Suns 97-96 Bulls (3 Jan, 2007) Box Score

Phoenix Suns

22-8, 10-5 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	18	25	20	34	97
CHI	27	28	18	23	96

Chicago Bulls

19-13, 14-3 home

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
Marcus BanksM. Banks
Eric PiatkowskiE. Piatkowski
James JonesJ. Jones
Leandro BarbosaL. Barbosa
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
36	10-20	0-0	4-4	5	13	18	2	4	1	1	2	0	24
29	3-7	1-1	0-0	0	3	3	4	0	0	2	2	0	7
37	4-9	1-2	2-3	0	2	2	13	0	0	2	2	0	11
36	3-11	2-7	2-4	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	6	0	10
45	10-19	1-6	1-3	5	4	9	2	3	0	1	3	0	22
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	0-2	0-1	3-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	0-3	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
32	6-14	2-5	6-7	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	20
	36-87	7-23	18-25	11	27	38	24	9	3	10	19		97
	41.4%	30.4%	72.0%

Chicago Bulls

starters
Ben WallaceB. Wallace
Luol DengL. Deng
Thabo SefoloshaT. Sefolosha
Andres NocioniA. Nocioni
Chris DuhonC. Duhon
bench
Malik AllenM. Allen
P.J. BrownP.J. Brown
Victor KhryapaV. Khryapa
Tyrus ThomasT. Thomas
Martynas AndriuskeviciusM. Andriuskevicius
Kirk HinrichK. Hinrich
Ben GordonB. Gordon
Adrian GriffinA. Griffin
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
34	3-7	0-0	0-2	5	9	14	1	0	1	3	2	0	6
45	8-17	0-0	3-4	1	7	8	3	3	0	2	1	0	19
20	2-3	1-1	2-2	1	4	5	3	1	0	4	1	0	7
35	5-10	1-1	0-0	0	12	12	0	1	1	3	4	0	11
31	1-7	0-4	0-0	0	1	1	8	0	0	1	1	0	2
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
8	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	2
6	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	2
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	13-25	2-5	13-14	0	3	3	4	1	1	3	5	0	41
17	3-4	0-1	0-0	1	2	3	1	0	1	1	1	0	6
	37-77	4-12	18-22	9	40	49	21	6	4	21	20		96
	48.1%	33.3%	81.8%

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

Regular Season Series

PHX leads 1-0

Suns
97
Bulls
96

Game 1

3/1

Suns
97
Bulls
96

Game 2

3/1

Bulls
116
Suns
103

Game 3

11/2

Bulls
116
Suns
103

Game 4

12/2

United Center

12:30 AM, 3 January 2007

Chicago, IL

Attendance: 22,853

Referees:
Joe DeRosa
David Jones
Olandis Poole

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	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	25	4	.862	-	W4
Milwaukee	15	12	.556	9	W1
Indiana	14	15	.483	11	W4
Chicago	13	16	.448	12	L1
Detroit	12	17	.414	13	W1

Looking back at the best Christmas Day NBA jerseys

For a brief moment, holiday sweaters turned into NBA jerseys and teams wore special Christmas gear. We look back at this fashion trend.

NBA buzz from Orlando: Trade intel, 2025 draft, Bronny James

While at the G League Showcase, ESPN's Bobby Marks and Jeremy Woo hear from NBA insiders on trade deadline intel, Cooper Flagg's ascent and league expansion.

Victor Wembanyama doesn't want to be put in a box: 'I won't fit'

The 7-foot-3 Wembanyama doesn't want to be limited by conventional wisdom, so he's letting it fly from deep this season.

ESPN BET is owned and operated by PENN Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries ('PENN'). ESPN BET is available in states where PENN is licensed to offer sports wagering. Must be 21+ to wager. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-800-GAMBLER.

Phoenix Suns

Chicago Bulls

Regular Season Series

PHX leads 1-0

Game Information

2024-25 Pacific Standings

2024-25 Central Standings

NBA News

Looking back at the best Christmas Day NBA jerseys

NBA buzz from Orlando: Trade intel, 2025 draft, Bronny James

Victor Wembanyama doesn't want to be put in a box: 'I won't fit'