Suns 118-106 Lakers (28 Mar, 2002) Play-by-Play

Los Angeles Lakers

50-21, 22-14 away

106

	1	2	3	4	T
LAL	34	22	27	23	106
PHX	31	31	23	33	118

Phoenix Suns

33-38, 21-16 home

118

Iakovos Tsakalidis made 6 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Shawn Marion.
Iakovos Tsakalidis missed 8 ft Hook Shot.
Stephon Marbury made 19 ft Jumper.
Stephon Marbury missed Layup. Blocked by Shaquille O'Neal.
Stephon Marbury missed 19 ft Jumper.
Shawn Marion made 9 ft Jumper.
Stephon Marbury missed 19 ft Jumper.
Dan Majerle missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Dan Majerle missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Iakovos Tsakalidis made 4 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Dan Majerle.
Stephon Marbury made Jumper.
Stephon Marbury missed 19 ft Jumper.
Stephon Marbury made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Iakovos Tsakalidis.
Stephon Marbury missed 7 ft Jumper.
Iakovos Tsakalidis made Layup.
Joe Johnson missed 13 ft Jumper.
Stephon Marbury made 17 ft Jumper.
Joe Johnson missed Layup. Blocked by Derek Fisher.
Joe Johnson missed Tip Shot.
Shawn Marion made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Dan Majerle made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Stephon Marbury made Two Point Shot.
Alton Ford missed Layup.
Shawn Marion made Layup.
Alton Ford made Layup. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Alton Ford made Dunk. Assisted by Shawn Marion.
Shawn Marion missed 9 ft Jumper.
Anfernee Hardaway made Dunk. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Stephon Marbury missed Three Point Jumper.
Stephon Marbury missed Layup.
Milt Palacio missed Layup. Blocked by Shaquille O'Neal.
Shawn Marion made Two Point Shot.
Shawn Marion missed Jumper.
Shawn Marion made Tip Shot.
Milt Palacio missed Jumper.
Milt Palacio made Dunk. Assisted by Anfernee Hardaway.
Anfernee Hardaway made Jumper. Assisted by Milt Palacio.
Iakovos Tsakalidis made Layup. Assisted by Joe Johnson.
Shawn Marion made Jumper. Assisted by Joe Johnson.
Shawn Marion made Slam Dunk.
Stephon Marbury made 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Iakovos Tsakalidis missed 16 ft Jumper.
Stephon Marbury made Two Point Shot.
Iakovos Tsakalidis made Dunk. Assisted by Alton Ford.
Iakovos Tsakalidis made Dunk. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Iakovos Tsakalidis missed 16 ft Jumper.
Bo Outlaw made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Shawn Marion made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Bo Outlaw.
Bo Outlaw made 8 ft Jumper. Assisted by Shawn Marion.
Joe Johnson missed Jumper.
Shawn Marion missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shawn Marion made 6 ft Jumper. Assisted by Joe Johnson.
Joe Johnson missed 9 ft Jumper.
Stephon Marbury made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Iakovos Tsakalidis.
Shawn Marion missed 17 ft Jumper.
Stephon Marbury missed 12 ft Jumper.
Joe Johnson made 14 ft Two Point Shot.
Shawn Marion missed 15 ft Jumper.
Dan Majerle made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Anfernee Hardaway made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Stephon Marbury missed Layup.
Alton Ford missed 8 ft Jumper.
Stephon Marbury missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shawn Marion missed 17 ft Jumper.
Shawn Marion made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Iakovos Tsakalidis.
Shawn Marion missed 8 ft Jumper.
Shawn Marion made Dunk. Assisted by Milt Palacio.
Iakovos Tsakalidis made Dunk. Assisted by Shawn Marion.
Stephon Marbury missed Layup. Blocked by Shaquille O'Neal.
Anfernee Hardaway made Dunk. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Dan Majerle made 27 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anfernee Hardaway.
Shawn Marion missed 8 ft Jumper.
Shawn Marion made Layup.
Stephon Marbury missed 15 ft Jumper.
Iakovos Tsakalidis made Layup. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Shawn Marion made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Stephon Marbury missed Three Point Jumper.
Dan Majerle missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Robert Horry made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Derek Fisher.
Robert Horry made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Derek Fisher.
Derek Fisher missed 21 ft Jumper.
Robert Horry made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
Robert Horry made Dunk. Assisted by Derek Fisher.
Shaquille O'Neal made Jumper. Assisted by Derek Fisher.
Rick Fox missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal made 9 ft Jumper.
Derek Fisher missed Jumper.
Kobe Bryant missed 19 ft Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal made Layup. Assisted by Rick Fox.
Robert Horry missed Jumper.
Derek Fisher made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Robert Horry.
Derek Fisher missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal missed 6 ft Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal made 7 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Robert Horry.
Robert Horry missed 19 ft Jumper.
Kobe Bryant missed Tip Shot.
Kobe Bryant missed 13 ft Jumper.
Rick Fox missed Layup.
Kobe Bryant made Two Point Shot.
Derek Fisher missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Samaki Walker made 8 ft Jumper.
Kobe Bryant missed 18 ft Jumper.
Kobe Bryant missed Layup. Blocked by Anfernee Hardaway.
Shaquille O'Neal missed 11 ft Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal made Layup.
Shaquille O'Neal missed 7 ft Jumper.
Lindsey Hunter made 16 ft Jumper.
Devean George missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Devean George missed 18 ft Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal missed Layup.
Brian Shaw made 8 ft Jumper.
Kobe Bryant made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
Robert Horry made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
Shaquille O'Neal made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Robert Horry.
Brian Shaw missed Layup.
Kobe Bryant missed Layup.
Kobe Bryant missed Layup.
Rick Fox missed Jumper.
Kobe Bryant made Layup. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
Shaquille O'Neal missed 6 ft Jumper. Blocked by Joe Johnson.
Kobe Bryant made 7 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Rick Fox.
Derek Fisher missed 16 ft Jumper.
Kobe Bryant missed 15 ft Jumper.
Derek Fisher made Two Point Shot.
Kobe Bryant made 18 ft Jumper.
Robert Horry missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal missed Jumper.
Kobe Bryant made 7 ft Two Point Shot.
Kobe Bryant missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal missed 6 ft Jumper.
Rick Fox made Tip Shot.
Kobe Bryant made 6 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Robert Horry.
Shaquille O'Neal missed 6 ft Jumper.
Kobe Bryant made Jumper. Assisted by Robert Horry.
Kobe Bryant missed Jumper.
Samaki Walker made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Rick Fox.
Rick Fox missed 13 ft Jumper.
Derek Fisher missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Samaki Walker missed Layup.
Stanislav Medvedenko missed Layup.
Samaki Walker made Dunk. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
Derek Fisher made 23 ft Jumper. Assisted by Devean George.
Kobe Bryant made 15 ft Jumper.
Kobe Bryant missed Jumper. Blocked by Shawn Marion.
Lindsey Hunter missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Brian Shaw made Two Point Shot.
Shaquille O'Neal made 9 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Lindsey Hunter.
Stanislav Medvedenko made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Brian Shaw.
Lindsey Hunter made 15 ft Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal made Two Point Shot.
Shaquille O'Neal missed Jumper.
Devean George missed 9 ft Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal missed 14 ft Jumper. Blocked by Iakovos Tsakalidis.
Shaquille O'Neal missed Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal made 8 ft Jumper.
Derek Fisher missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal made Layup.
Derek Fisher missed 22 ft Jumper.
Robert Horry made Layup.
Devean George missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Derek Fisher made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Robert Horry.

LAKERS

SUNS

TIME		LAL	PHX
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
12:00	Jumpball. Shaquille O'Neal vs. Iakovos Tsakalidis. Kobe Bryant gains possession.	0	0
11:42	Robert Horry made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Derek Fisher.	3	0
11:18	Iakovos Tsakalidis made 6 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Shawn Marion.	3	2
11:04	Robert Horry made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Derek Fisher.	6	2
10:45	Iakovos Tsakalidis missed 8 ft Hook Shot.	6	2
10:42	Kobe Bryant Defensive Rebound.	6	2
10:33	Derek Fisher missed 21 ft Jumper.	6	2
10:30	Iakovos Tsakalidis Defensive Rebound.	6	2
10:22	Stephon Marbury made 19 ft Jumper.	6	4
10:11	Robert Horry made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.	9	4
10:00	Stephon Marbury missed Layup. Blocked by Shaquille O'Neal.	9	4
9:57	Derek Fisher Defensive Rebound.	9	4
9:49	Robert Horry made Dunk. Assisted by Derek Fisher.	11	4
9:40	Phoenix 20 Second Timeou.	11	4
9:40	Dan Majerle enters the game for Bo Outlaw.	11	4
9:25	Stephon Marbury missed 19 ft Jumper.	11	4
9:23	Shawn Marion Offensive Rebound.	11	4
9:22	Shawn Marion made 9 ft Jumper.	11	6
9:00	Shaquille O'Neal made Jumper. Assisted by Derek Fisher.	13	6
9:00	Dan Majerle Shooting Foul	13	6
9:00	Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 1 of 1.	13	6
9:00	Rick Fox Offensive Rebound.	13	6
8:56	Rick Fox missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	13	6
8:53	Shawn Marion Defensive Rebound.	13	6
8:42	Stephon Marbury missed 19 ft Jumper.	13	6
8:41	Shaquille O'Neal Defensive Rebound.	13	6
8:26	Shaquille O'Neal made 9 ft Jumper.	15	6
8:07	Dan Majerle missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.	15	6
8:07	Phoenix Defensive Rebound.	15	6
7:58	Derek Fisher missed Jumper.	15	6
7:58	Shawn Marion Defensive Rebound.	15	6
7:48	Kobe Bryant Shooting Foul	15	6
7:48	Stephon Marbury made Free Throw 1 of 2.	15	7
7:48	Stephon Marbury made Free Throw 2 of 2.	15	8
7:28	Shawn Marion Shooting Foul	15	8
7:28	Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 1 of 2.	16	8
7:28	Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 2 of 2.	17	8
7:18	Dan Majerle missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.	17	8
7:18	Shaquille O'Neal Defensive Rebound.	17	8
7:05	Kobe Bryant missed 19 ft Jumper.	17	8
7:03	Rick Fox Offensive Rebound.	17	8
7:01	Shaquille O'Neal made Layup. Assisted by Rick Fox.	19	8
6:41	Iakovos Tsakalidis made 4 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Dan Majerle.	19	10
6:24	Robert Horry missed Jumper.	19	10
6:22	Iakovos Tsakalidis Defensive Rebound.	19	10
6:20	Iakovos Tsakalidis Bad Pass	19	10
6:03	Derek Fisher made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Robert Horry.	22	10
5:52	Stephon Marbury made Jumper.	22	12
5:35	Derek Fisher missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	22	12
5:33	Iakovos Tsakalidis Defensive Rebound.	22	12
5:18	Stephon Marbury missed 19 ft Jumper.	22	12
5:16	Rick Fox Defensive Rebound.	22	12
5:03	Shaquille O'Neal missed 6 ft Jumper.	22	12
5:01	Joe Johnson Defensive Rebound.	22	12
4:58	Phoenix Full Timeout.	22	12
4:47	Stephon Marbury made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Iakovos Tsakalidis.	22	14
4:37	Kobe Bryant Traveling	22	14
4:26	Stephon Marbury missed 7 ft Jumper.	22	14
4:26	Iakovos Tsakalidis Offensive Rebound.	22	14
4:24	Iakovos Tsakalidis made Layup.	22	16
4:24	Shaquille O'Neal Shooting Foul	22	16
4:24	Iakovos Tsakalidis made Free Throw 1 of 1.	22	17
4:13	Shaquille O'Neal made 7 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Robert Horry.	24	17
4:05	Joe Johnson missed 13 ft Jumper.	24	17
4:03	Shaquille O'Neal Defensive Rebound.	24	17
3:54	Stephon Marbury Shooting Foul	24	17
3:54	Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 1 of 2.	25	17
3:54	Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 2 of 2.	26	17
3:42	Stephon Marbury made 17 ft Jumper.	26	19
3:24	Robert Horry missed 19 ft Jumper.	26	19
3:23	Kobe Bryant Offensive Rebound.	26	19
3:23	Kobe Bryant missed Tip Shot.	26	19
3:21	Iakovos Tsakalidis Defensive Rebound.	26	19
3:15	Joe Johnson missed Layup. Blocked by Derek Fisher.	26	19
3:12	Joe Johnson Offensive Rebound.	26	19
3:12	Joe Johnson missed Tip Shot.	26	19
3:09	Robert Horry Defensive Rebound.	26	19
2:58	Kobe Bryant missed 13 ft Jumper.	26	19
2:57	Rick Fox Offensive Rebound.	26	19
2:56	Rick Fox missed Layup.	26	19
2:54	Shawn Marion Defensive Rebound.	26	19
2:47	Shawn Marion made 17 ft Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.	26	21
2:38	Los Angeles Full Timeout.	26	21
2:38	Anfernee Hardaway enters the game for Joe Johnson.	26	21
2:38	Samaki Walker enters the game for Shaquille O'Neal.	26	21
2:38	Alton Ford enters the game for Iakovos Tsakalidis.	26	21
2:31	Kobe Bryant made Two Point Shot.	28	21
2:13	Dan Majerle made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.	28	24
1:54	Kobe Bryant Bad Pass. Stolen by Anfernee Hardaway.	28	24
1:45	Stephon Marbury made Two Point Shot.	28	26
1:24	Derek Fisher missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	28	26
1:23	Samaki Walker Offensive Rebound.	28	26
1:20	Samaki Walker made 8 ft Jumper.	30	26
58.9	Alton Ford missed Layup.	30	26
57.5	Shawn Marion Offensive Rebound.	30	26
56.2	Shawn Marion made Layup.	30	28
44.8	Kobe Bryant missed 18 ft Jumper.	30	28
41.6	Samaki Walker Offensive Rebound.	30	28
40.7	Alton Ford Flagrant Foul Type 1	30	28
40.7	Kobe Bryant made Flagrant Free Throw 1 of 2.	31	28
40.7	Kobe Bryant made Flagrant Free Throw 2 of 2.	32	28
40.7	Devean George enters the game for Robert Horry.	32	28
33.2	Rick Fox Offensive Foul	32	28
33.2	Rick Fox Foul	32	28
22.0	Alton Ford made Layup. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.	32	30
22.0	Samaki Walker Shooting Foul	32	30
22.0	Alton Ford made Free Throw 1 of 1.	32	31
2.4	Dan Majerle Shooting Foul	32	31
2.4	Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 1 of 2.	33	31
2.4	Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 2 of 2.	34	31
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	34	31

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Suns
94
Lakers
117

Game 1

3/11

Lakers
83
Suns
95

Game 2

17/11

Suns
86
Lakers
118

Game 3

5/1

Lakers
106
Suns
118

Game 4

28/3

Footprint Center

12:00 AM, 28 March 2002

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 19,023

Referees:
Mike Callahan
Sean Corbin
Michael Henderson

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Phoenix	6	1	.857	-	W5
Golden State	6	1	.857	-	W4
LA Lakers	4	3	.571	2	L1
Sacramento	4	3	.571	2	W1
LA Clippers	3	4	.429	3	W1

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