Game ID: 22401182
San Antonio Spurs @ Phoenix Suns
Friday, April 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM ET
PHX Arena, Phoenix, AZ
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
PHX 28 25 39 25 117SAS 33 14 17 34 98
PHX vs SAS ScoutingPHX vs SAS 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 4/04 · 2 days' restOUT Beal missed 8 since 3/17, returns tonight: 30 min (94% of 32)
BACK Allen back 3/24 after 6, 18 min since (75% of 24)
BACK Plumlee back 3/26 after 3, 11 min since (65% of 18)
BACK Morris back 3/26 after 3, 8 min since (62% of 13)
BACK Bol back 3/26 after 3, 8 min since (63% of 12)
NEW Gillespie 14 to 24 min over the last 5
PHX availability going into 4/06 · 1 day's restOUT Plumlee missed 2 since 4/01, out tonight
OUT Morris missed 2 since 4/01, out tonight
BACK Beal back 4/04 after 8, 30 min since (94% of 32)
BACK Bol back 3/26 after 3, 6 min since (47% of 12)
NEW Ighodaro 17 to 23 min over the last 5
NEW Gillespie 14 to 23 min over the last 5
PHX availability going into 4/08 · 1 day's restOUT Plumlee missed 3 since 4/01, returns tonight: 12 min (68% of 18)
OUT Morris missed 3 since 4/01, returns tonight: 7 min (53% of 13)
BACK Beal back 4/04 after 8, 32 min since (100% of 32)
NEW Dunn 19 to 25 min over the last 5
NEW Ighodaro 17 to 23 min over the last 5
NEW Gillespie 14 to 23 min over the last 5
PHX availability going into 4/09 · back-to-backOUT Bol missed 2 since 4/06, out tonight
BACK Beal back 4/04 after 8, 30 min since (94% of 32)
BACK Plumlee back 4/08 after 3, 12 min since (68% of 18)
BACK Morris back 4/08 after 3, 7 min since (53% of 13)
NEW Dunn 19 to 25 min over the last 5
NEW Ighodaro 17 to 23 min over the last 5
NEW Gillespie 14 to 23 min over the last 5
PHX availability going into 4/11 · 1 day's restOUT Bol missed 3 since 4/06, out tonight
BACK Beal back 4/04 after 8, 32 min since (101% of 32)
BACK Plumlee back 4/08 after 3, 18 min since (101% of 18)
BACK Morris back 4/08 after 3, 7 min since (53% of 13)
NEW Dunn 19 to 27 min over the last 5
NEW Ighodaro 17 to 24 min over the last 5
NEW Gillespie 14 to 23 min over the last 5
PHX availability going into 4/13 · 1 day's restOUT Morris missed 2 since 4/09, returns tonight: 21 min (165% of 13)
OUT Bol missed 4 since 4/06, returns tonight: 5 min (37% of 12)
BACK Beal back 4/04 after 8, 32 min since (98% of 32)
BACK Plumlee back 4/08 after 3, 17 min since (96% of 18)
NEW Dunn 19 to 29 min over the last 5
NEW Ighodaro 17 to 27 min over the last 5
NEW Gillespie 14 to 20 min over the last 5
SAS availability going into 4/04 · 1 day's restOUT Bassey missed 2 since 4/01, returns tonight: 3 min (29% of 10)
BACK Biyombo back 4/01 after 2, 28 min since (152% of 19)
NEW Wesley 12 to 19 min over the last 5
NEW Mamukelashvili 11 to 18 min over the last 5
SAS availability going into 4/06 · 1 day's restBACK Biyombo back 4/01 after 2, 28 min since (149% of 19)
BACK Bassey back 3/30 after 18, 6 min since (62% of 10)
NEW Wesley 12 to 20 min over the last 5
NEW Mamukelashvili 11 to 19 min over the last 5
SAS availability going into 4/08 · 1 day's restBACK Biyombo back 4/01 after 2, 26 min since (137% of 19)
BACK Bassey back 3/30 after 18, 6 min since (62% of 10)
NEW Wesley 12 to 18 min over the last 5
NEW Mamukelashvili 11 to 18 min over the last 5
SAS availability going into 4/09 · back-to-backOUT Bassey missed 2 since 4/06, out tonight
BACK Biyombo back 4/01 after 2, 25 min since (132% of 19)
NEW Castle 27 to 33 min over the last 5
NEW Wesley 12 to 17 min over the last 5
NEW Mamukelashvili 11 to 18 min over the last 5
SAS availability going into 4/11 · 1 day's restOUT Bassey missed 3 since 4/06, out tonight
NEW Barnes 27 to 32 min over the last 5
NEW Castle 27 to 33 min over the last 5
NEW Wesley 12 to 18 min over the last 5
NEW Mamukelashvili 11 to 19 min over the last 5
SAS availability going into 4/13 · 1 day's restOUT Bassey missed 4 since 4/06, out tonight
NEW Castle 27 to 32 min over the last 5
NEW Wesley 12 to 20 min over the last 5
NEW Mamukelashvili 11 to 19 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 0-5 over its last five, scoring 106 a night and allowing 125, shooting 44 percent and 30 from three, 17 free throws a game; Booker at 31 and Allen at 12 a game. That is 5 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 7 a night. One day's rest. San Antonio comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 113 a night and allowing 115, shooting 46 percent and 37 from three, 18 free throws a game; Barnes at 21 and Castle at 20 a game. It has lost the glass by 5 a night. One day's rest.
So: San Antonio wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, San Antonio allowing 115 a night to Phoenix's 125 and the arc, San Antonio at 37 percent from three to Phoenix's 30. Call it San Antonio 116, Phoenix 114, Phoenix keeping it close.
4/04 @ BOS 103-123 — PHX notes
PHX lost 103-123. PHX shot 44% (41 of 93) to BOS's 52%, 12 of 37 from three, and got to the line 11 times to BOS's 22. Booker led with 37 (15 of 29, 2 of 6 from three); Ighodaro added 12, O'Neale 12. Q3 was theirs, 28-30, but the other 3 periods went 93-75 against them. Beal's -23 in 30 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/06 @ NYK 98-112 — PHX notes
PHX lost 98-112. PHX took 18 more shots (92 to 74), fed by 15 offensive rebounds, but shot 42% to NYK's 54%, 4 of 34 from three. Booker led with 40 (16 of 29, 2 of 7 from three, 6 of 7 at the line); Beal added 16, Allen 15. Q4 was theirs, 28-25, the deficit cut from 17 to 14, but the other 3 periods went 87-70 against them. Beal's -12 in 34 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/08 vs GSW 95-133 — PHX notes
PHX lost 95-133. PHX shot 40% (35 of 88) to GSW's 48%, 12 of 43 from three, and got to the line 15 times to GSW's 34. The glass went 41-57 against them. Booker led with 21 (7 of 17, 0 of 5 from three, 7 of 7 at the line); Dunn added 12, Allen 12. Q4 was theirs, 34-38, but the other 3 periods went 95-61 against them. Booker's -32 in 30 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/09 vs OKC 112-125 — PHX notes
PHX lost 112-125. PHX shot 48% (42 of 87) to OKC's 52%, 15 of 42 from three, and got to the line 19 times to OKC's 27. Beal led with 25 (8 of 17, 4 of 8 from three); Booker added 20, Gillespie 17. Q1 was theirs, 39-29, but the other 3 periods went 96-73 against them. They led by as many as 15. Allen's -21 in 23 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/11 vs SAS 117-98 — PHX notes
PHX won 117-98. PHX shot 46% (44 of 95) to SAS's 43%, 19 of 47 from three. The glass went 52-40 for them. Dunn led with 26 (10 of 21, 4 of 11 from three); Beal added 21, Booker 18. The hinge was Q3, 39-17: a lead of 6 became 28, and the lead reached 31. Dunn was the night's best plus/minus at +34.
4/13 @ 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 118 a night and allowing 111, shooting 49 percent and 41 from three, 21 free throws a game; LaVine at 32 and DeRozan at 25 a game. One day's rest. Phoenix comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 105 a night and allowing 118, shooting 44 percent and 31 from three, 15 free throws a game; Booker at 27 and Beal at 14 a game. It has lost the glass by 5 a night. One day's rest.
So: Sacramento wins, and the game turns on the arc, Sacramento at 41 percent from three to Phoenix's 31 and the glass, where Sacramento has been plus-3 a night and Phoenix minus-5. Call it Sacramento 118, Phoenix 111.
4/04 vs CLE 113-114 — SAS notes
SAS lost 113-114. SAS shot 44% (41 of 94) to CLE's 47%, 16 of 48 from three. Vassell led with 24 (9 of 18, 6 of 10 from three); Barnes added 23, Castle 22. Q3 was theirs, 32-24, the deficit cut from 17 to 9, but the other 3 periods went 90-81 against them. Johnson's -14 in 24 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/06 @ POR 109-120 — SAS notes
SAS lost 109-120. SAS shot 43% (41 of 95) to POR's 47%, 11 of 34 from three, and got to the line 21 times to POR's 27. Castle led with 22 (7 of 17, 1 of 5 from three, 7 of 9 at the line); Vassell added 21, Barnes 17. Q2 was theirs, 27-21, the deficit cut from 15 to 9, but the other 3 periods went 99-82 against them. Champagnie's -21 in 20 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/08 @ LAC 117-122 — SAS notes
SAS lost 117-122. SAS shot 53% (45 of 85) to LAC's 52%, 17 of 42 from three. The glass went 34-50 against them. Barnes led with 24 (8 of 10, 6 of 8 from three); Castle added 19, Johnson 12. Q4 was theirs, 39-31, the deficit cut from 13 to 5, but the other 3 periods went 91-78 against them. Castle's -20 in 32 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/09 @ GSW 114-111 — SAS notes
SAS won 114-111. SAS shot 48% (39 of 81) to GSW's 42%, 18 of 46 from three, and got to the line 21 times to GSW's 28. Castle led with 21 (8 of 15, 1 of 5 from three, 4 of 7 at the line); Johnson added 21, Barnes 20. The hinge was Q4, 38-23: SAS came in trailing by 12 and left it ahead by 3. Johnson was the night's best plus/minus at +20.
4/11 @ PHX 98-117 — SAS notes
SAS lost 98-117. SAS shot 43% (39 of 90) to PHX's 46%, 13 of 34 from three. The glass went 40-52 against them. Champagnie led with 23 (8 of 16, 6 of 9 from three); Mamukelashvili added 19, Castle 16. Q4 was theirs, 34-25, the deficit cut from 28 to 19, but the other 3 periods went 92-64 against them. They led by as many as 10. Champagnie's -28 in 30 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/13 vs TOR — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
San Antonio comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 110 a night and allowing 117, shooting 46 percent and 37 from three, 17 free throws a game; Castle at 20 and Barnes at 17 a game. It has lost the glass by 6 a night. One day's rest. Toronto comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 112, shooting 45 percent and 34 from three, 15 free throws a game; Agbaji at 18 and Barnes at 16 a game. Without Castleton (9 straight), Walter (2 straight), Boucher (22 straight). One day's rest.
So: San Antonio wins, in a game with no one edge to lean on. Call it San Antonio 114, Toronto 113, Toronto keeping it close.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
PHXBB B. Beal
CG C. Gillespie
CM C. Martin
DB D. Booker
DL D. Lee
GA G. Allen
JB J. Bridges
MP M. Plumlee
OI O. Ighodaro
RD R. Dunn
RO R. O'Neale
TJ T. Jones
SASBB B. Biyombo
BW B. Wesley
CP C. Paul
DD D. Duke Jr.
HB H. Barnes
HI H. Ingram
JC J. Champagnie
JM J. McLaughlin
MB M. Branham
SC S. Castle
SM S. Mamukelashvili
PHX/SAS 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
Ryan Dunn scores 26, Suns end 8-game losing streak with 117-98 win over Spurs in home finale
PHOENIX -- — Ryan Dunn scored 26 points, Bradley Beal added 21 and the Phoenix Suns ended an eight-game losing streak with a 117-98 win over the San Antonio Spurs in their home finale on Friday night.
The Suns overcame a shaky start to lead by 28 after three quarters, allowing Beal and Devin Booker (18 points) to sit out the fourth quarter.
Julian Champagnie had 23 points and Sandro Mamukelashvili added 19 to lead the Spurs.
Phoenix was eliminated from playoff contention in a 125-112 loss to Oklahoma City on Wednesday, putting a sour note on a season that started with so much promise.
The Suns entered the home finale with eight straight losses by double digits and were missing two key players, Kevin Durant (ankle) and Nick Richards (elbow).
San Antonio took advantage early, hitting 5 of 9 from 3 in the first quarter and building a nine-point lead midway through the second.
The Suns reeled off a 21-3 run to lead 53-47 at halftime and kept it rolling to start the third quarter, building a 17-point lead in the first four minutes.
Phoenix pushed the lead to 92-64 by the end of the third quarter, giving them enough cushion to withstand a big Spurs run early in the fourth.
Takeaways Spurs: Champagnie gave San Antonio an early lift, but the Spurs had too many defensive breakdowns after the first quarter.
Suns: The fans at least had something to cheer about in the home finale in a season that was otherwise a disappointment.
Key moment The Spurs led 42-33, but hit two shots over the final 7:42 of the second quarter to see the game start getting away from them.
Key stat The Suns shot 19 of 47 from 3-point range.
Up next The Spurs close out the season at home against Toronto while the Suns play at Sacramento, both on Sunday.