Phoenix Suns 108, Los Angeles Lakers 90 — Recap

December 21, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Phoenix Suns 108, Los Angeles Lakers 90. Scoring by quarter: Q1 PHX 24-25 LAL; Q2 PHX 30-27 LAL; Q3 PHX 31-21 LAL; Q4 PHX 23-17 LAL.

Top performers (box score): LeBron James (LAL) 34 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 13-of-19 shooting; Devin Booker (PHX) 24 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, 6 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Russell Westbrook (LAL) 22 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists on 10-of-20 shooting; Deandre Ayton (PHX) 19 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists on 9-of-11 shooting; Cameron Johnson (PHX) 14 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 5-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAL

LeBron James

34 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 13-19 FG

Scoring · PHX

Devin Booker

24 PTS, 9 REB, 7 AST, 6 3PM · 8-16 FG

Scoring · LAL

Russell Westbrook

22 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST · 10-20 FG

Season highs

Devin Booker · Season-high 6 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		T
PHX	24	30	31	23		108
LAL	25	27	21	17		90

🧮 How They Scored

PHXLAL

52Points in the paint44

20Fast-break points15

7Second-chance points9

22Points off turnovers6

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.5%Effective FG%43.1%

13.8%Turnover %12.6%

16.3%Offensive rebound %11.8%

0.161Free-throw rate0.264

Box Score

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mikal Bridges F	34	14	5	1	1	2	0	5-17	0-5	4-5	+24
Devin Booker G	32	24	9	7	1	0	5	8-16	6-11	2-2	+14
Chris Paul G	29	11	3	9	1	0	2	5-8	0-2	1-1	+14
Deandre Ayton C	27	19	11	2	2	0	2	9-11	0-0	1-1	+15
Jae Crowder F	27	3	0	2	0	1	1	1-4	1-4	0-0	+12
Cameron Johnson F	26	14	8	1	2	0	0	5-11	4-8	0-0	+8
Cameron Payne G	23	10	5	5	3	0	3	2-13	1-7	5-5	-3
Landry Shamet G	22	3	0	1	1	0	1	1-5	0-3	1-1	+7
JaVale McGee C	16	10	10	0	0	1	1	5-7	0-0	0-0	+3
Jalen Smith F-C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Ish Wainright F	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-2

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Russell Westbrook G	37	22	10	5	3	0	7	10-20	0-2	2-4	-6
LeBron James F	34	34	7	2	2	0	2	13-19	2-5	6-6	0
Talen Horton-Tucker G	31	3	2	1	0	0	0	1-13	0-8	1-2	-18
Wayne Ellington G	28	3	2	0	1	0	0	1-4	1-4	0-0	-17
Isaiah Thomas G	26	3	1	3	0	0	2	1-11	0-6	1-2	-1
Rajon Rondo G	23	0	4	2	0	1	2	0-2	0-1	0-0	-26
Trevor Ariza F	21	12	5	0	1	0	0	4-4	3-3	1-2	-5
Carmelo Anthony F	16	7	4	1	0	1	0	2-7	1-4	2-3	+3
DeAndre Jordan C	15	1	8	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-0	1-2	-26
Mason Jones G	3	3	1	0	1	0	1	1-3	0-1	1-2	+2
Jemerrio Jones F	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+2
Jay Huff F-C	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	+2

🔬 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	32	24	71.1	28.4	+20.0	21.3
Deandre Ayton	Bench	27	19	83.0	21.0	+21.8	25.1
Mikal Bridges	Bench	34	14	36.5	23.5	+32.0	6.6
Cameron Johnson	Bench	26	14	63.6	16.2	+12.2	17.3
Chris Paul	Bench	29	11	65.2	15.6	+22.6	13.2
JaVale McGee	Bench	16	10	71.4	19.0	+11.0	25.2
Cameron Payne	Bench	23	10	32.9	30.0	-4.2	9.8
Landry Shamet	Bench	22	3	27.6	10.5	+12.4	0.0
Jae Crowder	Bench	27	3	37.5	8.8	+21.4	-1.4
Jalen Smith	Bench	3	0	0.0	0.0	-40.5	0.0
Ish Wainright	Bench	3	0	0.0	22.2	-40.5	-20.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
LeBron James	Bench	34	34	78.6	30.0	-1.4	27.1
Russell Westbrook	Bench	37	22	50.6	32.6	-8.4	12.3
Trevor Ariza	Bench	21	12	123.0	10.2	-6.3	16.9
Carmelo Anthony	Bench	16	7	42.1	21.6	+11.6	4.4
Talen Horton-Tucker	Bench	31	3	10.8	18.7	-26.1	-8.0
Wayne Ellington	Bench	28	3	37.5	6.1	-27.1	3.1
Mason Jones	Bench	3	3	38.7	62.5	+40.5	40.0
Isaiah Thomas	Bench	26	3	12.6	21.0	-3.3	-10.9
Jemerrio Jones	Bench	3	2	100.0	12.5	+40.5	80.0
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	15	1	26.6	5.4	-76.5	9.4
Jay Huff	Bench	3	0	0.0	25.0	+40.5	-20.0
Rajon Rondo	Bench	23	0	0.0	6.9	-47.0	1.4