“You can see it any way you want. But in such a physical playoff game, it’s an incredible gap. Coaches shouldn’t have to approach the microphone feeling like they’re going to get their heads chopped off for telling the truth.”
Monty Williams had addressed a small tackle to the referees of Game 4 between the Pelicans and the Suns at the end of the meeting lost 118-103 by his people. The Phoenix coach had notably pointed out the gap in free throws awarded to his team (15), compared to the locals (42).
His exit will cost him a fine of 15,000 dollars for public criticism of the refereeing body.
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
| Devin Booker | 68 | 34.5 | 46.6 | 38.3 | 86.8 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 26.8 |
| Deandre Ayton | 58 | 29.5 | 63.4 | 36.8 | 74.6 | 2.6 | 7.7 | 10.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 17.2 |
| Chris Paul | 65 | 32.9 | 49.3 | 31.7 | 83.7 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 10.8 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 14.7 |
| Mikal Bridges | 82 | 34.8 | 53.4 | 36.9 | 83.4 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 14.2 |
| Cameron Johnson | 66 | 26.2 | 46.0 | 42.5 | 86.0 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 12.5 |
| Cameron Payne | 58 | 22.0 | 40.9 | 33.6 | 84.3 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 4.9 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 10.8 |
| Frank Kaminsky | 9 | 20.1 | 54.5 | 33.3 | 90.0 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 10.6 |
| Jae Crowder | 67 | 28.1 | 39.9 | 34.8 | 78.9 | 0.4 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 9.4 |
| Javale Mcgee | 74 | 15.8 | 62.9 | 22.2 | 69.9 | 2.2 | 4.5 | 6.7 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 9.2 |
| Landry Shamet | 69 | 20.8 | 39.4 | 36.8 | 84.0 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 8.3 |
| Torrey Craig | 27 | 20.8 | 45.0 | 32.3 | 70.6 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 6.9 |
| Aaron Holiday | 22 | 16.3 | 41.1 | 44.4 | 93.9 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 6.8 |
| Jalen Smith | 29 | 13.2 | 46.0 | 23.1 | 76.9 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 6.0 |
| Bismack Biyombo | 36 | 14.1 | 59.3 | 0.0 | 53.5 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 4.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 5.8 |
| Gabriel Lundberg | 4 | 11.1 | 26.3 | 37.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 3.2 |
| Elfrid Payton | 50 | 11.0 | 38.3 | 22.2 | 37.5 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 3.0 |
| Paris Bass | 2 | 3.7 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Abdel Nader | 14 | 10.4 | 34.3 | 28.6 | 60.0 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 2.4 |
| Ishmail Wainright | 45 | 8.0 | 39.4 | 32.2 | 58.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.4 |
| Justin Jackson | 6 | 5.8 | 35.7 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.2 |
| Chandler Hutchison | 6 | 3.7 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| Emanuel Terry | 3 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 5.0 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| M.j. Walker | 2 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
