Suns 101-89 Grizzlies (31 Dec, 2008) Box Score

Phoenix Suns

18-12, 9-6 away

101

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	21	25	24	31	101
MEM	27	22	29	11	89

Memphis Grizzlies

10-22, 8-9 home

Phoenix Suns

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

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
39	5-10	0-1	5-5	0	7	7	4	6	0	1	3	+10	15
39	8-13	0-0	8-10	3	10	13	1	1	3	4	3	+18	24
11	3-6	0-0	2-3	2	2	4	0	0	0	1	3	-1	8
37	3-12	1-4	0-0	0	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	+12	7
33	10-18	4-6	4-5	0	6	6	1	0	0	3	4	+15	28
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
18	4-6	0-0	2-5	3	5	8	0	0	1	1	3	-8	10
27	1-6	0-3	2-2	1	3	4	5	0	0	3	3	+16	4
13	1-1	0-0	1-2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	+4	3
7	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	-3	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	0-2	0-2	2-2	0	1	1	2	0	0	3	3	0	2
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	35-75	5-16	26-34	11	39	50	16	8	4	18	24		101
	46.7%	31.3%	76.5%

Memphis Grizzlies

starters
Darrell ArthurD. Arthur
Rudy GayR. Gay
Marc GasolM. Gasol
Kyle LowryK. Lowry
O.J. MayoO.J. Mayo
bench
Hakim WarrickH. Warrick
Darius MilesD. Miles
Quinton RossQ. Ross
Darko MilicicD. Milicic
Hamed EhaddadiH. Ehaddadi
Steve FrancisS. Francis
Marko JaricM. Jaric
Mike ConleyM. Conley
Greg BucknerG. Buckner
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
10	1-4	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	+7	2
36	6-15	2-2	0-0	0	5	5	2	2	0	2	5	-13	14
40	6-12	0-1	4-6	2	11	13	3	0	2	2	3	-20	16
29	1-3	0-0	4-6	1	0	1	6	2	0	2	2	-7	6
39	4-20	1-8	3-3	0	6	6	3	1	0	3	3	-20	12
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
35	7-11	0-0	11-14	2	1	3	2	3	1	1	4	-5	25
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	4-5	1-2	1-2	0	2	2	2	2	0	1	1	-1	10
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0-0	0-0	2-2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	+2	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
19	0-5	0-2	2-2	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	-5	2
4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	+2	0
	29-75	4-15	27-35	6	28	34	18	10	3	13	25		89
	38.7%	26.7%	77.1%

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

Regular Season Series

PHX leads 2-0

Grizzlies
102
Suns
107

Game 1

11/11

Suns
101
Grizzlies
89

Game 2

31/12

Suns
89
Grizzlies
106

Game 3

11/4

Grizzlies
110
Suns
119

Game 4

14/4

FedExForum

1:00 AM, 31 December 2008

Memphis, TN

Attendance: 14,471

Referees:
Bill Spooner
Bill Kennedy
Eric Lewis

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
Memphis	20	9	.690	-	W2
Houston	19	9	.679	0.5	W2
Dallas	18	10	.643	1.5	W1
San Antonio	15	13	.536	4.5	W2
New Orleans	5	25	.167	15.5	L7

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