Suns 108-101 Nuggets (21 Dec, 2008) Box Score

Denver Nuggets

17-10, 8-6 away

101

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	28	30	24	19	101
PHX	29	29	27	23	108

Phoenix Suns

16-11, 9-5 home

108

Denver Nuggets

starters
Carmelo AnthonyC. Anthony
Kenyon MartinK. Martin
Nene N. Hilario
Chauncey BillupsC. Billups
Dahntay JonesD. Jones
bench
Chris AndersenC. Andersen
Linas KleizaL. Kleiza
Renaldo BalkmanR. Balkman
Steven HunterS. Hunter
Chucky AtkinsC. Atkins
Anthony CarterA. Carter
JR SmithJ. Smith
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
33	3-13	1-2	3-4	1	0	1	2	0	0	4	1	-26	10
38	6-15	0-0	1-2	3	5	8	3	1	2	0	4	-12	13
39	9-12	0-0	2-3	6	9	15	0	0	2	3	2	-11	20
38	6-16	3-6	3-3	0	1	1	8	3	0	7	3	-13	18
13	0-1	0-0	2-2	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	2	-15	2
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
17	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	6	6	0	2	0	0	2	+13	0
17	2-3	2-3	4-7	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	+15	10
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
15	2-4	0-1	1-2	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	3	0	5
29	9-16	5-11	0-0	0	4	4	0	1	1	3	1	+14	23
	37-80	11-23	16-23	11	28	39	15	8	5	22	20		101
	46.3%	47.8%	69.6%

Phoenix Suns

starters
Grant HillG. Hill
Shaquille O'NealS. O'Neal
Amar'e StoudemireA. Stoudemire
Steve NashS. Nash
Jason RichardsonJ. Richardson
bench
Lou AmundsonL. Amundson
Matt BarnesM. Barnes
Jared DudleyJ. Dudley
Alando TuckerA. Tucker
Robin LopezR. Lopez
Goran DragicG. Dragic
Leandro BarbosaL. Barbosa
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
29	4-5	1-1	2-2	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	2	+29	11
33	7-14	0-0	5-8	5	4	9	3	0	1	2	5	+11	19
43	11-17	0-0	5-6	3	7	10	2	1	2	4	2	+7	27
37	5-11	2-4	4-4	0	2	2	11	2	0	3	1	+22	16
39	6-12	4-6	3-4	0	7	7	6	0	1	2	2	-5	19
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0
22	2-8	1-4	2-2	0	2	2	1	2	0	3	2	-16	7
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
15	1-1	0-0	2-2	1	3	4	0	0	1	1	1	-4	4
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	2-9	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	3	-7	5
	38-77	9-18	23-28	10	29	39	26	7	5	16	18		108
	49.4%	50.0%	82.1%

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

Regular Season Series

PHX leads 1-0

Nuggets
101
Suns
108

Game 1

21/12

Suns
113
Nuggets
119

Game 2

16/1

Nuggets
115
Suns
118

Game 3

24/3

Footprint Center

2:00 AM, 21 December 2008

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 18,422

Referees:
Bill Spooner
Bill Kennedy
Haywoode Workman

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	22	5	.815	-	W7
Denver	15	11	.577	6.5	W1
Minnesota	14	13	.519	8	L2
Portland	9	19	.321	13.5	L1
Utah	7	20	.259	15	W2

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

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