Washington Wizards 98, Phoenix Suns 118 — Recap

December 16, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Washington Wizards 98, Phoenix Suns 118. Scoring by quarter: Q1 WAS 23-31 PHX; Q2 WAS 27-31 PHX; Q3 WAS 21-27 PHX; Q4 WAS 27-29 PHX.

Top performers (box score): Bradley Beal (WAS) 26 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 11-of-18 shooting; JaVale McGee (PHX) 17 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists on 6-of-8 shooting; Landry Shamet (PHX) 16 points, 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-10 shooting; Deandre Ayton (PHX) 15 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists on 6-of-11 shooting; Deni Avdija (WAS) 14 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-6 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · WAS

Bradley Beal

26 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 11-18 FG

Scoring · PHX

JaVale McGee

17 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST · 6-8 FG

Scoring · PHX

Landry Shamet

16 PTS, 0 REB, 0 AST, 4 3PM · 6-10 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
WAS	23	27	21	27		98
PHX	31	31	27	29		118

🧮 How They Scored

WASPHX

50Points in the paint58

14Fast-break points7

6Second-chance points12

20Points off turnovers16

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

52.4%Effective FG%58.9%

15.0%Turnover %17.4%

13.6%Offensive rebound %25.7%

0.232Free-throw rate0.329

Box Score

Washington Wizards

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Bradley Beal G	31	26	3	5	1	0	5	11-18	2-3	2-4	-17
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	28	9	1	0	1	0	1	3-9	1-5	2-3	-23
Kyle Kuzma F	27	4	3	3	0	0	0	2-6	0-2	0-2	-33
Deni Avdija F	26	14	4	4	2	0	3	5-6	1-2	3-3	+7
Montrezl Harrell F-C	26	12	7	3	1	1	1	4-7	0-0	4-4	-4
Raul Neto G	24	11	0	3	2	0	1	5-11	0-2	1-2	0
Corey Kispert F	20	6	1	1	2	1	0	3-9	0-2	0-1	-5
Daniel Gafford F	20	0	5	2	0	1	2	0-3	0-0	0-0	-12
Aaron Holiday G	19	11	3	1	1	0	2	5-10	1-3	0-0	-14
Davis Bertans F	11	3	3	0	1	0	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	-1
Anthony Gill F	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+2

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Landry Shamet G	31	16	0	0	2	0	1	6-10	4-8	0-0	+2
Mikal Bridges F	28	11	4	2	1	0	0	3-10	0-4	5-6	+19
Cameron Johnson F	26	13	5	1	0	0	2	4-6	3-5	2-2	+15
Deandre Ayton C	24	15	10	4	0	1	2	6-11	0-1	3-3	+8
Chris Paul G	24	12	5	6	2	0	3	6-8	0-1	0-0	+14
Jae Crowder F	24	10	4	0	0	0	1	3-5	2-4	2-2	+8
Cameron Payne G	23	11	3	5	1	0	5	4-9	0-2	3-3	+5
Elfrid Payton G	21	5	3	4	0	0	2	2-3	0-0	1-1	+9
Jalen Smith F-C	19	6	4	1	0	1	2	1-7	0-3	4-4	+8
JaVale McGee C	16	17	8	2	2	0	1	6-8	0-0	5-5	+16
Ish Wainright F	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	-4

🔬 Advanced Stats

Washington WizardsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Bradley Beal	Bench	31	26	65.8	34.7	-27.5	14.2
Deni Avdija	Bench	26	14	95.6	16.7	+8.2	17.1
Montrezl Harrell	Bench	26	12	68.5	15.9	-10.2	17.2
Aaron Holiday	Bench	19	11	55.0	29.3	-29.5	8.5
Raul Neto	Bench	24	11	46.3	22.2	0.0	5.7
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	28	9	43.6	18.3	-39.5	0.0
Corey Kispert	Bench	20	6	31.8	20.0	-14.6	2.1
Kyle Kuzma	Bench	27	4	29.1	11.3	-61.4	2.4
Davis Bertans	Bench	11	3	75.0	11.1	-11.4	9.1
Anthony Gill	Bench	8	2	100.0	5.0	+10.5	5.0
Daniel Gafford	Bench	20	0	0.0	11.6	-30.8	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
JaVale McGee	Bench	16	17	83.3	27.5	+50.5	36.4
Landry Shamet	Bench	31	16	80.0	16.4	+6.6	7.5
Deandre Ayton	Bench	24	15	60.9	28.0	+18.6	21.4
Cameron Johnson	Bench	26	13	94.5	13.8	+27.9	10.6
Chris Paul	Bench	24	12	75.0	22.4	+27.9	19.9
Mikal Bridges	Bench	28	11	43.5	19.0	+30.2	7.8
Cameron Payne	Bench	23	11	53.3	26.3	+14.2	4.4
Jae Crowder	Bench	24	10	85.0	14.0	+18.6	10.0
Jalen Smith	Bench	19	6	34.2	23.4	+22.6	-0.7
Elfrid Payton	Bench	21	5	72.7	9.3	+25.7	10.2
Ish Wainright	Bench	3	2	50.0	22.2	-41.1	22.7