Timberwolves Vs. Suns: Steve Nash Wins Battle Of Cuddly Point Guards
The legend defeated the prodigy in the first Battle of the Floppy-Haired Pure Point Guards as the Steve Nash led the Suns to victory over the Timberwolves.
| Final - 3.1.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 23 | 28 | 23 | 21 | 95 |
| Phoenix Suns | 22 | 24 | 31 | 27 | 104 |
The legend defeated the prodigy in the first Battle of the Floppy-Haired Pure Point Guards as the Steve Nash led the Suns to victory over the Timberwolves.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 23 | 28 | 23 | 21 | 95 |
| Phoenix | 22 | 24 | 31 | 27 | 104 |
| Minnesota | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Johnson | 27 | 6-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1-0 | 12 |
| Kevin Love | 40 | 8-25 | 1-5 | 6-6 | 10-4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5-0 | 23 |
| Nikola Pekovic | 37 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 9-6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3-0 | 14 |
| Luke Ridnour | 42 | 5-9 | 0-1 | 5-5 | 2-1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 15 |
| Ricky Rubio | 31 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 7-7 | 2-1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 13 |
| Martell Webster | 23 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 3-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 9 |
| Derrick Williams | 18 | 2-10 | 0-2 | 2-6 | 3-2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1-0 | 6 |
| Michael Beasley | 19 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3-0 | 3 |
| Darko Milicic | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Brad Miller | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| J.J. Barea | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Anthony Tolliver | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Anthony Randolph | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Wayne Ellington | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Malcolm Lee | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 34-86 | 1-13 | 26-32 | 37-16 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 20-0 | 95 | |
| .395 | .077 | .813 | Team Reb: 10 | Total TO: 1 (13 pts) | |||||||
| Phoenix | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Hill | 37 | 8-12 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 5-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 20 |
| Channing Frye | 22 | 5-10 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 5-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4-0 | 14 |
| Marcin Gortat | 34 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 6-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2-0 | 17 |
| Jared Dudley | 34 | 6-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 7-1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 12 |
| Steve Nash | 33 | 6-13 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 8-0 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3-0 | 13 |
| Markieff Morris | 17 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5-0 | 4 |
| Shannon Brown | 24 | 6-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 12 |
| Sebastian Telfair | 14 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 3-1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 5 |
| Hakim Warrick | 8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Robin Lopez | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 6-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4-0 | 4 |
| Michael Redd | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Josh Childress | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Ronnie Price | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 42-79 | 3-8 | 17-21 | 44-11 | 27 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 27-1 | 104 | |
| .532 | .375 | .810 | Team Reb: 8 | Total TO: 1 (12 pts) | |||||||