Suns 103-89 Timberwolves (27 Dec, 2005) Play-by-Play

Phoenix Suns

16-10, 6-4 away

103

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	24	21	35	23	103
MIN	20	22	28	19	89

Minnesota Timberwolves

13-12, 8-6 home

Kevin Garnett misses 15-foot two point shot
Kevin Garnett misses 13-foot jumper
Marko Jaric misses 20-foot jumper
Trenton Hassell misses 21-foot jumper
Marko Jaric misses 17-foot two point shot
Kevin Garnett makes layup
Kevin Garnett misses 9-foot two point shot
Wally Szczerbiak misses 7-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak misses three point jumper
Kevin Garnett makes dunk (Marko Jaric assists)
Marko Jaric makes driving layup
Trenton Hassell misses 6-foot jumper
Troy Hudson misses 19-foot jumper
Trenton Hassell misses driving layup
Kevin Garnett makes driving layup (Wally Szczerbiak assists)
Wally Szczerbiak makes layup (Marko Jaric assists)
Wally Szczerbiak makes layup (Marko Jaric assists)
Marko Jaric misses 21-foot jumper
Troy Hudson misses 19-foot jumper
Trenton Hassell misses layup
Kevin Garnett misses tip shot
Marko Jaric misses 24-foot three point jumper
Trenton Hassell makes dunk
Trenton Hassell makes driving layup (Troy Hudson assists)
Trenton Hassell makes layup
Wally Szczerbiak makes 25-foot three point jumper
Rashad McCants misses two point shot
Wally Szczerbiak makes driving layup (Troy Hudson assists)
Wally Szczerbiak makes 18-foot jumper
Troy Hudson misses driving layup
Rashad McCants makes 6-foot jumper (Wally Szczerbiak assists)
Rashad McCants misses layup
Eddie Griffin makes two point shot
Wally Szczerbiak misses 14-foot jumper
Troy Hudson makes 20-foot jumper
Troy Hudson makes 19-foot jumper
Troy Hudson misses 17-foot two point shot
Boris Diaw blocks Wally Szczerbiak's driving layup
Richie Frahm misses 21-foot jumper
Kevin Garnett misses 9-foot jumper
Rashad McCants misses 23-foot three point jumper
Richie Frahm misses 25-foot three point jumper
Wally Szczerbiak misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shawn Marion blocks Kevin Garnett's layup
Troy Hudson makes layup (Kevin Garnett assists)
Kevin Garnett makes layup
Trenton Hassell misses layup
Ronald Dupree misses 22-foot jumper
Kevin Garnett misses 22-foot jumper
Trenton Hassell misses 16-foot jumper
Shawn Marion blocks Wally Szczerbiak's layup
Trenton Hassell makes running jumper (Kevin Garnett assists)
Steve Nash blocks Wally Szczerbiak's 11-foot jumper
Kevin Garnett makes 10-foot jumper
Marko Jaric misses 14-foot two point shot
Marko Jaric misses 24-foot three point jumper
Wally Szczerbiak misses 21-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak makes 22-foot jumper (Marko Jaric assists)
Ronald Dupree makes two point shot (Trenton Hassell assists)
Wally Szczerbiak makes 24-foot three point jumper (Marko Jaric assists)
Troy Hudson makes 20-foot jumper (Wally Szczerbiak assists)
Trenton Hassell makes 5-foot two point shot
Kevin Garnett misses layup
Kevin Garnett makes tip shot
Kevin Garnett makes layup (Ronald Dupree assists)
Troy Hudson misses 22-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak makes 21-foot jumper (Troy Hudson assists)
Ronald Dupree makes 20-foot jumper (Kevin Garnett assists)
Kevin Garnett makes layup (Troy Hudson assists)
Wally Szczerbiak makes 23-foot three point jumper (Marko Jaric assists)
Eddie Griffin misses jumper
Kevin Garnett makes dunk
Kevin Garnett misses 19-foot jumper
Troy Hudson misses 10-foot jumper
Kevin Garnett misses layup
Eddie Griffin misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kevin Garnett misses 10-foot jumper
Troy Hudson makes driving layup
Shawn Marion blocks Wally Szczerbiak's layup
Troy Hudson makes driving layup
Troy Hudson misses 21-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak makes driving layup
Wally Szczerbiak misses 21-foot jumper
Kevin Garnett makes 8-foot two point shot (Anthony Carter assists)
Wally Szczerbiak makes jumper
Anthony Carter misses 22-foot jumper
Trenton Hassell misses jumper
Wally Szczerbiak makes tip shot
Shawn Marion blocks Troy Hudson's 10-foot jumper
Troy Hudson misses 22-foot jumper
Kevin Garnett misses 25-foot three point jumper
Raja Bell makes 23-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Boris Diaw misses layup
Shawn Marion makes driving layup
Steve Nash makes driving layup (Boris Diaw assists)
Raja Bell misses 19-foot jumper
Shawn Marion makes driving dunk
Kurt Thomas misses driving layup
Steve Nash makes driving layup
Boris Diaw makes two point shot (Steve Nash assists)
Boris Diaw makes driving layup
Boris Diaw makes 21-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Steve Nash makes 19-foot jumper (Kurt Thomas assists)
Kurt Thomas misses 17-foot jumper
Steve Nash makes 24-foot jumper
Boris Diaw misses layup
Raja Bell misses 20-foot jumper
James Jones misses 23-foot jumper
Pat Burke misses 15-foot jumper
Wally Szczerbiak blocks James Jones's 22-foot jumper
James Jones misses 21-foot jumper
Pat Burke makes two point shot
Eddie House makes 21-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)
James Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shawn Marion makes 23-foot three point jumper (Pat Burke assists)
Jim Jackson misses 21-foot jumper
James Jones misses 16-foot jumper
James Jones misses layup
Eddie House misses 8-foot running jumper
Raja Bell misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shawn Marion makes 16-foot jumper (Raja Bell assists)
Eddie Griffin blocks Boris Diaw's layup
Raja Bell makes 16-foot jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Raja Bell makes 22-foot jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Raja Bell misses 20-foot jumper
Boris Diaw makes 21-foot jumper
Jim Jackson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Steve Nash misses 25-foot three point jumper
Steve Nash misses jumper
Raja Bell misses 25-foot three point jumper
Steve Nash makes 24-foot three point jumper
Steve Nash misses 23-foot three point jumper
Raja Bell misses 22-foot jumper
Steve Nash makes 25-foot three point jumper
Raja Bell makes 19-foot jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Boris Diaw makes two point shot
Boris Diaw makes dunk (Raja Bell assists)
Boris Diaw makes layup (Shawn Marion assists)
Steve Nash makes 9-foot running jumper
Steve Nash misses layup
Raja Bell makes 21-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Shawn Marion misses 24-foot three point jumper
Boris Diaw misses layup
Steve Nash makes layup
Shawn Marion makes 8-foot jumper (Raja Bell assists)
Steve Nash misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shawn Marion makes two point shot (Boris Diaw assists)
Boris Diaw makes two point shot (Steve Nash assists)
Steve Nash makes driving layup
Raja Bell misses jumper
Shawn Marion makes 7-foot jumper (Raja Bell assists)
Shawn Marion misses 9-foot jumper
Kevin Garnett blocks Shawn Marion's layup
James Jones makes 23-foot three point jumper (Shawn Marion assists)
Eddie House makes 21-foot two point shot (Steve Nash assists)
Eddie House makes 24-foot three point jumper (Steve Nash assists)
James Jones makes 26-foot three point jumper (Shawn Marion assists)
Eddie House misses 24-foot three point jumper
Boris Diaw makes layup (Steve Nash assists)
Steve Nash misses 25-foot three point jumper
James Jones makes 21-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Boris Diaw misses 9-foot jumper
Boris Diaw makes driving layup
Boris Diaw makes 11-foot two point shot (Steve Nash assists)
Shawn Marion misses 25-foot three point jumper
Raja Bell misses 19-foot jumper
Shawn Marion makes jumper (Steve Nash assists)
James Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper

SUNS

TIMBERWOLVES

TIME		PHX	MIN
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Kurt Thomas vs. Kevin Garnett (Mark Madsen gains possession)	0	0
11:38	Kevin Garnett misses 15-foot two point shot	0	0
11:37	Boris Diaw defensive rebound	0	0
11:15	Raja Bell makes 23-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)	2	0
10:59	Kevin Garnett misses 13-foot jumper	2	0
10:57	Steve Nash defensive rebound	2	0
10:44	Boris Diaw misses layup	2	0
10:41	Mark Madsen defensive rebound	2	0
10:29	Marko Jaric misses 20-foot jumper	2	0
10:26	Shawn Marion defensive rebound	2	0
10:15	Shawn Marion makes driving layup	4	0
10:00	Kurt Thomas personal foul (Kevin Garnett draws the foul)	4	0
9:48	Trenton Hassell misses 21-foot jumper	4	0
9:47	Marko Jaric offensive rebound	4	0
9:42	Marko Jaric misses 17-foot two point shot	4	0
9:41	Kevin Garnett offensive rebound	4	0
9:40	Kevin Garnett makes layup	4	2
9:22	Steve Nash makes driving layup (Boris Diaw assists)	6	2
9:07	Kevin Garnett misses 9-foot two point shot	6	2
9:06	Steve Nash defensive rebound	6	2
8:59	Raja Bell misses 19-foot jumper	6	2
8:56	Kevin Garnett defensive rebound	6	2
8:44	Wally Szczerbiak misses 7-foot jumper	6	2
8:42	Minnesota offensive rebound	6	2
8:37	Wally Szczerbiak misses three point jumper	6	2
8:36	Shawn Marion defensive rebound	6	2
8:22	Boris Diaw lost ball (Mark Madsen steals)	6	2
8:15	Kevin Garnett makes dunk (Marko Jaric assists)	6	4
8:07	Raja Bell offensive foul (Mark Madsen draws the foul)	6	4
8:07	Raja Bell turnover	6	4
7:54	Kevin Garnett bad pass (Shawn Marion steals)	6	4
7:50	Shawn Marion makes driving dunk	8	4
7:30	Mark Madsen offensive foul (Kurt Thomas draws the foul)	8	4
7:30	Mark Madsen turnover	8	4
7:18	Kurt Thomas misses driving layup	8	4
7:16	Marko Jaric defensive rebound	8	4
7:07	Marko Jaric makes driving layup	8	6
7:05	delay of game	8	6
6:54	Steve Nash makes driving layup	10	6
6:37	Trenton Hassell misses 6-foot jumper	10	6
6:35	Shawn Marion defensive rebound	10	6
6:28	Boris Diaw makes two point shot (Steve Nash assists)	12	6
6:20	Minnesota full timeout	12	6
6:20	Troy Hudson enters the game for Mark Madsen	12	6
6:11	Boris Diaw personal foul (Wally Szczerbiak draws the foul)	12	6
6:05	Marko Jaric offensive foul (Shawn Marion draws the foul)	12	6
6:05	Marko Jaric turnover	12	6
5:50	Boris Diaw makes driving layup	14	6
5:39	Troy Hudson misses 19-foot jumper	14	6
5:37	Boris Diaw defensive rebound	14	6
5:31	Steve Nash bad pass (Marko Jaric steals)	14	6
5:26	Trenton Hassell misses driving layup	14	6
5:24	Raja Bell defensive rebound	14	6
5:16	Boris Diaw makes 21-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)	16	6
4:56	Kevin Garnett makes driving layup (Wally Szczerbiak assists)	16	8
4:39	Steve Nash makes 19-foot jumper (Kurt Thomas assists)	18	8
4:24	Wally Szczerbiak makes layup (Marko Jaric assists)	18	10
4:11	Kurt Thomas misses 17-foot jumper	18	10
4:09	Troy Hudson defensive rebound	18	10
4:00	Wally Szczerbiak makes layup (Marko Jaric assists)	18	12
3:50	Steve Nash makes 24-foot jumper	20	12
3:42	Marko Jaric misses 21-foot jumper	20	12
3:40	Shawn Marion defensive rebound	20	12
3:31	Boris Diaw misses layup	20	12
3:31	Wally Szczerbiak defensive rebound	20	12
3:28	Kurt Thomas personal foul (Marko Jaric draws the foul)	20	12
3:28	Phoenix full timeout	20	12
3:28	James Jones enters the game for Boris Diaw	20	12
3:28	Pat Burke enters the game for Kurt Thomas	20	12
3:15	Troy Hudson misses 19-foot jumper	20	12
3:13	Shawn Marion defensive rebound	20	12
3:04	Raja Bell misses 20-foot jumper	20	12
3:03	Wally Szczerbiak defensive rebound	20	12
2:51	Trenton Hassell misses layup	20	12
2:49	Kevin Garnett offensive rebound	20	12
2:49	Kevin Garnett misses tip shot	20	12
2:47	James Jones defensive rebound	20	12
2:41	James Jones misses 23-foot jumper	20	12
2:39	Kevin Garnett defensive rebound	20	12
2:28	Marko Jaric bad pass (Pat Burke steals)	20	12
2:21	Pat Burke misses 15-foot jumper	20	12
2:20	Kevin Garnett defensive rebound	20	12
2:11	Wally Szczerbiak turnover	20	12
2:11	Eddie House enters the game for Raja Bell	20	12
1:49	Wally Szczerbiak blocks James Jones's 22-foot jumper	20	12
1:47	James Jones offensive rebound	20	12
1:44	James Jones misses 21-foot jumper	20	12
1:43	Kevin Garnett defensive rebound	20	12
1:31	Marko Jaric misses 24-foot three point jumper	20	12
1:29	Trenton Hassell offensive rebound	20	12
1:28	Trenton Hassell makes dunk	20	14
1:28	Pat Burke shooting foul (Trenton Hassell draws the foul)	20	14
1:28	Trenton Hassell makes free throw 1 of 1	20	15
1:15	Troy Hudson personal foul (Pat Burke draws the foul)	20	15
1:06	Pat Burke makes two point shot	22	15
52.5	Trenton Hassell makes driving layup (Troy Hudson assists)	22	17
48.8	Eddie House makes 21-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)	24	17
32.7	Trenton Hassell makes layup	24	19
32.7	Pat Burke shooting foul (Trenton Hassell draws the foul)	24	19
32.7	Trenton Hassell makes free throw 1 of 1	24	20
15.9	James Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper	24	20
13.9	Marko Jaric defensive rebound	24	20
3.4	Troy Hudson discontinue dribble	24	20
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	24	20

Regular Season Series

PHX leads 1-0

Suns
103
Timberwolves
89

Game 1

27/12

Timberwolves
103
Suns
101

Game 2

7/2

Timberwolves
102
Suns
110

Game 3

12/3

Target Center

12:00 AM, 27 December 2005

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 17,197

Referees:
Scott Foster
Marc Davis
Courtney Kirkland

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Clippers	51	31	.622	-	L3
Phoenix	49	33	.598	2	W3
LA Lakers	47	35	.573	4	W2
Sacramento	46	36	.561	5	W1
Golden State	46	36	.561	5	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	57	25	.695	-	W5
Denver	57	25	.695	-	W1
Minnesota	56	26	.683	1	L1
Utah	31	51	.378	26	L1
Portland	21	61	.256	36	L5

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