Phoenix Suns 127, Portland Trail Blazers 121 — Recap

March 11, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Phoenix Suns 127, Portland Trail Blazers 121. Scoring by quarter: Q1 PHX 30-33 POR; Q2 PHX 30-27 POR; Q3 PHX 30-34 POR; Q4 PHX 37-27 POR.

Top performers (box score): Devin Booker (PHX) 35 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 threes on 12-of-21 shooting; Damian Lillard (POR) 30 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 threes on 10-of-23 shooting; Chris Paul (PHX) 19 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Mikal Bridges (PHX) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-10 shooting; Gary Trent Jr. (POR) 17 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 5-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · PHX

Devin Booker

35 PTS, 5 REB, 8 AST, 3 3PM · 12-21 FG

Scoring · POR

Damian Lillard

30 PTS, 7 REB, 8 AST, 5 3PM · 10-23 FG

Scoring · PHX

Chris Paul

19 PTS, 5 REB, 7 AST, 2 3PM · 7-15 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	30	30	30	37		127
POR	33	27	34	27		121

🧮 How They Scored

PHXPOR

56Points in the paint48

15Fast-break points17

11Second-chance points22

22Points off turnovers13

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

66.9%Effective FG%55.3%

12.5%Turnover %9.7%

16.1%Offensive rebound %31.3%

0.229Free-throw rate0.202

Box Score

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mikal Bridges F	39	18	4	2	1	1	1	8-10	1-2	1-1	+7
Devin Booker G	36	35	5	8	0	0	5	12-21	3-5	8-8	+3
Chris Paul G	32	19	5	7	0	0	2	7-15	2-4	3-3	-12
Jae Crowder F	31	13	7	1	0	0	1	5-8	3-5	0-0	+2
Dario Saric F	24	11	5	2	0	0	1	5-9	0-2	1-2	+15
Deandre Ayton C	23	11	4	0	1	0	1	5-8	0-0	1-3	-4
Cameron Payne G	20	13	3	6	1	0	1	4-5	3-3	2-2	+24
Abdel Nader F	20	5	5	1	2	0	1	2-3	1-1	0-0	+7
Frank Kaminsky F-C	11	2	0	1	1	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	-5
E'Twaun Moore G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-7

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Damian Lillard G	37	30	7	8	2	0	5	10-23	5-12	5-5	-6
Gary Trent Jr. G	35	17	2	2	0	0	0	5-16	4-11	3-4	+5
Robert Covington F	34	13	6	2	2	1	0	5-11	3-6	0-0	+8
Enes Kanter C	28	16	11	3	0	1	1	7-10	0-0	2-2	+1
Derrick Jones Jr. F-G	25	9	2	2	1	0	1	3-4	1-2	2-2	-15
Carmelo Anthony F	22	13	5	0	0	0	2	4-12	2-5	3-3	-8
Nassir Little F	21	7	4	1	0	0	0	3-4	1-1	0-1	-2
Rodney Hood G	21	6	2	5	2	0	1	2-5	0-1	2-2	-7
Anfernee Simons G	16	10	2	3	1	0	1	4-9	2-5	0-0	-6

🔬 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	35	71.4	35.4	+3.9	16.6
Chris Paul	Bench	32	19	58.2	25.7	-16.4	11.3
Mikal Bridges	Bench	39	18	86.2	12.8	+8.8	10.8
Jae Crowder	Bench	31	13	81.3	13.8	+5.4	8.2
Cameron Payne	Bench	20	13	110.5	16.7	+60.0	21.8
Deandre Ayton	Bench	23	11	59.0	20.8	-3.0	5.0
Dario Saric	Bench	24	11	55.7	20.8	+29.0	7.2
Abdel Nader	Bench	20	5	83.3	9.5	+25.2	11.4
Frank Kaminsky	Bench	11	2	50.0	8.3	-22.7	3.8
E'Twaun Moore	Bench	5	0	0.0	15.4	-49.4	-10.8

Portland Trail BlazersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Damian Lillard	Bench	37	30	59.5	32.3	-9.4	14.3
Gary Trent Jr.	Bench	35	17	47.9	20.9	+5.0	4.0
Enes Kanter	Bench	28	16	73.5	17.6	-5.4	14.1
Carmelo Anthony	Bench	22	13	48.8	28.8	-17.8	2.6
Robert Covington	Bench	34	13	59.1	13.1	+9.7	9.2
Anfernee Simons	Bench	16	10	55.6	26.3	-25.6	9.4
Derrick Jones Jr.	Bench	25	9	92.2	10.0	-24.2	6.9
Nassir Little	Bench	21	7	78.8	8.0	-4.7	8.1
Rodney Hood	Bench	21	6	51.0	14.6	-19.5	12.0