By the numbers: Wildest stats from Mavs' Game 7 blowout over Suns
This probably wasn't the result anyone expected.
The Mavericks blew away the top-seeded Phoenix Suns on their own court Sunday to win Game 7, sending Dallas to the Western Conference finals and knocking out last year's runner-up in the process.
The lopsided result produced plenty of wild stats and numbers that deserve a closer look.
5 - It's now the fifth time Suns star Chris Paul has lost a series after going up 2-0, which includes last year's Finals collapse to the Milwaukee Bucks. He's the only player with that dubious distinction in NBA history.
17 - Deandre Ayton played just 17 minutes in Sunday's Game 7, his lowest in the playoffs over 35 career games. When asked why the center featured so sparingly - including zero minutes in the fourth quarter - Suns head coach Monty Williams only said "It's internal," per Sports Illustrated's Rohan Nadkarni.
27 - A combination of Phoenix being so out of sorts and Luka Doncic coming out firing early delivered a mystifying phenomenon at the half - the Slovenian superstar matched the entire Suns team with 27 total points.
33 - Dallas' 33-point shellacking is now tied for the fifth-largest margin of victory ever in a Game 7, courtesy of Stathead:
| Date | Winner | Loser | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7 2005 | Mavericks | Rockets | 40 |
| April 6 1948 | Warriors | Bombers | 39 |
| April 9 1970 | Lakers | Suns | 35 |
| May 4 2008 | Celtics | Hawks | 34 |
| May 1 2016 | Heat | Hornets | 33 |
| May 15 2022 | Mavericks | Suns | 33 |
38, 9.3, 8.8 - Doncic hits another level in elimination games, averaging 38 points, 9.3 rebounds, and 8.8 assists in the four must-win matchups throughout his young career. In those contests, he scored 38, 46, 33, and, now, 35 points.
89 - Doncic, Spencer Dinwiddie, and Jalen Brunson nearly outscored the entire Suns team themselves with their combined 89 points.
Luka Dončić (35), Spencer Dinwiddie (30) and Jalen Brunson (24) combined for 89 points in the Mavericks’ Game 7 win tonight.
— Mavs PR (@MavsPR) May 16, 2022
Phoenix combined for 90 as a team. pic.twitter.com/fwUTYdGMT6
+164/-180 - The accumulated plus-minus numbers for the Mavericks' and Suns' starters, respectively, illustrate just how one-sided this game was. Reggie Bullock was a team-high plus-44 for Dallas in 32 minutes, while Devin Booker's minus-41 was the worst mark for Phoenix.
$571,427 - Dinwiddie had a little extra incentive to win Game 7, securing more than a half-million bonus for reaching the conference finals, according to basketball insider Marc Stein.