Phoenix Suns vs. Portland Trail Blazers

Dec 19, 2023

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	36	25	20	23	104
POR	20	29	38	22	109

Game Recap

Despite Kevin Durant’s 40 points (16-28 FG) and five assists, the Suns fall to the Trail Blazers, 109-104. Anfernee Simons (23 points, seven assists) and Jerami Grant (22 points, four assists) combine for 47 points for the Trail Blazers in the victory. The Trail Blazers snap a 7-game losing streak and improve to 7-19 on the season, while the Suns fall to 14-13.

Player Stats

SUNS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
25Nassir LittleSF	19	1-2	1-1	1-2	2	0	0	0	0	1	-12	4
35Kevin DurantPF	38	16-28	1-3	7-8	4	5	2	0	5	1	+8	40
20Jusuf NurkicC	30	4-11	0-2	1-2	13	3	2	2	4	3	-5	9
8Grayson AllenSG	32	5-10	1-5	0-1	9	0	2	0	0	3	-8	11
1Devin BookerPG	37	11-25	1-5	3-4	3	7	0	0	1	3	-9	26
23Eric Gordon	28	1-7	1-4	2-2	3	4	2	0	0	1	+7	5
0Jordan Goodwin	19	1-7	0-2	0-0	6	2	0	1	1	2	0	2
14Drew Eubanks	17	2-2	0-0	1-2	6	1	1	3	1	1	0	5
4Chimezie Metu	15	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	1	1	0	1	0	-6	2
21Keita Bates-Diop	— did not play —												— did not play —
11Bol Bol	— did not play —												— did not play —
38Saben Lee	— did not play —												— did not play —
18Yuta Watanabe	— did not play —												— did not play —

TOTAL	-	42-9444.7%	5-2321.7%	15-2171.4%	47	23	10	6	13	15	-	104

TRAIL BLAZERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
33Toumani CamaraSF	21	2-4	1-1	0-0	9	0	3	1	2	3	-8	5
9Jerami GrantPF	35	8-15	3-4	3-3	1	4	0	2	2	2	-10	22
2Deandre AytonC	40	6-18	0-0	4-4	15	3	0	0	3	3	+7	16
17Shaedon SharpeSG	8	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2	+1	0
1Anfernee SimonsPG	37	9-23	2-7	3-5	3	7	1	0	1	2	+4	23
00Scoot Henderson	29	3-9	0-2	3-3	4	5	0	0	5	4	-5	9
11Malcolm Brogdon	32	5-10	4-9	0-0	4	4	0	0	1	0	+9	14
26Duop Reath	4	1-1	1-1	0-0	2	0	1	0	1	0	-3	3
4Matisse Thybulle	20	2-3	2-3	2-2	1	0	3	1	0	0	+17	8
34Jabari Walker	9	3-3	1-1	2-2	2	0	0	0	0	2	+13	9
10Moses Brown	— did not play —												— did not play —
5Skylar Mays	— did not play —												— did not play —
8Kris Murray	— did not play —												— did not play —
23Ish Wainright	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	39-8744.8%	14-2850.0%	17-1989.5%	42	23	8	4	15	18	-	109

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterPHXPOR

(11:57) Jump Ball Ayton vs. Nurkic: Tip to Booker
(11:46) MISS Booker 12' Fadeaway Jumper
(11:43) Camara REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (11:22) Grant 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Simons 1 AST)
03
+2 (10:59) Nurkic 3' Turnaround Bank Hook Shot (2 PTS)
23
(10:35) Ayton Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(10:35) Nurkic STEAL (1 STL)
(10:28) MISS Booker 28' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:26) Camara REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(10:19) Simons Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(10:19) Allen STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (10:10) Durant 18' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Nurkic 1 AST)
43
(9:55) Grant Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T3)
(9:55) Durant STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (9:50) Booker 18' Running Pull-Up Jump Shot (2 PTS)
63
(9:33) MISS Ayton 3' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(9:31) Camara REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(9:30) MISS Camara Tip Layup Shot
(9:29) Durant REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:23) Sharpe S.FOUL (P1.T1) (I.Hwang)
(9:23) MISS Little Free Throw 1 of 2
(9:23) Suns Rebound
+1 (9:23) Little Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
73
+2 (9:14) Ayton 17' Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Simons 2 AST)
75
+2 (9:04) Allen 2' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
95
(9:04) Ayton Violation:Defensive Goaltending (N.Sago)
(8:52) MISS Sharpe 19' Step Back Jump Shot
(8:50) Booker REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (8:43) Booker 26' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Durant 1 AST)
125
+2 (8:21) Grant 4' Driving Layup (5 PTS) (Simons 3 AST)
127
+3 (8:08) Allen 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Booker 1 AST)
157
(7:50) MISS Grant 4' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(7:48) Nurkic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:43) Ayton P.FOUL (P1.T2) (N.Sago)
(7:35) MISS Nurkic 2' Cutting Layup Shot
(7:32) Ayton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:29) Allen S.FOUL (P1.T1) (N.Sago)
(7:29) MISS Simons Free Throw 1 of 2
(7:29) TRAIL BLAZERS Rebound
+1 (7:29) Simons Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
158
(7:21) Sharpe S.FOUL (P2.T3) (N.Sago)
(7:21) MISS Nurkic Free Throw 1 of 2
(7:21) Suns Rebound
+1 (7:21) Nurkic Free Throw 2 of 2 (3 PTS)
168
(7:11) MISS Henderson 3PT Jump Shot
(7:08) Nurkic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (7:04) Booker 1' Running Dunk (7 PTS) (Durant 2 AST)
188
(7:04) TRAIL BLAZERS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(6:48) MISS Grant 8' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
(6:46) Nurkic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(6:45) Nurkic Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(6:45) Camara STEAL (1 STL)
(6:43) Camara Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T4)
+2 (6:28) Nurkic 1' Cutting Dunk Shot (5 PTS) (Booker 2 AST)
208
(6:02) TRAIL BLAZERS Turnover: Shot Clock (T#5)
(5:52) Simons S.FOUL (P1.T4) (I.Hwang)
(5:52) MISS Durant Free Throw 1 of 2
(5:52) Suns Rebound
+1 (5:52) Durant Free Throw 2 of 2 (3 PTS)
218
(5:40) Nurkic S.FOUL (P1.T2) (N.Sago)
+1 (5:40) Henderson Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
219
+1 (5:40) Henderson Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
2110
(5:29) MISS Durant 20' Fadeaway Jumper
(5:26) Henderson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(5:23) MISS Simons 29' 3PT Running Jump Shot
(5:21) Ayton REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(5:18) MISS Ayton 17' Fadeaway Jumper
(5:15) Henderson REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (5:13) Henderson 3' Layup (4 PTS)
2112
(4:54) MISS Nurkic 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:50) Ayton REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(4:44) Henderson Palming Turnover (P1.T6)
+2 (4:33) Nurkic 1' Layup (7 PTS) (Gordon 1 AST)
2312
(4:25) Allen P.FOUL (P2.T3) (M.Lindsay)
(4:14) MISS Ayton 8' Jump Shot
(4:11) Nurkic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
(4:06) Simons P.FOUL (P2.PN) (N.Sago)
+1 (4:06) Booker Free Throw 1 of 2 (8 PTS)
2412
+1 (4:06) Booker Free Throw 2 of 2 (9 PTS)
2512
+3 (3:45) Reath 27' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Brogdon 1 AST)
2515
+3 (3:21) Gordon 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Booker 3 AST)
2815
+2 (3:06) Henderson 3' Driving Layup (6 PTS) (Grant 1 AST)
2817
(3:06) Booker S.FOUL (P1.T4) (M.Lindsay)
(3:06) Suns Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
+1 (3:06) Henderson Free Throw 1 of 1 (7 PTS)
2818
(2:50) Thybulle Violation:Kicked Ball (I.Hwang)
+2 (2:36) Durant 7' Driving Floating Jump Shot (5 PTS)
3018
(2:27) Henderson Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T7)
(2:27) Gordon STEAL (1 STL)
(2:19) Metu Step Out of Bounds Turnover (P1.T2)
(1:58) MISS Henderson 1' Driving Reverse Layup
(1:58) Eubanks BLOCK (1 BLK)
(1:56) Metu REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:49) MISS Gordon 30' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:46) Reath REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:37) MISS Grant 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:35) Eubanks REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (1:26) Eubanks 2' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Durant 3 AST)
3218
(1:14) Durant P.FOUL (P1.PN) (I.Hwang)
+1 (1:14) Grant Free Throw 1 of 2 (6 PTS)
3219
+1 (1:14) Grant Free Throw 2 of 2 (7 PTS)
3220
+2 (0:56) Durant 3' Driving Floating Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Metu 1 AST)
3420
(0:47) Henderson Bad Pass Turnover (P3.T8)
(0:47) Durant STEAL (2 STL)
(0:42) Durant Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T3)
(0:42) Reath STEAL (1 STL)
(0:38) Reath Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T9)
(0:38) Gordon STEAL (2 STL)
(0:33) Durant Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P2.T4)
(0:19) MISS Brogdon 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:16) Reath REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(0:03) TRAIL BLAZERS Turnover: Shot Clock (T#10)
+2 (0:00) Durant 14' Driving Floating Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Goodwin 1 AST)
3620

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

PHX

POR

104Points109

42-94(44.7%)Field Goal(%)39-87(44.8%)

5-23(21.7%)3-Point(%)14-28(50.0%)

15-21(71.4%)Free Throw(%)17-19(89.5%)

47(14)Rebounds(Offensive)42(10)

23Assists23

10Steals8

6Blocks4

13Turnovers15

15Fouls18

62Pts In The Paint36

20Fast Break Pts6

23Pts Off Turnovers15

14Bench Pts43

16Largest Lead14

Game Details

Tuesday, December 19, 2023 · 10:00 PM

Moda Center · Portland, OR

attendance: 18,233 (91.3%)