Phoenix Suns 96, Oklahoma City Thunder 117 — Recap

April 3, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Phoenix Suns 96, Oklahoma City Thunder 117. Scoring by quarter: Q1 PHX 27-20 OKC; Q2 PHX 26-32 OKC; Q3 PHX 22-32 OKC; Q4 PHX 21-33 OKC.

Top performers (box score): Olivier Sarr (OKC) 24 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 threes on 9-of-12 shooting; Mikal Bridges (PHX) 18 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-17 shooting; Aleksej Pokusevski (OKC) 17 points, 10 rebounds, 12 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Aaron Wiggins (OKC) 17 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-9 shooting; Jeremiah Robinson-Earl (OKC) 14 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-6 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · OKC

Olivier Sarr

24 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 5 3PM · 9-12 FG

Scoring · PHX

Mikal Bridges

18 PTS, 2 REB, 0 AST, 1 3PM · 7-17 FG

Scoring · OKC

Aleksej Pokusevski

17 PTS, 10 REB, 12 AST, 3 3PM · 7-14 FG

Season highs

Olivier Sarr · Season-high 24 pointsAleksej Pokusevski · Season-high 12 assistsVit Krejci · Season-high 8 assistsOlivier Sarr · 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	27	26	22	21		96
OKC	20	32	32	33		117

🧮 How They Scored

PHXOKC

52Points in the paint50

5Fast-break points9

10Second-chance points11

26Points off turnovers12

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

45.5%Effective FG%59.2%

10.2%Turnover %14.4%

12.5%Offensive rebound %30.8%

0.191Free-throw rate0.207

Box Score

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cameron Johnson F	32	14	4	3	2	0	3	4-15	2-11	4-4	-12
Landry Shamet G	31	10	7	1	0	1	0	4-10	2-8	0-0	-16
Mikal Bridges F	30	18	2	0	1	0	1	7-17	1-7	3-3	-10
Chris Paul G	30	11	2	9	3	0	2	5-11	0-3	1-2	-10
JaVale McGee C	23	8	5	0	1	0	0	3-6	0-0	2-2	-9
Torrey Craig F	22	8	1	1	3	1	2	4-8	0-2	0-0	-18
Bismack Biyombo C	22	7	6	2	0	1	0	2-2	0-0	3-4	-11
Cameron Payne G	17	5	6	3	2	1	1	2-9	1-4	0-0	-17
Ish Wainright F	12	7	0	0	2	0	0	2-2	1-1	2-2	+3
Elfrid Payton G	11	8	0	2	0	0	0	4-7	0-1	0-0	-2
Aaron Holiday G	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Gabriel Lundberg G	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	-1

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Vit Krejci G	37	11	6	8	0	1	1	5-15	0-5	1-1	+16
Aleksej Pokusevski C	36	17	10	12	1	1	6	7-14	3-5	0-0	+2
Isaiah Roby F	30	11	8	2	2	0	0	3-7	2-4	3-6	+14
Theo Maledon G	27	9	4	5	1	0	2	3-9	1-3	2-2	+5
Aaron Wiggins G	26	17	6	4	0	0	1	6-9	1-4	4-4	+7
Jaylen Hoard F	24	4	4	1	0	0	2	1-3	0-1	2-2	+18
Lindy Waters III F	23	10	5	0	3	0	1	4-12	2-9	0-0	+16
Olivier Sarr C	22	24	6	1	0	2	2	9-12	5-6	1-1	+15
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl F	15	14	5	0	0	0	1	5-6	3-4	1-2	+12

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Mikal Bridges	Bench	30	18	49.1	27.1	-15.6	7.4
Cameron Johnson	Bench	32	14	41.8	25.7	-17.6	2.7
Chris Paul	Bench	30	11	46.3	20.0	-15.6	9.1
Landry Shamet	Bench	31	10	50.0	13.5	-22.1	8.7
Elfrid Payton	Bench	11	8	57.1	33.3	0.0	16.3
JaVale McGee	Bench	23	8	58.1	12.7	-18.4	8.6
Torrey Craig	Bench	22	8	50.0	18.9	-41.4	5.6
Bismack Biyombo	Bench	22	7	93.1	8.2	-21.1	12.5
Ish Wainright	Bench	12	7	121.5	12.0	+15.2	19.8
Cameron Payne	Bench	17	5	27.8	25.6	-47.2	9.0
Aaron Holiday	Bench	5	0	0.0	9.1	-18.2	-4.8
Gabriel Lundberg	Bench	4	0	0.0	33.3	-25.0	-10.8

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Olivier Sarr	Bench	22	24	96.5	25.9	+37.9	24.1
Aaron Wiggins	Bench	26	17	79.0	20.0	+10.9	21.2
Aleksej Pokusevski	Bench	36	17	60.7	23.3	-1.7	14.0
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	15	14	101.7	21.1	+32.7	20.4
Vit Krejci	Bench	37	11	35.6	18.4	+20.5	7.1
Isaiah Roby	Bench	30	11	57.1	14.7	+23.7	11.8
Lindy Waters III	Bench	23	10	41.7	22.0	+36.8	7.7
Theo Maledon	Bench	27	9	45.5	20.0	+6.9	7.0
Jaylen Hoard	Bench	24	4	51.5	9.7	+37.8	1.9