Phoenix Suns 131, New Orleans Pelicans 115 — Recap

March 15, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Phoenix Suns 131, New Orleans Pelicans 115. Scoring by quarter: Q1 PHX 33-29 NOP; Q2 PHX 34-30 NOP; Q3 PHX 31-26 NOP; Q4 PHX 33-30 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Devin Booker (PHX) 27 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 threes on 11-of-20 shooting; Herbert Jones (NOP) 22 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-11 shooting; CJ McCollum (NOP) 21 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Mikal Bridges (PHX) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; JaVale McGee (PHX) 19 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists on 7-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · PHX

Devin Booker

27 PTS, 5 REB, 8 AST, 4 3PM · 11-20 FG

Scoring · NOP

Herbert Jones

22 PTS, 5 REB, 0 AST, 3 3PM · 7-11 FG

Scoring · NOP

CJ McCollum

21 PTS, 5 REB, 9 AST, 3 3PM · 9-17 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	33	34	31	33		131
NOP	29	30	26	30		115

🧮 How They Scored

PHXNOP

48Points in the paint56

16Fast-break points16

12Second-chance points29

33Points off turnovers13

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

64.4%Effective FG%57.0%

7.6%Turnover %15.0%

15.8%Offensive rebound %31.7%

0.167Free-throw rate0.279

Box Score

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mikal Bridges F	36	20	3	3	1	1	2	7-14	4-5	2-2	+11
Devin Booker G	30	27	5	8	2	0	2	11-20	4-9	1-1	+9
Torrey Craig F	28	11	1	2	0	1	0	4-9	3-6	0-0	+14
Cameron Payne G	27	14	3	8	3	0	2	5-6	2-3	2-2	+18
Deandre Ayton C	23	18	5	2	1	0	1	7-11	0-0	4-4	+1
Jae Crowder F	22	9	3	4	0	0	0	3-6	3-6	0-0	-1
Aaron Holiday G	22	2	6	3	2	0	1	1-4	0-0	0-0	+4
JaVale McGee C	21	19	6	0	0	0	0	7-10	0-0	5-5	+22
Landry Shamet G	20	6	1	2	0	0	0	2-7	2-5	0-0	+23
Ish Wainright F	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	2-2	0-0	1-1	-7
Elfrid Payton G	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-7
Bismack Biyombo C	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-7

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Herbert Jones F	32	22	5	0	3	0	2	7-11	3-6	5-5	-8
CJ McCollum G	32	21	5	9	1	0	5	9-17	3-6	0-2	-10
Jaxson Hayes C	31	16	4	0	0	1	1	6-7	0-0	4-6	+2
Jonas Valanciunas C	30	17	12	3	1	1	3	8-14	1-4	0-0	+4
Devonte' Graham G	28	10	5	7	0	0	1	3-11	2-8	2-3	+9
Trey Murphy III F	24	11	4	0	1	1	0	3-6	3-5	2-2	-14
Jose Alvarado G	19	3	1	7	1	0	2	0-4	0-2	3-4	-24
Tyrone Wallace G	16	3	2	0	0	1	0	1-3	0-0	1-2	-7
Naji Marshall F	16	2	3	3	0	0	1	1-4	0-2	0-0	-8
Willy Hernangomez C	12	10	4	0	0	0	2	5-9	0-1	0-0	-24

🔬 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	30	27	66.0	33.8	+16.7	17.9
Mikal Bridges	Bench	36	20	67.2	21.0	+14.5	7.1
JaVale McGee	Bench	21	19	77.9	26.7	+57.2	20.1
Deandre Ayton	Bench	23	18	70.5	26.9	+7.0	13.3
Cameron Payne	Bench	27	14	101.7	15.0	+36.6	16.0
Torrey Craig	Bench	28	11	61.1	14.5	+26.4	6.1
Jae Crowder	Bench	22	9	75.0	12.2	-2.1	9.0
Landry Shamet	Bench	20	6	42.9	16.3	+62.6	6.0
Ish Wainright	Bench	4	5	102.5	25.0	-87.5	18.2
Aaron Holiday	Bench	22	2	25.0	10.6	+14.6	7.3
Bismack Biyombo	Bench	4	0	0.0	0.0	-87.5	-4.5
Elfrid Payton	Bench	4	0	0.0	12.5	-87.5	9.1

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Herbert Jones	Bench	32	22	83.3	18.5	-15.0	10.7
CJ McCollum	Bench	32	21	58.7	28.4	-18.0	10.6
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	30	17	60.7	22.7	+2.5	14.2
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	31	16	83.0	13.2	+1.1	8.2
Trey Murphy III	Bench	24	11	79.9	12.1	-34.7	12.7
Devonte' Graham	Bench	28	10	40.6	18.3	+11.5	7.3
Willy Hernangomez	Bench	12	10	55.6	37.9	-105.4	8.3
Jose Alvarado	Bench	19	3	26.0	16.7	-65.8	3.8
Tyrone Wallace	Bench	16	3	38.7	10.8	-21.2	-0.7
Naji Marshall	Bench	16	2	25.0	13.5	-26.7	2.4