Hornets 91-87 Suns (13 Dec, 2005) Play-by-Play

NO/Oklahoma City Hornets

9-12, 5-8 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NO	31	23	19	18	91
PHX	23	23	16	25	87

Phoenix Suns

13-7, 9-5 home

Raja Bell misses 18-foot jumper
Boris Diaw makes 6-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Steve Nash makes 24-foot three point jumper (Shawn Marion assists)
Shawn Marion misses 19-foot jumper
Steve Nash misses 17-foot jumper
Kurt Thomas makes layup (Boris Diaw assists)
Shawn Marion makes 19-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Steve Nash misses 9-foot jumper
Kurt Thomas makes 14-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Shawn Marion misses 18-foot jumper
Raja Bell misses 21-foot jumper
Boris Diaw makes running jumper
Eddie House misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shawn Marion misses 27-foot three point jumper
Raja Bell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Steve Nash assists)
David West blocks Steve Nash's layup
Shawn Marion makes 7-foot jumper (Eddie House assists)
Eddie House misses 25-foot three point jumper
Pat Burke makes 18-foot jumper (Eddie House assists)
Boris Diaw misses 16-foot jumper
Jim Jackson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Pat Burke makes 21-foot jumper
Raja Bell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Raja Bell makes 17-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Steve Nash misses 14-foot jumper
Steve Nash misses 24-foot three point jumper
Pat Burke makes 15-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Jim Jackson misses 22-foot jumper
Kurt Thomas misses 14-foot jumper
Jim Jackson misses 18-foot jumper
Kurt Thomas makes layup (Steve Nash assists)
Steve Nash misses 19-foot jumper
Shawn Marion misses 15-foot jumper
Boris Diaw misses jumper
Kurt Thomas misses 17-foot jumper
Shawn Marion makes layup (Steve Nash assists)
Steve Nash makes 20-foot jumper
Eddie House misses 16-foot jumper
Raja Bell makes 11-foot running jumper
Raja Bell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Raja Bell makes 27-foot three point jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Raja Bell misses jumper
Steve Nash makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kurt Thomas assists)
Kurt Thomas makes layup (Steve Nash assists)
Boris Diaw makes 18-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Boris Diaw misses two point shot
Shawn Marion makes tip shot
Kurt Thomas misses 17-foot jumper
Shawn Marion makes layup (Boris Diaw assists)
Kurt Thomas makes layup
Eddie House misses 20-foot jumper
Eddie House misses 26-foot three point jumper
Raja Bell misses 22-foot jumper
Raja Bell misses 9-foot jumper
Shawn Marion makes layup
Shawn Marion misses three point jumper
Eddie House misses 25-foot three point jumper
Eddie House misses 42-foot three point jumper
Eddie House makes driving layup
Eddie House misses 26-foot three point jumper
Pat Burke makes 16-foot jumper (Eddie House assists)
Eddie House misses 22-foot jumper
Jim Jackson misses 15-foot jumper
Steve Nash misses 16-foot jumper
Raja Bell makes 23-foot jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Raja Bell makes driving layup
Eddie House misses 24-foot three point jumper
Raja Bell misses 20-foot jumper
Kurt Thomas makes layup (Steve Nash assists)
Steve Nash makes 10-foot jumper
Raja Bell misses 19-foot jumper
Shawn Marion misses 21-foot jumper
Shawn Marion misses 25-foot three point jumper
Steve Nash makes 25-foot three point jumper
Raja Bell makes 23-foot three point jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Eddie House makes 26-foot three point jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Steve Nash misses 25-foot three point jumper
Eddie House makes 28-foot three point jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Jim Jackson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Desmond Mason makes two point shot
Desmond Mason makes 16-foot jumper (P.J. Brown assists)
Desmond Mason makes driving layup
Chris Paul makes 26-foot three point jumper (J.R. Smith assists)
Desmond Mason misses 16-foot jumper
J.R. Smith makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul misses 17-foot jumper
J.R. Smith makes 21-foot jumper
David West makes 6-foot two point shot
Chris Paul makes 8-foot jumper
J.R. Smith makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
J.R. Smith misses 18-foot jumper
Desmond Mason makes 11-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes 22-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 25-foot three point jumper
David West misses 19-foot jumper
Rasual Butler makes 8-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
David West makes 9-foot jumper
David West misses 18-foot jumper
Pat Burke blocks Speedy Claxton's layup
David West misses 17-foot jumper
Pat Burke blocks Speedy Claxton's layup
P.J. Brown misses 16-foot jumper
Speedy Claxton makes 19-foot jumper (P.J. Brown assists)
Desmond Mason makes 12-foot two point shot
Rasual Butler makes 19-foot jumper (J.R. Smith assists)
Rasual Butler misses jumper
Speedy Claxton misses 19-foot jumper
Desmond Mason makes driving layup
J.R. Smith makes 26-foot three point jumper (Speedy Claxton assists)
Speedy Claxton misses 18-foot jumper
Eddie House blocks Speedy Claxton's 20-foot jumper
Eddie House blocks Desmond Mason's layup
Kurt Thomas blocks Chris Paul's 11-foot jumper
J.R. Smith makes 21-foot jumper
David West misses 19-foot jumper
David West makes 8-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Desmond Mason makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul misses 20-foot jumper
P.J. Brown misses 14-foot jumper
J.R. Smith misses 30-foot three point jumper
Desmond Mason makes 17-foot jumper
J.R. Smith misses 20-foot jumper
David West makes 7-foot jumper
David West makes two point shot
Chris Paul makes 13-foot jumper
Boris Diaw blocks David West's 14-foot jumper
P.J. Brown makes dunk (Chris Paul assists)
J.R. Smith misses 14-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 17-foot jumper
Speedy Claxton makes 18-foot jumper
Desmond Mason makes dunk (Chris Paul assists)
Desmond Mason misses 11-foot hook shot
Speedy Claxton misses 18-foot jumper
Rasual Butler misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kurt Thomas blocks David West's 12-foot jumper
Speedy Claxton misses layup
Rasual Butler misses 16-foot jumper
Desmond Mason misses jumper
Desmond Mason makes dunk (J.R. Smith assists)
Rasual Butler misses 24-foot three point jumper
Rasual Butler misses 22-foot jumper
P.J. Brown misses 19-foot jumper
P.J. Brown misses layup
Rasual Butler makes layup (P.J. Brown assists)
J.R. Smith makes 24-foot three point jumper (Speedy Claxton assists)
Steve Nash blocks Speedy Claxton's 19-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes 9-foot two point shot
David West misses 16-foot jumper
David West misses layup
J.R. Smith misses tip shot
Chris Paul makes 29-foot three point jumper (Speedy Claxton assists)
Chris Paul misses 19-foot jumper
David West misses 14-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 11-foot jumper
Shawn Marion blocks Desmond Mason's 9-foot jumper
J.R. Smith misses 16-foot jumper

HORNETS

SUNS

TIME		NO	PHX
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: P.J. Brown vs. Kurt Thomas (David West gains possession)	0	0
11:37	Desmond Mason makes two point shot	2	0
11:21	Raja Bell misses 18-foot jumper	2	0
11:18	Chris Paul defensive rebound	2	0
11:08	Chris Paul discontinue dribble	2	0
10:57	Boris Diaw makes 6-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)	2	2
10:41	Desmond Mason makes 16-foot jumper (P.J. Brown assists)	4	2
10:33	Steve Nash makes 24-foot three point jumper (Shawn Marion assists)	4	5
10:18	Desmond Mason makes driving layup	6	5
10:10	Shawn Marion misses 19-foot jumper	6	5
10:07	P.J. Brown defensive rebound	6	5
9:57	Boris Diaw shooting foul (Desmond Mason draws the foul)	6	5
9:57	Desmond Mason makes free throw 1 of 2	7	5
9:57	Desmond Mason makes free throw 2 of 2	8	5
9:45	Steve Nash misses 17-foot jumper	8	5
9:44	Chris Paul defensive rebound	8	5
9:30	Chris Paul makes 26-foot three point jumper (J.R. Smith assists)	11	5
9:22	Kurt Thomas offensive foul (J.R. Smith draws the foul)	11	5
9:22	Kurt Thomas turnover	11	5
9:06	Desmond Mason misses 16-foot jumper	11	5
9:03	Boris Diaw defensive rebound	11	5
8:45	Kurt Thomas makes layup (Boris Diaw assists)	11	7
8:30	J.R. Smith makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)	14	7
8:22	Chris Paul personal foul (Boris Diaw draws the foul)	14	7
8:18	Shawn Marion makes 19-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)	14	9
7:58	Chris Paul misses 17-foot jumper	14	9
7:56	Boris Diaw defensive rebound	14	9
7:47	Steve Nash misses 9-foot jumper	14	9
7:47	Phoenix offensive rebound	14	9
7:39	Kurt Thomas makes 14-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)	14	11
7:15	J.R. Smith makes 21-foot jumper	16	11
7:05	Shawn Marion misses 18-foot jumper	16	11
7:03	P.J. Brown defensive rebound	16	11
6:46	David West makes 6-foot two point shot	18	11
6:41	Steve Nash bad pass (Chris Paul steals)	18	11
6:33	Chris Paul makes 8-foot jumper	20	11
6:26	Raja Bell misses 21-foot jumper	20	11
6:24	Chris Paul defensive rebound	20	11
6:16	J.R. Smith makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)	23	11
6:13	Phoenix full timeout	23	11
6:13	Rasual Butler enters the game for P.J. Brown	23	11
5:56	Steve Nash bad pass (Chris Paul steals)	23	11
5:39	J.R. Smith misses 18-foot jumper	23	11
5:37	Kurt Thomas defensive rebound	23	11
5:26	Boris Diaw makes running jumper	23	13
5:03	Desmond Mason makes 11-foot jumper	25	13
4:48	Desmond Mason shooting foul (Boris Diaw draws the foul)	25	13
4:48	Speedy Claxton enters the game for J.R. Smith	25	13
4:48	Boris Diaw makes free throw 1 of 2	25	14
4:48	Eddie House enters the game for Kurt Thomas	25	14
4:48	Boris Diaw makes free throw 2 of 2	25	15
4:24	Chris Paul makes 22-foot jumper	27	15
4:16	Eddie House misses 25-foot three point jumper	27	15
4:13	Desmond Mason defensive rebound	27	15
4:03	Speedy Claxton bad pass (Steve Nash steals)	27	15
3:58	Shawn Marion offensive goaltending	27	15
3:44	Chris Paul misses 25-foot three point jumper	27	15
3:42	Shawn Marion defensive rebound	27	15
3:32	Shawn Marion misses 27-foot three point jumper	27	15
3:31	Rasual Butler defensive rebound	27	15
3:17	Desmond Mason bad pass (Raja Bell steals)	27	15
3:10	Raja Bell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Steve Nash assists)	27	18
2:43	David West misses 19-foot jumper	27	18
2:41	Raja Bell defensive rebound	27	18
2:23	Raja Bell bad pass (Chris Paul steals)	27	18
2:16	Rasual Butler makes 8-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)	29	18
2:08	David West blocks Steve Nash's layup	29	18
2:05	David West defensive rebound	29	18
2:03	Chris Paul offensive foul (Shawn Marion draws the foul)	29	18
2:03	Chris Paul turnover	29	18
2:03	NO/Oklahoma C full timeout	29	18
2:03	Jim Jackson enters the game for Steve Nash	29	18
2:03	J.R. Smith enters the game for Chris Paul	29	18
1:51	Shawn Marion makes 7-foot jumper (Eddie House assists)	29	20
1:32	David West lost ball (Eddie House steals)	29	20
1:25	Eddie House misses 25-foot three point jumper	29	20
1:23	Desmond Mason defensive rebound	29	20
1:15	Boris Diaw personal foul (Speedy Claxton draws the foul)	29	20
1:15	Pat Burke enters the game for Boris Diaw	29	20
1:07	David West makes 9-foot jumper	31	20
1:02	Speedy Claxton personal foul (Shawn Marion draws the foul)	31	20
53.6	David West personal foul (Pat Burke draws the foul)	31	20
53.6	Pat Burke makes free throw 1 of 2	31	21
53.6	Pat Burke misses free throw 2 of 2	31	21
52.9	Desmond Mason defensive rebound	31	21
32.9	David West misses 18-foot jumper	31	21
30.9	Shawn Marion defensive rebound	31	21
24.1	Pat Burke makes 18-foot jumper (Eddie House assists)	31	23
2.9	Pat Burke blocks Speedy Claxton's layup	31	23
2.9	NO/Oklahoma C offensive rebound	31	23
0.1	David West misses 17-foot jumper	31	23
0.0	NO/Oklahoma C offensive rebound	31	23
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	31	23

Regular Season Series

NO leads 1-0

Hornets
91
Suns
87

Game 1

13/12

Suns
101
Hornets
88

Game 2

17/12

Suns
101
Hornets
88

Game 3

7/3

Hornets
78
Suns
115

Game 4

18/4

Footprint Center

12:00 AM, 13 December 2005

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 15,547

Referees:
Mike Callahan
Matt Boland
Zach Zarba

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LA Clippers	.000	-	-
LA Lakers	.000	-	-
Phoenix	.000	-	-
Sacramento	.000	-	-

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