Phoenix Suns 117, New Orleans Pelicans 128 — Recap

December 9, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Phoenix Suns 117, New Orleans Pelicans 128. Scoring by quarter: Q1 PHX 27-26 NOP; Q2 PHX 25-29 NOP; Q3 PHX 30-40 NOP; Q4 PHX 35-33 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Zion Williamson (NOP) 35 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists on 13-of-17 shooting; Deandre Ayton (PHX) 25 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists on 11-of-15 shooting; Chris Paul (PHX) 24 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 6 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Jose Alvarado (NOP) 20 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-10 shooting; CJ McCollum (NOP) 18 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP

Zion Williamson

35 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST · 13-17 FG

Scoring · PHX

Deandre Ayton

25 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST · 11-15 FG

Scoring · PHX

Chris Paul

24 PTS, 8 REB, 7 AST, 6 3PM · 7-14 FG

Season highs

Zion Williamson · Season-high 35 pointsChris Paul · Season-high 24 pointsChris Paul · Season-high 6 threesTorrey Craig · Season-high 4 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	27	25	30	35		117
NOP	26	29	40	33		128

🧮 How They Scored

PHXNOP

38Points in the paint72

14Fast-break points18

9Second-chance points23

10Points off turnovers23

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

62.8%Effective FG%55.6%

14.9%Turnover %9.5%

20.5%Offensive rebound %31.0%

0.151Free-throw rate0.389

Box Score

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Deandre Ayton C	40	25	14	2	1	1	3	11-15	0-0	3-5	-11
Devin Booker G	36	14	2	7	1	0	3	5-17	2-8	2-4	-18
Mikal Bridges F	35	11	5	3	2	0	1	4-12	3-5	0-0	-7
Chris Paul G	34	24	8	7	0	0	3	7-14	6-9	4-4	+3
Torrey Craig F	30	14	5	3	0	0	3	5-9	4-7	0-0	-13
Damion Lee G	19	12	0	0	0	1	0	4-6	4-6	0-0	+3
Cameron Payne G	16	5	1	5	1	0	0	2-6	1-5	0-0	-17
Josh Okogie G	13	3	2	1	0	0	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	+5
Jock Landale C	12	9	0	0	0	1	1	4-5	1-2	0-0	-2
Landry Shamet G	5	0	0	2	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Dario Saric F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Zion Williamson F	37	35	7	4	1	0	2	13-17	0-0	9-12	+30
CJ McCollum G	33	18	7	5	1	0	1	7-16	1-6	3-3	+8
Naji Marshall F	31	14	2	4	1	0	0	5-11	2-6	2-3	-1
Jonas Valanciunas C	28	12	10	0	0	0	2	4-16	0-3	4-4	-4
Trey Murphy III F	27	3	3	1	0	0	2	1-5	1-5	0-0	-3
Jose Alvarado G	25	20	1	2	3	0	1	6-10	3-5	5-7	+13
Larry Nance Jr. F	24	17	9	5	4	1	1	7-10	0-0	3-4	+11
Dyson Daniels G	19	4	4	2	0	0	1	2-3	0-0	0-0	-2
Devonte' Graham G	15	5	1	4	0	0	1	1-2	1-2	2-2	+3

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Deandre Ayton	Bench	40	25	72.7	21.1	-14.6	16.2
Chris Paul	Bench	34	24	76.1	22.6	+1.1	18.2
Devin Booker	Bench	36	14	37.3	25.6	-23.4	1.8
Torrey Craig	Bench	30	14	77.8	16.4	-16.4	10.6
Damion Lee	Bench	19	12	100.0	15.4	+8.1	9.4
Mikal Bridges	Bench	35	11	45.8	15.7	-11.3	3.8
Jock Landale	Bench	12	9	90.0	23.1	-2.9	7.8
Cameron Payne	Bench	16	5	41.7	16.7	-40.8	7.4
Josh Okogie	Bench	13	3	75.0	11.1	+28.6	-0.7
Bismack Biyombo	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dario Saric	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	+66.7	0.0
Landry Shamet	Bench	5	0	0.0	11.1	0.0	8.7
Ish Wainright	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Zion Williamson	Bench	37	35	78.5	24.5	+34.9	21.9
Jose Alvarado	Bench	25	20	76.5	22.2	+25.0	11.4
CJ McCollum	Bench	33	18	52.0	22.0	+13.1	12.7
Larry Nance Jr.	Bench	24	17	72.3	21.3	+22.4	23.1
Naji Marshall	Bench	31	14	56.8	15.4	-1.6	7.7
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	28	12	33.8	29.9	-6.7	4.7
Devonte' Graham	Bench	15	5	86.8	11.4	+6.0	11.3
Dyson Daniels	Bench	19	4	66.7	8.5	-2.2	6.1
Trey Murphy III	Bench	27	3	30.0	10.8	-7.1	-0.8
Garrett Temple	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Willy Hernangomez	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kira Lewis Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0