Game ID: 22400209
Sacramento Kings @ Phoenix Suns
Sunday, November 10, 2024 at 8:00 PM ET
Footprint Center, Phoenix, AZ
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT1 Final
PHX 31 22 29 29 7 118SAC 36 24 19 32 16 127
PHX vs SAC ScoutingPHX vs SAC 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.
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
PHX availability going into 11/04 · 1 day's restOUT Gillespie missed 3 since 10/28, out tonight
OUT Bol missed 6 since 10/23, out tonight
BACK Allen back 10/28 after 2, 17 min since (69% of 24)
PHX availability going into 11/06 · 1 day's restOUT Ighodaro missed 2 since 11/02, out tonight
OUT Gillespie missed 4 since 10/28, out tonight
OUT Okogie missed 2 since 11/02, out tonight
OUT Bol missed 7 since 10/23, out tonight
BACK Allen back 10/28 after 2, 18 min since (76% of 24)
PHX availability going into 11/08 · 1 day's restOUT Ighodaro missed 3 since 11/02, out tonight
OUT Gillespie missed 5 since 10/28, out tonight
OUT Okogie missed 3 since 11/02, returns tonight: 5 min (38% of 14)
OUT Morris missed 2 since 11/04, out tonight
OUT Bol missed 8 since 10/23, out tonight
BACK Allen back 10/28 after 2, 19 min since (79% of 24)
PHX availability going into 11/10 · 1 day's restOUT Ighodaro missed 4 since 11/02, returns tonight: 10 min (59% of 17)
OUT Gillespie missed 6 since 10/28, out tonight
OUT Morris missed 3 since 11/04, out tonight
OUT Bol missed 9 since 10/23, out tonight
BACK Okogie back 11/08 after 3, 5 min since (38% of 14)
PHX availability going into 11/12 · 1 day's restOUT Gillespie missed 7 since 10/28, out tonight
OUT Morris missed 4 since 11/04, returns tonight: 15 min (115% of 13)
OUT Bol missed 10 since 10/23, out tonight
BACK Ighodaro back 11/10 after 4, 10 min since (59% of 17)
BACK Okogie back 11/08 after 3, 11 min since (76% of 14)
NEW Jones 27 to 32 min over the last 5
PHX availability going into 11/13 · back-to-backOUT Durant missed 2 since 11/10, out tonight
OUT Gillespie missed 8 since 10/28, out tonight
OUT Bol missed 11 since 10/23, returns tonight: 6 min (46% of 12)
BACK Ighodaro back 11/10 after 4, 16 min since (92% of 17)
BACK Okogie back 11/08 after 3, 11 min since (79% of 14)
BACK Morris back 11/12 after 4, 15 min since (115% of 13)
NEW Jones 27 to 33 min over the last 5
PHX availability going into 11/15 · 1 day's restOUT Durant missed 3 since 11/10, out tonight
OUT Gillespie missed 9 since 10/28, out tonight
BACK Ighodaro back 11/10 after 4, 15 min since (90% of 17)
BACK Okogie back 11/08 after 3, 15 min since (109% of 14)
BACK Morris back 11/12 after 4, 14 min since (109% of 13)
BACK Bol back 11/13 after 11, 6 min since (46% of 12)
NEW Jones 27 to 34 min over the last 5
PHX availability going into 11/17 · 1 day's restOUT Durant missed 4 since 11/10, out tonight
OUT Beal missed 2 since 11/13, out tonight
OUT Allen missed 2 since 11/13, returns tonight: 24 min (100% of 24)
OUT Gillespie missed 10 since 10/28, out tonight
BACK Ighodaro back 11/10 after 4, 18 min since (108% of 17)
BACK Okogie back 11/08 after 3, 18 min since (130% of 14)
BACK Morris back 11/12 after 4, 16 min since (124% of 13)
BACK Bol back 11/13 after 11, 6 min since (44% of 12)
NEW Jones 27 to 33 min over the last 5
SAC availability going into 11/02 · back-to-backNEW Huerter 21 to 26 min over the last 5
SAC availability going into 11/04 · 1 day's restNEW Huerter 21 to 28 min over the last 4
SAC availability going into 11/06 · 1 day's restOUT Huerter missed 2 since 11/02, returns tonight: 24 min (113% of 21)
SAC availability going into 11/08 · 1 day's restBACK Huerter back 11/06 after 2, 24 min since (113% of 21)
SAC availability going into 11/10 · 1 day's restBACK Huerter back 11/06 after 2, 22 min since (104% of 21)
SAC availability going into 11/11 · back-to-backBACK Huerter back 11/06 after 2, 26 min since (125% of 21)
SAC availability going into 11/13 · 1 day's restBACK Huerter back 11/06 after 2, 26 min since (122% of 21)
SAC availability going into 11/15 · 1 day's restOUT Monk missed 2 since 11/11, out tonight
BACK Huerter back 11/06 after 2, 28 min since (133% of 21)
SAC availability going into 11/16 · back-to-backOUT Monk missed 3 since 11/11, out tonight
NEW Huerter 21 to 29 min over the last 5
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Phoenix comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 111, shooting 48 percent and 39 from three, 22 free throws a game; Durant at 26 and Booker at 23 a game. That is 5 straight wins. Without Ighodaro (4 straight). One day's rest. Sacramento comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 116 a night and allowing 114, shooting 48 percent and 27 from three, 27 free throws a game; Fox at 27 and DeRozan at 25 a game. One day's rest.
So: Phoenix wins, and the game turns on the arc, Phoenix at 39 percent from three to Sacramento's 27. Call it Phoenix 115, Sacramento 113, Sacramento keeping it close.
11/02 vs POR 103-97 — PHX notes
PHX won 103-97. PHX shot 38% (35 of 93) to POR's 33%, 17 of 52 from three, and went to the line 22 times to POR's 11 — 16 points from the stripe to their 9. PHX turned it over 12 times to POR's 6, and POR turned those into 10 steals. Booker led with 28 (9 of 23, 2 of 10 from three, 8 of 9 at the line); Durant added 21, Allen 18. The hinge was Q3, 44-18: PHX came in trailing by 4 and left it ahead by 22, and the lead reached 26. PHX trailed 43-47 at the half and won the second half 60-50.
11/04 vs PHI 118-116 — PHX notes
PHX won 118-116. PHX shot 51% (42 of 82) to PHI's 46%, 11 of 32 from three, and went to the line 26 times to PHI's 18 — 23 points from the stripe to their 16. Durant led with 35 (14 of 20, 2 of 5 from three); Beal added 17, Nurkić 15. The hinge was Q1, 28-26: from level to 2 ahead. Nurkić was the night's best plus/minus at +16.
11/06 vs MIA 115-112 — PHX notes
PHX won 115-112. PHX shot 50% (42 of 84) to MIA's 43%, 18 of 43 from three. PHX turned it over 16 times to MIA's 10, and MIA turned those into 12 steals. Durant led with 32 (13 of 23, 4 of 11 from three); Booker added 22, Nurkić 20. The hinge was Q4, 31-25: PHX came in trailing by 3 and left it ahead by 3. PHX trailed 55-58 at the half and won the second half 60-54.
11/08 @ DAL 114-113 — PHX notes
PHX won 114-113. PHX shot 50% (43 of 86) to DAL's 51%, 15 of 39 from three. Durant led with 26 (8 of 14, 3 of 6 from three, 7 of 7 at the line); O'Neale added 18, Jones 17. The hinge was Q1, 36-26: from level to 10 ahead. O'Neale was the night's best plus/minus at +14.
11/10 vs SAC 118-127 — PHX notes
PHX lost 118-127 in 1 overtime. PHX shot 42% (44 of 105) to SAC's 49%, 18 of 57 from three. Beal led with 28 (9 of 18, 3 of 10 from three, 7 of 9 at the line); Booker added 23, Jones 22. Q3 was theirs, 29-19, turning a 7-point deficit into a 3-point lead, but the other 4 periods went 108-89 against them. They led by as many as 11. O'Neale's -16 in 28 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/12 @ UTA — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Utah comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 107 a night and allowing 119, shooting 45 percent and 34 from three, 27 free throws a game; George at 18 and Sexton at 17 a game. Without Hendricks (6 straight), Mykhailiuk (3 straight), Potter (9 straight). 2 days' rest. Phoenix comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 113, shooting 46 percent and 35 from three, 20 free throws a game; Durant at 28 and Booker at 20 a game. One day's rest.
So: Phoenix wins, on the road, and the game turns on the turnovers, Utah giving it away 20 times a game to Phoenix's 12 and the line, where Utah takes 27 free throws a game to Phoenix's 20. Call it Phoenix 115, Utah 111, Utah keeping it close.
11/13 @ SAC — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Sacramento comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 112, shooting 47 percent and 27 from three, 20 free throws a game; Fox at 25 and DeRozan at 24 a game. One day's rest. Phoenix comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 116, shooting 48 percent and 38 from three, 20 free throws a game; Durant at 31 and Booker at 20 a game. Without Durant (2 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Sacramento wins, and the game turns on the arc, Phoenix at 38 percent from three to Sacramento's 27. Call it Sacramento 116, Phoenix 112, Phoenix keeping it close.
11/15 @ OKC — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
OKC comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 121 a night and allowing 115, shooting 47 percent and 38 from three, 22 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 31 and Jal. Williams at 24 a game. It has lost the glass by 13 a night. Without Holmgren (2 straight). One day's rest. Phoenix comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 118, shooting 45 percent and 37 from three, 20 free throws a game; Booker at 21 and Beal at 18 a game. Without Durant (3 straight). One day's rest.
So: OKC wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Phoenix has been minus-2 a night and OKC minus-13. Call it OKC 119, Phoenix 110.
11/17 @ MIN — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Minnesota comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 110, shooting 45 percent and 34 from three, 18 free throws a game; Edwards at 29 and Randle at 19 a game. One day's rest. Phoenix comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 108 a night and allowing 116, shooting 42 percent and 34 from three, 24 free throws a game; Beal at 22 and Booker at 19 a game. Without Durant (4 straight), Beal (2 straight), Allen (2 straight). One day's rest.
So: Minnesota wins, and the game turns on the turnovers, Minnesota giving it away 16 times a game to Phoenix's 10 and the line, where Phoenix takes 24 free throws a game to Minnesota's 18. Call it Minnesota 115, Phoenix 108.
11/02 @ TOR 128-131 — SAC notes
SAC lost 128-131 in 1 overtime. SAC shot 46% (46 of 100) to TOR's 48%, 10 of 40 from three. DeRozan led with 33 (12 of 27, 2 of 7 from three, 7 of 7 at the line); Fox added 24, Monk 21. Q4 was theirs, 34-24, the deficit cut from 10 to 0, but the other 4 periods went 107-94 against them.
11/04 @ MIA 111-110 — SAC notes
SAC won 111-110. SAC shot 51% (44 of 86) to MIA's 44%, 10 of 27 from three, and got to the line 15 times to MIA's 30. Fox led with 28 (11 of 21, 3 of 6 from three); DeRozan added 26, Sabonis 16. The hinge was Q3, 37-17: SAC came in trailing by 13 and left it ahead by 7. SAC trailed 48-61 at the half and won the second half 63-49. Ellis was the night's best plus/minus at +22.
11/06 vs TOR 122-107 — SAC notes
SAC won 122-107. SAC shot 47% (42 of 90) to TOR's 49%, 10 of 35 from three, and went to the line 32 times to TOR's 15 — 28 points from the stripe to their 11. The glass went 47-34 for them. DeRozan led with 27 (11 of 21, 2 of 4 from three); Murray added 22, Fox 21. The hinge was Q4, 33-14: SAC came in trailing by 4 and left it ahead by 15. Sabonis was the night's best plus/minus at +16.
11/08 vs LAC 98-107 — SAC notes
SAC lost 98-107. SAC shot 47% (37 of 78) to LAC's 44%, 3 of 26 from three. SAC turned it over 13 times to LAC's 18. The glass went 35-48 against them. Fox led with 31 (12 of 20, 2 of 5 from three, 5 of 6 at the line); Sabonis added 23, Monk 17. Q3 was theirs, 28-27, the deficit cut from 6 to 5, but the other 3 periods went 80-70 against them. Murray's -16 in 39 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/10 @ PHX 127-118 — SAC notes
SAC won 127-118 in 1 overtime. SAC shot 49% (50 of 102) to PHX's 42%, 11 of 37 from three. DeRozan led with 34 (14 of 25, 5 of 6 at the line); Fox added 21, Sabonis 20. The hinge was OT1, 16-7: from level to 9 ahead. Sabonis was the night's best plus/minus at +11.
11/11 @ SAS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
San Antonio comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 112, shooting 48 percent and 35 from three, 18 free throws a game; Wembanyama at 18 and Johnson at 15 a game. Without Sochan (3 straight), Jones (9 straight). One day's rest. Sacramento comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 115, shooting 48 percent and 27 from three, 24 free throws a game; DeRozan at 27 and Fox at 25 a game. Second night of a back-to-back.
So: San Antonio wins, and the game turns on the arc, San Antonio at 35 percent from three to Sacramento's 27 and the line, where Sacramento takes 24 free throws a game to San Antonio's 18. Call it San Antonio 113, Sacramento 111, Sacramento keeping it close.
11/13 vs PHX — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Sacramento comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 112, shooting 47 percent and 27 from three, 20 free throws a game; Fox at 25 and DeRozan at 24 a game. One day's rest. Phoenix comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 116, shooting 48 percent and 38 from three, 20 free throws a game; Durant at 31 and Booker at 20 a game. Without Durant (2 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Sacramento wins, and the game turns on the arc, Phoenix at 38 percent from three to Sacramento's 27. Call it Sacramento 116, Phoenix 112, Phoenix keeping it close.
11/15 vs MIN — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Sacramento comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 110, shooting 50 percent and 30 from three, 20 free throws a game; Fox at 25 and DeRozan at 19 a game. Without Monk (2 straight). One day's rest. Minnesota comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 109, shooting 47 percent and 34 from three, 18 free throws a game; Edwards at 28 and Randle at 18 a game. That is 3 straight losses. One day's rest.
So: Sacramento wins, and the game turns on the turnovers, Minnesota giving it away 17 times a game to Sacramento's 13 and the arc, Minnesota at 34 percent from three to Sacramento's 30. Call it Sacramento 113, Minnesota 111, Minnesota keeping it close.
11/16 vs UTA — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Sacramento comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 115, shooting 50 percent and 31 from three, 18 free throws a game; Fox at 33 and Sabonis at 20 a game. Without Monk (3 straight). Second night of a back-to-back. Utah comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 118, shooting 49 percent and 39 from three, 23 free throws a game; Collins at 22 and Sexton at 18 a game. It has won the glass by 5 a night. Without Kessler (2 straight), Hendricks (8 straight), Mykhailiuk (5 straight). One day's rest.
So: Sacramento wins, and the game turns on the arc, Utah at 39 percent from three to Sacramento's 31 and the glass, where Utah has been plus-5 a night and Sacramento plus-1. Call it Sacramento 118, Utah 112.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
PHXBB B. Beal
DB D. Booker
GA G. Allen
JN J. Nurkić
JO J. Okogie
MP M. Plumlee
OI O. Ighodaro
RD R. Dunn
RO R. O'Neale
TJ T. Jones
SACDD D. DeRozan
DF D. Fox
DM D. McDermott
DS D. Sabonis
KE K. Ellis
KH K. Huerter
KM K. Murray
MM M. Monk
TL T. Lyles
PHX/SAC 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
DeRozan scores 34, Kings rally to win in OT 127-118, ending Suns' win streak at 7
PHOENIX -- — DeMar DeRozan scored the Kings’ first eight points in overtime and Sacramento snapped the Phoenix Suns’ winning streak at seven with a 127-118 win Sunday night.
The Suns played without Kevin Durant , who was injured Friday and will miss at least two weeks.
DeRozan finished with 34 points.
The Suns led through the fourth quarter until Keegan Murray tipped in his own missed shot with 3.9 seconds to play to give Sacramento a one-point lead. But Murray committed a foul on the Suns’ inbounds play, and Devin Booker made a free throw to tie the game at 111. Booker missed a shot from the corner that would have won it.
Domantas Sabonis recorded his ninth consecutive double-double for the Kings with 20 points and 12 rebounds before fouling out in overtime.
Murray had 14 points and 13 rebounds while De’Aaron Fox put up 21 points and 11 rebounds. Kevin Huerter , who also fouled out in the extra period, had 17 points for Sacramento.
Bradley Beal led Phoenix (8-2) with 28 points. Booker had 23 points and 12 assists, and Tyus Jones finished with 22 points.
Suns center Jusuf Nurkic was questionable for Sunday’s game with left ankle soreness. He started and played 15 minutes, grabbing seven rebounds before being ruled out at halftime.
Takeaways Kings: DeRozan scored 16 points in the fourth quarter to keep the Kings in the game.
Suns: Rookie Ryan Dunn , who started in place of Durant, averaged 16 minutes per game entering Sunday.
Key moment DeRozan scored on a three-point play to start the overtime period and the Kings never trailed after that.
Key stat Mason Plumlee , who played in Nurkic’s place, finished with six points, 11 rebounds and six assists.
Up next The Kings play at San Antonio on Monday. The Suns travel to play Utah on Tuesday for the In-Season tournament.