Spurs 101-88 Suns (22 Dec, 1996) Box Score

Phoenix Suns

8-17, 2-11 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	22	22	18	26	88
SA	21	26	33	21	101

San Antonio Spurs

6-17, 4-8 home

101

Phoenix Suns

starters
A.C. GreenA.C. Green
John Hotrod WilliamsJ. Williams
Wesley PersonW. Person
Michael FinleyM. Finley
Kevin JohnsonK. Johnson
bench
Robert HorryR. Horry
Mark BryantM. Bryant
Danny ManningD. Manning
Sam CassellS. Cassell
Steve NashS. Nash
Rex ChapmanR. Chapman
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
20	3-6	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	1	2	0	2	0	0	6
29	2-6	0-0	2-2	3	7	10	0	0	1	0	2	0	6
19	2-7	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5
28	5-11	0-2	1-1	3	3	6	6	0	0	1	2	0	11
32	6-11	0-0	1-2	0	5	5	6	1	1	1	3	0	13
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
24	3-8	1-5	0-0	0	3	3	1	2	1	3	2	0	7
15	3-6	0-0	2-3	2	4	6	1	0	0	1	4	0	8
27	6-10	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	2	1	0	2	3	0	12
19	4-8	1-3	2-2	0	2	2	1	1	0	1	2	0	11
12	2-4	1-2	2-4	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	7
15	1-4	0-1	0-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	2
	37-81	4-15	10-16	8	31	39	18	8	3	14	21		88
	45.7%	26.7%	62.5%

San Antonio Spurs

starters
Sean ElliottS. Elliott
Will PerdueW. Perdue
David RobinsonD. Robinson
Avery JohnsonA. Johnson
Vinny Del NegroV. Del Negro
bench
Stephen HowardS. Howard
Dominique WilkinsD. Wilkins
Monty WilliamsM. Williams
Greg AndersonG. Anderson
Cory AlexanderC. Alexander
Vernon MaxwellV. Maxwell
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
40	9-15	5-8	6-7	0	5	5	5	1	0	1	1	0	29
35	4-5	0-0	2-2	3	9	12	1	1	1	2	1	0	10
25	4-12	0-0	4-6	5	5	10	1	1	0	0	3	0	12
44	6-13	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	10	4	0	3	6	0	12
26	4-8	0-1	2-2	0	3	3	6	1	0	1	0	0	10
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	8-18	1-6	7-9	1	7	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	24
9	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	5	6	0	1	0	0	2	0	2
2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
22	1-8	0-4	0-0	1	1	2	4	0	0	2	1	0	2
	37-80	6-19	21-26	12	36	48	27	9	1	13	16		101
	46.3%	31.6%	80.8%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Spurs
76
Suns
93

Game 1

11/12

Suns
88
Spurs
101

Game 2

22/12

Spurs
106
Suns
113

Game 3

21/3

Suns
106
Spurs
95

Game 4

19/4

12:30 AM, 22 December 1996

Attendance: 16,053

Referees:
Gary Benson
Eddie F. Rush
Blane Reichelt

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	16	12	.571	-	W3
Golden State	15	12	.556	0.5	W1
LA Clippers	16	13	.552	0.5	L1
Phoenix	14	13	.519	1.5	L2
Sacramento	13	17	.433	4	L4

Team	W	L

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Series tied 1-1

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