Suns (115) vs Pelicans (109) · Apr 28, 2022 · NBA Scores

FINAL

Apr 28, 2022

4-2PhoenixSuns

115

2-4New OrleansPelicans

109

Game Recap

Led by Chris Pauls 33 points (14-14 FG), along with five rebounds and eight assists, the No. one seed Phoenix Suns defeated the No. eight seed New Orleans Pelicans in Game six, 115-109. Devin Booker added 13 points and five rebounds for the Suns in the victory, while Brandon Ingram tallied 21 points, five rebounds and 11 assists for the Pelicans. After closing out this best-of-seven First Round series, 4-2, the Suns will advance to the Western Conference Semifinals to face the winner of the Dallas Mavericks-Utah Jazz series.

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	28	20	34	33	115
NOP	28	30	27	24	109

SUNS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
25Mikal BridgesSF	44	7-12	2-2	2-2	3	2	2	0	4	1	18	+7
99Jae CrowderPF	30	3-8	1-4	2-3	4	3	1	1	2	5	9	+7
22Deandre AytonC	39	10-12	0-0	2-2	7	4	1	1	0	4	22	+4
1Devin BookerSG	32	5-12	1-6	2-2	5	3	0	0	2	0	13	+9
3Chris PaulPG	35	14-14	1-1	4-4	5	8	1	0	3	2	33	+17
23Cameron Johnson	23	4-7	2-3	3-3	2	1	1	0	0	4	13	+4
14Landry Shamet	11	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-6
15Cameron Payne	13	1-5	1-3	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	1	3	-11
00JaVale McGee	3	0-1	0-0	2-2	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	+1
18Bismack Biyombo	4	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	3	2	2	-2
0Torrey Craig	— 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		45-7560.0%	8-2040.0%	17-1894.4%	32	23	8	2	14	21	115

PELICANS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
14Brandon IngramSF	44	8-19	2-6	3-3	5	11	1	0	6	2	21	-7
10Jaxson HayesPF	12	4-7	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	-8
17Jonas ValanciunasC	27	5-7	0-1	0-0	8	4	1	0	1	3	10	-16
5Herbert JonesSG	39	5-9	1-2	5-5	4	4	4	0	2	5	16	+2
3CJ McCollumPG	33	7-16	1-5	1-1	3	1	0	0	3	5	16	0
25Trey Murphy III	21	4-7	4-7	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	1	12	-1
15Jose Alvarado	30	4-8	0-1	3-5	3	4	2	0	2	4	11	-3
22Larry Nance Jr.	21	5-9	0-0	5-5	8	1	1	0	1	3	15	+10
4Devonte' Graham	5	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-5
8Naji Marshall	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
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		42-8350.6%	8-2433.3%	17-1989.5%	36	25	9	0	16	25	109

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterphxnop

(11:56) Jump Ball D. Ayton vs. J. Hayes: Tip to C. Paul
+3 (11:36) J. Crowder 26' 3PT (3 PTS) (D. Booker 1 AST)
30
(11:18) MISS B. Ingram 16' step back Shot
(11:15) M. Bridges REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:12) J. Hayes personal FOUL (1 PF)
(11:04) MISS J. Crowder 25' step back 3PT
(11:01) J. Valanciunas REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (10:49) J. Hayes driving finger roll Layup (2 PTS) (C. McCollum 1 AST)
32
+2 (10:37) C. Paul 16' pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS)
52
(10:13) MISS J. Hayes cutting Layup
(10:13) D. Booker REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (10:03) D. Ayton 19' Jump Shot (2 PTS) (D. Booker 2 AST)
72
+2 (9:48) J. Hayes alley-oop Layup (4 PTS) (J. Valanciunas 1 AST)
74
+2 (9:36) C. Paul 12' pullup Jump Shot (4 PTS)
94
(9:18) MISS C. McCollum 26' 3PT
(9:14) D. Ayton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (9:03) D. Booker 15' pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS)
114
(8:45) MISS H. Jones 20' Jump Shot
(8:45) TEAM offensive REBOUND
(8:41) MISS J. Hayes 24' 3PT
(8:38) M. Bridges REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(8:27) MISS J. Crowder 24' 3PT
(8:25) J. Valanciunas REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (8:16) J. Valanciunas cutting Layup (2 PTS) (B. Ingram 1 AST)
116
(7:54) D. Booker lost ball TURNOVER (1 TO)
(7:54) H. Jones STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (7:51) J. Hayes running DUNK (6 PTS) (B. Ingram 2 AST)
118
(7:33) J. Valanciunas personal FOUL (1 PF)
(7:29) J. Hayes shooting personal FOUL (2 PF) (Ayton 2 FT)
+1 (7:29) D. Ayton Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
128
+1 (7:29) D. Ayton Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
138
+3 (7:06) B. Ingram 26' 3PT (3 PTS) (H. Jones 1 AST)
1311
(6:43) MISS D. Booker 29' 3PT
(6:40) J. Valanciunas REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+2 (6:33) C. McCollum driving floating bank Jump Shot (2 PTS)
1313
+2 (6:18) D. Ayton DUNK (6 PTS) (C. Paul 1 AST)
1513
(5:48) MISS C. McCollum 17' driving floating Shot
(5:44) C. McCollum REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (5:42) C. McCollum 13' pullup Jump Shot (4 PTS)
1515
+2 (5:28) D. Ayton 22' Jump Shot (8 PTS) (C. Paul 2 AST)
1715
(5:07) MISS J. Valanciunas 24' 3PT
(5:05) D. Ayton REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(4:54) M. Bridges step out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
(4:54) NOP Timeout
+2 (4:36) H. Jones driving Layup (2 PTS) (B. Ingram 3 AST)
1717
(4:36) C. Johnson shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Jones 1 FT)
+1 (4:36) H. Jones Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
1718
+2 (4:14) D. Ayton 16' Jump Shot (10 PTS) (J. Crowder 1 AST)
1918
+2 (4:00) C. McCollum driving Layup (6 PTS)
1920
(4:00) D. Ayton shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (McCollum 1 FT)
+1 (4:00) C. McCollum Free Throw 1 of 1 (7 PTS)
1921
+3 (3:38) C. Johnson 26' 3PT (3 PTS) (M. Bridges 1 AST)
2221
+2 (3:19) J. Alvarado driving floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (B. Ingram 4 AST)
2223
(3:00) MISS M. Bridges cutting Layup
(2:58) J. Valanciunas REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
(2:50) MISS T. Murphy III 27' 3PT
(2:45) J. Alvarado REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (2:36) B. Ingram 12' turnaround fadeaway Jump Shot (5 PTS)
2225
(2:12) MISS C. Payne 13' driving floating Shot
(2:09) B. Ingram REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:49) MISS B. Ingram 8' step back Shot
(1:45) C. Payne REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:44) PHX Timeout
(1:44) C. McCollum flagrant-type-1 personal FOUL (1 PF) (Johnson 2 FT)
+1 (1:44) C. Johnson flagrant Free Throw 1 of 2 (4 PTS)
2325
+1 (1:44) C. Johnson flagrant Free Throw 2 of 2 (5 PTS)
2425
(1:37) J. Alvarado personal FOUL (1 PF) (McGee 2 FT)
+1 (1:37) J. McGee Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
2525
+1 (1:37) J. McGee Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
2625
(1:13) MISS J. Alvarado 27' 3PT
(1:00) L. Nance Jr. REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(1:00) MISS L. Nance Jr. tip Layup
(0:58) J. McGee REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (0:56) M. Bridges 14' turnaround fadeaway Jump Shot (2 PTS)
2825
(0:43) MISS D. Graham pullup 3PT
(0:43) J. McGee REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(0:34) MISS C. Payne 26' pullup 3PT
(0:34) B. Ingram REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (0:16) T. Murphy III 27' 3PT (3 PTS) (B. Ingram 5 AST)
2828
(0:03) MISS C. Johnson 11' fadeaway bank Shot
(0:00) B. Ingram REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(0:00) MISS B. Ingram 53' 3PT
(0:00) TEAM offensive REBOUND

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

PHX

NOP

115Points109

45-75(60.0%)Field Goal(%)42-83(50.6%)

8-20(40.0%)3-Point(%)8-24(33.3%)

17-18(94.4%)Free Throw(%)17-19(89.5%)

32(5)Rebounds(Offensive)36(12)

23Assists25

8Steals9

2Blocks0

14Turnovers16

21Fouls25

40Pts In The Paint60

7Fast Break Pts20

25Pts Off Turnovers19

20Bench Pts38

7Largest Lead12

Game Details

Thursday, April 28, 2022 · 7:30 PM

Smoothie King Center · New Orleans, LA

attendance: 18,710 (105.2%)