OUT: Gabe,2Ws. I thought this was gonna be a decent W while watching Q1, but
Lakers sucked on O and were mediocre on D for the rest of the game. Luckily
due to ORBs & FTs they ended up with 27 more shots than PHO and scraped a W out
of a poor showing in Q2-4. Only 3 guys in DFs with LBJ/AD getting the DDs and
AR basically keeping Q3 at -11 when it coulda been a lot worse. So Lakers get
to play NOP in the semis and get 100K for getting there. 106-103 Lakers get the
W by 3 and fans get Tacos,

FBP: 6 vs 11; PIP: 54 vs 44; POT: 25 vs 18; SCP: 19 vs 10.

Game Dbl-Figures Leaders:
Player Pts FG% 3P% FT% RB AS BL ST TO PF PM EFF
James 31 (48 /50 /83 )/ 8/11/ 0/ 5/ 2/ 3/+12/ +0 DD
Davis 27 (38 /0 /88 )/15/ 1/ 2/ 0/ 0/ 1/ -1/ +0 DD
Reaves 20 (44 /38 /100)/ 6/ 2/ 0/ 0/ 3/ 1/+17/ +0

Next games following:
Game 23 LAL vs NOP: Thu Dec 07 00:00 -- -- Vegas Cup Semi Final or Lsrs
Game 24 LAL at DAL: Tue Dec 12 16:30 -- BT American Airlines Ctr
Game 25 LAL at SAS: Wed Dec 13 17:00 BT -- Frost Bank Center

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Quarterly Laker scoring leaders/notes (pluses OR/ST/BL; minuses TO/PF/oOR):

Q1 - PHO with 10 TOs is -10 after 1 - shooting 55/40/88% vs 53/50/100%; pluses
2/3/1; minuses 2/5/2. Davis 14, James/Russell 5, Prince 4. 33-23=+10Q.

Q2 - Lakers lose their O, but make up for it in ORBs - shooting 30/18/67% vs
40/17/88%; pluses 10/3/0; minuses 2/6/2. James 9, Davis 6, Reaves 4.
26-24=+2Q.

Q3 - Terrible O/D/BHing shooting 33/38/100% vs 63/67/63%; pluses 4/3/0; minuses
Once again AR keeps them in the game in Q3. 5/6/1. Reaves 13, Davis 4.
24-35=-11Q (83-82=+1).

Q4 - Lakers still not shooting well, but 5 ORBs and only 1 TO gets the W -
shooting 35/33/83% vs 42/50/100%; pluses 5/2/1; minuses 1/2/3. James 15.
23-21=+2Q.

H1 - Pretty decent H1 with PHO giving Q1 away with TOs and LA staying in Q2
with ORBs - shooting 40/25/79% vs 46/30/91%; pluses 12/6/1; minuses 4/11/4.
Davis 20, James 14, Russell 8, Prince/Hachimura 5. 59-47=+12H.

H2 - Lakers almost give the game away with their poor O, but good ORB/TO/FTs
gets them a squeaky W - shooting 34/36/91% vs 53/60/70%; pluses 9/5/1;
minuses 6/8/4. 47-56=-9H.

FG - Lakers did not play well after Q1, but did enough other stuff to hang in
for the W getting 27 more shots than PHO - shooting 37/30/84% vs 49/48/81%;
pluses 21/11/2; minuses 10/19/8. 106-103=+3G.

Team scoring by Q (FG%/FG-AT includes 3P%/3P-AT):
Lakers Opponent Lakers Opponent
Q FG-AT 3P-AT FT-AT FG-AT 3P-AT FT-AT FG% 3P% FT% FG% 3P% FT% LAL OPP
Q1 12-22 2-5 7-8 9-17 2-4 3-3 54.5 40 87.5 52.9 50 100 33 23
Q2 10-33 2-11 4-6 8-20 1-6 7-8 30.3 18.2 66.7 40 16.7 87.5 26 24
Q3 8-24 3-8 5-5 12-19 6-9 5-8 33.3 37.5 100 63.2 66.7 62.5 24 35
Q4 8-23 2-6 5-6 8-19 3-6 2-2 34.8 33.3 83.3 42.1 50 100 23 21

H1 22-55 4-16 11-14 17-37 3-10 10-11 40 25 78.6 45.9 30 90.9 59 47
A3 30-79 7-24 16-19 29-56 9-19 15-19 38 29.2 84.2 51.8 47.4 78.9 83 82
H2 16-47 5-14 10-11 20-38 9-15 7-10 34 35.7 90.9 52.6 60 70 47 56
FL 38-102 9-30 21-25 37-75 12-25 17-21 37.3 30 84 49.3 48 81 106 103

Team stats by Q (RB includes team RBs):
Lakers Opponent Diff
Q AS RB OR ST BL TO PF OR AS RB ST BL TO PF AS RB OR ST BL TO PF
Q1 11 8 2 3 1 2 5 2 7 11 2 1 10 5 +4 -3 +1 -8
Q2 6 22 10 3 0 2 6 2 5 16 1 3 4 5 +1 +6 +8 +2 -3 -2 +1
Q3 4 10 4 3 0 5 6 1 7 16 5 1 5 6 -3 -6 +3 -2 -1
Q4 3 15 5 2 1 1 2 3 6 12 0 0 3 5 -3 +3 +2 +2 +1 -2 -3

H1 17 30 12 6 1 4 11 4 12 27 3 4 14 10 +5 +3 +8 +3 -3 -10 +1
A3 21 40 16 9 1 9 17 5 19 43 8 5 19 16 +2 -3 +11 +1 -4 -10 +1
H2 7 25 9 5 1 6 8 4 13 28 5 1 8 11 -6 -3 +5 -2 -3
FL 24 55 21 11 2 10 19 8 25 55 8 5 22 21 -1 +13 +3 -3 -12 -2

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NBA Final Box Score:

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Phoenix Suns 23 24 35 21 103
Los Angeles Lakers 33 26 24 23 106 - End of Regulation

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
Eric Gordon SF 35 3-8 1-4 0-0 0 4 4 1 2 1 1 7 7 +7 +12
Kevin Durant PF 39 12-17 4-7 3-4 0 7 4 5 0 1 5 31 29 +6 +32
Jusuf Nurkic C 29 1-3 0-0 1-4 0 8 4 2 1 0 4 3 4 +12 +9
Grayson Allen SG 39 6-14 4-8 5-5 0 2 2 0 2 1 2 21 19 -7 +20
Devin Booker PG 37 6-16 1-1 8-8 2 11 6 7 1 1 5 21 20 +2 +23
Drew Eubanks 17 3-3 0-0 0-0 2 2 1 3 1 0 2 6 13 -16 +7
Josh Okogie 09 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -11 +1
Nassir Little 14 2-4 1-1 0-0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 5 13 -11 +6
Jordan Goodwin 15 3-6 1-2 0-0 2 6 1 1 0 0 1 7 17 +1 +10
Keita Bates-Diop 06 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 12 +2 +3
Udoka Azubuike 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Bol Bol 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Saben Lee 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Chimezie Metu 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Yuta Watanabe 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Bradley Beal DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Damion Lee DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Totals 240 37-75 12-25 17-21 8 55 25 22 8 5 21 103
Percent 49.3% 48.0% 81.0%

Fastbreak points: 11
Points in the paint: 44
Points off turnovers: 18
Second chance pts: 10
Biggest lead: 3
Technical fouls: 0

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
Cam Reddish SF 30 0-4 0-2 4-4 1 2 1 0 1 0 4 4 5 -7 +4
LeBron James PF 40 12-25 2-4 5-6 3 8 11 2 5 0 3 31 28 +12 +39
Anthony Davis C 39 10-26 0-0 7-8 9 15 1 0 0 2 1 27 25 -1 +28
Taurean Prince SG 27 2-6 0-2 1-2 0 3 0 3 3 0 1 5 7 -12 +3
D'Angelo Russell PG 24 3-11 2-6 0-0 1 1 5 0 0 0 2 8 12 -7 +6
Max Christie 08 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 14 -2 +3
Jarred Vanderbilt 15 0-2 0-2 1-2 4 6 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 +6 +6
Austin Reaves 27 7-16 3-8 3-3 2 6 2 3 0 0 1 20 27 +17 +16
Rui Hachimura 21 3-8 1-4 0-0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 7 12 +5 +5
Jaxson Hayes 09 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 +4 +1
Jalen Hood-Schifin 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Maxwell Lewis 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Christian Wood 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Colin Castleton DNP - UNKNOWN
Alex Fudge DNP - UNKNOWN
D'Moi Hodge DNP - UNKNOWN
Gabe Vincent DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Totals 240 38-102 9-30 21-25 21 55 24 10 11 2 19 106
Percent 37.3% 30.0% 84.0%

Fastbreak points: 6
Points in the paint: 54
Points off turnovers: 25
Second chance pts: 19
Biggest lead: 15
Technical fouls: 0

Lead changes: 14
Times tied: 11
Officials:
49: Tom Washington
37: Eric Dalen
58: Josh Tiven
Venue: Crypto.com Arena - Los Angeles, CA
Attendance: 18664

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NBA Q3 Box Score:

Team 1 2 3 Total
Phoenix Suns 23 24 35 82
Los Angeles Lakers 33 26 24 83 - End of Q3

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
Eric Gordon SF 27 3-6 1-3 0-0 0 3 2 1 2 1 0 7 9 +5 +11
Kevin Durant PF 29 8-11 2-3 3-4 0 5 4 5 0 1 4 21 26 +8 +22
Jusuf Nurkic C 22 1-2 0-0 1-4 0 6 3 2 1 0 3 3 5 +9 +7
Grayson Allen SG 29 6-12 4-7 5-5 0 2 2 0 2 1 2 21 26 -2 +22
Devin Booker PG 28 4-12 0-0 6-6 2 10 5 6 1 1 3 14 18 +1 +17
Drew Eubanks 13 2-2 0-0 0-0 2 2 1 3 1 0 2 4 11 -12 +5
Josh Okogie 09 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -10 +0
Nassir Little 08 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 14 -9 +2
Jordan Goodwin 09 3-4 1-2 0-0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 7 28 +3 +10
Keita Bates-Diop 06 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 12 +2 +3
Udoka Azubuike 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Bol Bol 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Saben Lee 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Chimezie Metu 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Yuta Watanabe 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Bradley Beal DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Damion Lee DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Totals 180 29-56 9-19 15-19 5 43 19 19 8 5 16 82
Percent 51.8% 47.4% 78.9%