Los Angeles Lakers @ Phoenix Suns

West 1st Round - Game 2 • Series tied 1-1

42-30, 21-15 Away

109

42-30, 21-15 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Lakers LAL	30	23	26	30	109
Suns PHX	24	23	25	30	102

Phoenix SunsSunsPHX

51-21, 27-9 Home

102

51-21, 27-9 Home

Los Angeles Lakers

starters
LeBron JamesL. James#23
Anthony DavisA. Davis#3
Andre DrummondA. Drummond#2
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeK. Caldwell-Pope#1
Dennis SchroderD. Schroder#17
bench
Markieff MorrisM. Morris#88
Kyle KuzmaK. Kuzma#0
Talen Horton-TuckerT. Horton-Tucker#5
Marc GasolM. Gasol#14
Wesley MatthewsW. Matthews#9
Alex CarusoA. Caruso#4
Alfonzo McKinnieA. McKinnie#28
Jared DudleyJ. Dudley#10
Montrezl HarrellM. Harrell#15
Ben McLemoreB. McLemore#7
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
39	23	9-16	4-9	1-1	4	9	1	2	0	0	4	3	+14
40	34	7-15	2-4	18-21	10	7	1	1	3	1	9	3	+6
24	15	7-11	0-0	1-1	12	0	2	2	1	5	7	4	+5
31	0	0-4	0-4	0-0	4	1	0	1	0	0	4	4	+19
34	24	8-16	2-4	6-6	3	3	1	1	0	0	3	3	+16
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
4	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	+2
20	2	1-4	0-2	0-0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	-1
6	1	0-2	0-2	1-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-6
20	6	2-4	2-4	0-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	2	-4
4	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-8
19	4	2-5	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	-8
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	109	36-80	10-33	27-31	39	24	7	9	6	8	31	23
		45%	30%	87%

Phoenix Suns

starters
Jae CrowderJ. Crowder#99
Deandre AytonD. Ayton#22
Chris PaulC. Paul#3
Devin BookerD. Booker#1
Mikal BridgesM. Bridges#25
bench
Dario SaricD. Saric#20
Cameron JohnsonC. Johnson#23
Torrey CraigT. Craig#12
Cameron PayneC. Payne#15
Frank KaminskyF. Kaminsky#8
Jalen SmithJ. Smith#10
Langston GallowayL. Galloway#2
Ty-Shon AlexanderT. Alexander#0
E'Twaun MooreE. Moore#55
Jevon CarterJ. Carter#4
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
29	8	2-8	1-6	3-3	6	2	0	1	1	1	5	4	+6
42	22	11-13	0-0	0-0	10	1	1	0	0	2	8	4	-5
23	6	2-5	0-0	2-4	3	5	3	0	0	0	3	2	-2
40	31	7-17	0-3	17-17	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	3	-16
27	6	2-6	2-4	0-0	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	-13
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
15	2	0-1	0-1	2-2	2	0	2	1	0	1	1	2	-4
27	6	2-4	2-4	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	-5
5	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	+1
33	19	6-15	3-7	4-4	3	7	2	1	2	0	3	6	+3
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	102	33-71	8-26	28-30	31	21	13	4	3	4	27	23
		46%	31%	93%

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

Matchups

West 1st Round

LAL

Series tied

1-1

PHX

Game 1@ PHX

Final

109

Game 2@ PHX

Final

102

109

Game 3@ LAL

Final

Game 4@ LAL

Final

100

Game 5@ PHX

Final

115

100

Game 6@ LAL

Final

113

Game Information

Phoenix, AZ

Referee:Zach Zarba

Referee:Brian Forte

Referee:Tre Maddox

Western Conference

Pacific	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	52	29	.642	-	W2
Phoenix	44	37	.543	8	L1
LA Clippers	41	40	.506	11	L2
Golden State	37	44	.457	15	L2
Sacramento	22	59	.272	30	W1

NBA News

Lakers, needing backcourt help, sign Nick Smith Jr. to new deal

With Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves sidelined by injury, the Lakers are signing two-way guard Nick Smith Jr. to a new two-year contract, his agent told ESPN.

Sources: Kings to retain coach Doug Christie for next season

The Kings are retaining coach Doug Christie for next season, team sources told ESPN.

Tim Legler: The Wembanyama era begins now with Spurs as a title threat

Tim Legler discusses why the Spurs are poised to make a deep playoff run and potentially win a championship.

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