Suns (114) vs Pelicans (111) · Apr 22, 2022 · NBA Scores

FINAL

Apr 22, 2022

2-1PhoenixSuns

114

1-2New OrleansPelicans

111

Game Recap

Led by Chris Pauls 28 points (19 in the 4th quarter), 14 assists and zero turnovers, the No. one seed Suns defeated the No. eight seed Pelicans in Game 3, 114-111. Deandre Ayton added a Playoff career-high 28 points, along with 17 rebounds for the Suns in the victory, while Brandon Ingram led all scorers with 34 points and seven rebounds for the Pelicans. The Suns lead this best-of-seven First Round series 2-1, with Game four taking place on Sunday, April 24 (TNT, 9:30 p.m. ET)

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	28	31	22	33	114
NOP	29	19	31	32	111

SUNS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
25Mikal BridgesSF	40	4-9	0-1	9-9	2	2	1	1	1	3	17	+10
99Jae CrowderPF	34	4-10	0-5	2-2	4	3	1	0	0	5	10	+10
22Deandre AytonC	34	13-20	1-1	1-1	17	1	3	1	1	2	28	+18
23Cameron JohnsonSG	26	3-7	2-5	0-2	1	0	0	0	1	3	8	-4
3Chris PaulPG	39	10-18	1-6	7-8	4	14	1	0	0	2	28	+10
14Landry Shamet	29	2-7	0-5	1-1	3	3	0	0	2	2	5	-9
0Torrey Craig	9	0-3	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	-15
00JaVale McGee	12	7-8	0-0	1-2	3	0	1	0	0	0	15	-9
15Cameron Payne	12	1-5	0-2	1-2	1	2	1	0	0	3	3	+4
18Bismack Biyombo	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1Devin Booker	— did not play —												— did not play —
4Aaron Holiday	— did not play —												— did not play —
2Elfrid Payton	— did not play —												— did not play —
12Ish Wainright	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL		44-8750.6%	4-2615.4%	22-2781.5%	35	26	8	3	5	21	114

PELICANS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
14Brandon IngramSF	36	11-19	3-6	9-10	7	3	0	1	2	2	34	-2
10Jaxson HayesPF	9	1-1	0-0	2-2	6	0	0	0	1	2	4	-5
17Jonas ValanciunasC	26	1-5	0-0	4-4	11	1	1	1	4	3	6	-4
5Herbert JonesSG	39	5-7	0-1	2-3	3	1	1	0	1	3	12	-8
3CJ McCollumPG	40	11-23	4-11	4-8	4	6	2	1	2	2	30	-8
25Trey Murphy III	22	0-3	0-2	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	+21
22Larry Nance Jr.	23	1-8	0-4	0-0	4	1	0	2	1	6	2	-2
4Devonte' Graham	12	3-6	3-6	3-4	5	1	0	0	1	1	12	+1
8Naji Marshall	11	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	3	0	0	0	4	2	+7
15Jose Alvarado	16	4-6	1-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	2	4	9	-15
9Willy Hernangomez	— did not play —												— did not play —
21Tony Snell	— did not play —												— did not play —
41Garrett Temple	— did not play —												— did not play —

TOTAL		38-7948.1%	11-3234.4%	24-3177.4%	45	17	4	5	14	28	111

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterphxnop

(11:56) Jump Ball D. Ayton vs. J. Valanciunas: Tip to C. Johnson
(11:45) MISS D. Ayton 10' Hook
(11:40) J. Hayes REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (11:34) J. Hayes cutting DUNK (2 PTS) (B. Ingram 1 AST)
02
(11:16) MISS C. Paul 11' pullup Shot
(11:14) J. Hayes REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(11:05) J. Valanciunas bad pass out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
(10:46) MISS M. Bridges 25' 3PT
(10:43) J. Hayes REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(10:32) J. Hayes bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(10:32) D. Ayton STEAL (1 STL)
(10:25) MISS M. Bridges Layup - blocked
(10:25) J. Valanciunas BLOCK (1 BLK)
(10:17) B. Ingram REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:14) MISS C. McCollum Layup - blocked
(10:14) D. Ayton BLOCK (1 BLK)
(10:10) C. Johnson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:09) C. Johnson bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(10:09) C. McCollum STEAL (1 STL)
(10:09) C. Johnson personal FOUL (1 PF)
(10:00) MISS J. Valanciunas 6' driving Hook
(9:57) D. Ayton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:54) MISS J. Crowder 25' 3PT
(9:51) J. Hayes REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
(9:28) MISS B. Ingram 13' step back Shot
(9:24) J. Crowder REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (9:20) C. Paul 25' 3PT (3 PTS)
32
(9:01) MISS C. McCollum 26' 3PT
(9:00) TEAM offensive REBOUND
(9:00) D. Ayton loose ball personal FOUL (1 PF)
(8:52) MISS C. McCollum 14' pullup Shot
(8:48) H. Jones REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+3 (8:45) C. McCollum 25' 3PT (3 PTS) (H. Jones 1 AST)
35
+2 (8:31) D. Ayton 8' driving Layup (2 PTS) (C. Paul 1 AST)
55
(8:11) MISS C. McCollum 21' step back Shot
(8:08) D. Ayton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(8:04) C. McCollum personal FOUL (1 PF)
+2 (8:00) C. Johnson Hook (2 PTS) (M. Bridges 1 AST)
75
(7:40) H. Jones bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(7:40) J. Crowder STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (7:35) C. Johnson 26' 3PT (5 PTS) (C. Paul 2 AST)
105
+3 (7:20) B. Ingram 26' 3PT (3 PTS) (C. McCollum 1 AST)
108
(7:09) MISS J. Crowder 26' 3PT
(7:06) B. Ingram REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (6:58) B. Ingram driving Layup (5 PTS)
1010
(6:34) MISS J. Crowder Layup
(6:30) J. Hayes REBOUND (Off:0 Def:5)
+2 (6:29) H. Jones running Layup (2 PTS) (C. McCollum 2 AST)
1012
(6:28) PHX Timeout
+2 (6:13) D. Ayton 9' Hook (4 PTS)
1212
(5:52) C. Johnson personal FOUL (2 PF)
(5:45) MISS B. Ingram 16' Jump Shot
(5:43) TEAM defensive REBOUND
+2 (5:30) D. Ayton 6' floating Jump Shot (6 PTS) (C. Paul 3 AST)
1412
+2 (5:11) C. McCollum 16' pullup Jump Shot (5 PTS)
1414
+3 (5:02) D. Ayton 25' 3PT (9 PTS) (M. Bridges 2 AST)
1714
(4:49) J. Crowder shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Valanciunas 2 FT)
+1 (4:49) J. Valanciunas Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
1715
+1 (4:49) J. Valanciunas Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
1716
+2 (4:38) C. Paul 12' pullup Jump Shot (5 PTS)
1916
+2 (4:16) C. McCollum 14' driving floating bank Jump Shot (7 PTS) (J. Valanciunas 1 AST)
1918
+2 (3:58) D. Ayton 12' floating Jump Shot (11 PTS) (C. Paul 4 AST)
2118
(3:45) MISS B. Ingram 15' Jump Shot
(3:42) D. Ayton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+2 (3:38) D. Ayton running Layup (13 PTS) (C. Paul 5 AST)
2318
(3:38) NOP Timeout
(3:14) MISS T. Murphy III 13' floating Shot
(3:11) D. Ayton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
(2:57) L. Nance Jr. kicked ball VIOLATION
(2:50) H. Jones personal FOUL (1 PF)
(2:45) MISS J. Crowder 25' 3PT
(2:42) D. Graham REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (2:38) H. Jones running Layup (4 PTS) (D. Graham 1 AST)
2320
(2:38) J. McGee defensive goaltending VIOLATION
+2 (2:26) J. McGee Layup (2 PTS) (J. Crowder 1 AST)
2520
(2:12) L. Shamet personal FOUL (1 PF) (Jones 2 FT)
+1 (2:12) B. Ingram Free Throw 1 of 2 (6 PTS)
2521
+1 (2:12) B. Ingram Free Throw 2 of 2 (7 PTS)
2522
(2:00) N. Marshall personal FOUL (1 PF)
(1:48) MISS C. Payne 28' 3PT
(1:44) B. Ingram REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(1:22) MISS B. Ingram 17' Jump Shot - blocked
(1:22) T. Craig BLOCK (1 BLK)
(1:21) L. Nance Jr. REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(1:21) MISS L. Nance Jr. 25' 3PT
(1:21) TEAM offensive REBOUND
(1:21) NOP shot clock Team TURNOVER
(1:12) MISS C. Johnson 27' 3PT
(1:09) TEAM offensive REBOUND
(1:09) N. Marshall loose ball personal FOUL (2 PF) (McGee 2 FT)
+1 (1:09) J. McGee Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
2622
(1:09) MISS J. McGee Free Throw 2 of 2
(1:05) T. Murphy III REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:05) C. Payne personal FOUL (1 PF) (Graham 2 FT)
+1 (1:05) D. Graham Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
2623
+1 (1:05) D. Graham Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
2624
(0:54) MISS T. Craig 10' step back Shot
(0:51) J. McGee REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (0:50) J. McGee putback Layup (5 PTS)
2824
+3 (0:38) D. Graham 26' 3PT (5 PTS)
2827
(0:31) MISS C. Payne Layup
(0:28) D. Graham REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (0:25) B. Ingram cutting DUNK (9 PTS) (N. Marshall 1 AST)
2829
(0:01) MISS T. Craig 3PT
(0:01) TEAM offensive REBOUND
(0:01) PHX shot clock Team TURNOVER

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

PHX

NOP

114Points111

44-87(50.6%)Field Goal(%)38-79(48.1%)

4-26(15.4%)3-Point(%)11-32(34.4%)

22-27(81.5%)Free Throw(%)24-31(77.4%)

35(9)Rebounds(Offensive)45(11)

26Assists17

8Steals4

3Blocks5

5Turnovers14

21Fouls28

64Pts In The Paint40

12Fast Break Pts18

23Pts Off Turnovers7

23Bench Pts25

13Largest Lead7

Game Details

Friday, April 22, 2022 · 8:30 PM

Smoothie King Center · New Orleans, LA

attendance: 18,962 (106.6%)