Phoenix Suns – Portland Trail Blazers · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 21 October 2022

PHX111–113POR

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 99% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 30 times

It measures how much the win probability moved during the game —without looking at who won or at the score— and compares it with the 10,950 NBA games with a curve since 2017. “Highly recommended” is the most intense 20%, “recommended” runs from 50% to 80%, and “skippable” is the rest. Source: ESPN.

↑ POR winsPHX wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when POR leads and falls when PHX does.

This is how the game was decided.

Damian Lillard decided it, the Portland Trail Blazers player with the most points (41, with 7 rebounds and 3 assists; -2 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Shaedon Sharpe's (+7). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Portland Trail Blazers 113-111 Phoenix Suns (October 21, 2022) was hit by Anfernee Simons: a hook shot with 7.2 s left in overtime, putting the Portland Trail Blazers up 113-111. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Portland Trail Blazers 113-111 Phoenix Suns (October 21, 2022) was a 10-0 run by the Phoenix Suns in the first quarter (from 8:26 to 7:15), from 9-9 to 19-9. The Portland Trail Blazers' best was a 9-0 run between the third quarter and the fourth quarter, from 73-79 to 82-79.

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Play: Anfernee Simons makes 5-foot two point shot.

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Anfernee Simons decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 7.2 seconds left in overtime 1, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 3 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Simons decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

21 October 2022 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401468182:703; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · PHX

Booker · Ayton · Bridges · Landale · Biyombo

Closing lineup · POR

Lillard · Hart · Grant · Nurkic · Eubanks

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PHX

Devin Booker

44′ · -2

Deandre Ayton

38′ · +1

Mikal Bridges

38′ · +6

Chris Paul

36′ · 0

Cameron Johnson

23′ · -5

Cameron Payne

17′ · -2

Torrey Craig

11′ · -3

Jock Landale

14′ · -3

Damion Lee

31′ · +3

Josh Okogie

14′ · -5

Bismack Biyombo

0′ · 0

POR

Damian Lillard

43′ · -2

Anfernee Simons

42′ · +2

Josh Hart

41′ · -3

Jerami Grant

40′ · -4

Jusuf Nurkic

35′ · 0

Justise Winslow

24′ · +1

Drew Eubanks

16′ · +5

Shaedon Sharpe

12′ · +7

Nassir Little

13′ · +4

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. PHX and POR.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Phoenix Suns

Paul, Booker, Lee, Bridges, and Ayton played 13.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Paul, Booker, Bridges, Ayton, and Johnson played 9.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Paul, Booker, Craig, Bridges, and Ayton played 5.9 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

Portland Trail Blazers

Hart, Simons, Lillard, Grant, and Nurkic played 27.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Winslow, Simons, Eubanks, Little, and Sharpe played 4.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Winslow, Hart, Lillard, Grant, and Nurkic played 3.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.

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Phoenix Suns

Paul, Lee, Okogie, Landale, and Johnson played 3.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Booker, Payne, Lee, Bridges, and Ayton played 3.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Payne, Lee, Okogie, Landale, and Johnson played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Paul, Booker, Okogie, Ayton, and Johnson played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Booker, Payne, Lee, Craig, and Landale played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Booker, Payne, Lee, Landale, and Johnson played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Booker, Payne, Bridges, Landale, and Johnson played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Paul, Booker, Lee, Okogie, and Ayton played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Booker, Payne, Okogie, Ayton, and Johnson played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Booker, Payne, Craig, Bridges, and Landale played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Payne, Lee, Bridges, Okogie, and Landale played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Booker, Payne, Craig, Bridges, and Ayton played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.

Portland Trail Blazers

Winslow, Simons, Little, Sharpe, and Nurkic played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Winslow, Hart, Eubanks, Lillard, and Grant played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Winslow, Eubanks, Little, Sharpe, and Lillard played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Winslow, Hart, Simons, Eubanks, and Lillard played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Hart, Simons, Eubanks, Lillard, and Grant played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Winslow, Hart, Simons, Grant, and Nurkic played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Winslow, Hart, Little, Lillard, and Grant played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Devin Booker covered 5.04 km, more than anyone in the game.

Damian Lillard touched the ball 98 times, a game high.
Chris Paul made 77 passes, a game high.
Deandre Ayton defended 10 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 7.
Jusuf Nurkić had 26 rebound chances, a game high.

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Phoenix Suns

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Devin Booker	5.04	6.4	67	36
Mikal Bridges	4.67	7.0	51	37
Deandre Ayton	4.42	6.4	68	42
Damion Lee	3.73	6.7	48	40
Chris Paul	3.68	5.7	94	77
Cameron Johnson	2.67	6.6	32	21
Cameron Payne	1.93	6.4	36	30
Jock Landale	1.80	7.0	24	17
Josh Okogie	1.74	7.0	10	8
Torrey Craig	1.34	7.3	18	14

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Josh Hart	4.89	6.7	53	39
Anfernee Simons	4.83	6.4	71	47
Damian Lillard	4.76	6.3	98	60
Jerami Grant	4.44	6.2	40	28
Jusuf Nurkić	3.89	6.2	64

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2022-23 regular season, not this game.

Phoenix Suns

Deandre Ayton contested 9.6 shots per game over his 67 games.
He ranks 17 of 382 in the league.
Devin Booker recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 52 games.
He ranks 22 of 382 in the league.
Cameron Johnson deflected 2.5 passes per game over his 42 games.
He ranks 28 of 382 in the league.

Portland Trail Blazers

Josh Hart recovered 0.9 loose balls per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 7 of 382 in the league.
Jusuf Nurkić contested 8.9 shots per game over his 52 games.
He ranks 23 of 382 in the league.
Jerami Grant drew 0.13 charges per game over his 63 games.
He ranks 40 of 382 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Portland Trail Blazers have won 133 of their 282 games against the Phoenix Suns.

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Game context

Attendance

19.393

99.9% of capacity

Moda Center · Portland

Scoring

224

combined points

5.4 below the season average (229.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

38 calls reviewed0 no admitted errors