Evening party in Phoenix with a “double header”, and the Suns who agree to play as a curtain raiser for the Mercury. For the big comeback of Devin Booker, the players of Monty Williams unrolled their basketball with an easy victory (119-74). Taking almost all 3-pointers early in the game, the Suns set the tone for the game, and Devin Booker had a blast with 17 points from 10 shots in the first half.
Beside him, Deandre Ayton dominates under the panels, and when he comes out, JaVale McGee is equally domineering. Still lagging behind, Portland explodes over the minutes with a gap of already 21 points at halftime (59-38).
Back from the locker room, make way for the replacements on the Phoenix side while Chauncey Billups keeps his holders in play. We think that Damian Lillard and the others will pick up the score, but it’s worse!
Elfrid Payton is perfect on the baguette, and Abdel Nader and Landry Shamet are having a blast. The gap continues to swell to reach 33 points after three quarters (93-60). The gap will outright exceed 50 points, and finally Phoenix wins 45 points. A perfect appetizer before the thrilling Game 2 between Mercury and Sky.
| Suns / 119 | Tirs | Rebounds | |
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| Players | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | O | D | T | Pd | Fte | Int | Bp | Ct | +/- | Pts | Eval |
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| J. Crowder | 14 | 2/6 | 1/5 | 0/0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +14 | 5 | 4 | | M. Bridges | 17 | 2/6 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +16 | 6 | 9 | | D. Ayton | 15 | 4/7 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +12 | 8 | 17 | | C. Payne | 24 | 2/4 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +26 | 5 | 9 | | D. Booker | 18 | 6/10 | 3/6 | 2/2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | +16 | 17 | 15 | | F. Kaminsky | 18 | 2/5 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +16 | 5 | 13 | | J. Smith | 17 | 2/7 | 0/2 | 5/6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | +13 | 9 | 4 | | A. Nader | 14 | 4/8 | 2/3 | 1/1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +17 | 11 | 10 | | C. Johnson | 17 | 4/8 | 3/6 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +18 | 11 | 11 | | C. Hutchison | 16 | 2/3 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +12 | 7 | 6 | | J. McGee | 15 | 5/8 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +17 | 10 | 13 | | E. Payton | 24 | 4/9 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | +19 | 8 | 25 | | L. Shamet | 15 | 4/6 | 3/5 | 1/1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +17 | 12 | 16 | | C. Randle | 16 | 2/4 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +12 | 5 | 4 | | Total | | 45/91 | 16/41 | 13/15 | 7 | 48 | 55 | 30 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 3 | | 119 | |
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| Trail Blazers / 74 | Tirs | Rebounds | |
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| Players | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | O | D | T | Pd | Fte | Int | Bp | Ct | +/- | Pts | Eval |
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| R. Covington | 29 | 3/9 | 2/7 | 2/2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -29 | 10 | 13 | | N. Powell | 18 | 3/8 | 0/2 | 2/3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -14 | 8 | 2 | | J. Nurkic | 21 | 2/7 | 0/2 | 4/4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | -25 | 8 | 14 | | D. Lillard | 24 | 5/11 | 1/6 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -25 | 12 | 6 | | C. McCollum | 25 | 3/14 | 2/7 | 2/2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -23 | 10 | 4 | | P. Patterson | 7 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 2 | 1 | | L. Nance Jr. | 13 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 5 | | T. Watford | 12 | 2/4 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -12 | 4 | 2 | | G. Brown III | 16 | 2/7 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -17 | 4 | 6 | | K. Blevins | 7 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 0 | -2 | | M. Chriss | 6 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 1 | | Q. Cook | 5 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | | D. Smith Jr. | 24 | 1/6 | 0/1 | 7/10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -20 | 9 | 5 | | B. McLemore | 11 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -10 | 0 | -4 | | C. Elleby | 22 | 2/7 | 1/5 | 0/0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -23 | 5 | 3 | | Total | | 25/84 | 6/39 | 18/25 | 10 | 35 | 45 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 21 | 3 | | 74 | |
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