Thunder Make 29 More Freebies To Storm Past Phoenix Suns in OT, 112-118
I have never, in all my years watching NBA basketball since the 80s, seen a younger team get SO MANY FOUL CALLS while shooting layups.
Phoenix
Suns
118
Phoenix
Suns
118
| Final - 3.6.2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT 1 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Suns | 28 | 33 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 118 |
| Oklahoma City Thunder | 25 | 32 | 29 | 23 | 13 | 122 |
Stories
CloseItOut GameThread: Suns At Thunder
Is it just me, or are the Thunder spending A LOT more time at the line than the Suns? Hmm?
Suns Try To Break Through Thunder, Brighten Phoenix's Forecast
Durant and Westbrook will get theirs, but everyone on the floor knows it. The Suns need to make these guys' points come with less efficiency than normal. 25 points is okay if it's on 25-30 shots.
The Phoenix Suns Defeat the Milwaukee Bucks, 102-88 Behind the Tigers Blood of Channing Frye and Mickael Pietrus
Come discuss the Suns victory over the Bucks at the Bright Side!
GameThreads
Thunder Fans GameThread on Welcome to Loud City
Suns Fans GameThread on Bright Side Of The Sun
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix | 28 | 33 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 118 |
| Oklahoma City | 25 | 32 | 29 | 23 | 13 | 122 |
| Phoenix | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Hill | 40 | 0-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5-0 | 0 |
| Channing Frye | 31 | 5-12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 15-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 11 |
| Robin Lopez | 10 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 7 |
| Vince Carter | 39 | 11-22 | 6-12 | 1-3 | 4-3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5-0 | 29 |
| Steve Nash | 39 | 5-11 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5-0 | 11 |
| Marcin Gortat | 38 | 9-18 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 8-1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3-0 | 20 |
| Mickael Pietrus | 20 | 8-13 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 20 |
| Jared Dudley | 23 | 4-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 10 |
| Aaron Brooks | 12 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 3-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 9 |
| Hakim Warrick | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 1 |
| Josh Childress | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Gani Lawal | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Garret Siler | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Zabian Dowdell | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 48-101 | 14-31 | 8-14 | 45-8 | 32 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 29-0 | 118 | |
| .475 | .452 | .571 | Team Reb: 10 | Total TO: 0 (8 pts) | |||||||
| Oklahoma City | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Durant | 44 | 3-14 | 1-3 | 11-12 | 8-0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3-0 | 18 |
| Serge Ibaka | 31 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 7-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1-0 | 15 |
| Nazr Mohammed | 16 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Thabo Sefolosha | 34 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 9-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3-0 | 8 |
| Russell Westbrook | 40 | 9-18 | 1-2 | 13-18 | 2-1 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5-0 | 32 |
| Nick Collison | 28 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 9-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 11 |
| James Harden | 36 | 8-12 | 2-4 | 8-9 | 6-1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 26 |
| Eric Maynor | 12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Daequan Cook | 18 | 3-9 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 8 |
| Royal Ivey | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Kendrick Perkins | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Nate Robinson | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Cole Aldrich | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Byron Mullens | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 39-80 | 7-19 | 37-47 | 49-6 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 21-2 | 122 | |
| .487 | .368 | .787 | Team Reb: 6 | Total TO: 0 (22 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Bill Kennedy, Brent Barnaky, David Jones
Duration:2:44
Officials: - Bill Kennedy, Brent Barnaky, David Jones
Duration:2:44
