Winning Time: Suns Vs. Clippers
A picture-book style breakdown of the final two minutes in the Suns 93-90 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers.
| Final - 4.19.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Clippers | 29 | 16 | 26 | 19 | 90 |
| Phoenix Suns | 27 | 19 | 23 | 24 | 93 |
A picture-book style breakdown of the final two minutes in the Suns 93-90 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers.
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| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Clippers | 29 | 16 | 26 | 19 | 90 |
| Phoenix | 27 | 19 | 23 | 24 | 93 |
| LA Clippers | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caron Butler | 30 | 8-13 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 17 |
| Blake Griffin | 37 | 7-17 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 11-5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2-0 | 16 |
| DeAndre Jordan | 22 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1-1 | 6 |
| Randy Foye | 28 | 4-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 11 |
| Chris Paul | 36 | 6-19 | 0-2 | 7-7 | 2-0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 19 |
| Kenyon Martin | 26 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 7-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3-0 | 8 |
| Nick Young | 17 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 5 |
| Mo Williams | 19 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0-1 | 4 |
| Eric Bledsoe | 11 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 5-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 4 |
| Bobby Simmons | 9 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 0 |
| Chauncey Billups | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Reggie Evans | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Ryan Gomes | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Travis Leslie | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Trey Thompkins | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 37-83 | 5-16 | 11-17 | 42-12 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 18-3 | 90 | |
| .446 | .313 | .647 | Team Reb: 9 | Total TO: 3 (24 pts) | |||||||
| Phoenix | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jared Dudley | 39 | 7-14 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-1 | 18 |
| Channing Frye | 31 | 5-10 | 2-6 | 4-4 | 5-1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 16 |
| Marcin Gortat | 36 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 14-5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 14 |
| Shannon Brown | 30 | 4-12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 8 |
| Steve Nash | 33 | 4-6 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 2-0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | 13 |
| Markieff Morris | 16 | 2-9 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 7-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 5 |
| Michael Redd | 12 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Sebastian Telfair | 16 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 6-6 | 2-1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4-0 | 13 |
| Josh Childress | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Robin Lopez | 11 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 5 |
| Grant Hill | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Hakim Warrick | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Ronnie Price | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 33-74 | 9-24 | 18-24 | 41-11 | 22 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 15-1 | 93 | |
| .446 | .375 | .750 | Team Reb: 7 | Total TO: 1 (9 pts) | |||||||