Phoenix Suns Abused Bynum But Stifled By Walton; Breaking Down Late Loss To Lakers
A detailed look at how the Suns were out-scored 16-1 in the final six minutes of their loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.
| Final - 1.10.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Suns | 19 | 23 | 26 | 15 | 83 |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 25 | 21 | 27 | 26 | 99 |
A detailed look at how the Suns were out-scored 16-1 in the final six minutes of their loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.
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| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix | 19 | 23 | 26 | 15 | 83 |
| LA Lakers | 25 | 21 | 27 | 26 | 99 |
| Phoenix | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Hill | 32 | 1-12 | 0-3 | 3-4 | 6-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 5 |
| Channing Frye | 32 | 7-9 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 17 |
| Marcin Gortat | 35 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 12-4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 16 |
| Jared Dudley | 28 | 2-7 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 6 |
| Steve Nash | 34 | 6-11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 13 |
| Shannon Brown | 18 | 5-13 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 11 |
| Hakim Warrick | 15 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 8 |
| Markieff Morris | 15 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Ronnie Price | 13 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Robin Lopez | 12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Michael Redd | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Josh Childress | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Sebastian Telfair | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 34-80 | 7-20 | 8-12 | 35-9 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 16-2 | 83 | |
| .425 | .350 | .667 | Team Reb: 4 | Total TO: 0 (23 pts) | |||||||
| LA Lakers | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Barnes | 28 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 7-2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 4 |
| Pau Gasol | 38 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 12-4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1-0 | 16 |
| Andrew Bynum | 30 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 8-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1-0 | 12 |
| Kobe Bryant | 39 | 18-31 | 0-3 | 12-13 | 5-0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 48 |
| Derek Fisher | 19 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 5 |
| Steve Blake | 28 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 3 |
| Luke Walton | 26 | 3-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 8-5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4-0 | 6 |
| Metta World Peace | 19 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 7-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 5 |
| Andrew Goudelock | 8 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Devin Ebanks | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Troy Murphy | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Jason Kapono | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Josh McRoberts | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Derrick Caracter | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Darius Morris | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 39-80 | 2-17 | 19-23 | 49-14 | 27 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 18-0 | 99 | |
| .487 | .118 | .826 | Team Reb: 7 | Total TO: 1 (5 pts) | |||||||