National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Phoenix 108,
L.A. Lakers 90
When: 10:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 21, 2021
Where: Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
Officials: #58 Josh Tiven, #67 Brandon Adair, #46 Ben Taylor
Attendance: 18997
Where: Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
Officials: #58 Josh Tiven, #67 Brandon Adair, #46 Ben Taylor
Attendance: 18997
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Phoenix | 24 | 30 | 31 | 23 | 108 |
| L.A. Lakers | 25 | 27 | 21 | 17 | 90 |
Phoenix Suns
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Devin Booker - G | 31:35 | 8-16 | 6-11 | 2-2 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 24 |
| Chris Paul - G | 28:44 | 5-8 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Mikal Bridges - F | 34:08 | 5-17 | 0-5 | 4-5 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| Jae Crowder - F | 26:36 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Deandre Ayton - C | 26:54 | 9-11 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Cameron Johnson | 25:50 | 5-11 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Cameron Payne | 22:33 | 2-13 | 1-7 | 5-5 | -3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Landry Shamet | 21:44 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| JaVale McGee | 15:38 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Jalen Smith | 3:09 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ish Wainright | 3:09 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elfrid Payton | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 41-93 | 12-41 | 14-15 | 8 | 45 | 53 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 108 | |
| 44.1% | 29.3% | 93.3% | Team Rebs: 4 | Total TO: 16 | ||||||||||
Los Angeles Lakers
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Russell Westbrook - G | 36:32 | 10-20 | 0-2 | 2-4 | -6 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 22 |
| Wayne Ellington - G | 27:45 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 | -17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| LeBron James - F | 34:00 | 13-19 | 2-5 | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 34 |
| Talen Horton-Tucker - F | 31:23 | 1-13 | 0-8 | 1-2 | -18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| DeAndre Jordan - C | 15:17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -26 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Isaiah Thomas | 25:33 | 1-11 | 0-6 | 1-2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Rajon Rondo | 23:26 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -26 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Trevor Ariza | 20:50 | 4-4 | 3-3 | 1-2 | -5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Carmelo Anthony | 15:47 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Jay Huff | 3:09 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jemerrio Jones | 3:09 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mason Jones | 3:09 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Dwight Howard | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 34-87 | 7-35 | 15-23 | 6 | 41 | 47 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 90 | |
| 39.1% | 20.0% | 65.2% | Team Rebs: 10 | Total TO: 15 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| PHO | Jae Crowder , Chris Paul |
| LAL | Russell Westbrook , Carmelo Anthony (2) |
Team Statistics
| Phoenix | L.A. Lakers | ||
| Fast Break Points | 20 | Fast Break Points | 15 |
| Points in the Paint | 52 | Points in the Paint | 44 |
| Biggest Lead | 22 | Biggest Lead | 10 |