Phoenix Suns 123, New Orleans Pelicans 110 — Recap

January 4, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Phoenix Suns 123, New Orleans Pelicans 110. Scoring by quarter: Q1 PHX 42-31 NOP; Q2 PHX 22-23 NOP; Q3 PHX 31-30 NOP; Q4 PHX 28-26 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Devin Booker (PHX) 33 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 12-of-24 shooting; Devonte' Graham (NOP) 28 points, 1 rebounds, 6 assists, 6 threes on 9-of-18 shooting; Jonas Valanciunas (NOP) 25 points, 16 rebounds, 2 assists on 10-of-18 shooting; Mikal Bridges (PHX) 23 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists, 5 threes on 9-of-13 shooting; Cameron Johnson (PHX) 18 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · PHX

Devin Booker

33 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 12-24 FG

Scoring · NOP

Devonte' Graham

28 PTS, 1 REB, 6 AST, 6 3PM · 9-18 FG

Scoring · NOP

Jonas Valanciunas

25 PTS, 16 REB, 2 AST · 10-18 FG

Season highs

Devonte' Graham · Season-high 28 pointsMikal Bridges · Season-high 23 pointsMikal Bridges · Season-high 5 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	42	22	31	28		123
NOP	31	23	30	26		110

🧮 How They Scored

PHXNOP

34Points in the paint50

15Fast-break points17

7Second-chance points26

14Points off turnovers10

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

64.1%Effective FG%46.1%

9.6%Turnover %10.4%

13.2%Offensive rebound %28.8%

0.235Free-throw rate0.360

Box Score

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mikal Bridges F	42	23	2	0	1	1	1	9-13	5-9	0-1	+4
Cameron Johnson F	35	18	6	0	2	0	0	6-10	5-7	1-2	+35
Chris Paul G	35	11	5	15	0	0	3	5-11	1-2	0-0	+23
Devin Booker G	32	33	9	4	0	0	2	12-24	3-6	6-6	+15
Bismack Biyombo C	29	16	6	3	2	3	0	6-6	0-0	4-7	+8
Cameron Payne G	21	4	2	5	0	0	1	2-7	0-1	0-0	-8
Jalen Smith F-C	16	12	5	1	0	1	1	4-7	2-3	2-2	-1
Elfrid Payton G	12	3	3	2	1	0	1	1-4	0-0	1-2	-10
Ish Wainright F	8	3	2	2	1	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+6
Justin Jackson F	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-7

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Hart G	37	15	11	5	0	0	2	4-9	1-3	6-6	-9
Devonte' Graham G	36	28	1	6	0	1	1	9-18	6-12	4-5	-1
Jonas Valanciunas C	35	25	16	2	0	0	3	10-18	0-2	5-6	-3
Herbert Jones F	34	9	4	5	1	2	0	3-7	1-3	2-2	-22
Brandon Ingram F	33	16	6	5	1	0	5	5-18	0-4	6-8	-10
Garrett Temple G-F	20	3	5	1	0	0	0	1-3	1-2	0-0	+2
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	15	5	0	3	1	0	1	2-7	1-4	0-0	-1
Jaxson Hayes C	13	5	2	0	1	0	0	2-4	0-1	1-1	-10
Jose Alvarado G	10	4	0	0	2	0	0	0-4	0-2	4-4	-4
Gary Clark F	7	0	3	1	1	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-7

🔬 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	33	61.9	37.3	+22.7	17.0
Mikal Bridges	Bench	42	23	85.6	15.1	+3.3	9.2
Cameron Johnson	Bench	35	18	82.7	13.9	+45.9	10.8
Bismack Biyombo	Bench	29	16	88.1	14.8	+13.6	14.3
Jalen Smith	Bench	16	12	76.1	21.4	-2.6	13.1
Chris Paul	Bench	35	11	50.0	18.2	+30.5	12.2
Cameron Payne	Bench	21	4	28.6	18.6	-16.1	4.3
Elfrid Payton	Bench	12	3	30.7	24.0	-39.1	3.2
Ish Wainright	Bench	8	3	75.0	11.8	+37.5	15.8
Justin Jackson	Bench	8	0	0.0	10.0	-35.0	-3.8

New Orleans PelicansTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Devonte' Graham	Bench	36	28	69.3	23.9	+0.2	13.6
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	35	25	60.6	27.3	-2.5	15.2
Brandon Ingram	Bench	33	16	37.2	34.2	-12.9	2.1
Josh Hart	Bench	37	15	64.4	15.2	-10.2	10.7
Herbert Jones	Bench	34	9	57.1	9.6	-28.6	6.7
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	15	5	35.7	22.2	-10.5	2.8
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	13	5	56.3	13.8	-32.1	8.8
Jose Alvarado	Bench	10	4	34.7	26.1	-12.5	2.0
Garrett Temple	Bench	20	3	50.0	6.0	+7.1	8.7
Gary Clark	Bench	7	0	0.0	5.3	-46.7	13.0