Game ID: 22400085
Phoenix Suns @ Los Angeles Lakers
Friday, October 25, 2024 at 10:00 PM ET
Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
LAL 23 29 35 36 123PHX 38 23 24 31 116
LAL vs PHX ScoutingLAL 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.
LAL availability going into 10/22 · season opener
full strength
LAL availability going into 10/25 · 2 days' rest
full strength
LAL availability going into 10/26 · back-to-backOUT Reddish missed 2 since 10/22, out tonight
LAL availability going into 10/28 · 1 day's restOUT Reddish missed 3 since 10/22, out tonight
NEW Hachimura 32 to 37 min over the last 3
NEW Russell 26 to 32 min over the last 3
LAL availability going into 10/30 · 1 day's restOUT Reddish missed 4 since 10/22, returns tonight: 9 min (51% of 18)
NEW Russell 26 to 32 min over the last 4
LAL availability going into 11/01 · 1 day's restBACK Reddish back 10/30 after 4, 9 min since (51% of 18)
PHX availability going into 10/23 · season opener
full strength
PHX availability going into 10/25 · 1 day's rest
full strength
PHX availability going into 10/26 · back-to-backOUT Bol missed 2 since 10/23, out tonight
PHX availability going into 10/28 · 1 day's restOUT Allen missed 2 since 10/25, returns tonight: 12 min (51% of 24)
OUT Bol missed 3 since 10/23, out tonight
NEW Jones 27 to 33 min over the last 3
PHX availability going into 10/31 · 2 days' restOUT Bol missed 4 since 10/23, out tonight
BACK Allen back 10/28 after 2, 12 min since (51% of 24)
NEW Jones 27 to 32 min over the last 4
PHX availability going into 11/02 · 1 day's restOUT Gillespie missed 2 since 10/28, out tonight
OUT Bol missed 5 since 10/23, out tonight
BACK Allen back 10/28 after 2, 16 min since (65% of 24)
NEW Jones 27 to 32 min over the last 5
10/22 vs MIN 110-103 — LAL notes
LAL won 110-103. LAL shot 44% (42 of 95) to MIN's 41%, 5 of 30 from three. LAL turned it over 7 times to MIN's 15. Davis led with 36 (11 of 23, 1 of 3 from three, 13 of 15 at the line); Hachimura added 18, L. James 16. The hinge was Q2, 33-19: LAL came in trailing by 1 and left it ahead by 13, and the lead reached 19. Hachimura was the night's best plus/minus at +19.
10/25 vs PHX 123-116 — LAL notes
LAL won 123-116. LAL shot 53% (40 of 75) to PHX's 51%, 14 of 27 from three, and went to the line 39 times to PHX's 17 — 29 points from the stripe to their 15. Davis led with 35 (11 of 18, 13 of 17 at the line); Reaves added 26, James 21. The hinge was Q3, 35-24: LAL came in trailing by 9 and left it ahead by 2. LAL trailed 52-61 at the half and won the second half 71-55. James was the night's best plus/minus at +14.
11/01 @ TOR — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Toronto comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 116 a night and allowing 124, shooting 47 percent and 32 from three, 28 free throws a game; Barnes at 19 and Dick at 19 a game. That is 3 straight losses. It has won the glass by 8 a night. Without Quickley (4 straight). One day's rest. The Lakers come in 3-2 over their last five, scoring 116 a night and allowing 118, shooting 48 percent and 35 from three, 28 free throws a game; Davis at 31 and James at 21 a game. One day's rest.
So: The Lakers win, on the road, and the game turns on the turnovers, Toronto giving it away 19 times a game to the Lakers' 14 and the glass, where Toronto has been plus-8 a night and the Lakers plus-3. Call it the Lakers 119, Toronto 118, Toronto keeping it close.
10/23 @ LAC 116-113 — PHX notes
PHX won 116-113 in 1 overtime. PHX shot 49% (38 of 78) to LAC's 46%, 15 of 38 from three. Durant led with 25 (8 of 17, 2 of 5 from three, 7 of 9 at the line); Beal added 24, Booker 15. The hinge was Q2, 24-17: a lead of 1 became 8. O'Neale was the night's best plus/minus at +14.
10/25 @ LAL 116-123 — PHX notes
PHX lost 116-123. PHX shot 51% (42 of 82) to LAL's 53%, 17 of 37 from three, and got to the line 17 times to LAL's 39. Durant led with 30 (11 of 17, 2 of 3 from three, 6 of 7 at the line); Booker added 23, Beal 15. Q1 was theirs, 38-23, but the other 3 periods went 100-78 against them. They led by as many as 22. Nurkić's -19 in 18 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/02 vs POR — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Phoenix comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 116 a night and allowing 112, shooting 48 percent and 40 from three, 27 free throws a game; Durant at 27 and Booker at 26 a game. That is 3 straight wins. It has lost the glass by 4 a night. One day's rest. Portland comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 112, shooting 44 percent and 37 from three, 25 free throws a game; Simons at 19 and Grant at 19 a game. Without Sharpe (6 straight), Thybulle (6 straight), Williams III (6 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Phoenix wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Portland has been plus-2 a night and Phoenix minus-4. Call it Phoenix 117, Portland 109.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
PHXBB B. Beal
DB D. Booker
JN J. Nurkić
KD K. Durant
MM M. Morris
MP M. Plumlee
OI O. Ighodaro
RD R. Dunn
RO R. O'Neale
TJ T. Jones
LALAD A. Davis
AR A. Reaves
DK D. Knecht
DR D. Russell
GV G. Vincent
JH J. Hayes
LJ L. James
MC M. Christie
RH R. Hachimura
PHX/LAL 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
Anthony Davis scores 35 points, the Lakers rally in second half to beat the Suns 123-116
LOS ANGELES -- — Anthony Davis scored 35 points, Austin Reaves added 26 and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied to beat the Phoenix Suns 123-116 on Friday night for their first 2-0 start since 2010-11.
LeBron James had 17 of his 21 points in the second half for the Lakers, who trailed by 22 points in the second quarter.
Kevin Durant led Phoenix (1-1) with 30 points. Devin Booker had 23.
The Lakers were down 61-52 at halftime, then outscored Phoenix 35-24 in the third quarter to take the lead as Davis and James each scored 11 in the period.
Los Angeles led by 12 points in the fourth quarter.
Takeaways Suns: Made 21 of their first 30 shots, including nine straight 3-pointers, before going 21 of 52 the rest of the game. Phoenix was 24 of 39 from the field in the first half, but 9 of 27 in the third quarter. The Suns led 38-23 after the first quarter.
Lakers: JJ Reddick is the first Los Angeles coach to win his first two games since Phil Jackson in 1999.
Key moment The Lakers trailed 81-74 with three minutes left in the third quarter before scoring nine straight points to grab the lead. That was part of a 20-6 run during a nearly five-minute span from late in the third to early in the fourth.
Key stat The Lakers were 14 of 27 on 3-pointers. Reaves was 5 of 7 from beyond the arc while James, Dalton Knecht and Rui Hachimura made two apiece.
Up next Both teams have home games Saturday night. The Suns will face Dallas, and the Lakers take on Sacramento.