Phoenix Suns vs. New Orleans Pelicans

Apr 1, 2024

FINAL

44-31PhoenixSuns

124

45-30New OrleansPelicans

111

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	46	28	29	21	124
NOP	28	26	36	21	111

Game Recap

The Suns defeated the Pelicans, 124-111. Devin Booker led the Suns with 52 points, a career-high eight 3PM, and nine assists, while Kevin Durant (20 points, seven rebounds) and Jusuf Nurkic (19 points, 19 rebounds) combined for 39 points in the victory. Zion Williamson tallied 30 points and five assists for the Pelicans in the losing effort. The Suns improve to 44-31, while the Pelicans fall to 45-30.

Player Stats

SUNS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
8Grayson AllenSF	33	4-8	2-5	1-2	2	4	0	1	1	2	+17	11
35Kevin DurantPF	40	7-19	3-11	3-3	7	3	2	0	3	2	+13	20
20Jusuf NurkicC	35	5-11	1-2	8-11	19	4	1	2	1	5	+19	19
3Bradley BealSG	39	5-8	3-4	0-0	9	6	2	1	3	3	+2	13
1Devin BookerPG	39	19-28	8-16	6-7	3	9	0	1	3	3	+8	52
23Eric Gordon	19	1-7	1-6	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	1	+4	3
14Drew Eubanks	12	1-2	0-0	2-2	2	1	0	1	0	4	-6	4
00Royce O'Neale	15	1-4	0-3	0-0	4	1	1	0	1	1	+3	2
11Bol Bol	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	+5	0
27Udoka Azubuike	— did not play —												— did not play —
25Nassir Little	— did not play —												— did not play —
2Josh Okogie	— did not play —												— did not play —
21David Roddy	— did not play —												— did not play —
4Isaiah Thomas	— did not play —												— did not play —
30Thaddeus Young	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	43-8749.4%	18-4738.3%	20-2580.0%	49	29	7	6	12	21	-	124

PELICANS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
25Trey Murphy IIISF	32	7-14	4-10	3-4	6	4	2	0	3	0	-18	21
1Zion WilliamsonPF	36	10-20	0-0	10-13	2	5	1	0	3	4	-20	30
17Jonas ValanciunasC	23	5-10	0-2	1-4	7	1	0	0	0	1	-12	11
5Herbert JonesSG	32	4-7	1-2	0-0	1	3	4	0	0	3	-13	9
3CJ McCollumPG	39	6-17	2-6	1-1	5	9	0	1	3	1	-3	15
24Jordan Hawkins	14	1-3	1-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-6	3
22Larry Nance Jr.	19	3-7	2-2	1-1	7	1	0	0	0	2	-3	9
8Naji Marshall	15	2-3	0-0	0-1	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	4
11Dyson Daniels	25	4-8	1-3	0-0	7	5	2	0	0	3	+10	9
32E.J. Liddell	— did not play —												— did not play —
50Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	— did not play —												— did not play —
37Matt Ryan	— did not play —												— did not play —
40Cody Zeller	— did not play —												— did not play —


TOTAL	-	42-8947.2%	11-2740.7%	16-2466.7%	37	29	10	1	9	17	-	111

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterPHXNOP

(11:55) Jump Ball Valanciunas vs. Nurkic: Tip to Williamson
+2 (11:41) Valanciunas 11' Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Jones 1 AST)
02
(11:19) Williamson S.FOUL (P1.T1) (Z.Zarba)
+1 (11:19) Nurkic Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
12
(11:19) MISS Nurkic Free Throw 2 of 2
(11:16) Valanciunas REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:02) MISS Valanciunas 9' Turnaround Jump Shot
(11:00) Durant REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:53) MISS Durant 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:48) Nurkic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (10:46) Booker 15' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Nurkic 1 AST)
32
+2 (10:32) McCollum 7' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS)
34
+3 (10:19) Booker 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Nurkic 2 AST)
64
+3 (10:09) Murphy III 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Williamson 1 AST)
67
+3 (9:51) Durant 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Booker 1 AST)
97
(9:37) MISS Valanciunas 3PT Jump Shot
(9:34) Beal REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (9:29) Durant 26' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Beal 1 AST)
127
+3 (9:16) McCollum 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (5 PTS)
1210
+2 (9:02) Nurkic 1' Cutting Dunk Shot (3 PTS) (Booker 2 AST)
1410
(8:51) MISS McCollum 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(8:47) Nurkic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(8:41) MISS Booker 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(8:37) Valanciunas REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (8:31) Murphy III 28' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (McCollum 1 AST)
1413
(8:24) MISS Allen 3PT Jump Shot
(8:19) Murphy III REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:00) MISS McCollum 7' Floating Jump Shot
(7:59) McCollum REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(7:55) MISS McCollum 24' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(7:52) Nurkic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(7:35) MISS Durant 11' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
(7:34) Nurkic REBOUND (Off:2 Def:2)
(7:32) MISS Nurkic 2' Putback Layup
(7:30) Murphy III REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(7:26) Murphy III Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
+3 (7:11) Booker 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (8 PTS)
1713
+2 (6:57) Valanciunas 8' Floating Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Williamson 2 AST)
1715
+2 (6:36) Durant 14' Turnaround Fadeaway (8 PTS)
1915
(6:36) Jones S.FOUL (P1.T2) (N.Buchert)
(6:36) PELICANS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
+1 (6:36) Durant Free Throw 1 of 1 (9 PTS)
2015
(6:23) MISS Valanciunas 13' Jump Shot
(6:20) Nurkic REBOUND (Off:2 Def:3)
(6:08) Valanciunas Violation:Kicked Ball (N.Buchert)
+3 (5:57) Booker 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Beal 2 AST)
2315
(5:41) MISS Jones 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(5:38) Nurkic REBOUND (Off:2 Def:4)
+3 (5:34) Booker 25' 3PT Running Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Allen 1 AST)
2615
(5:31) PELICANS Timeout: Regular (Full 2 Short 0)
(5:22) Williamson Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(5:22) Gordon STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (5:17) Durant 1' Running Dunk (11 PTS) (Gordon 1 AST)
2815
+3 (5:00) Murphy III 30' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Williamson 3 AST)
2818
+2 (4:41) Booker 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (16 PTS)
3018
(4:31) Booker P.FOUL (P1.T1) (Z.Zarba)
(4:23) MISS Williamson 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(4:23) Nurkic BLOCK (1 BLK)
(4:20) Nurkic REBOUND (Off:2 Def:5)
+3 (4:11) Gordon 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Allen 2 AST)
3318
(3:54) MISS Hawkins 8' Pullup Jump Shot
(3:51) Durant REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (3:44) Allen 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Booker 3 AST)
3618
(3:25) MISS Murphy III 28' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(3:22) Nurkic REBOUND (Off:2 Def:6)
+2 (3:10) Allen 1' Driving Dunk (5 PTS) (Booker 4 AST)
3818
(2:56) Nurkic Violation:Kicked Ball (J.Schroeder)
+2 (2:48) Williamson 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS) (McCollum 2 AST)
3820
+3 (2:37) Booker 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (19 PTS) (Durant 1 AST)
4120
(2:13) MISS Williamson 2' Driving Layup
(2:13) Eubanks BLOCK (1 BLK)
(2:10) Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:59) MISS Gordon 28' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:57) O'Neale REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(1:51) Williamson S.FOUL (P2.T3) (Z.Zarba)
+1 (1:51) Booker Free Throw 1 of 3 (20 PTS)
4220
+1 (1:51) Booker Free Throw 2 of 3 (21 PTS)
4320
+1 (1:51) Booker Free Throw 3 of 3 (22 PTS)
4420
(1:30) MISS Marshall 5' Driving Finger Roll Layup
(1:28) Daniels REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (1:26) Daniels 7' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS)
4422
+2 (1:17) Booker 15' Pullup Jump Shot (24 PTS)
4622
+3 (0:58) Nance Jr. 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Daniels 1 AST)
4625
(0:36) MISS Booker 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(0:32) McCollum REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(0:24) MISS Nance Jr. 2' Cutting Layup Shot
(0:23) Nance Jr. REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(0:23) MISS Nance Jr. 1' Tip Layup Shot
(0:22) Nance Jr. REBOUND (Off:2 Def:0)
+3 (0:18) Daniels 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Marshall 1 AST)
4628
(0:00) MISS Beal 17' Pullup Jump Shot
(0:00) Daniels REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)

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3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

PHX

NOP

124Points111

43-87(49.4%)Field Goal(%)42-89(47.2%)

18-47(38.3%)3-Point(%)11-27(40.7%)

20-25(80.0%)Free Throw(%)16-24(66.7%)

49(16)Rebounds(Offensive)37(12)

29Assists29

7Steals10

6Blocks1

12Turnovers9

21Fouls17

42Pts In The Paint60

11Fast Break Pts10

12Pts Off Turnovers15

9Bench Pts25

27Largest Lead2

Game Details

Monday, April 1, 2024 · 8:00 PM

Smoothie King Center · New Orleans, LA

attendance: 17,753 (99.8%)

tv: NBA TV