National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Phoenix 113,
Oklahoma City 101
When: 9:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 23, 2021
Where: Footprint Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Officials: #25 Tony Brothers, #53 John Butler, #72 JT Orr
Attendance: 17071
Where: Footprint Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Officials: #25 Tony Brothers, #53 John Butler, #72 JT Orr
Attendance: 17071
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Oklahoma City | 17 | 31 | 21 | 32 | 101 |
| Phoenix | 29 | 16 | 37 | 31 | 113 |
Oklahoma City Thunder
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander - G | 38:50 | 10-20 | 2-6 | 7-7 | -12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 29 |
| Josh Giddey - G | 30:46 | 7-17 | 1-4 | 2-3 | -10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Luguentz Dort - F | 32:38 | 4-16 | 2-9 | 0-0 | -16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Aaron Wiggins - F | 23:28 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 3-4 | -9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Jeremiah Robinson-Earl - C | 31:40 | 4-9 | 3-6 | 0-2 | -19 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Kenrich Williams | 21:01 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Tre Mann | 18:20 | 2-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Darius Bazley | 17:40 | 3-9 | 1-2 | 1-1 | -12 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Mike Muscala | 13:08 | 3-6 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Aleksej Pokusevski | 12:28 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gabriel Deck | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Ty Jerome | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Theo Maledon | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Isaiah Roby | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Paul Watson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 37-96 | 11-41 | 16-21 | 11 | 33 | 44 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 101 | |
| 38.5% | 26.8% | 76.2% | Team Rebs: 14 | Total TO: 13 | ||||||||||
Phoenix Suns
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Devin Booker - G | 35:08 | 12-23 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 30 |
| Chris Paul - G | 31:41 | 7-14 | 1-6 | 1-2 | -2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| Jae Crowder - F | 31:00 | 3-7 | 1-5 | 0-0 | -6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Mikal Bridges - F | 28:20 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Deandre Ayton - C | 30:53 | 8-15 | 0-1 | 3-6 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Cameron Johnson | 24:22 | 7-7 | 5-5 | 2-3 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Landry Shamet | 17:30 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Cameron Payne | 17:19 | 3-10 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| JaVale McGee | 17:07 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Elfrid Payton | 6:40 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Chandler Hutchison | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jalen Smith | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Ish Wainright | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 45-93 | 15-39 | 8-13 | 11 | 41 | 52 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 113 | |
| 48.4% | 38.5% | 61.5% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 14 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| OKC | None |
| PHO | Deandre Ayton |
Team Statistics
| Oklahoma City | Phoenix | ||
| Fast Break Points | 1 | Fast Break Points | 6 |
| Points in the Paint | 48 | Points in the Paint | 34 |
| Biggest Lead | 6 | Biggest Lead | 16 |