Suns 123-94 Lakers (11 Oct, 2021) Play-by-Play

Phoenix Suns

2-1, 1-1 away

123

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	28	23	37	35	123
LAL	18	26	20	30	94

Los Angeles Lakers

0-4, 0-2 home

Wayne Ellington misses 25-foot three point jumper
Russell Westbrook misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Anthony Davis misses 18-foot jumper
Anthony Davis makes 25-foot three point jumper (Wayne Ellington assists)
Wayne Ellington misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Russell Westbrook misses 27-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis misses 27-foot three point jumper
Kent Bazemore misses 23-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis makes 6-foot two point shot
DeAndre Jordan makes dunk (Wayne Ellington assists)
Kent Bazemore misses 25-foot three point jumper
Anthony Davis misses 10-foot two point shot
Russell Westbrook misses 19-foot two point shot
Russell Westbrook makes 28-foot three pointer
Carmelo Anthony makes layup (Anthony Davis assists)
Rajon Rondo misses 26-foot three point jumper
Carmelo Anthony misses two point shot
Carmelo Anthony misses layup
Carmelo Anthony makes 27-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
Austin Reaves misses 26-foot three point jumper
JaVale McGee blocks Kendrick Nunn 's 19-foot jumper
Dwight Howard makes 2-foot dunk
JaVale McGee blocks Dwight Howard 's 5-foot layup
Carmelo Anthony makes 26-foot three point shot (Kendrick Nunn assists)
Kendrick Nunn misses 27-foot three point jumper
Carmelo Anthony makes 27-foot three point shot (Russell Westbrook assists)
Carmelo Anthony misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kent Bazemore misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
Russell Westbrook makes 27-foot three point jumper (Anthony Davis assists)
Wayne Ellington makes 24-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
Anthony Davis misses 23-foot three point jumper
Wayne Ellington misses three point jumper
Russell Westbrook misses 6-foot two point shot
Anthony Davis makes dunk (Kent Bazemore assists)
Anthony Davis misses driving layup
Anthony Davis makes 1-foot dunk (Kent Bazemore assists)
Wayne Ellington misses 26-foot three point jumper
JaVale McGee blocks Russell Westbrook's driving layup
Kent Bazemore makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Davis assists)
Russell Westbrook misses 7-foot two point shot
Kent Bazemore makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Davis assists)
Russell Westbrook misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Anthony Davis makes layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
Russell Westbrook makes 19-foot jumper (Anthony Davis assists)
Anthony Davis misses two point shot
DeAndre Jordan makes dunk (Russell Westbrook assists)
Kent Bazemore misses 23-foot three point jumper
Russell Westbrook misses driving layup
Carmelo Anthony makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Davis assists)
Kent Bazemore makes 2-foot layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
Anthony Davis misses 19-foot jumper
Russell Westbrook misses 27-foot three point jumper
Carmelo Anthony misses 19-foot jumper
Austin Reaves misses 27-foot three point jumper
Carmelo Anthony makes 27-foot running pullup jump shot
Carmelo Anthony misses 15-foot jumper
Rajon Rondo misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Carmelo Anthony misses 28-foot three point shot
Cameron Oliver misses 13-foot jumper
Cameron Oliver misses 27-foot three point jumper
Trevelin Queen makes 17-foot jumper
Cameron Oliver makes layup (Austin Reaves assists)
Austin Reaves misses 22-foot three point shot
Chaundee Brown misses 27-foot three point jumper
Kendrick Nunn misses two point shot
Austin Reaves makes driving layup (Cameron Oliver assists)
Chaundee Brown makes 26-foot three point jumper (Cameron Oliver assists)
Austin Reaves makes 28-foot three point jumper
Elfrid Payton blocks Chaundee Brown 's 4-foot two point shot
Trevelin Queen misses 24-foot three point jumper
Trevelin Queen misses 25-foot three point jumper
Cameron Oliver misses layup
Austin Reaves makes 26-foot three point jumper (Cameron Oliver assists)
Trevelin Queen makes alley oop dunk shot (Austin Reaves assists)
Chaundee Brown misses 27-foot three point jumper
Mac McClung makes 25-foot three point jumper (Cameron Oliver assists)
Chaundee Brown misses layup
Trevelin Queen makes tip shot
Mac McClung misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Chaundee Brown misses 27-foot three point jumper
Mac McClung misses 16-foot two point shot
Trevelin Queen misses 28-foot three point jumper
Chaundee Brown makes driving layup
Joel Ayayi makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot
Cameron Oliver misses 25-foot three point jumper
Landry Shamet makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Deandre Ayton assists)
Deandre Ayton misses 16-foot jumper
Deandre Ayton misses 8-foot two point shot
DeAndre Jordan blocks Landry Shamet 's 2-foot two point shot
Landry Shamet misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jae Crowder misses running pullup jump shot
Jae Crowder misses 10-foot two point shot
Landry Shamet makes 26-foot three pointer (Jae Crowder assists)
Jae Crowder misses 26-foot three point jumper
Deandre Ayton makes two point shot (Mikal Bridges assists)
Landry Shamet makes two point shot
Jae Crowder misses two point shot
Deandre Ayton makes 27-foot three point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot
Mikal Bridges makes 26-foot three point jumper (Cameron Payne assists)
Cameron Johnson makes two point shot (JaVale McGee assists)
Abdel Nader misses 25-foot three point jumper
Cameron Johnson makes tip shot
JaVale McGee makes 3-foot two point shot (Cameron Payne assists)
Cameron Payne misses 26-foot three point jumper
Cameron Payne misses 6-foot two point shot
Anthony Davis blocks Cameron Payne 's 9-foot jumper
Cameron Payne misses 8-foot jump bank shot
Abdel Nader makes driving layup (JaVale McGee assists)
Dwight Howard blocks Landry Shamet's driving layup
Landry Shamet misses 9-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes two point shot
JaVale McGee misses 2-foot hook shot
Chris Paul makes 8-foot pullup jump shot
Mikal Bridges misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul makes 19-foot two point shot
Carmelo Anthony blocks Mikal Bridges 's 7-foot pullup jump shot
Chris Paul makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
Chris Paul misses running pullup jump shot
Jae Crowder makes jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Cameron Payne misses driving floating jump shot
Chris Paul misses 29-foot three point jumper
Cameron Payne misses 27-foot three point jumper
Mikal Bridges misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
Cameron Payne misses 27-foot three point jumper
Landry Shamet misses 24-foot three point jumper
Cameron Payne misses driving floating jump shot
Cameron Payne makes tip shot
Jae Crowder misses 26-foot three point jumper
Cameron Payne makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
Jae Crowder misses 26-foot three point jumper
Landry Shamet makes 23-foot three point jumper (Cameron Payne assists)
Mikal Bridges makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
Deandre Ayton misses two point shot
Chris Paul makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
Deandre Ayton misses 13-foot jumper
Deandre Ayton makes alley oop layup (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul misses 6-foot two point shot
Mikal Bridges makes 2-foot layup (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul misses 26-foot three point jumper
Deandre Ayton makes dunk (Jae Crowder assists)
Jae Crowder makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul makes 21-foot two point shot
Mikal Bridges misses 17-foot jumper
Cameron Johnson misses tip shot
Cameron Payne misses 26-foot three point jumper
Cameron Payne makes driving layup
Jalen Smith makes layup (Abdel Nader assists)
Abdel Nader makes two point shot
Cameron Johnson makes 16-foot step back jumpshot (Cameron Payne assists)
JaVale McGee makes layup (Cameron Johnson assists)
Cameron Johnson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jalen Smith misses 17-foot jumper
Cameron Johnson misses 27-foot three point jumper
JaVale McGee makes 12-foot two point shot (Cameron Payne assists)
JaVale McGee makes alley oop dunk shot (Cameron Payne assists)
Cameron Payne makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot
Jalen Smith makes 3-foot two point shot
Cameron Johnson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Cameron Payne assists)
Cameron Payne misses 30-foot three point jumper
Jalen Smith makes tip shot
Abdel Nader makes two point shot (Frank Kaminsky assists)
Jalen Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper
Cameron Payne misses two point shot
Elfrid Payton makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Chasson Randle assists)
Trevelin Queen blocks Jalen Smith 's 3-foot layup
Chasson Randle makes driving floating jump shot (Frank Kaminsky assists)
Elfrid Payton makes driving layup
Chasson Randle makes 18-foot jumper
Frank Kaminsky makes 2-foot dunk (Chandler Hutchison assists)
Chasson Randle makes 26-foot three point jumper (Frank Kaminsky assists)
Frank Kaminsky misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jalen Smith makes 2-foot driving dunk
Jalen Smith makes two point shot (Chandler Hutchison assists)
Elfrid Payton makes 5-foot two point shot

SUNS

LAKERS

TIME		PHX	LAL
12:00	Deandre Ayton vs. DeAndre Jordan (Kent Bazemore gains possession)	0	0
11:44	Anthony Davis lost ball turnover (Mikal Bridges steals)	0	0
11:29	Landry Shamet makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Deandre Ayton assists)	3	0
11:11	Wayne Ellington misses 25-foot three point jumper	3	0
11:09	Landry Shamet defensive rebound	3	0
11:04	Deandre Ayton misses 16-foot jumper	3	0
11:01	Kent Bazemore defensive rebound	3	0
10:49	Russell Westbrook misses 20-foot pullup jump shot	3	0
10:47	Deandre Ayton defensive rebound	3	0
10:38	Deandre Ayton misses 8-foot two point shot	3	0
10:36	DeAndre Jordan defensive rebound	3	0
10:29	Anthony Davis misses 18-foot jumper	3	0
10:26	Chris Paul defensive rebound	3	0
10:22	DeAndre Jordan blocks Landry Shamet 's 2-foot two point shot	3	0
10:19	Wayne Ellington defensive rebound	3	0
10:00	Anthony Davis makes 25-foot three point jumper (Wayne Ellington assists)	3	3
9:43	Landry Shamet misses 26-foot three point jumper	3	3
9:43	Lakers defensive team rebound	3	3
9:29	Wayne Ellington misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	3	3
9:26	Jae Crowder defensive rebound	3	3
9:20	Jae Crowder misses running pullup jump shot	3	3
9:18	Wayne Ellington defensive rebound	3	3
9:07	Russell Westbrook misses 27-foot three point jumper	3	3
9:01	Deandre Ayton defensive rebound	3	3
9:01	Chris Paul out of bounds bad pass turnover	3	3
8:51	Anthony Davis misses 27-foot three point jumper	3	3
8:49	Suns defensive team rebound	3	3
8:32	Jae Crowder misses 10-foot two point shot	3	3
8:30	Wayne Ellington defensive rebound	3	3
8:19	Kent Bazemore misses 23-foot three point jumper	3	3
8:17	Jae Crowder defensive rebound	3	3
8:09	Landry Shamet makes 26-foot three pointer (Jae Crowder assists)	6	3
7:49	Anthony Davis makes 6-foot two point shot	6	5
7:49	Mikal Bridges shooting foul	6	5
7:49	Anthony Davis misses free throw 1 of 1	6	5
7:46	Landry Shamet defensive rebound	6	5
7:30	DeAndre Jordan kicked ball violation	6	5
7:23	Jae Crowder misses 26-foot three point jumper	6	5
7:20	Kent Bazemore defensive rebound	6	5
7:15	Deandre Ayton shooting foul	6	5
7:15	DeAndre Jordan makes free throw 1 of 2	6	6
7:15	DeAndre Jordan misses free throw 2 of 2	6	6
7:12	Deandre Ayton defensive rebound	6	6
6:49	Deandre Ayton makes two point shot (Mikal Bridges assists)	8	6
6:39	Russell Westbrook bad pass (Jae Crowder steals)	8	6
6:35	Landry Shamet makes two point shot	10	6
6:34	Lakers Full timeout	8	6
6:19	Russell Westbrook bad pass (Chris Paul steals)	10	6
6:10	Chris Paul bad pass (Kent Bazemore steals)	10	6
6:07	DeAndre Jordan makes dunk (Wayne Ellington assists)	10	8
5:44	Jae Crowder misses two point shot	10	8
5:41	DeAndre Jordan defensive rebound	10	8
5:38	Kent Bazemore misses 25-foot three point jumper	10	8
5:33	Anthony Davis offensive rebound	10	8
5:27	Anthony Davis misses 10-foot two point shot	10	8
5:24	Deandre Ayton defensive rebound	10	8
5:18	Deandre Ayton makes 27-foot three point shot (Chris Paul assists)	13	8
4:59	Russell Westbrook misses 19-foot two point shot	13	8
4:51	Chris Paul defensive rebound	13	8
4:48	Chris Paul makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot	16	8
4:37	Landry Shamet personal foul	16	8
4:37	Carmelo Anthony enters the game for Kent Bazemore	16	8
4:37	Kendrick Nunn enters the game for DeAndre Jordan	16	8
4:37	Cameron Payne enters the game for Landry Shamet	16	8
4:37	Cameron Johnson enters the game for Chris Paul	16	8
4:32	Russell Westbrook makes 28-foot three pointer	16	11
4:20	Cameron Payne out of bounds bad pass turnover	16	11
4:16	Mikal Bridges personal foul	16	11
4:16	JaVale McGee enters the game for Deandre Ayton	16	11
4:16	Abdel Nader enters the game for Jae Crowder	16	11
4:06	Russell Westbrook out of bounds bad pass turnover	16	11
3:51	Mikal Bridges makes 26-foot three point jumper (Cameron Payne assists)	19	11
3:44	Kendrick Nunn double dribble turnover	19	11
3:27	Anthony Davis personal foul	19	11
3:27	Rajon Rondo enters the game for Russell Westbrook	19	11
3:17	Cameron Johnson makes two point shot (JaVale McGee assists)	21	11
3:07	Carmelo Anthony makes layup (Anthony Davis assists)	21	13
2:59	Carmelo Anthony kicked ball violation	21	13
2:59	Suns Full timeout	21	13
2:59	Austin Reaves enters the game for Wayne Ellington	21	13
2:59	Landry Shamet enters the game for Mikal Bridges	21	13
2:51	Abdel Nader misses 25-foot three point jumper	21	13
2:46	Cameron Johnson offensive rebound	21	13
2:46	Cameron Johnson makes tip shot	23	13
2:24	Rajon Rondo misses 26-foot three point jumper	23	13
2:22	Abdel Nader defensive rebound	23	13
2:12	JaVale McGee makes 3-foot two point shot (Cameron Payne assists)	25	13
1:57	Carmelo Anthony misses two point shot	25	13
1:54	JaVale McGee defensive rebound	25	13
1:44	Cameron Payne misses 26-foot three point jumper	25	13
1:42	Carmelo Anthony defensive rebound	25	13
1:31	Carmelo Anthony misses layup	25	13
1:28	Cameron Johnson defensive rebound	25	13
1:13	Cameron Payne misses 6-foot two point shot	25	13
1:11	Rajon Rondo defensive rebound	25	13
1:01	Abdel Nader shooting foul	25	13
1:01	Anthony Davis makes free throw 1 of 2	25	14
1:01	Anthony Davis makes free throw 2 of 2	25	15
43.4	Anthony Davis blocks Cameron Payne 's 9-foot jumper	25	15
39.7	Cameron Payne offensive rebound	25	15
38.8	Cameron Payne misses 8-foot jump bank shot	25	15
38.8	Carmelo Anthony defensive rebound	25	15
34.2	Carmelo Anthony makes 27-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)	25	18
19.0	Abdel Nader makes driving layup (JaVale McGee assists)	27	18
19.0	Anthony Davis shooting foul	27	18
19.0	Abdel Nader makes free throw 1 of 1	28	18
1.9	Austin Reaves misses 26-foot three point jumper	28	18
1.0	Lakers offensive team rebound	28	18
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	28	18

Regular Season Series

PHX wins 4-0

Suns
115
Lakers
105

Game 1

23/10

Suns
108
Lakers
90

Game 2

22/12

Lakers
111
Suns
140

Game 3

14/3

Lakers
110
Suns
121

Game 4

6/4

crypto.com Arena

3:00 AM, 11 October 2021

Los Angeles, CA

Attendance: 13,844

Referees:
Matt Boland
Sean Wright
Nate Green

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Phoenix	6	1	.857	-	W5
Golden State	6	1	.857	-	W4
LA Lakers	4	3	.571	2	L1
Sacramento	4	3	.571	2	W1
LA Clippers	3	4	.429	3	W1

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