Phoenix Suns 115, New Orleans Pelicans 109 — Recap

April 28, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Phoenix Suns 115, New Orleans Pelicans 109. Scoring by quarter: Q1 PHX 28-28 NOP; Q2 PHX 20-30 NOP; Q3 PHX 34-27 NOP; Q4 PHX 33-24 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Chris Paul (PHX) 33 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 threes on 14-of-14 shooting; Deandre Ayton (PHX) 22 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists on 10-of-12 shooting; Brandon Ingram (NOP) 21 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-19 shooting; Mikal Bridges (PHX) 18 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-12 shooting; Herbert Jones (NOP) 16 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · PHX

Chris Paul

33 PTS, 5 REB, 8 AST, 1 3PM · 14-14 FG

Scoring · PHX

Deandre Ayton

22 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST · 10-12 FG

Scoring · NOP

Brandon Ingram

21 PTS, 5 REB, 11 AST, 2 3PM · 8-19 FG

Season highs

Chris Paul · Season-high 33 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	28	20	34	33		115
NOP	28	30	27	24		109

🧮 How They Scored

PHXNOP

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

65.3%Effective FG%55.4%

14.4%Turnover %14.9%

17.2%Offensive rebound %30.8%

0.240Free-throw rate0.229

Box Score

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mikal Bridges F	44	18	3	2	2	0	4	7-12	2-2	2-2	+7
Deandre Ayton C	40	22	7	4	1	1	0	10-12	0-0	2-2	+4
Chris Paul G	36	33	5	8	1	0	3	14-14	1-1	4-4	+17
Devin Booker G	32	13	5	3	0	0	2	5-12	1-6	2-2	+9
Jae Crowder F	30	9	4	3	1	1	2	3-8	1-4	2-3	+7
Cameron Johnson F	24	13	2	1	1	0	0	4-7	2-3	3-3	+4
Cameron Payne G	14	3	1	1	2	0	0	1-5	1-3	0-0	-11
Landry Shamet G	12	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-6
Bismack Biyombo C	5	2	2	0	0	0	3	1-2	0-0	0-0	-2
JaVale McGee C	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	2-2	+1

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Ingram F	44	21	5	11	1	6	8-19	2-6	3-3	-7
Herbert Jones F	40	16	4	4	4	2	5-9	1-2	5-5	+2
CJ McCollum G	33	16	3	1	0	3	7-16	1-5	1-1	0
Jose Alvarado G	31	11	3	4	2	2	4-8	0-1	3-5	-3
Jonas Valanciunas C	27	10	8	4	1	1	5-7	0-1	0-0	-16
Trey Murphy III F	22	12	3	0	0	1	4-7	4-7	0-0	-1
Larry Nance Jr. F	21	15	8	1	1	1	5-9	0-0	5-5	+10
Jaxson Hayes C	12	8	0	0	0	0	4-7	0-1	0-0	-8
Devonte' Graham G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-5
Naji Marshall F	4	0	2	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	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
Chris Paul	Bench	36	33	104.7	26.8	+25.4	27.3
Deandre Ayton	Bench	40	22	85.4	16.7	+3.6	14.7
Mikal Bridges	Bench	44	18	69.9	18.7	+8.0	7.5
Devin Booker	Bench	32	13	50.5	22.1	+10.9	10.0
Cameron Johnson	Bench	24	13	78.1	15.7	+8.5	10.4
Jae Crowder	Bench	30	9	48.3	18.0	+15.6	3.2
Cameron Payne	Bench	14	3	30.0	16.1	-36.7	3.7
Bismack Biyombo	Bench	5	2	50.0	38.5	-25.0	-26.3
JaVale McGee	Bench	3	2	53.2	28.6	+29.2	-150.0
Landry Shamet	Bench	12	0	0.0	7.7	-24.0	-2.9

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Brandon Ingram	Bench	44	21	51.7	26.3	-8.0	9.5
CJ McCollum	Bench	33	16	48.7	25.0	-3.6	1.9
Herbert Jones	Bench	40	16	71.4	14.6	+2.5	9.8
Larry Nance Jr.	Bench	21	15	67.0	21.1	+16.7	20.6
Trey Murphy III	Bench	22	12	85.7	16.3	-2.3	12.7
Jose Alvarado	Bench	31	11	53.9	17.9	-1.2	6.5
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	27	10	71.4	15.1	-33.3	12.5
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	12	8	57.1	28.0	-36.4	4.7
Naji Marshall	Bench	4	0	0.0	0.0	-8.9	8.8
Devonte' Graham	Bench	5	0	0.0	8.3	-66.7	-4.8