Suns 154-130 Warriors (16 Mar, 2009) Play-by-Play

Phoenix Suns

36-31, 16-18 away

154

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	42	32	46	34	154
GS	36	36	25	33	130

Golden State Warriors

23-43, 17-16 home

130

Monta Ellis makes 20-foot two point shot (Ronny Turiaf assists)
Monta Ellis makes 2-foot two point shot (Stephen Jackson assists)
Ronny Turiaf misses 17-foot jumper
Stephen Jackson makes driving layup (Ronny Turiaf assists)
Jamal Crawford misses 27-foot three point jumper
Brandan Wright misses 15-foot two point shot
Ronny Turiaf makes two point shot (Stephen Jackson assists)
Monta Ellis makes 21-foot two point shot
Monta Ellis makes 20-foot jumper
Jamal Crawford makes 25-foot three pointer (Stephen Jackson assists)
Brandan Wright misses 9-foot jumper
Stephen Jackson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Monta Ellis misses 20-foot jumper
Jamal Crawford makes 17-foot two point shot (Stephen Jackson assists)
Jamal Crawford misses 4-foot jumper
Monta Ellis makes driving layup (Jamal Crawford assists)
Anthony Randolph makes slam dunk (Brandan Wright assists)
Monta Ellis misses 13-foot jumper
Matt Barnes blocks Anthony Randolph's layup
Stephen Jackson makes 28-foot three pointer (Anthony Randolph assists)
Anthony Randolph makes layup
Ronny Turiaf makes driving layup (Stephen Jackson assists)
Monta Ellis makes driving layup
Jamal Crawford makes 26-foot three point jumper (Stephen Jackson assists)
Corey Maggette misses 20-foot jumper
Anthony Randolph misses 6-foot two point shot
Corey Maggette misses 57-foot three point jumper
Corey Maggette makes slam dunk (Stephen Jackson assists)
Ronny Turiaf misses 13-foot jumper
Ronny Turiaf makes driving layup (Stephen Jackson assists)
Monta Ellis makes 3-foot two point shot
Corey Maggette makes 2-foot two point shot (Stephen Jackson assists)
Stephen Jackson misses 11-foot jumper
Monta Ellis misses 18-foot jumper
Shaquille O'Neal blocks Brandan Wright's 4-foot jumper
Brandan Wright makes 3-foot two point shot
Corey Maggette misses 18-foot jumper
Anthony Morrow misses 12-foot two point shot
Monta Ellis makes 16-foot jumper
Ronny Turiaf misses layup
Anthony Morrow makes 16-foot two point shot
Kelenna Azubuike makes 1-foot two point shot (Ronny Turiaf assists)
Anthony Morrow misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jamal Crawford misses 26-foot three point jumper
Corey Maggette misses 23-foot three point jumper
Anthony Morrow makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal Crawford assists)
Jermareo Davidson makes jumper (Corey Maggette assists)
Kelenna Azubuike makes driving layup
Jamal Crawford misses 50-foot three point jumper
Kelenna Azubuike makes 17-foot two point shot
Monta Ellis makes 6-foot running jumper
Ronny Turiaf makes two point shot (Monta Ellis assists)
Kelenna Azubuike misses three point jumper
Monta Ellis makes 9-foot running jumper (Jermareo Davidson assists)
Monta Ellis makes 3-foot two point shot
Stephen Jackson misses 28-foot three point jumper
Stephen Jackson makes layup
Kelenna Azubuike misses two point shot
Monta Ellis misses 28-foot three point jumper
Louis Amundson blocks Stephen Jackson's 4-foot jumper
Jamal Crawford misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kelenna Azubuike misses 26-foot three point jumper
Louis Amundson blocks Monta Ellis's 4-foot jumper
Kelenna Azubuike makes driving layup (Monta Ellis assists)
Kelenna Azubuike makes 11-foot two point shot (Jamal Crawford assists)
Monta Ellis misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jamal Crawford makes 25-foot three pointer (Corey Maggette assists)
Jamal Crawford misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jamal Crawford misses 8-foot jumper
Corey Maggette makes jumper (Anthony Randolph assists)
Jamal Crawford misses three pointer
Monta Ellis misses 18-foot jumper
Kelenna Azubuike misses 15-foot jumper
Anthony Morrow makes two point shot
Corey Maggette makes three pointer (Monta Ellis assists)
Monta Ellis makes 19-foot two point shot
Anthony Morrow misses 21-foot two point shot
Ronny Turiaf makes slam dunk
Anthony Morrow misses jumper
Anthony Morrow makes layup (Corey Maggette assists)
Anthony Randolph misses 6-foot jumper
Anthony Morrow misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jamal Crawford makes 28-foot three pointer
Jermareo Davidson misses 8-foot jumper
Rob Kurz misses 16-foot jumper
Jermareo Davidson misses 8-foot jumper
Jermareo Davidson makes layup (C.J. Watson assists)
Anthony Randolph makes driving layup
Jermareo Davidson misses 18-foot jumper
C.J. Watson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Anthony Morrow misses three point jumper
Steve Nash misses layup
Jason Richardson misses 13-foot jumper
Steve Nash makes 14-foot two point shot
Matt Barnes makes driving layup (Jason Richardson assists)
Shaquille O'Neal makes layup (Steve Nash assists)
Steve Nash makes 9-foot two point shot
Jason Richardson makes 26-foot three point jumper
Shaquille O'Neal makes two point shot (Matt Barnes assists)
Shaquille O'Neal makes layup (Matt Barnes assists)
Jason Richardson makes 9-foot two point shot
Jason Richardson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Anthony Randolph blocks Jason Richardson's 6-foot jumper
Matt Barnes misses 26-foot three point jumper
Grant Hill misses 6-foot jumper
Brandan Wright blocks Louis Amundson's 3-foot jumper
Matt Barnes misses layup
Shaquille O'Neal makes 9-foot two point shot (Grant Hill assists)
Matt Barnes makes slam dunk (Steve Nash assists)
Shaquille O'Neal misses 6-foot jumper
Matt Barnes makes tip shot
Matt Barnes makes 1-foot two point shot
Leandro Barbosa misses 9-foot jumper
Louis Amundson makes tip shot
Jason Richardson makes driving layup (Matt Barnes assists)
Matt Barnes makes driving layup
Louis Amundson makes 6-foot two point shot (Matt Barnes assists)
Jason Richardson makes slam dunk (Louis Amundson assists)
Monta Ellis blocks Leandro Barbosa's 18-foot jumper
Monta Ellis blocks Leandro Barbosa's layup
Louis Amundson makes layup (Grant Hill assists)
Goran Dragic makes layup (Leandro Barbosa assists)
Goran Dragic misses 18-foot jumper
Jared Dudley makes tip shot
Leandro Barbosa makes 18-foot jumper (Grant Hill assists)
Leandro Barbosa makes driving layup (Grant Hill assists)
Goran Dragic misses layup
Grant Hill makes driving layup
Leandro Barbosa makes 3-foot two point shot (Grant Hill assists)
Louis Amundson misses layup
Leandro Barbosa misses 4-foot jumper
Shaquille O'Neal makes slam dunk (Matt Barnes assists)
Steve Nash makes 26-foot three pointer
Steve Nash misses 29-foot three point jumper
Shaquille O'Neal makes layup (Steve Nash assists)
Shaquille O'Neal makes two point shot (Matt Barnes assists)
Jason Richardson misses layup
Shaquille O'Neal misses 8-foot running jumper
Matt Barnes misses 10-foot two point shot
Shaquille O'Neal makes driving layup (Matt Barnes assists)
Steve Nash misses two point shot
Steve Nash misses 26-foot three point jumper
Grant Hill makes 2-foot two point shot (Steve Nash assists)
Kelenna Azubuike blocks Matt Barnes's jumper
Matt Barnes misses 8-foot two point shot
Shaquille O'Neal makes slam dunk (Matt Barnes assists)
Matt Barnes misses three point jumper
Jason Richardson makes 26-foot three pointer (Steve Nash assists)
Matt Barnes makes driving layup (Steve Nash assists)
Jason Richardson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jason Richardson makes 24-foot three pointer (Steve Nash assists)
Shaquille O'Neal makes two point shot (Matt Barnes assists)
Steve Nash makes running jumper
Jason Richardson makes driving layup (Shaquille O'Neal assists)
Jason Richardson makes two point shot (Steve Nash assists)
Leandro Barbosa makes driving layup (Matt Barnes assists)
Leandro Barbosa makes 6-foot two point shot
Jason Richardson makes 2-foot two point shot (Matt Barnes assists)
Leandro Barbosa misses three point jumper
Louis Amundson misses tip shot
Louis Amundson makes two point shot
Matt Barnes makes driving layup (Leandro Barbosa assists)
Leandro Barbosa misses three point jumper
Leandro Barbosa makes 28-foot three pointer (Grant Hill assists)
Jason Richardson makes 16-foot two point shot
Matt Barnes makes 8-foot two point shot (Alando Tucker assists)
Leandro Barbosa misses 74-foot three point jumper
Grant Hill makes two point shot (Leandro Barbosa assists)
Leandro Barbosa misses 27-foot three point jumper
Leandro Barbosa makes 17-foot two point shot
Shaquille O'Neal makes driving layup (Leandro Barbosa assists)
Goran Dragic makes 27-foot three pointer (Grant Hill assists)
Goran Dragic misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jared Dudley makes 15-foot two point shot (Shaquille O'Neal assists)
Jared Dudley makes driving layup (Goran Dragic assists)
Stromile Swift misses 13-foot jumper
Alando Tucker misses 26-foot three point jumper
Alando Tucker makes 9-foot two point shot
Jared Dudley makes 27-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Goran Dragic makes 18-foot two point shot (Jared Dudley assists)
Goran Dragic makes 16-foot jumper
Stromile Swift misses layup
Robin Lopez makes tip shot
Alando Tucker makes driving layup (Goran Dragic assists)
Goran Dragic misses 17-foot jumper
Rob Kurz blocks Robin Lopez's two point shot

SUNS

WARRIORS

TIME		PHX	GS
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Shaquille O'Neal vs. Brandan Wright (Golden State gains possession)	0	0
12:00	Shaquille O'Neal lane violation	0	0
11:52	Monta Ellis makes 20-foot two point shot (Ronny Turiaf assists)	0	2
11:37	Steve Nash misses layup	0	2
11:36	Ronny Turiaf defensive rebound	0	2
11:30	Monta Ellis makes 2-foot two point shot (Stephen Jackson assists)	0	4
11:18	Jason Richardson misses 13-foot jumper	0	4
11:15	Ronny Turiaf defensive rebound	0	4
11:07	Ronny Turiaf misses 17-foot jumper	0	4
11:07	Matt Barnes defensive rebound	0	4
11:00	Ronny Turiaf shooting foul (Shaquille O'Neal draws the foul)	0	4
11:00	Shaquille O'Neal misses free throw 1 of 2	0	4
11:00	Phoenix offensive rebound	0	4
11:00	Shaquille O'Neal makes free throw 2 of 2	1	4
10:52	Stephen Jackson makes driving layup (Ronny Turiaf assists)	1	6
10:44	Steve Nash makes 14-foot two point shot	3	6
10:26	Jamal Crawford misses 27-foot three point jumper	3	6
10:26	Jason Richardson defensive rebound	3	6
10:22	Matt Barnes makes driving layup (Jason Richardson assists)	5	6
10:11	Brandan Wright misses 15-foot two point shot	5	6
10:11	Steve Nash defensive rebound	5	6
9:56	Shaquille O'Neal makes layup (Steve Nash assists)	7	6
9:42	Ronny Turiaf makes two point shot (Stephen Jackson assists)	7	8
9:30	Steve Nash makes 9-foot two point shot	9	8
9:22	Monta Ellis makes 21-foot two point shot	9	10
9:11	Steve Nash bad pass (Brandan Wright steals)	9	10
9:04	Monta Ellis makes 20-foot jumper	9	12
8:55	Jason Richardson makes 26-foot three point jumper	12	12
8:38	Jamal Crawford makes 25-foot three pointer (Stephen Jackson assists)	12	15
8:38	Jason Richardson shooting foul (Jamal Crawford draws the foul)	12	15
8:38	Jamal Crawford makes free throw 1 of 1	12	16
8:19	Shaquille O'Neal makes two point shot (Matt Barnes assists)	14	16
8:04	Brandan Wright misses 9-foot jumper	14	16
8:03	Stephen Jackson offensive rebound	14	16
8:03	Grant Hill personal foul (Stephen Jackson draws the foul)	14	16
7:52	Stephen Jackson misses 26-foot three point jumper	14	16
7:50	Matt Barnes defensive rebound	14	16
7:39	Shaquille O'Neal makes layup (Matt Barnes assists)	16	16
7:33	Brandan Wright bad pass	16	16
7:33	Anthony Randolph enters the game for Ronny Turiaf	16	16
7:33	Louis Amundson enters the game for Shaquille O'Neal	16	16
7:28	Jason Richardson makes 9-foot two point shot	18	16
7:16	Monta Ellis misses 20-foot jumper	18	16
7:16	Steve Nash defensive rebound	18	16
7:09	Jason Richardson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Steve Nash assists)	21	16
6:56	Jamal Crawford makes 17-foot two point shot (Stephen Jackson assists)	21	18
6:37	Anthony Randolph blocks Jason Richardson's 6-foot jumper	21	18
6:35	Steve Nash offensive rebound	21	18
6:33	Matt Barnes misses 26-foot three point jumper	21	18
6:31	Anthony Randolph defensive rebound	21	18
6:18	Jamal Crawford misses 4-foot jumper	21	18
6:16	Steve Nash defensive rebound	21	18
6:11	Grant Hill misses 6-foot jumper	21	18
6:09	Brandan Wright defensive rebound	21	18
6:05	Monta Ellis makes driving layup (Jamal Crawford assists)	21	20
6:01	Jason Richardson bad pass (Brandan Wright steals)	21	20
5:56	Anthony Randolph makes slam dunk (Brandan Wright assists)	21	22
5:37	Brandan Wright blocks Louis Amundson's 3-foot jumper	21	22
5:35	Steve Nash offensive rebound	21	22
5:35	Matt Barnes misses layup	21	22
5:30	Jamal Crawford defensive rebound	21	22
5:26	Monta Ellis misses 13-foot jumper	21	22
5:26	Anthony Randolph offensive rebound	21	22
5:26	Matt Barnes blocks Anthony Randolph's layup	21	22
5:26	Anthony Randolph offensive rebound	21	22
5:26	Golden State full timeout	21	22
5:26	Shaquille O'Neal enters the game for Louis Amundson	21	22
5:26	Ronny Turiaf enters the game for Brandan Wright	21	22
5:26	Jumpball: Matt Barnes vs. Anthony Randolph (Anthony Randolph gains possession)	21	22
5:13	Stephen Jackson makes 28-foot three pointer (Anthony Randolph assists)	21	25
4:54	Shaquille O'Neal makes 9-foot two point shot (Grant Hill assists)	23	25
4:37	Steve Nash shooting foul (Anthony Randolph draws the foul)	23	25
4:37	Anthony Randolph misses free throw 1 of 2	23	25
4:37	Golden State offensive rebound	23	25
4:37	Anthony Randolph misses free throw 2 of 2	23	25
4:37	Anthony Randolph offensive rebound	23	25
4:35	Anthony Randolph makes layup	23	27
4:20	Matt Barnes makes slam dunk (Steve Nash assists)	25	27
4:11	Ronny Turiaf makes driving layup (Stephen Jackson assists)	25	29
3:54	Shaquille O'Neal misses 6-foot jumper	25	29
3:53	Matt Barnes offensive rebound	27	29
3:53	Matt Barnes makes tip shot	27	29
3:39	Monta Ellis makes driving layup	27	31
3:27	Monta Ellis shooting foul (Steve Nash draws the foul)	27	31
3:27	Steve Nash makes free throw 1 of 2	28	31
3:27	Jared Dudley enters the game for Grant Hill	28	31
3:27	Steve Nash makes free throw 2 of 2	29	31
3:10	Jared Dudley personal foul (Stephen Jackson draws the foul)	29	31
3:10	Leandro Barbosa enters the game for Steve Nash	29	31
3:04	Monta Ellis bad pass (Matt Barnes steals)	29	31
3:00	Matt Barnes makes 1-foot two point shot	31	31
2:47	Ronny Turiaf offensive foul (Jason Richardson draws the foul)	31	31
2:47	Ronny Turiaf turnover	31	31
2:47	Phoenix full timeout	31	31
2:47	Jermareo Davidson enters the game for Ronny Turiaf	31	31
2:47	Louis Amundson enters the game for Shaquille O'Neal	31	31
2:40	Louis Amundson offensive goaltending	31	31
2:27	Corey Maggette enters the game for Jermareo Davidson	31	31
2:17	Stephen Jackson bad pass (Jared Dudley steals)	31	31
2:12	Leandro Barbosa misses 9-foot jumper	31	31
2:11	Louis Amundson offensive rebound	33	31
2:11	Louis Amundson makes tip shot	33	31
1:57	Jamal Crawford makes 26-foot three point jumper (Stephen Jackson assists)	33	34
1:54	Jason Richardson makes driving layup (Matt Barnes assists)	35	34
1:54	Stephen Jackson shooting foul (Jason Richardson draws the foul)	35	34
1:54	Jason Richardson makes free throw 1 of 1	36	34
1:37	Corey Maggette misses 20-foot jumper	36	34
1:35	Louis Amundson defensive rebound	36	34
1:29	Matt Barnes makes driving layup	38	34
1:09	Louis Amundson shooting foul (Stephen Jackson draws the foul)	38	34
1:09	Stephen Jackson makes free throw 1 of 2	38	35
1:09	Stephen Jackson makes free throw 2 of 2	38	36
59.9	Jared Dudley bad pass (Stephen Jackson steals)	38	36
46.9	Anthony Randolph misses 6-foot two point shot	38	36
44.9	Jared Dudley defensive rebound	38	36
28.3	Louis Amundson makes 6-foot two point shot (Matt Barnes assists)	40	36
5.9	Stephen Jackson lost ball (Louis Amundson steals)	40	36
1.7	Jason Richardson makes slam dunk (Louis Amundson assists)	42	36
0.4	Corey Maggette misses 57-foot three point jumper	42	36
0.0	Golden State offensive rebound	42	36
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	42	36

Regular Season Series

PHX leads 2-1

Suns
112
Warriors
124

Game 1

5/2

Warriors
105
Suns
115

Game 2

7/2

Suns
154
Warriors
130

Game 3

16/3

Warriors
113
Suns
117

Game 4

16/4

Oracle Arena

1:00 AM, 16 March 2009

Oakland, CA

Attendance: 19,596

Referees:
Mike Callahan
Tony Brothers
Phil Robinson

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Clippers	51	31	.622	-	L3
Phoenix	49	33	.598	2	W3
LA Lakers	47	35	.573	4	W2
Sacramento	46	36	.561	5	W1
Golden State	46	36	.561	5	W1

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