Houston Rockets @ Phoenix Suns

5-3, 3-2 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Rockets HOU	23	21	30	20	94
Suns PHX	22	15	18	27	82

Phoenix SunsSunsPHX

6-3, 2-2 Home

Houston Rockets

starters
Luis ScolaL. Scola
Metta World PeaceM. World Peace
Yao MingY. Ming
Rafer AlstonR. Alston
Tracy McGradyT. McGrady
bench
Chuck HayesC. Hayes
Carl LandryC. Landry
Joey DorseyJ. Dorsey
Shane BattierS. Battier
Steve FrancisS. Francis
Luther HeadL. Head
Brent BarryB. Barry
Von WaferV. Wafer
Aaron BrooksA. Brooks
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
24	2	1-6	0-0	0-0	4	1	3	0	0	0	4	1	+11
38	4	1-12	0-4	2-2	7	3	1	2	0	2	5	1	+8
33	17	7-14	0-0	3-4	15	1	0	1	2	3	12	2	+7
27	15	7-11	1-4	0-0	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	+17
39	27	11-18	4-5	1-4	5	2	2	1	1	1	4	1	+10
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
16	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	4	0	1	0	2	1	3	3	+3
15	6	2-4	0-0	2-2	6	1	1	0	0	2	4	2	+1
--	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	0-0	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
23	2	1-6	0-3	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	-3
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	19	8-13	1-1	2-3	4	0	1	0	1	2	2	3	+6
	94	39-86	6-17	10-15	45	13	10	7	6	11	34	15
		45%	35%	67%

Phoenix Suns

starters
Matt BarnesM. Barnes
Shaquille O'NealS. O'Neal
Amar'e StoudemireA. Stoudemire
Steve NashS. Nash
Raja BellR. Bell
bench
Lou AmundsonL. Amundson
Grant HillG. Hill
Alando TuckerA. Tucker
Boris DiawB. Diaw
Robin LopezR. Lopez
Goran DragicG. Dragic
Sean SingletaryS. Singletary
Leandro BarbosaL. Barbosa
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
27	11	5-13	1-4	0-0	7	1	1	1	0	4	3	2	-17
32	18	7-12	0-0	4-4	13	3	2	0	4	7	6	3	-11
36	11	5-13	0-0	1-2	9	2	5	1	0	1	8	3	-9
33	10	4-10	1-4	1-1	4	3	2	0	0	0	4	0	-15
23	0	0-6	0-2	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
6	6	2-3	0-0	2-2	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	+4
21	0	0-4	0-0	0-0	3	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	+5
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	2	1-4	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0
7	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	-5
15	6	3-4	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	+3
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	18	5-15	1-4	7-8	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	-4
	82	32-85	3-14	15-17	51	11	14	4	4	16	35	13
		38%	21%	88%

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

Matchups

HOU

HOU leads season

1-0

PHX

Game 1•@ PHX

Final

116

Game 2•@ HOU

Final

112

109

Game 3•@ PHX

Final

114

Game Information

Phoenix, AZ

Referee:Greg Willard

Referee:Tony Brown

Referee:James Capers

Western Conference

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	34	16	.680	-	W2
Houston	31	18	.633	2.5	L1
Memphis	20	29	.408	13.5	W2
Dallas	19	31	.380	15	L5
New Orleans	13	40	.245	22.5	L3

Pacific	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	30	19	.612	-	W1
Phoenix	31	20	.608	-	W1
Golden State	27	24	.529	4	L2
LA Clippers	23	27	.460	7.5	L2
Sacramento	12	40	.231	19.5	L10

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