Game ID: 22300062
Phoenix Suns @ Golden State Warriors
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 10:00 PM ET
Chase Center, San Francisco, CA
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
GSW 28 18 40 18 104PHX 28 33 19 28 108
GSW vs PHX ScoutingGSW vs PHX Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
GSW availability going into 10/24 · season opener
full strength
GSW availability going into 10/27 · 2 days' rest
full strength
GSW availability going into 10/29 · 1 day's restOUT Podziemski missed 2 since 10/24, out tonight
GSW availability going into 10/30 · back-to-backOUT Podziemski missed 3 since 10/24, returns tonight: 23 min (86% of 27)
OUT Joseph missed 2 since 10/27, returns tonight: 5 min (41% of 11)
NEW Paul 26 to 32 min over the last 3
NEW Looney 16 to 28 min over the last 3
GSW availability going into 11/01 · 1 day's restBACK Podziemski back 10/30 after 3, 23 min since (86% of 27)
BACK Joseph back 10/30 after 2, 5 min since (41% of 11)
NEW Looney 16 to 27 min over the last 4
PHX availability going into 10/24 · season opener
full strength
PHX availability going into 10/26 · 1 day's rest
full strength
PHX availability going into 10/28 · 1 day's restOUT Bates-Diop missed 2 since 10/24, returns tonight: 6 min (39% of 15)
OUT Metu missed 2 since 10/24, returns tonight: 3 min (21% of 12)
OUT Bol missed 2 since 10/24, returns tonight: 4 min (38% of 11)
PHX availability going into 10/31 · 2 days' restOUT Booker missed 2 since 10/26, out tonight
BACK Bates-Diop back 10/28 after 2, 6 min since (39% of 15)
BACK Metu back 10/28 after 2, 3 min since (21% of 12)
BACK Bol back 10/28 after 2, 4 min since (38% of 11)
NEW Okogie 16 to 29 min over the last 3
NEW Goodwin 14 to 23 min over the last 3
PHX availability going into 11/02 · 1 day's restOUT Booker missed 3 since 10/26, returns tonight: 35 min (97% of 36)
BACK Bates-Diop back 10/28 after 2, 6 min since (39% of 15)
BACK Metu back 10/28 after 2, 3 min since (21% of 12)
BACK Bol back 10/28 after 2, 4 min since (38% of 11)
NEW Okogie 16 to 29 min over the last 4
NEW Goodwin 14 to 21 min over the last 4
10/24 vs PHX 104-108 — GSW notes
GSW lost 104-108. GSW shot 36% (36 of 101) to PHX's 44%, 10 of 43 from three, and went to the line 28 times to PHX's 17 — 22 points from the stripe to their 13. GSW turned it over 11 times to PHX's 19. The glass went 49-60 against them. Curry led with 27 (8 of 20, 4 of 14 from three, 7 of 7 at the line); Thompson added 15, Paul 14. Q3 was theirs, 40-19, turning a 15-point deficit into a 6-point lead, but the other 3 periods went 89-64 against them. Wiggins's -22 in 27 minutes was the worst on the floor.
10/24 @ GSW 108-104 — PHX notes
PHX won 108-104. PHX shot 44% (42 of 95) to GSW's 36%, 11 of 33 from three, and got to the line 17 times to GSW's 28. PHX turned it over 19 times to GSW's 11, and GSW turned those into 11 steals. The glass went 60-49 for them. Booker led with 32 (13 of 21, 3 of 8 from three); Durant added 18, Okogie 17. The hinge was Q2, 33-18: from level to 15 ahead.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
GSWAW A. Wiggins
CJ C. Joseph
CP C. Paul
DŠ D. Šarić
GP G. Payton II
JK J. Kuminga
KL K. Looney
KT K. Thompson
MM M. Moody
SC S. Curry
SA Saric
PHXDB D. Booker
DE D. Eubanks
EG E. Gordon
GA G. Allen
JG J. Goodwin
JN J. Nurkić
JO J. Okogie
KD K. Durant
NL N. Little
NU Nurkic
YW Y. Watanabe
GSW/PHX the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Booker, Durant lead Suns past Curry and Warriors 108-104 in season opener
SAN FRANCISCO -- — Kevin Durant greeted many of the people he knew so well during three sensational seasons with the Warriors then hardly showed off his best shooting performance on a night the Golden State fans finally got to cheer him all these years later.
He still spoiled the home team's opening night as the Phoenix Suns won the first matchup between the Pacific Division powerhouses.
“It's always good to be recognized for the work you put in so it was exciting to see people I hadn't seen in a while, some familiar faces,” Durant said. “I feel like the fan base here got nothing but love and respect for me as an individual player and as a person. That's all I can ask for.”
Devin Booker scored a go-ahead layup with 4:51 remaining followed by a 3-pointer on the way to 32 points in a 108-104 Phoenix victory on Tuesday night in a back-and-forth finish.
Stephen Curry scored 27 points to former shooting partner Durant's 18 on a night the Warriors welcomed KD back for his first game in front of Bay Area fans since he left after the 2019 NBA Finals.
Curry scored seven straight points early in the third to pull the Warriors within 64-61 at the 8:21 mark and Phoenix called a timeout. Golden State opened the third on a 27-5 burst while the Suns went 2 for 14.
Jusuf Nurkic had 14 points and 14 rebounds with a driving layup in the closing seconds in his Suns debut. Josh Okogie knocked down a baseline 3 with 1:09 to play and Eric Gordon connected from long range with 45 seconds left before Curry hit from deep.
Booker started and also had eight assists and six rebounds after coming into the game questionable with soreness in his left big toe. He made his first three shots and scored eight of the Suns’ initial 13 points.
Durant was greeted with warm applause from the fans in their first time seeing him since he led the Warriors to a pair of championships with two NBA Finals MVP awards and three straight Finals berths from 2017-19.
The Warriors played video highlights on the big screen during pregame introductions. Durant patted his heart and raised his arm in the air to acknowledge the love then shot 7 for 22 with 10 rebounds.
“A lot of good moments in the video. We was able to relive some of those memories real quick,” Durant said. “But it was good to come in here and get the season started off right with a W.”
Durant played at Chase Center in February 2021 with Brooklyn when no fans were allowed in the building because of the pandemic then was injured this past March when the Suns last visited.
Chris Paul contributed 14 points, nine assists and six rebounds in his Warriors debut facing his most recent team. Golden State acquired him on draft night from the Wizards — he never played in Washington — for Jordan Poole .
Paul missed his first six shots and all six of his 3-point tries but had three early assists.
“He's a rhythm player so he's really good at getting you the ball in spots you want it,” guard Moses Moody said.
TIP-INS
Suns: G Bradley Beal missed the game with low back tightness but first-year coach Frank Vogel is optimistic he will play Thursday at the Lakers. “He is trying to loosen up the back and he just isn’t ready yet,” Vogel said. ... Phoenix had lost 18 of the previous 22 on Golden State's home floor.
Warriors: The Warriors have lost only five of their last 12 openers and are 44-34 playing their first home game of a season. ... F Draymond Green , out the entire preseason with a sprained left ankle, missed the season opener for the second time in his career after a sore foot kept him out for the pandemic-delayed 2020-21 season
PASTOR RETURNS
Longtime Warriors and 49ers team chaplain Earl Smith returned to the arena after he missed the end of last season following an accident at All-Star weekend in Utah when an Uber driver started to go when he had only one leg in the vehicle.
UP NEXT
Suns: Visit the Lakers on Thursday night having lost the last two matchups on the road.
Warriors: At Sacramento on Friday night in a rematch of the first round of the playoffs won by Golden State in Game 7.