New York Knicks @ Phoenix Suns

13-19, 5-9 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Knicks NY	14	25	28	19	86
Suns PHX	34	22	25	27	108

Phoenix SunsSunsPHX

20-8, 12-3 Home

108

20-8, 12-3 Home

New York Knicks

starters
Jared JeffriesJ. Jeffries
Channing FryeC. Frye
Stephon MarburyS. Marbury
Jamal CrawfordJ. Crawford
Eddy CurryE. Curry
bench
Malik RoseM. Rose
David LeeD. Lee
Quentin RichardsonQ. Richardson
Renaldo BalkmanR. Balkman
Kelvin CatoK. Cato
Steve FrancisS. Francis
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
31	8	3-11	0-1	2-2	11	1	2	1	0	7	4	2	0
34	12	6-16	0-0	0-0	6	1	2	0	0	2	4	2	0
38	14	5-17	1-5	3-4	1	4	4	0	0	0	1	4	0
39	21	9-20	2-7	1-2	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	2	0
35	19	7-11	0-0	5-8	10	0	3	1	2	3	7	2	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
7	4	1-2	0-0	2-2	5	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0
30	4	2-6	0-0	0-0	14	2	2	2	1	4	10	1	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	4	1-4	0-0	2-2	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	0	0-4	0-0	0-1	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
	86	34-91	3-13	15-21	52	11	18	6	3	20	32	18
		37%	23%	71%

Phoenix Suns

starters
Amar'e StoudemireA. Stoudemire
Boris DiawB. Diaw
Steve NashS. Nash
Raja BellR. Bell
Shawn MarionS. Marion
bench
Sean MarksS. Marks
Kurt ThomasK. Thomas
Jumaine JonesJ. Jones
Pat BurkeP. Burke
Marcus BanksM. Banks
Eric PiatkowskiE. Piatkowski
James JonesJ. Jones
Leandro BarbosaL. Barbosa
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
32	11	5-9	0-0	1-1	11	1	1	0	3	3	8	4	0
30	8	4-11	0-2	0-0	3	4	2	0	0	2	1	1	0
35	20	7-12	5-7	1-1	1	9	6	0	0	0	1	2	0
41	20	7-14	4-8	2-2	4	4	0	2	1	1	3	2	0
36	14	6-11	0-2	2-3	6	3	1	2	1	1	5	2	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	12	5-9	0-0	2-2	9	1	0	0	1	3	6	3	0
15	3	1-5	1-3	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0
2	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	4	2-3	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
25	16	6-11	2-4	2-2	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0
	108	43-87	12-28	10-11	38	25	11	4	9	11	27	17
		49%	43%	91%

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

Matchups

PHX leads season

1-0

PHX

Game 1@ PHX

Final

108

107

Game 2@ NY

Final

112

Game Information

Phoenix, AZ

Referee:Ken Mauer

Referee:James Capers

Referee:Ed Malloy

Eastern Conference

Atlantic	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	55	26	.679	-	W1
New York	53	28	.654	2	W5
Toronto	45	36	.556	10	L1
Philadelphia	44	37	.543	11	W1
Brooklyn	20	61	.247	35	L2

Western Conference

Pacific	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	52	29	.642	-	W2
Phoenix	44	37	.543	8	L1
LA Clippers	41	40	.506	11	L2
Golden State	37	44	.457	15	L2
Sacramento	22	59	.272	30	W1

NBA News

Lakers, needing backcourt help, sign Nick Smith Jr. to new deal

With Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves sidelined by injury, the Lakers are signing two-way guard Nick Smith Jr. to a new two-year contract, his agent told ESPN.

Sources: Kings to retain coach Doug Christie for next season

The Kings are retaining coach Doug Christie for next season, team sources told ESPN.

Tim Legler: The Wembanyama era begins now with Spurs as a title threat

Tim Legler discusses why the Spurs are poised to make a deep playoff run and potentially win a championship.

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