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Phoenix
Suns
89
Phoenix
Suns
89
| Final - 1.2.2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Suns | 27 | 21 | 25 | 16 | 89 |
| Sacramento Kings | 17 | 22 | 26 | 29 | 94 |
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix | 27 | 21 | 25 | 16 | 89 |
| Sacramento | 17 | 22 | 26 | 29 | 94 |
| Phoenix | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Hill | 29 | 4-12 | 1-2 | 4-4 | 6-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 13 |
| Mickael Pietrus | 35 | 3-12 | 1-9 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-0 | 7 |
| Robin Lopez | 12 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 4 |
| Vince Carter | 31 | 7-17 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5-0 | 17 |
| Steve Nash | 36 | 8-8 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 4-2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 20 |
| Jared Dudley | 20 | 2-9 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 6 |
| Marcin Gortat | 35 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 4-7 | 6-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3-0 | 16 |
| Channing Frye | 18 | 1-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 2 |
| Josh Childress | 8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Goran Dragic | 11 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Hakim Warrick | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Gani Lawal | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Garret Siler | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 35-87 | 7-27 | 12-15 | 32-9 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 25-0 | 89 | |
| .402 | .259 | .800 | Team Reb: 10 | Total TO: 1 (14 pts) | |||||||
| Sacramento | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco Garcia | 40 | 8-16 | 0-4 | 4-6 | 11-4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3-0 | 20 |
| Jason Thompson | 23 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 6-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3-1 | 11 |
| DeMarcus Cousins | 34 | 11-17 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 8-3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5-0 | 28 |
| Tyreke Evans | 38 | 2-12 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 4-0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2-0 | 6 |
| Beno Udrih | 15 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4-0 | 0 |
| Samuel Dalembert | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Omri Casspi | 33 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 10-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 14 |
| Carl Landry | 33 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 12-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 11 |
| Donte Greene | 3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Eugene Jeter | 12 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Luther Head | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Darnell Jackson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Hassan Whiteside | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Jermaine Taylor | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 34-84 | 4-12 | 22-27 | 60-18 | 21 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 19-1 | 94 | |
| .405 | .333 | .815 | Team Reb: 8 | Total TO: 0 (4 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Ed Malloy, Nick Buchert, Zach Zarba
Duration:2:15
Officials: - Ed Malloy, Nick Buchert, Zach Zarba
Duration:2:15
