Rockets 116-112 Suns (7 Mar, 2009) Box Score

Phoenix Suns

34-28, 15-17 away

112

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	18	28	30	36	112
HOU	23	33	25	35	116

Houston Rockets

40-23, 26-6 home

116

Phoenix Suns

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

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
25	0-3	0-0	0-0	0	6	6	1	1	3	2	3	-3	0
38	6-16	4-10	1-2	3	6	9	1	1	0	3	2	+2	17
37	8-12	0-0	1-2	3	2	5	2	1	2	3	4	-7	17
40	14-27	4-6	0-0	1	4	5	13	1	0	1	2	-2	32
39	5-11	0-4	4-6	2	5	7	1	0	0	2	4	-2	14
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
11	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	4	4	0	1	0	1	3	-2	0
15	4-5	0-0	0-1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	5	+6	8
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
3	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	-8	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	8-15	4-8	4-4	2	1	3	3	0	0	3	0	-4	24
	45-92	12-28	10-15	11	33	44	21	5	5	15	26		112
	48.9%	42.9%	66.7%

Houston Rockets

starters
Luis ScolaL. Scola
Metta World PeaceM. World Peace
Shane BattierS. Battier
Yao MingY. Ming
Aaron BrooksA. Brooks
bench
Brian CookB. Cook
Chuck HayesC. Hayes
Carl LandryC. Landry
Joey DorseyJ. Dorsey
Dikembe MutomboD. Mutombo
Kyle LowryK. Lowry
Brent BarryB. Barry
Tracy McGradyT. McGrady
Von WaferV. Wafer
James WhiteJ. White
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
31	6-9	0-0	3-6	3	8	11	0	0	1	0	3	-3	15
34	7-15	2-6	5-6	0	6	6	3	1	1	1	0	-3	21
35	1-6	0-4	0-0	0	3	3	4	3	1	1	2	+1	2
42	6-16	0-0	3-4	2	11	13	6	2	2	2	4	+8	15
38	11-20	4-7	4-4	1	2	3	3	0	0	4	4	+3	30
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
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	6-7	0-0	4-8	1	1	2	0	4	0	2	3	+3	16
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	2-4	0-0	2-2	1	3	4	3	1	0	0	1	+12	6
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
14	2-7	0-2	7-7	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	-1	11
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	41-84	6-19	28-37	8	35	43	20	11	5	10	18		116
	48.8%	31.6%	75.7%

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

Regular Season Series

HOU leads 2-0

Rockets
94
Suns
82

Game 1

13/11

Suns
112
Rockets
116

Game 2

7/3

Rockets
109
Suns
114

Game 3

2/4

Toyota Center (Houston)

1:30 AM, 7 March 2009

Houston, TX

Attendance: 18,045

Referees:
Joe Crawford
Sean Corbin
Eric Dalen

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Golden State	11	3	.786	-	W1
LA Lakers	10	5	.667	1.5	L1
Phoenix	9	7	.563	3	L5
LA Clippers	9	7	.563	3	W3
Sacramento	8	7	.533	3.5	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	11	5	.688	-	W1
Memphis	9	7	.563	2	W1
Dallas	8	7	.533	2.5	W3
San Antonio	8	8	.500	3	W2
New Orleans	4	12	.250	7	L3

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