Lakers 114-113 Suns (19 Dec, 2020) Play-by-Play

Los Angeles Lakers

4-0, 2-0 away

114

	1	2	3	4	T
LAL	21	35	35	23	114
PHX	39	30	23	21	113

Phoenix Suns

0-4, 0-2 home

113

Devin Booker makes 25-foot three point jumper (Mikal Bridges assists)
Mikal Bridges makes 26-foot three pointer (Deandre Ayton assists)
Jevon Carter makes two point shot
Devin Booker makes 2-foot two point shot
Deandre Ayton makes layup (Jae Crowder assists)
Jevon Carter makes two point shot (Devin Booker assists)
Mikal Bridges misses two point shot
Devin Booker makes two point shot
Deandre Ayton makes 11-foot two point shot (Jevon Carter assists)
Jae Crowder misses 25-foot three point jumper
Mikal Bridges misses 25-foot three point jumper
Mikal Bridges makes two point shot (Jevon Carter assists)
Jevon Carter misses 22-foot three point jumper
Devin Booker makes 27-foot three pointer
Deandre Ayton makes alley oop dunk shot (Devin Booker assists)
Devin Booker misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Devin Booker makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
Cameron Payne misses 26-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis blocks Cameron Johnson 's 25-foot three point jumper
Damian Jones makes layup (Cameron Payne assists)
Cameron Johnson makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
Langston Galloway makes 25-foot three point jumper (Cameron Payne assists)
Cameron Payne makes layup
Anthony Davis blocks Langston Galloway 's 4-foot driving layup
Cameron Johnson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Mikal Bridges misses 23-foot three point jumper
Langston Galloway makes 25-foot three point jumper (Mikal Bridges assists)
Jae Crowder misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Jae Crowder misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jae Crowder makes layup (Jevon Carter assists)
Jevon Carter misses 24-foot three point jumper
Deandre Ayton makes 11-foot two point shot
Mikal Bridges makes pullup jump shot
Mikal Bridges misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jae Crowder misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
Jae Crowder makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jevon Carter assists)
Damian Jones makes dunk (Mikal Bridges assists)
Mikal Bridges makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jevon Carter assists)
Marc Gasol blocks Johnathan Motley's driving layup
Devin Booker makes 25-foot three pointer
Cameron Payne makes 25-foot three point jumper (Cameron Johnson assists)
Cameron Payne makes 8-foot two point shot
Cameron Johnson misses three point jumper
Cameron Johnson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Cameron Payne makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
Devin Booker misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Cameron Payne misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jae Crowder makes three point jumper (Mikal Bridges assists)
Jevon Carter misses driving layup
Jevon Carter makes 26-foot three point jumper (Deandre Ayton assists)
Mikal Bridges misses 26-foot three point jumper
Mikal Bridges misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jae Crowder misses two point shot
Deandre Ayton misses 8-foot two point shot
Jevon Carter makes two point shot (Jae Crowder assists)
Jevon Carter makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jae Crowder assists)
Devin Booker makes 23-foot three point jumper (Mikal Bridges assists)
Devin Booker misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jae Crowder misses two point shot
Anthony Davis blocks Deandre Ayton 's 3-foot layup
Jae Crowder makes three point jumper (Devin Booker assists)
Jae Crowder misses 26-foot three point jumper
Cameron Payne misses driving floating jump shot
Cameron Payne misses driving layup
Jalen Smith misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
Cameron Johnson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Langston Galloway assists)
Jalen Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper
Cameron Johnson makes 26-foot step back jumpshot
Cameron Johnson misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Cameron Payne misses driving layup
Jalen Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
Langston Galloway misses three point jumper
Langston Galloway misses driving floating jump shot
Deandre Ayton makes 13-foot two point shot
Deandre Ayton misses layup
Deandre Ayton makes dunk (Devin Booker assists)
Devin Booker makes driving dunk
Devin Booker misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
Johnathan Motley misses driving layup
Jevon Carter misses 25-foot three point jumper
Langston Galloway makes 4-foot two point shot (Johnathan Motley assists)
Langston Galloway makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jevon Carter assists)
Ty-Shon Alexander makes 24-foot three point jumper (Langston Galloway assists)
Langston Galloway misses 26-foot three point jumper
Johnathan Motley makes layup
Langston Galloway misses two point shot
Jevon Carter misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
Langston Galloway misses three point jumper
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kyle Kuzma assists)
Marc Gasol misses 10-foot jumper
Kyle Kuzma misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kyle Kuzma misses layup
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 26-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses driving layup
LeBron James makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anthony Davis assists)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 23-foot three point jumper
Deandre Ayton blocks LeBron James 's 9-foot driving layup
Marc Gasol misses 21-foot jumper
Anthony Davis makes 27-foot three point jumper (Marc Gasol assists)
Kyle Kuzma misses 26-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes driving layup
LeBron James makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kyle Kuzma assists)
Anthony Davis misses 11-foot two point shot
Wesley Matthews misses 26-foot three point jumper
Alex Caruso misses 13-foot two point shot
Anthony Davis misses 8-foot two point shot
Damian Jones blocks Talen Horton-Tucker 's 4-foot driving layup
Anthony Davis makes 8-foot two point shot
Montrezl Harrell makes layup (Alex Caruso assists)
Wesley Matthews misses driving layup
Talen Horton-Tucker makes 13-foot step back jumpshot
Markieff Morris misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Talen Horton-Tucker makes driving layup (Markieff Morris assists)
Markieff Morris makes driving layup
Montrezl Harrell misses 9-foot hook shot
Markieff Morris misses 6-foot hook shot
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James misses layup
LeBron James misses two point shot
LeBron James makes driving layup (Marc Gasol assists)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 25-foot three point jumper (Marc Gasol assists)
Anthony Davis makes driving layup
Anthony Davis makes 28-foot three point jumper
Kyle Kuzma makes 19-foot jumper (LeBron James assists)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes driving layup (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James makes two point shot
Marc Gasol misses 25-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis makes 14-foot two point shot
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes two point shot (LeBron James assists)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 27-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis makes 26-foot three point jumper (Marc Gasol assists)
LeBron James makes 25-foot three pointer
Anthony Davis makes 26-foot three pointer
Wesley Matthews makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Davis assists)
Anthony Davis makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
Anthony Davis misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
LeBron James misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Anthony Davis makes jumper
Alex Caruso makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anthony Davis assists)
Anthony Davis misses layup
Talen Horton-Tucker makes 27-foot three pointer (Montrezl Harrell assists)
Anthony Davis misses 20-foot two point shot
Kyle Kuzma misses 26-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis makes driving layup (Alex Caruso assists)
Anthony Davis makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
Kyle Kuzma misses 10-foot two point shot
Kyle Kuzma makes two point shot (Markieff Morris assists)
Kyle Kuzma misses pullup jump shot
Montrezl Harrell makes dunk (Talen Horton-Tucker assists)
Talen Horton-Tucker misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
Markieff Morris misses three point jumper
Montrezl Harrell misses layup
Montrezl Harrell misses tip shot
Montrezl Harrell makes layup (Alex Caruso assists)
Montrezl Harrell misses 13-foot two point shot
Talen Horton-Tucker makes 26-foot three point jumper (Markieff Morris assists)
Talen Horton-Tucker makes 15-foot step back jumpshot (Montrezl Harrell assists)
Montrezl Harrell makes 3-foot hook shot (Kyle Kuzma assists)
Kyle Kuzma misses driving layup
Markieff Morris misses 26-foot three point jumper
Montrezl Harrell misses driving layup
Markieff Morris makes 12-foot two point shot
Devontae Cacok makes 2-foot layup (Talen Horton-Tucker assists)
Quinn Cook makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
Quinn Cook misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Talen Horton-Tucker misses 13-foot two point shot
Jalen Smith blocks Devontae Cacok 's 12-foot hook shot
Devontae Cacok makes layup (Quinn Cook assists)
Quinn Cook makes two point shot

LAKERS

SUNS

TIME		LAL	PHX
12:00	Anthony Davis vs. Deandre Ayton (LeBron James gains possession)	0	0
11:46	LeBron James bad pass (Mikal Bridges steals)	0	0
11:41	Devin Booker makes 25-foot three point jumper (Mikal Bridges assists)	0	3
11:34	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kyle Kuzma assists)	3	3
11:09	Mikal Bridges makes 26-foot three pointer (Deandre Ayton assists)	3	6
10:55	LeBron James bad pass (Jevon Carter steals)	3	6
10:52	Jevon Carter makes two point shot	3	8
10:39	Deandre Ayton personal foul	3	8
10:31	Marc Gasol misses 10-foot jumper	3	8
10:28	Deandre Ayton defensive rebound	3	8
10:08	Devin Booker makes 2-foot two point shot	3	10
9:57	Kyle Kuzma misses 25-foot three point jumper	3	10
9:57	Jevon Carter defensive rebound	3	10
9:44	Devin Booker lost ball turnover (Anthony Davis steals)	3	10
9:35	Deandre Ayton defensive 3-seconds (technical foul)	3	10
9:35	Anthony Davis misses technical free throw	3	10
9:35	Lakers offensive team rebound	3	10
9:28	Kyle Kuzma misses layup	3	10
9:26	Devin Booker defensive rebound	3	10
9:14	Devin Booker bad pass (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope steals)	3	10
9:09	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 26-foot three point jumper	3	10
9:06	Deandre Ayton defensive rebound	3	10
8:58	Deandre Ayton makes layup (Jae Crowder assists)	3	12
8:44	LeBron James lost ball turnover (Mikal Bridges steals)	3	12
8:40	Jevon Carter makes two point shot (Devin Booker assists)	3	14
8:40	Lakers Full timeout	3	14
8:38	LeBron James bad pass (Mikal Bridges steals)	3	14
8:37	Mikal Bridges misses two point shot	3	14
8:35	LeBron James defensive rebound	3	14
8:30	LeBron James misses driving layup	3	14
8:29	Mikal Bridges defensive rebound	3	14
8:15	Devin Booker makes two point shot	3	16
7:57	LeBron James makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anthony Davis assists)	6	16
7:38	Deandre Ayton makes 11-foot two point shot (Jevon Carter assists)	6	18
7:16	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 23-foot three point jumper	6	18
7:12	Jevon Carter defensive rebound	6	18
7:04	Marc Gasol shooting foul	6	18
7:04	Devin Booker makes free throw 1 of 2	6	19
7:04	Devin Booker makes free throw 2 of 2	6	20
6:51	Jae Crowder shooting foul	6	20
6:51	Anthony Davis misses free throw 1 of 2	6	20
6:51	Lakers offensive team rebound	6	20
6:51	Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2	7	20
6:39	Jae Crowder misses 25-foot three point jumper	7	20
6:36	Jevon Carter offensive rebound	7	20
6:35	Mikal Bridges misses 25-foot three point jumper	7	20
6:35	Marc Gasol defensive rebound	7	20
6:11	Deandre Ayton blocks LeBron James 's 9-foot driving layup	7	20
6:10	Lakers offensive team rebound	7	20
6:08	Marc Gasol misses 21-foot jumper	7	20
6:04	Mikal Bridges defensive rebound	7	20
5:58	Mikal Bridges makes two point shot (Jevon Carter assists)	7	22
5:45	Anthony Davis makes 27-foot three point jumper (Marc Gasol assists)	10	22
5:44	Suns Full timeout	10	22
5:44	Cameron Payne enters the game for Mikal Bridges	10	22
5:31	Jevon Carter misses 22-foot three point jumper	10	22
5:27	LeBron James defensive rebound	10	22
5:15	Kyle Kuzma misses 26-foot three point jumper	10	22
5:11	Deandre Ayton defensive rebound	10	22
5:04	Devin Booker makes 27-foot three pointer	10	25
4:44	LeBron James makes driving layup	12	25
4:27	Deandre Ayton makes alley oop dunk shot (Devin Booker assists)	12	27
4:19	Cameron Payne personal foul	12	27
4:19	Damian Jones enters the game for Deandre Ayton	12	27
4:19	Cameron Johnson enters the game for Jae Crowder	12	27
4:19	Montrezl Harrell enters the game for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	12	27
4:19	Wesley Matthews enters the game for Marc Gasol	12	27
4:09	Anthony Davis lost ball turnover (Damian Jones steals)	12	27
4:03	Devin Booker misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot	12	27
4:01	Cameron Payne offensive rebound	12	27
3:54	Anthony Davis personal foul	12	27
3:47	Devin Booker makes 19-foot pullup jump shot	12	29
3:40	Damian Jones shooting foul	12	29
3:40	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope technical foul (1st technical foul)	12	29
3:40	Devin Booker makes technical free throw	12	30
3:40	LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2	12	30
3:40	Lakers offensive team rebound	12	30
3:40	Langston Galloway enters the game for Jevon Carter	12	30
3:40	LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2	13	30
3:26	Cameron Payne misses 26-foot three point jumper	13	30
3:24	Lakers defensive team rebound	13	30
3:13	LeBron James makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kyle Kuzma assists)	16	30
2:59	Anthony Davis blocks Cameron Johnson 's 25-foot three point jumper	16	30
2:55	Langston Galloway offensive rebound	16	30
2:53	Damian Jones makes layup (Cameron Payne assists)	16	32
2:53	Montrezl Harrell defensive goaltending violation	16	32
2:43	Jalen Smith enters the game for Devin Booker	16	32
2:43	Alex Caruso enters the game for LeBron James	16	32
2:41	Jalen Smith shooting foul	16	32
2:41	Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2	17	32
2:41	Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2	18	32
2:27	Langston Galloway offensive foul	18	32
2:27	Langston Galloway turnover	18	32
2:14	Anthony Davis misses 11-foot two point shot	18	32
2:10	Cameron Johnson defensive rebound	18	32
2:04	Montrezl Harrell personal foul	18	32
2:04	Talen Horton-Tucker enters the game for Kyle Kuzma	18	32
1:55	Cameron Johnson makes 13-foot pullup jump shot	18	34
1:49	Wesley Matthews misses 26-foot three point jumper	18	34
1:46	Jalen Smith defensive rebound	18	34
1:42	Langston Galloway makes 25-foot three point jumper (Cameron Payne assists)	18	37
1:25	Alex Caruso misses 13-foot two point shot	18	37
1:24	Jalen Smith defensive rebound	18	37
1:15	Cameron Payne makes layup	18	39
1:15	Lakers Full timeout	18	39
58.7	Anthony Davis misses 8-foot two point shot	18	39
56.2	Jalen Smith defensive rebound	18	39
39.1	Jalen Smith offensive charge	18	39
39.1	Jalen Smith turnover	18	39
32.0	Damian Jones blocks Talen Horton-Tucker 's 4-foot driving layup	18	39
31.5	Lakers offensive team rebound	18	39
31.5	Jalen Smith away from play foul	18	39
31.5	Mikal Bridges enters the game for Jalen Smith	18	39
31.5	Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 1	19	39
26.6	Anthony Davis makes 8-foot two point shot	21	39
5.7	Anthony Davis blocks Langston Galloway 's 4-foot driving layup	21	39
5.7	Suns offensive team rebound	21	39
3.1	Cameron Johnson misses 24-foot three point jumper	21	39
3.1	Alex Caruso defensive rebound	21	39
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	21	39

Regular Season Series

PHX wins 2-1

Suns
114
Lakers
104

Game 1

3/3

Lakers
94
Suns
111

Game 2

22/3

Suns
110
Lakers
123

Game 3

10/5

Footprint Center

3:30 AM, 19 December 2020

Phoenix, AZ

Referees:
Bill Kennedy
Leon Wood
Danielle Scott

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Clippers	51	31	.622	-	L3
Phoenix	49	33	.598	2	W3
LA Lakers	47	35	.573	4	W2
Sacramento	46	36	.561	5	W1
Golden State	46	36	.561	5	W1

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