Suns Vs. Clippers: Without Steve Nash And Grant Hill, Phoenix Shocks L.A.
With Steve Nash and Grant Hill given the night off, the Suns rallied from 12 down in the fourth quarter to beat the reeling Clippers.
| Final - 3.15.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Suns | 17 | 22 | 25 | 27 | 91 |
| Los Angeles Clippers | 29 | 18 | 28 | 12 | 87 |
With Steve Nash and Grant Hill given the night off, the Suns rallied from 12 down in the fourth quarter to beat the reeling Clippers.
The Clippers lost a 12 point fourth quarter lead and the game to a Phoenix team playing without Steve Nash and Grant Hill.
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| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix | 17 | 22 | 25 | 27 | 91 |
| LA Clippers | 29 | 18 | 28 | 12 | 87 |
| Phoenix | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jared Dudley | 41 | 3-10 | 1-4 | 4-4 | 6-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 11 |
| Channing Frye | 31 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 6-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3-0 | 12 |
| Marcin Gortat | 27 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 6-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 8 |
| Shannon Brown | 29 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 8-10 | 3-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 21 |
| Sebastian Telfair | 33 | 3-11 | 0-4 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4-1 | 7 |
| Markieff Morris | 15 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 6-1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0-0 | 10 |
| Michael Redd | 18 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 6 |
| Ronnie Price | 14 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 6 |
| Robin Lopez | 18 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 8 |
| Josh Childress | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Hakim Warrick | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Grant Hill | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Steve Nash | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 32-78 | 9-24 | 18-23 | 37-10 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 12-1 | 91 | |
| .410 | .375 | .783 | Team Reb: 14 | Total TO: 1 (16 pts) | |||||||
| LA Clippers | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caron Butler | 31 | 6-13 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 14 |
| Blake Griffin | 33 | 12-18 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 8-1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3-1 | 25 |
| DeAndre Jordan | 28 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 9-4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1-0 | 11 |
| Randy Foye | 14 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Chris Paul | 37 | 5-12 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 7-2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 10 |
| Reggie Evans | 15 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 5-3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 3 |
| Mo Williams | 34 | 4-14 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3-0 | 10 |
| Kenyon Martin | 17 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 10 |
| Bobby Simmons | 16 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Eric Bledsoe | 10 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Chauncey Billups | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Ryan Gomes | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Nick Young | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Travis Leslie | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Trey Thompkins | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 39-85 | 4-16 | 5-12 | 43-15 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 19-2 | 87 | |
| .459 | .250 | .417 | Team Reb: 10 | Total TO: 0 (7 pts) | |||||||