	29	23	5	14	2	0	5	6-12	1-4	10-10	+6
Cameron Johnson F	19	8	2	3	1	0	0	3-8	2-5	0-0	+7
Cameron Payne G	19	4	3	4	0	0	1	1-5	0-3	2-3	+4
Landry Shamet G	15	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-4	1-3	0-0	+2
JaVale McGee C	13	9	4	0	0	0	0	4-5	0-0	1-4	+9
Abdel Nader F	9	4	1	1	0	0	0	1-2	1-1	1-2	-5

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Davis F-C	38	22	14	3	1	2	2	6-18	0-1	10-11	-6
LeBron James F	37	25	2	5	2	0	5	8-18	5-9	4-4	-6
Russell Westbrook G	35	15	11	9	2	1	4	6-15	0-3	3-8	+4
Carmelo Anthony F	25	16	5	1	0	0	1	5-11	4-6	2-2	+8
Kent Bazemore G	23	4	2	1	0	0	0	1-5	1-3	1-2	-17
Avery Bradley G	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	-25
Malik Monk G	17	7	1	1	0	0	1	2-5	1-4	2-2	-19
Rajon Rondo G	14	6	4	3	0	0	3	2-5	2-3	0-0	+1
Austin Reaves G	12	8	0	0	0	0	0	3-4	2-3	0-0	+17
DeAndre Jordan C	10	2	4	1	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+4
Dwight Howard C	9	0	3	1	2	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-11

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Chris Paul	Bench	29	23	70.1	29.2	+5.7	22.3
Devin Booker	Bench	34	22	55.3	29.1	+11.3	10.1
Mikal Bridges	Bench	35	21	82.3	16.9	+18.9	16.3
Jae Crowder	Bench	35	13	57.4	12.7	-0.2	5.8
JaVale McGee	Bench	13	9	66.6	22.6	+23.1	12.0
Deandre Ayton	Bench	33	8	40.0	12.8	+7.2	13.0
Cameron Johnson	Bench	19	8	50.0	17.4	+10.4	13.0
Cameron Payne	Bench	19	4	31.6	16.7	+10.0	7.1
Abdel Nader	Bench	9	4	69.4	13.0	-29.5	11.8
Landry Shamet	Bench	15	3	37.5	12.5	+2.8	-1.8

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
LeBron James	Bench	37	25	63.3	28.4	-7.7	9.9
Anthony Davis	Bench	38	22	48.2	25.8	-5.9	13.3
Carmelo Anthony	Bench	25	16	67.3	22.0	+17.5	10.7
Russell Westbrook	Bench	35	15	40.5	27.2	+11.5	10.0
Austin Reaves	Bench	12	8	100.0	12.9	+68.0	12.4
Malik Monk	Bench	17	7	59.5	17.5	-48.7	8.5
Rajon Rondo	Bench	14	6	60.0	22.2	+10.1	8.3
Kent Bazemore	Bench	23	4	34.0	10.9	-32.4	-1.2
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	10	2	100.0	4.2	+13.6	12.2
Avery Bradley	Bench	21	0	0.0	5.9	-49.7	-5.6
Dwight Howard	Bench	9	0	0.0	5.6	-56.2	8.3