Phoenix Suns 123, Oklahoma City Thunder 120 — Recap

May 2, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Phoenix Suns 123, Oklahoma City Thunder 120. Scoring by quarter: Q1 PHX 27-33 OKC; Q2 PHX 37-24 OKC; Q3 PHX 34-28 OKC; Q4 PHX 25-35 OKC.

Top performers (box score): Devin Booker (PHX) 32 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 11-of-22 shooting; Darius Bazley (OKC) 19 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; Torrey Craig (PHX) 18 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-10 shooting; Theo Maledon (OKC) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-10 shooting; Chris Paul (PHX) 18 points, 1 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · PHX

Devin Booker

32 PTS, 3 REB, 6 AST, 1 3PM · 11-22 FG

Scoring · OKC

Darius Bazley

19 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 8-13 FG

Scoring · PHX

Torrey Craig

18 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST, 1 3PM · 8-10 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	27	37	34	25		123
OKC	33	24	28	35		120

🧮 How They Scored

PHXOKC

44Points in the paint58

7Fast-break points7

12Second-chance points18

19Points off turnovers15

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

60.7%Effective FG%56.0%

9.4%Turnover %12.8%

21.1%Offensive rebound %35.4%

0.321Free-throw rate0.261

Box Score

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mikal Bridges F	37	17	1	2	1	0	0	6-12	3-8	2-2	-5
Devin Booker G	36	32	3	6	2	0	4	11-22	1-4	9-10	-3
Torrey Craig F	31	18	10	1	1	2	0	8-10	1-2	1-2	-2
Deandre Ayton C	31	5	7	1	0	3	0	1-3	0-0	3-4	-1
Chris Paul G	28	18	1	11	0	0	4	7-13	2-5	2-2	+2
Jevon Carter G	27	6	4	3	4	0	1	2-5	1-2	1-2	+13
Cameron Johnson F	21	12	2	0	1	0	1	5-10	2-6	0-1	+2
Frank Kaminsky F-C	15	7	6	0	0	1	0	3-5	0-1	1-2	+4
Dario Saric F	14	8	5	3	0	1	0	2-4	2-3	2-2	+5

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Darius Bazley F	35	19	9	3	0	0	3	8-13	2-2	1-5	+1
Luguentz Dort G	35	10	1	4	0	0	2	4-19	2-9	0-0	+1
Kenrich Williams G-F	30	15	5	2	1	0	2	6-11	2-3	1-2	0
Theo Maledon G	28	18	4	4	1	0	2	5-10	3-6	5-5	+3
Ty Jerome G	23	15	2	5	1	1	1	5-10	3-4	2-2	-6
Isaiah Roby F	22	11	5	0	1	0	3	3-6	0-1	5-5	-15
Gabriel Deck F	19	11	6	3	1	0	0	4-6	0-1	3-3	-5
Svi Mykhailiuk G	15	7	2	0	0	0	2	3-7	1-3	0-0	-1
Moses Brown C	14	4	6	0	1	1	0	2-3	0-0	0-2	+6
Tony Bradley C	10	6	7	0	1	1	0	3-3	0-0	0-0	+3
Aleksej Pokusevski C	10	4	0	2	0	0	0	2-4	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	36	32	60.6	34.9	-3.8	14.4
Chris Paul	Bench	28	18	64.8	31.0	+1.2	14.5
Torrey Craig	Bench	31	18	82.7	16.2	-5.2	17.2
Mikal Bridges	Bench	37	17	66.0	15.7	-4.9	7.1
Cameron Johnson	Bench	21	12	57.5	22.0	+6.9	7.5
Dario Saric	Bench	14	8	82.0	15.6	+24.8	18.1
Frank Kaminsky	Bench	15	7	59.5	16.2	+18.7	9.0
Jevon Carter	Bench	27	6	51.0	10.4	+22.0	10.1
Deandre Ayton	Bench	31	5	52.5	7.4	-1.6	4.6

Oklahoma City ThunderTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Darius Bazley	Bench	35	19	62.5	20.9	+4.8	8.3
Theo Maledon	Bench	28	18	73.8	20.6	+3.0	12.9
Kenrich Williams	Bench	30	15	63.1	18.7	0.0	8.3
Ty Jerome	Bench	23	15	68.9	20.3	-12.8	13.2
Isaiah Roby	Bench	22	11	67.1	18.6	-33.7	7.1
Gabriel Deck	Bench	19	11	75.1	14.0	-16.1	21.2
Luguentz Dort	Bench	35	10	26.3	23.6	+2.9	-1.8
Svi Mykhailiuk	Bench	15	7	50.0	23.1	-7.1	2.9
Tony Bradley	Bench	10	6	100.0	10.7	0.0	37.1
Moses Brown	Bench	14	4	51.5	12.1	+24.9	7.7
Aleksej Pokusevski	Bench	10	4	50.0	17.4	-15.2	5.2