Suns (129) vs Clippers (124) · Apr 20, 2023 · NBA Scores

FINAL

Apr 20, 2023

Game Recap

Led by Devin Booker's 45 points, the No. 4 seed Suns defeated the No. 5 seed Clippers in Game 3, 129-124. Kevin Durant added 28 points, six rebound, and five assists for the Suns in the victory, while Norman Powell (Playoff career-high 42 points) and Russell Westbrook (30 points, eight rebounds, 12 assists) combined for 72 points for the Clippers. The Suns lead this best-of-seven series, 2-1, with Game 4 taking place on Saturday, April 22 (3:30 p.m. ET, TNT).

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	27	27	40	35	129
LAC	27	24	34	39	124

SUNS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
0Torrey CraigSF	27	3-5	3-4	6-6	4	2	0	0	1	5	15	+5
35Kevin DurantPF	41	8-15	1-3	11-11	6	5	2	0	6	0	28	+1
22Deandre AytonC	35	4-9	0-0	4-8	11	0	1	0	2	1	12	-5
1Devin BookerSG	44	18-29	3-7	6-7	6	3	3	2	0	2	45	+3
3Chris PaulPG	40	5-18	1-8	0-2	6	7	3	1	3	4	11	+1
14Landry Shamet	3	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	+6
18Bismack Biyombo	11	1-1	0-0	2-5	4	2	0	1	0	2	4	+18
2Josh Okogie	20	1-5	0-1	4-5	7	1	2	0	1	1	6	-3
21T.J. Warren	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
10Damion Lee	11	2-3	2-3	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	-1
55Darius Bazley	— did not play —												— did not play —
11Jock Landale	— did not play —												— did not play —
8Terrence Ross	— did not play —												— did not play —
12Ish Wainright	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL		42-8847.7%	10-2737.0%	35-4676.1%	45	20	12	4	13	18	129

CLIPPERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
10Eric GordonSF	31	2-6	0-3	3-4	2	4	2	1	2	3	7	+3
33Nicolas BatumPF	19	0-1	0-1	0-0	3	1	0	2	1	3	0	-6
40Ivica ZubacC	22	3-4	0-0	0-0	8	0	0	0	2	1	6	-5
24Norman PowellSG	40	15-23	7-12	5-7	5	3	0	1	4	3	42	0
0Russell WestbrookPG	39	11-23	3-7	5-6	8	12	3	1	6	4	30	+1
14Terance Mann	25	4-6	2-4	0-0	3	3	2	0	1	5	10	0
8Marcus Morris Sr.	19	2-5	1-3	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	4	5	-7
5Bones Hyland	21	6-12	2-4	6-8	1	2	1	0	2	4	20	-3
44Mason Plumlee	16	2-2	0-0	0-0	5	1	1	1	0	4	4	-8
23Robert Covington	3	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
4Brandon Boston Jr.	— did not play —												— did not play —
7Amir Coffey	— did not play —												— did not play —
17Jason Preston	— did not play —												— did not play —

TOTAL		45-8354.2%	15-3542.9%	19-2576.0%	40	26	9	7	18	31	124

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterphxlac

(11:56) Jump Ball D. Ayton vs. I. Zubac: Tip to K. Durant
(11:44) K. Durant bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(11:44) R. Westbrook STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (11:41) N. Powell running Layup (2 PTS) (R. Westbrook 1 AST)
02
(11:31) N. Powell personal FOUL (1 PF)
(11:11) MISS K. Durant 25' pullup 3PT
(11:09) E. Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:04) E. Gordon bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(11:04) D. Ayton STEAL (1 STL)
(10:57) MISS D. Booker 13' driving floating Shot
(10:55) R. Westbrook REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:55) D. Ayton personal FOUL (1 PF)
+2 (10:43) N. Powell cutting Layup (4 PTS) (R. Westbrook 2 AST)
04
(10:23) MISS D. Booker 12' turnaround fadeaway Shot
(10:20) R. Westbrook REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (10:15) R. Westbrook running Layup (2 PTS)
06
(10:02) MISS T. Craig 3PT
(9:58) N. Batum REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:52) E. Gordon lost ball TURNOVER (2 TO)
(9:52) K. Durant STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (9:43) D. Booker driving Layup (2 PTS)
26
(9:43) I. Zubac defensive goaltending VIOLATION
(9:24) N. Powell bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(9:22) N. Batum loose ball personal FOUL (1 PF)
(9:14) MISS C. Paul 25' pullup 3PT
(9:12) I. Zubac REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:05) R. Westbrook bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(9:05) C. Paul STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (9:01) K. Durant running DUNK (2 PTS) (C. Paul 1 AST)
46
(8:37) R. Westbrook bad pass TURNOVER (2 TO)
(8:37) D. Booker STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (8:33) D. Booker 26' 3PT running pullup (5 PTS)
76
(8:33) LAC Timeout
(8:21) MISS E. Gordon 27' 3PT
(8:19) K. Durant REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (8:02) T. Craig 3PT (3 PTS) (C. Paul 2 AST)
106
(7:49) MISS R. Westbrook 26' 3PT
(7:46) T. Craig REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:40) C. Paul bad pass out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
(7:33) N. Powell traveling TURNOVER (2 TO)
+2 (7:17) D. Ayton 14' turnaround Jump Shot (2 PTS) (T. Craig 1 AST)
126
(7:03) D. Booker shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Westbrook 2 FT)
(7:03) MISS R. Westbrook Free Throw 1 of 2
(7:03) TEAM offensive REBOUND
+1 (7:03) R. Westbrook Free Throw 2 of 2 (3 PTS)
127
(6:43) T. Craig bad pass TURNOVER (1 TO)
(6:43) E. Gordon STEAL (1 STL)
(6:41) C. Paul shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Gordon 2 FT)
+1 (6:41) E. Gordon Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
128
(6:41) MISS E. Gordon Free Throw 2 of 2
(6:38) T. Craig REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:21) K. Durant traveling TURNOVER (2 TO)
+2 (6:06) I. Zubac Hook (2 PTS) (R. Westbrook 3 AST)
1210
(5:49) MISS C. Paul 26' 3PT
(5:44) N. Batum REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(5:41) MISS E. Gordon 25' running pullup 3PT
(5:36) K. Durant REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(5:30) MISS D. Booker 11' pullup Shot - blocked
(5:30) N. Batum BLOCK (1 BLK)
(5:26) N. Powell REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (5:17) N. Powell driving floating Jump Shot (6 PTS)
1212
(5:02) I. Zubac shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Durant 2 FT)
+1 (5:02) K. Durant Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
1312
+1 (5:02) K. Durant Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
1412
+3 (4:51) R. Westbrook 26' 3PT pullup (6 PTS)
1415
(4:39) C. Paul bad pass out-of-bounds TURNOVER (2 TO)
+3 (4:27) N. Powell 25' 3PT (9 PTS) (R. Westbrook 4 AST)
1418
(4:02) MISS D. Booker 25' step back 3PT
(3:59) I. Zubac REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (3:44) E. Gordon driving bank Jump Shot (3 PTS) (R. Westbrook 5 AST)
1420
(3:44) PHX Timeout
+2 (3:26) D. Booker 19' fadeaway Jump Shot (7 PTS)
1620
(3:09) MISS R. Westbrook 10' pullup Shot
(3:07) L. Shamet REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:58) MISS D. Booker 10' pullup Shot - blocked
(2:58) N. Powell BLOCK (1 BLK)
(2:54) D. Booker REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(2:53) MISS T. Craig 6' floating Shot
(2:51) I. Zubac REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(2:43) MISS R. Westbrook 13' turnaround fadeaway Shot
(2:41) B. Biyombo REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (2:31) D. Booker driving Layup (9 PTS)
1820
(2:17) R. Westbrook bad pass TURNOVER (3 TO)
(2:17) L. Shamet STEAL (1 STL)
(2:12) MISS L. Shamet 25' running 3PT
(2:09) I. Zubac REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
(1:56) MISS R. Westbrook 25' pullup 3PT
(1:56) TEAM defensive REBOUND
(1:43) MISS L. Shamet driving Layup
(1:40) M. Morris Sr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (1:30) T. Mann cutting Layup (2 PTS) (B. Hyland 1 AST)
1822
+2 (1:14) J. Okogie reverse Layup (2 PTS) (B. Biyombo 1 AST)
2022
(1:14) B. Hyland shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Okogie 1 FT)
+1 (1:14) J. Okogie Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
2122
(1:04) MISS B. Hyland driving Layup - blocked
(1:04) B. Biyombo BLOCK (1 BLK)
(1:01) D. Booker REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (1:00) K. Durant running finger roll Layup (6 PTS) (D. Booker 1 AST)
2322
(0:55) D. Booker shooting personal FOUL (2 PF) (Powell 2 FT)
+1 (0:55) N. Powell Free Throw 1 of 2 (10 PTS)
2323
(0:55) MISS N. Powell Free Throw 2 of 2
(0:54) B. Biyombo REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (0:45) D. Booker driving Layup (11 PTS)
2523
(0:30) B. Biyombo shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Hyland 2 FT)
(0:30) MISS B. Hyland Free Throw 1 of 2
(0:30) TEAM offensive REBOUND
+1 (0:30) B. Hyland Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
2524
+2 (0:08) D. Booker driving floating Jump Shot (13 PTS)
2724
+3 (0:00) M. Morris Sr. 3PT bank (3 PTS) (N. Powell 1 AST)
2727

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

PHX

LAC

129Points124

42-88(47.7%)Field Goal(%)45-83(54.2%)

10-27(37.0%)3-Point(%)15-35(42.9%)

35-46(76.1%)Free Throw(%)19-25(76.0%)

45(15)Rebounds(Offensive)40(6)

20Assists26

12Steals9

4Blocks7

13Turnovers18

18Fouls31

54Pts In The Paint58

15Fast Break Pts18

25Pts Off Turnovers18

18Bench Pts39

13Largest Lead6

Game Details

Thursday, April 20, 2023 · 10:30 PM

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