Washington Wizards 109, Phoenix Suns 119 — Recap

January 25, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Washington Wizards 109, Phoenix Suns 119. Scoring by quarter: Q1 WAS 24-35 PHX; Q2 WAS 29-33 PHX; Q3 WAS 32-28 PHX; Q4 WAS 24-23 PHX.

Top performers (box score): Kyle Kuzma (WAS) 30 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 12-of-24 shooting; Kevin Durant (PHX) 29 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 11-of-19 shooting; Nick Richards (PHX) 20 points, 19 rebounds, 1 assists on 7-of-12 shooting; Bradley Beal (PHX) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-13 shooting; Jordan Poole (WAS) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 10 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · WAS

Kyle Kuzma

30 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM · 12-24 FG

Scoring · PHX

Kevin Durant

29 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM · 11-19 FG

Scoring · PHX

Nick Richards

20 PTS, 19 REB, 1 AST · 7-12 FG

Season highs

Kyle Kuzma · Season-high 30 pointsNick Richards · Season-high 19 reboundsJordan Poole · Season-high 10 assistsKevin Durant · 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
WAS	24	29	32	24		109
PHX	35	33	28	23		119

🧮 How They Scored

WASPHX

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.7%Effective FG%51.7%

7.8%Turnover %8.9%

10.9%Offensive rebound %27.3%

0.100Free-throw rate0.311

Box Score

Washington Wizards

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jordan Poole G	36	19	4	10	6	1	1	7-16	5-10	—	-14
Bilal Coulibaly G	36	12	4	4	—	1	—	5-8	0-2	2-2	-14
Kyle Kuzma F	34	30	11	4	—	—	3	12-24	5-9	1-2	+4
KyShawn George F	32	5	6	2	—	1	3	2-5	1-3	—	+6
Alexandre Sarr C	31	11	6	3	1	2	—	4-12	1-4	2-3	-1
Carlton Carrington G	26	11	1	2	—	—	—	4-9	3-8	—	-7
Corey Kispert F	24	5	1	1	1	—	1	2-4	1-2	—	-13
Jonas Valanciunas C	17	16	4	2	—	—	—	6-11	2-2	2-2	-9
Justin Champagnie F	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	0-1	0-1	—	-2

Phoenix Suns

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Durant F	39	29	5	4	1	—	2	11-19	5-8	2-2	+16
Bradley Beal G	39	20	3	4	1	1	—	6-13	4-6	4-4	+9
Devin Booker G	39	18	6	7	1	1	3	5-18	0-8	8-8	+7
Nick Richards C	34	20	19	1	—	1	2	7-12	—	6-7	+7
Tyus Jones G	32	16	3	5	—	—	2	6-11	1-5	3-3	+13
Grayson Allen G	25	8	4	1	—	—	1	3-9	2-7	—	—
Royce O'Neale F	17	3	4	1	—	1	—	1-6	1-6	—	-6
Mason Plumlee F-C	14	4	8	—	1	—	—	1-1	—	2-2	+3
Ryan Dunn F	2	1	1	—	—	—	—	0-1	—	1-2	+1

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kyle Kuzma	Bench	34	30	60.3	35.9	+7.0	16.3
Jordan Poole	Bench	36	19	59.4	21.3	-21.4	15.4
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	17	16	67.3	31.6	-25.7	18.5
Bilal Coulibaly	Bench	36	12	67.6	11.3	-21.4	8.0
Carlton Carrington	Bench	26	11	61.1	16.7	-13.7	5.2
Alexandre Sarr	Bench	31	11	41.3	19.1	+1.9	8.6
Corey Kispert	Bench	24	5	62.5	9.8	-27.1	1.3
KyShawn George	Bench	32	5	50.0	10.7	+10.2	4.9
Anthony Gill	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Justin Champagnie	Bench	4	—	0.0	12.5	-8.3	-9.5
Tristan Vukcevic	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kevin Durant	Bench	39	29	72.9	22.7	+18.2	14.6
Bradley Beal	Bench	39	20	67.8	16.1	+11.3	9.4
Nick Richards	Bench	34	20	66.3	20.0	+11.2	16.2
Devin Booker	Bench	39	18	41.8	26.1	+9.8	8.6
Tyus Jones	Bench	32	16	64.9	18.2	+22.6	10.5
Grayson Allen	Bench	25	8	44.4	16.7	+2.3	4.1
Mason Plumlee	Bench	14	4	106.4	6.5	+10.7	18.0
Royce O'Neale	Bench	17	3	25.0	15.8	-20.6	4.2
Ryan Dunn	Bench	2	1	26.6	28.6	-8.3	-14.3
Jusuf Nurkic	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Collin Gillespie	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Oso Ighodaro	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0