Suns 133-99 Hornets (3 Jan, 2022) Box Score

Phoenix Suns

28-8, 12-4 away

133

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	36	37	33	27	133
CHA	27	20	27	25	99

Charlotte Hornets

19-18, 9-5 home

Phoenix Suns

starters
Jalen SmithJ. Smith#10
Cameron JohnsonC. Johnson#23
Mikal BridgesM. Bridges#25
Chris PaulC. Paul#3
Devin BookerD. Booker#1
bench
Ish WainrightI. Wainright#12
Paris BassP. Bass#30
Emanuel TerryE. Terry#26
Bismack BiyomboB. Biyombo#18
Cameron PayneC. Payne#15
Landry ShametL. Shamet#14
Elfrid PaytonE. Payton#2
MJ WalkerM. Walker#21
Chandler HutchisonC. Hutchison#35
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
24	8-15	0-2	3-3	3	9	12	0	0	2	1	2	+19	19
30	4-7	3-6	3-3	1	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	+34	14
25	6-12	3-5	0-0	2	3	5	2	1	0	1	1	+21	15
26	3-6	1-3	0-0	0	6	6	16	1	0	1	2	+34	7
29	9-19	3-9	3-3	0	7	7	3	0	0	3	4	+26	24
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
9	0-2	0-1	2-2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	-5	2
5	2-4	0-1	0-0	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	1	-3	4
6	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	3	5	2	1	0	3	3	-4	0
18	5-7	0-0	1-1	3	3	6	1	1	1	0	0	+19	11
23	6-12	2-4	0-0	0	2	2	5	2	1	2	0	+15	14
24	6-9	5-8	0-0	0	0	0	3	4	0	2	2	+16	17
14	3-6	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	0	2	0	0	1	+1	6
8	0-3	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	-3	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	52-103	17-41	12-12	14	39	53	36	15	4	17	21		133
	50.5%	41.5%	100.0%

Charlotte Hornets

starters
Gordon HaywardG. Hayward#20
Miles BridgesM. Bridges#0
Mason PlumleeM. Plumlee#24
LaMelo BallL. Ball#2
Terry RozierT. Rozier#3
bench
Jalen McDanielsJ. McDaniels#6
Kai JonesK. Jones#23
JT ThorJ. Thor#21
Cody MartinC. Martin#11
Nick RichardsN. Richards#14
Ish SmithI. Smith#10
Kelly Oubre Jr.K. Oubre Jr.#12
James BouknightJ. Bouknight#5
Arnoldas KulbokaA. Kulboka#98
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
22	3-6	1-4	1-2	2	5	7	3	1	0	0	2	-14	8
26	4-9	0-3	2-2	0	3	3	3	1	1	1	2	-26	10
18	1-2	0-0	0-2	0	3	3	3	1	0	2	1	-24	2
23	5-12	3-6	4-6	0	3	3	1	0	1	1	1	-32	17
25	4-14	1-6	0-0	0	3	3	1	0	1	0	3	-31	9
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
20	3-5	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	1	-6	7
4	1-1	0-0	0-2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	+3	2
6	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	+4	2
23	3-9	0-4	0-0	0	2	2	3	2	0	2	1	-18	6
16	3-4	0-0	2-3	1	6	7	0	0	2	2	1	-6	8
25	5-8	1-2	2-2	0	1	1	8	2	0	4	1	-2	13
21	6-10	3-7	0-0	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	-16	15
12	0-3	0-2	0-0	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	1	-2	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	39-85	9-35	12-21	5	29	34	27	10	9	17	15		99
	45.9%	25.7%	57.1%

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

Regular Season Series

PHX wins 2-0

Hornets
106
Suns
137

Game 1

20/12

Suns
133
Hornets
99

Game 2

3/1

Spectrum Center

12:00 AM, 3 January 2022

Charlotte, NC

Attendance: 19,088

Referees:
Sean Corbin
Suyash Mehta
Jamahl Ralls

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	16	12	.571	-	W3
Golden State	15	12	.556	0.5	W1
LA Clippers	16	13	.552	0.5	L1
Phoenix	14	13	.519	1.5	L2
Sacramento	13	17	.433	4	L4

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Orlando	18	12	.600	-	W1
Miami	13	13	.500	3	L3
Atlanta	14	15	.483	3.5	L3
Charlotte	7	21	.250	10	L4
Washington	4	22	.154	12	L1

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