Charlotte Hornets @ Phoenix Suns

13-36, 8-20 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Hornets CHA	15	32	30	20	97
Suns PHX	36	22	40	30	128

Phoenix SunsSunsPHX

25-24, 18-7 Home

128

25-24, 18-7 Home

Charlotte Hornets

starters
Jalen McDanielsJ. McDaniels#6
P.J. WashingtonP.J. Washington#25
Mason PlumleeM. Plumlee#24
Terry RozierT. Rozier#3
Bryce McGowensB. McGowens#7
bench
Kai JonesK. Jones#23
JT ThorJ. Thor#21
Nick RichardsN. Richards#4
Mark WilliamsM. Williams#5
Dennis Smith Jr.D. Smith Jr.#8
Theo MaledonT. Maledon#9
James BouknightJ. Bouknight#2
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
34	15	7-16	1-5	0-0	10	2	3	3	0	2	8	5	-20
33	9	4-12	0-6	1-1	2	2	1	4	1	0	2	2	-26
25	17	6-10	0-0	5-6	6	4	2	0	0	2	4	2	-6
36	19	7-21	4-9	1-2	4	5	0	1	1	0	4	0	-14
22	5	2-8	0-1	1-1	4	3	0	0	0	2	2	2	-6
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
6	2	1-1	0-0	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	-7
9	5	2-2	0-0	1-1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	+2
17	4	1-2	0-0	2-4	3	0	3	0	3	2	1	2	-18
6	6	2-4	0-0	2-2	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	-7
27	8	4-13	0-2	0-0	3	3	2	1	0	0	3	3	-26
19	7	3-5	1-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-20
6	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	-7
	97	39-96	6-25	13-18	40	19	13	10	5	10	30	21
		41%	24%	72%

Phoenix Suns

starters
Cameron JohnsonC. Johnson#23
Torrey CraigT. Craig#0
Bismack BiyomboB. Biyombo#18
Chris PaulC. Paul#3
Mikal BridgesM. Bridges#25
bench
Dario SaricD. Saric#20
Ish WainrightI. Wainright#12
Jock LandaleJ. Landale#11
Duane Washington Jr.D. Washington Jr.#4
Damion LeeD. Lee#10
Josh OkogieJ. Okogie#2
Saben LeeS. Lee#38
Deandre AytonD. Ayton#22
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
18	24	9-11	6-7	0-0	3	3	0	0	0	1	2	2	+2
22	0	0-7	0-3	0-0	9	1	3	1	0	1	8	0	+10
31	6	3-6	0-0	0-0	9	4	3	0	5	1	8	3	+13
27	14	6-9	2-3	0-0	5	11	0	0	0	1	4	1	+6
30	18	7-16	2-5	2-2	2	3	2	1	1	0	2	2	+11
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
24	19	6-9	3-4	4-4	8	3	3	0	1	4	4	4	+20
6	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	+7
15	15	6-13	3-7	0-0	3	3	4	0	0	3	0	5	+15
6	8	3-4	2-3	0-0	3	2	0	0	0	1	2	1	+7
16	11	3-6	2-3	3-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	+14
24	9	2-6	2-4	3-4	7	2	1	0	2	2	5	1	+25
21	2	1-6	0-0	0-0	4	6	1	0	1	1	3	0	+25
DNP-NON-COVID ILLNESS
	128	47-94	22-39	12-13	55	38	17	3	10	15	40	21
		50%	56%	92%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

CHA

PHX leads season

1-0

PHX

Game 1@ PHX

Final

128

Game 2@ CHA

Final

105

Game Information

Phoenix, AZ

Referee:David Guthrie

Referee:J.B. DeRosa

Referee:Ray Acosta

Eastern Conference

Southeast	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Atlanta	46	36	.561	-	L1
Orlando	45	37	.549	1	L1
Charlotte	44	38	.537	2	W1
Miami	43	39	.524	3	W2
Washington	17	65	.207	29	L10

Western Conference

Pacific	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	53	29	.646	-	W3
Phoenix	45	37	.549	8	W1
LA Clippers	42	40	.512	11	W1
Golden State	37	45	.451	16	L3
Sacramento	22	60	.268	31	L1

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