Lakers 109-97 Suns (5 Jan, 2003) Play-by-Play

Phoenix Suns

21-13, 6-10 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	24	21	23	29	97
LAL	29	22	26	32	109

Los Angeles Lakers

14-20, 10-6 home

109

Derek Fisher missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal made 7 ft Jumper.
Kobe Bryant made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Rick Fox.
Kobe Bryant made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Derek Fisher.
Kobe Bryant made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Rick Fox.
Kobe Bryant made Jumper.
Derek Fisher missed 21 ft Jumper.
Kobe Bryant missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Samaki Walker missed Two Point Shot.
Rick Fox missed 19 ft Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal made 6 ft Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal missed 6 ft Jumper.
Rick Fox made Layup. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
Kobe Bryant missed 21 ft Jumper.
Kobe Bryant missed Layup.
Shaquille O'Neal made Two Point Shot.
Robert Horry missed Two Point Shot.
Kobe Bryant made 7 ft Jumper. Assisted by Rick Fox.
Rick Fox made 21 ft Jumper. Assisted by Derek Fisher.
Kobe Bryant missed 17 ft Jumper.
Kobe Bryant made Two Point Shot.
Kobe Bryant missed 14 ft Jumper.
Robert Horry made Layup. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
Shaquille O'Neal made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
Kareem Rush made Two Point Shot.
Kobe Bryant made 7 ft Two Point Shot.
Robert Horry made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Kareem Rush.
Devean George missed Three Point Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal made Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
Shaquille O'Neal missed 8 ft Hook Shot.
Kareem Rush missed 18 ft Jumper.
Kobe Bryant missed Two Point Shot.
Shaquille O'Neal made Layup.
Shaquille O'Neal missed 6 ft Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Rick Fox.
Kobe Bryant missed 20 ft Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
Tracy Murray missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kobe Bryant missed 12 ft Jumper.
Rick Fox missed 19 ft Jumper.
Derek Fisher missed Two Point Shot.
Devean George missed Tip Shot.
Kobe Bryant made Two Point Shot.
Shaquille O'Neal made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Kareem Rush.
Shaquille O'Neal made Layup. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
Derek Fisher made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Devean George.
Derek Fisher made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
Derek Fisher missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kareem Rush made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Derek Fisher.
Shaquille O'Neal missed Layup.
Kobe Bryant missed Two Point Shot.
Kobe Bryant missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kobe Bryant made 21 ft Jumper. Assisted by Brian Shaw.
Brian Shaw made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Robert Horry.
Kobe Bryant missed 17 ft Two Point Shot.
Brian Shaw missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Robert Horry made Two Point Shot.
Brian Shaw missed 22 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kobe Bryant made 17 ft Jumper.
Samaki Walker missed Layup.
Kobe Bryant missed 5 ft Jumper.
Kobe Bryant made Slam Dunk.
Kobe Bryant made 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Kobe Bryant made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
Kareem Rush missed 11 ft Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal made Layup.
Kobe Bryant missed Two Point Shot.
Kobe Bryant missed 7 ft Jumper.
Kareem Rush missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Brian Shaw made Layup. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
Kobe Bryant missed 27 ft Three Point Jumper.
Derek Fisher made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rick Fox.
Shaquille O'Neal made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Rick Fox.
Rick Fox made 27 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Derek Fisher.
Shaquille O'Neal made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Rick Fox.
Rick Fox made Layup. Assisted by Robert Horry.
Kobe Bryant missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Robert Horry missed 11 ft Jumper.
Shaquille O'Neal made Two Point Shot.
Shaquille O'Neal made Layup. Assisted by Rick Fox.
Rick Fox made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
Derek Fisher missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shawn Marion made 15 ft Jumper.
Anfernee Hardaway made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Scott Williams.
Shawn Marion missed 18 ft Jumper.
Anfernee Hardaway missed 19 ft Jumper.
Stephon Marbury missed Layup.
Amare Stoudemire made Slam Dunk.
Shawn Marion missed 17 ft Jumper.
Stephon Marbury missed 14 ft Jumper.
Stephon Marbury made Two Point Shot.
Scott Williams missed 11 ft Jumper. Blocked by Kobe Bryant.
Amare Stoudemire missed 9 ft Jumper.
Scott Williams missed 16 ft Jumper.
Stephon Marbury missed 27 ft Three Point Jumper.
Stephon Marbury made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Jake Voskuhl.
Stephon Marbury missed 9 ft Jumper.
Amare Stoudemire missed Layup. Blocked by Shaquille O'Neal.
Stephon Marbury made 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Stephon Marbury missed Layup.
Amare Stoudemire made Tip Shot.
Amare Stoudemire missed 14 ft Jumper.
Joe Johnson made Jumper. Assisted by Shawn Marion.
Amare Stoudemire missed Layup. Blocked by Samaki Walker.
Casey Jacobsen made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Joe Johnson.
Joe Johnson made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Bo Outlaw.
Stephon Marbury missed 7 ft Jumper. Blocked by Shaquille O'Neal.
Stephon Marbury made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Casey Jacobsen.
Joe Johnson missed 9 ft Jumper.
Stephon Marbury made 19 ft Jumper.
Alton Ford missed 20 ft Jumper.
Bo Outlaw made Layup. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Stephon Marbury missed Layup.
Casey Jacobsen missed 6 ft Jumper.
Joe Johnson missed 17 ft Jumper.
Joe Johnson missed Layup. Blocked by Shaquille O'Neal.
Shawn Marion made Jumper.
Anfernee Hardaway missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Scott Williams missed 17 ft Jumper.
Stephon Marbury missed 22 ft Jumper.
Stephon Marbury made Layup. Assisted by Randy Brown.
Stephon Marbury made 9 ft Jumper. Assisted by Anfernee Hardaway.
Scott Williams made Layup. Assisted by Casey Jacobsen.
Anfernee Hardaway missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Stephon Marbury made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Randy Brown.
Anfernee Hardaway made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Randy Brown.
Jake Voskuhl missed Layup.
Stephon Marbury missed 18 ft Jumper.
Amare Stoudemire missed Layup. Blocked by Shaquille O'Neal.
Anfernee Hardaway made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Randy Brown.
Jake Voskuhl missed 10 ft Jumper.
Stephon Marbury missed Layup.
Anfernee Hardaway made 10 ft Two Point Shot.
Anfernee Hardaway made 6 ft Jumper.
Anfernee Hardaway missed 6 ft Jumper.
Joe Johnson missed 21 ft Jumper.
Scott Williams made 11 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Anfernee Hardaway.
Stephon Marbury made 20 ft Jumper.
Scott Williams missed 17 ft Jumper.
Shawn Marion missed Layup.
Shawn Marion missed 13 ft Jumper.
Shawn Marion missed 21 ft Jumper.
Joe Johnson made 15 ft Two Point Shot.
Shawn Marion made 15 ft Jumper.
Bo Outlaw made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Jake Voskuhl.
Stephon Marbury missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Stephon Marbury made Two Point Shot.
Bo Outlaw made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Amare Stoudemire made Layup.
Amare Stoudemire made 5 ft Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Casey Jacobsen missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Joe Johnson made 27 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Shawn Marion missed 8 ft Jumper.
Amare Stoudemire missed Tip Shot.
Stephon Marbury missed 7 ft Jumper.
Bo Outlaw made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Shawn Marion.
Shawn Marion missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
Joe Johnson missed 28 ft Three Point Jumper.
Stephon Marbury made Two Point Shot.
Stephon Marbury made 29 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Shawn Marion.
Stephon Marbury missed 28 ft Three Point Jumper.
Shawn Marion made 22 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Stephon Marbury missed 8 ft Jumper.
Scott Williams missed Tip Shot.
Scott Williams made Layup.
Shawn Marion made 27 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Stephon Marbury missed 6 ft Jumper.
Amare Stoudemire missed Layup.
Joe Johnson missed 9 ft Jumper.

SUNS

LAKERS

TIME		PHX	LAL
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
12:00	Jumpball. Scott Williams vs. Shaquille O'Neal. Derek Fisher gains possession.	0	0
11:48	Derek Fisher missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.	0	0
11:47	Shawn Marion Defensive Rebound.	0	0
11:26	Shawn Marion made 15 ft Jumper.	2	0
11:07	Shaquille O'Neal made 7 ft Jumper.	2	2
10:55	Anfernee Hardaway made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Scott Williams.	4	2
10:37	Kobe Bryant made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Rick Fox.	4	4
10:30	Samaki Walker Personal Foul	4	4
10:18	Shawn Marion missed 18 ft Jumper.	4	4
10:15	Shaquille O'Neal Defensive Rebound.	4	4
10:07	Kobe Bryant made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Derek Fisher.	4	6
9:48	Anfernee Hardaway missed 19 ft Jumper.	4	6
9:47	Shaquille O'Neal Defensive Rebound.	4	6
9:34	Kobe Bryant made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Rick Fox.	4	8
9:25	Stephon Marbury missed Layup.	4	8
9:23	Amare Stoudemire Offensive Rebound.	4	8
9:22	Amare Stoudemire made Slam Dunk.	6	8
9:03	Kobe Bryant made Jumper.	6	10
8:41	Amare Stoudemire Bad Pass. Stolen by Samaki Walker.	6	10
8:30	Shaquille O'Neal Bad Pass	6	10
8:21	Derek Fisher missed 21 ft Jumper.	6	10
8:18	Samaki Walker Offensive Rebound.	6	10
8:15	Kobe Bryant missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.	6	10
8:14	Anfernee Hardaway Defensive Rebound.	6	10
8:08	Shawn Marion missed 17 ft Jumper.	6	10
8:07	Derek Fisher Defensive Rebound.	6	10
8:02	Rick Fox Lost Ball	6	10
7:52	Stephon Marbury missed 14 ft Jumper.	6	10
7:50	Samaki Walker Defensive Rebound.	6	10
7:39	Samaki Walker missed Two Point Shot.	6	10
7:35	Amare Stoudemire Defensive Rebound.	6	10
7:28	Stephon Marbury made Two Point Shot.	8	10
7:05	Los Angeles Full Timeout.	8	10
7:03	Rick Fox Bad Pass	8	10
6:50	Scott Williams missed 11 ft Jumper. Blocked by Kobe Bryant.	8	10
6:48	Phoenix Offensive Rebound.	8	10
6:41	Amare Stoudemire missed 9 ft Jumper.	8	10
6:39	Scott Williams Offensive Rebound.	8	10
6:33	Rick Fox Personal Foul	8	10
6:22	Scott Williams missed 16 ft Jumper.	8	10
6:20	Kobe Bryant Defensive Rebound.	8	10
6:20	Shawn Marion Personal Foul	8	10
6:20	Jake Voskuhl enters the game for Scott Williams.	8	10
6:05	Rick Fox missed 19 ft Jumper.	8	10
6:03	Stephon Marbury Defensive Rebound.	8	10
6:00	Stephon Marbury missed 27 ft Three Point Jumper.	8	10
5:58	Kobe Bryant Defensive Rebound.	8	10
5:48	Shaquille O'Neal made 6 ft Jumper.	8	12
5:30	Stephon Marbury made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Jake Voskuhl.	10	12
5:22	Jake Voskuhl Personal Foul	10	12
5:15	Shaquille O'Neal missed 6 ft Jumper.	10	12
5:13	Amare Stoudemire Defensive Rebound.	10	12
5:05	Stephon Marbury missed 9 ft Jumper.	10	12
5:03	Phoenix Defensive Rebound.	10	12
5:03	Jake Voskuhl Loose Ball Foul	10	12
4:50	Rick Fox made Layup. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.	10	14
4:31	Amare Stoudemire missed Layup. Blocked by Shaquille O'Neal.	10	14
4:31	Phoenix Offensive Rebound.	10	14
4:31	Scott Williams enters the game for Jake Voskuhl.	10	14
4:31	Joe Johnson enters the game for Anfernee Hardaway.	10	14
4:22	Stephon Marbury made 25 ft Three Point Jumper.	13	14
4:11	Kobe Bryant missed 21 ft Jumper.	13	14
4:09	Shaquille O'Neal Offensive Rebound.	13	14
4:03	Kobe Bryant missed Layup.	13	14
4:01	Shaquille O'Neal Offensive Rebound.	13	16
4:01	Shaquille O'Neal made Two Point Shot.	13	16
3:44	Stephon Marbury missed Layup.	13	16
3:42	Amare Stoudemire Offensive Rebound.	15	16
3:42	Amare Stoudemire made Tip Shot.	15	16
3:30	Amare Stoudemire Shooting Foul	15	16
3:30	Phoenix Full Timeout.	15	16
3:30	Robert Horry enters the game for Shaquille O'Neal.	15	16
3:30	Samaki Walker made Free Throw 1 of 2.	15	17
3:30	Samaki Walker missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	15	17
3:28	Kobe Bryant Offensive Rebound.	15	17
3:17	Bo Outlaw enters the game for Scott Williams.	15	17
3:09	Robert Horry missed Two Point Shot.	15	17
3:03	Joe Johnson Defensive Rebound.	15	17
2:58	Amare Stoudemire missed 14 ft Jumper.	15	17
2:56	Samaki Walker Defensive Rebound.	15	17
2:40	Kobe Bryant made 7 ft Jumper. Assisted by Rick Fox.	15	19
2:21	Joe Johnson made Jumper. Assisted by Shawn Marion.	17	19
2:04	Rick Fox made 21 ft Jumper. Assisted by Derek Fisher.	17	21
2:00	Rick Fox Personal Foul	17	21
2:00	Devean George enters the game for Rick Fox.	17	21
1:54	Amare Stoudemire missed Layup. Blocked by Samaki Walker.	17	21
1:52	Devean George Defensive Rebound.	17	21
1:47	Amare Stoudemire Shooting Foul	17	21
1:47	Samaki Walker made Free Throw 1 of 2.	17	22
1:47	Kareem Rush enters the game for Derek Fisher.	17	22
1:47	Casey Jacobsen enters the game for Amare Stoudemire.	17	22
1:47	Samaki Walker made Free Throw 2 of 2.	17	23
1:34	Casey Jacobsen made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Joe Johnson.	19	23
1:09	Kobe Bryant missed 17 ft Jumper.	19	23
1:07	Samaki Walker Offensive Rebound.	19	23
58.0	Kobe Bryant made Two Point Shot.	19	25
58.0	Shawn Marion Shooting Foul	19	25
58.0	Shaquille O'Neal enters the game for Samaki Walker.	19	25
58.0	Dan Langhi enters the game for Shawn Marion.	19	25
58.0	Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 1 of 1.	19	26
43.0	Joe Johnson made 26 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Bo Outlaw.	22	26
36.3	Kobe Bryant missed 14 ft Jumper.	22	26
34.0	Stephon Marbury Defensive Rebound.	22	26
25.3	Stephon Marbury missed 7 ft Jumper. Blocked by Shaquille O'Neal.	22	26
24.3	Phoenix Offensive Rebound.	22	26
11.8	Stephon Marbury made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Casey Jacobsen.	24	26
0.5	Robert Horry made Layup. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.	24	28
0.5	Bo Outlaw Shooting Foul	24	28
0.5	Robert Horry made Free Throw 1 of 1.	24	29
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	24	29

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Lakers
93
Suns
107

Game 1

5/1

Suns
97
Lakers
109

Game 2

5/1

Lakers
99
Suns
90

Game 3

30/1

Suns
113
Lakers
115

Game 4

6/4

crypto.com Arena

11:30 PM, 5 January 2003

Los Angeles, CA

Attendance: 18,642

Referees:
Tommy Nunez Jr.
Bill Spooner
Gary Benson

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

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