Suns 126-95 Clippers (16 Mar, 2006) Play-by-Play

LA Clippers

37-26, 15-16 away

	1	2	3	4	T
LAC	22	32	17	24	95
PHX	36	37	27	26	126

Phoenix Suns

45-19, 26-9 home

126

Raja Bell makes 19-foot jumper
Boris Diaw misses 19-foot jumper
Shawn Marion makes 25-foot three point jumper (Raja Bell assists)
Steve Nash makes 25-foot three point jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Shawn Marion makes layup (Steve Nash assists)
Boris Diaw makes 18-foot jumper
Shawn Marion makes 11-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)
James Jones misses 21-foot jumper
Boris Diaw makes dunk (Raja Bell assists)
Raja Bell makes layup (Boris Diaw assists)
Steve Nash makes 11-foot jumper
James Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
Steve Nash makes 26-foot three point jumper
James Jones misses 22-foot jumper
James Jones makes 21-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Raja Bell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Steve Nash makes 18-foot jumper
Tim Thomas misses 25-foot three point jumper
Steve Nash makes 25-foot three point jumper
Shawn Marion misses layup
Leandro Barbosa misses layup
Eddie House misses 21-foot jumper
Tim Thomas misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shawn Marion makes layup (Tim Thomas assists)
Tim Thomas makes 24-foot three point jumper
Eddie House makes 19-foot jumper
Eddie House misses 22-foot jumper
Leandro Barbosa misses layup
Raja Bell misses 19-foot jumper
Eddie House misses 22-foot three point jumper
Tim Thomas misses 25-foot three point jumper
Boris Diaw misses 10-foot two point shot
Tim Thomas makes dunk
Tim Thomas makes driving dunk
Boris Diaw makes layup
Tim Thomas makes dunk (Steve Nash assists)
Boris Diaw makes 8-foot hook shot
Raja Bell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Steve Nash misses 25-foot three point jumper
Boris Diaw misses 9-foot two point shot
Raja Bell misses 17-foot jumper
James Jones makes 24-foot three point jumper (Shawn Marion assists)
James Jones makes layup (Steve Nash assists)
Steve Nash makes 7-foot two point shot
Boris Diaw makes layup (Steve Nash assists)
Raja Bell makes layup (Steve Nash assists)
Shawn Marion makes 25-foot three point jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Steve Nash makes 25-foot three point jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
James Jones misses 30-foot three point jumper
Raja Bell misses 21-foot jumper
Raja Bell makes 23-foot three point jumper (Shawn Marion assists)
James Jones makes 23-foot jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Steve Nash makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shawn Marion assists)
Raja Bell misses 26-foot three point jumper
James Jones makes 26-foot three point jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Boris Diaw makes 19-foot jumper (Shawn Marion assists)
Shawn Marion misses 15-foot jumper
Shawn Marion makes dunk (Boris Diaw assists)
Shawn Marion misses 15-foot jumper
Boris Diaw makes two point shot (Steve Nash assists)
James Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
Steve Nash makes 25-foot three point jumper
Leandro Barbosa makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tim Thomas assists)
Steve Nash misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tim Thomas misses 24-foot three point jumper
Leandro Barbosa misses two point shot
Boris Diaw misses 15-foot jumper
Boris Diaw makes 18-foot jumper (Tim Thomas assists)
Eddie House misses 26-foot three point jumper
Vladimir Radmanovic blocks Leandro Barbosa's layup
Eddie House makes 12-foot two point shot
Eddie House misses 25-foot three point jumper
Boris Diaw misses 17-foot two point shot
Boris Diaw misses layup
Leandro Barbosa makes layup (Tim Thomas assists)
Eddie House misses 19-foot jumper
Tim Thomas misses 24-foot three point jumper
Leandro Barbosa makes 8-foot two point shot
Shawn Marion misses 26-foot three point jumper
James Jones makes 26-foot three point jumper (Leandro Barbosa assists)
Leandro Barbosa makes two point shot
Pat Burke misses 21-foot jumper
Eddie House misses 22-foot jumper
Nikoloz Tskitishvili misses 21-foot jumper
Leandro Barbosa misses layup
Nikoloz Tskitishvili makes dunk (Eddie House assists)
Nikoloz Tskitishvili makes 17-foot jumper (Pat Burke assists)
Eddie House makes 20-foot jumper
Pat Burke makes layup
Leandro Barbosa makes layup (Eddie House assists)
Quinton Ross misses 20-foot jumper
Sam Cassell misses 19-foot jumper
Cuttino Mobley misses 19-foot jumper
Chris Kaman misses 10-foot hook shot
Elton Brand misses 8-foot jumper
Quinton Ross makes 21-foot jumper (Cuttino Mobley assists)
Elton Brand makes 17-foot jumper (Sam Cassell assists)
Elton Brand misses hook shot
Sam Cassell misses 25-foot three point jumper
Quinton Ross misses 21-foot jumper
Quinton Ross misses 21-foot jumper
Sam Cassell misses 13-foot jumper
Cuttino Mobley misses 27-foot three point jumper
Sam Cassell makes 13-foot jumper
Cuttino Mobley misses 13-foot jumper
Quinton Ross misses 19-foot jumper
Sam Cassell makes driving layup
Corey Maggette makes 26-foot three point jumper (Sam Cassell assists)
Elton Brand makes layup
Sam Cassell makes 12-foot jumper
Elton Brand misses 9-foot jumper
Shawn Marion blocks Sam Cassell's 9-foot jumper
Corey Maggette misses 26-foot three point jumper
Elton Brand makes layup (Sam Cassell assists)
Sam Cassell makes 16-foot jumper
Vladimir Radmanovic makes 27-foot three point jumper (Sam Cassell assists)
Corey Maggette misses 26-foot three point jumper
Vladimir Radmanovic misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chris Kaman misses layup
Chris Kaman misses layup
Corey Maggette misses 15-foot jumper
Corey Maggette misses layup
Cuttino Mobley misses two point shot
Cuttino Mobley makes 23-foot jumper (Vladimir Radmanovic assists)
Vladimir Radmanovic makes driving layup
Shaun Livingston makes 15-foot two point shot
Vladimir Radmanovic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Shaun Livingston assists)
Vladimir Radmanovic misses 28-foot three point jumper
Corey Maggette makes layup
Elton Brand makes 14-foot jumper (Shaun Livingston assists)
Vladimir Radmanovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sam Cassell misses 17-foot jumper
Vladimir Radmanovic misses layup
Elton Brand makes 20-foot jumper (Sam Cassell assists)
Cuttino Mobley makes 22-foot jumper (Sam Cassell assists)
Shawn Marion blocks Elton Brand's 8-foot jumper
Vladimir Radmanovic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Shaun Livingston assists)
Sam Cassell makes 21-foot jumper (Cuttino Mobley assists)
Elton Brand misses 9-foot jumper
Sam Cassell misses 19-foot jumper
Quinton Ross misses layup
James Jones blocks Sam Cassell's layup
Quinton Ross misses 20-foot jumper
Chris Kaman makes 13-foot two point shot
Cuttino Mobley misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chris Kaman misses layup
Corey Maggette misses 26-foot three point jumper
Cuttino Mobley makes 19-foot jumper (Sam Cassell assists)
Elton Brand misses 14-foot jumper
Chris Kaman misses tip shot
James Jones blocks Elton Brand's layup
Corey Maggette makes layup
James Jones blocks Cuttino Mobley's layup
Sam Cassell misses 18-foot jumper
Corey Maggette misses 11-foot jumper
Corey Maggette misses 24-foot three point jumper
Cuttino Mobley misses 20-foot jumper
Cuttino Mobley misses layup
Cuttino Mobley makes driving layup
Corey Maggette misses slam dunk
Elton Brand makes driving layup
Cuttino Mobley misses 27-foot three point jumper
Corey Maggette misses 22-foot jumper
Shaun Livingston misses layup
Vladimir Radmanovic misses 24-foot three point jumper
Corey Maggette makes 19-foot jumper (Vladimir Radmanovic assists)
Chris Kaman misses layup
Chris Kaman makes layup
Vladimir Radmanovic misses layup
Corey Maggette misses layup
Chris Kaman makes 6-foot jumper
Sam Cassell makes 18-foot jumper
Chris Kaman misses 10-foot jumper
Vladimir Radmanovic makes 10-foot jumper
Sam Cassell makes jumper
Sam Cassell misses 9-foot jumper
Vladimir Radmanovic misses 7-foot jumper
Daniel Ewing misses 21-foot jumper
Walter McCarty misses 9-foot jumper
Daniel Ewing misses 27-foot three point jumper
Yaroslav Korolev misses 15-foot jumper
Daniel Ewing misses 19-foot jumper
Corey Maggette misses 16-foot jumper
Corey Maggette makes two point shot
Daniel Ewing makes layup
James Singleton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Corey Maggette assists)
James Singleton makes 19-foot jumper
Nikoloz Tskitishvili blocks James Singleton's 8-foot jumper
James Singleton misses layup
Walter McCarty misses 28-foot three point jumper
James Singleton misses 19-foot jumper
Daniel Ewing misses 16-foot jumper
Daniel Ewing misses 20-foot jumper

CLIPPERS

SUNS

TIME		LAC	PHX
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Chris Kaman vs. Shawn Marion (Phoenix gains possession)	0	0
11:45	Raja Bell makes 19-foot jumper	0	2
11:21	Quinton Ross misses 20-foot jumper	0	2
11:18	Steve Nash defensive rebound	0	2
11:12	Boris Diaw misses 19-foot jumper	0	2
11:11	Elton Brand defensive rebound	0	2
11:06	Sam Cassell misses 19-foot jumper	0	2
11:04	Quinton Ross offensive rebound	0	2
10:51	Cuttino Mobley misses 19-foot jumper	0	2
10:48	Shawn Marion defensive rebound	0	2
10:37	Shawn Marion makes 25-foot three point jumper (Raja Bell assists)	0	5
10:10	Chris Kaman misses 10-foot hook shot	0	5
10:07	Boris Diaw defensive rebound	0	5
10:00	Steve Nash bad pass	0	5
9:55	Steve Nash makes 25-foot three point jumper (Boris Diaw assists)	0	8
9:45	Elton Brand misses 8-foot jumper	0	8
9:42	Shawn Marion defensive rebound	0	8
9:37	Shawn Marion makes layup (Steve Nash assists)	0	10
9:27	Los Angeles full timeout	0	10
9:15	Quinton Ross makes 21-foot jumper (Cuttino Mobley assists)	2	10
8:59	Boris Diaw makes 18-foot jumper	2	12
8:37	Elton Brand makes 17-foot jumper (Sam Cassell assists)	4	12
8:22	Shawn Marion makes 11-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)	4	14
8:10	Elton Brand misses hook shot	4	14
8:04	Shawn Marion defensive rebound	4	14
8:02	James Jones misses 21-foot jumper	4	14
8:00	Cuttino Mobley defensive rebound	4	14
7:54	Sam Cassell misses 25-foot three point jumper	4	14
7:52	Steve Nash defensive rebound	4	14
7:39	Boris Diaw makes dunk (Raja Bell assists)	4	16
7:26	Quinton Ross traveling	4	16
7:26	delay of game technical	4	16
7:26	Steve Nash makes technical free throw	4	17
7:13	Raja Bell makes layup (Boris Diaw assists)	4	19
6:52	Quinton Ross misses 21-foot jumper	4	19
6:50	Raja Bell defensive rebound	4	19
6:39	Steve Nash makes 11-foot jumper	4	21
6:24	Quinton Ross misses 21-foot jumper	4	21
6:24	Los Angeles defensive rebound	4	21
6:24	Chris Kaman loose ball foul (Boris Diaw draws the foul)	4	21
6:09	Boris Diaw bad pass (Chris Kaman steals)	4	21
6:05	Sam Cassell misses 13-foot jumper	4	21
6:03	Raja Bell defensive rebound	4	21
5:56	James Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper	4	21
5:54	Chris Kaman defensive rebound	4	21
5:48	Cuttino Mobley misses 27-foot three point jumper	4	21
5:46	Shawn Marion defensive rebound	4	21
5:35	Steve Nash bad pass (Elton Brand steals)	4	21
5:24	Elton Brand lost ball (James Jones steals)	4	21
5:20	Steve Nash makes 26-foot three point jumper	4	24
5:11	Sam Cassell makes 13-foot jumper	6	24
4:48	James Jones misses 22-foot jumper	6	24
4:46	Elton Brand defensive rebound	6	24
4:35	Cuttino Mobley misses 13-foot jumper	6	24
4:33	Boris Diaw defensive rebound	6	24
4:24	James Jones makes 21-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)	6	26
4:05	Quinton Ross misses 19-foot jumper	6	26
4:03	Sam Cassell offensive rebound	6	26
4:01	Sam Cassell makes driving layup	8	26
3:48	Quinton Ross personal foul (Raja Bell draws the foul)	8	26
3:48	Phoenix full timeout	8	26
3:48	Tim Thomas enters the game for James Jones	8	26
3:48	Leandro Barbosa enters the game for Boris Diaw	8	26
3:48	Vladimir Radmanovic enters the game for Quinton Ross	8	26
3:48	Corey Maggette enters the game for Chris Kaman	8	26
3:39	Raja Bell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Steve Nash assists)	8	29
3:24	Corey Maggette makes 26-foot three point jumper (Sam Cassell assists)	11	29
3:10	Steve Nash makes 18-foot jumper	11	31
2:51	Elton Brand makes layup	13	31
2:39	Tim Thomas misses 25-foot three point jumper	13	31
2:36	Sam Cassell defensive rebound	13	31
2:31	Sam Cassell makes 12-foot jumper	15	31
2:25	Leandro Barbosa bad pass (Sam Cassell steals)	15	31
2:16	Elton Brand misses 9-foot jumper	15	31
2:15	Raja Bell defensive rebound	15	31
2:09	Steve Nash makes 25-foot three point jumper	15	34
1:57	Shawn Marion blocks Sam Cassell's 9-foot jumper	15	34
1:54	Cuttino Mobley offensive rebound	15	34
1:50	Corey Maggette misses 26-foot three point jumper	15	34
1:47	Tim Thomas defensive rebound	15	34
1:40	Shawn Marion misses layup	15	34
1:39	Vladimir Radmanovic defensive rebound	15	34
1:39	Vladimir Radmanovic bad pass	15	34
1:39	Boris Diaw enters the game for Raja Bell	15	34
1:39	Eddie House enters the game for Steve Nash	15	34
1:28	Leandro Barbosa misses layup	15	34
1:27	Cuttino Mobley defensive rebound	15	34
1:20	Corey Maggette bad pass	15	34
1:20	Cuttino Mobley loose ball foul (Leandro Barbosa draws the foul)	15	34
1:07	Eddie House misses 21-foot jumper	15	34
1:05	Cuttino Mobley defensive rebound	15	34
57.3	Elton Brand makes layup (Sam Cassell assists)	17	34
45.9	Tim Thomas misses 26-foot three point jumper	17	34
43.9	Corey Maggette defensive rebound	17	34
36.9	Sam Cassell makes 16-foot jumper	19	34
20.4	Shawn Marion makes layup (Tim Thomas assists)	19	36
3.9	Vladimir Radmanovic makes 27-foot three point jumper (Sam Cassell assists)	22	36
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	22	36

Regular Season Series

PHX leads 2-1

Suns
91
Clippers
101

Game 1

11/12

Suns
112
Clippers
102

Game 2

19/1

Clippers
95
Suns
126

Game 3

16/3

Clippers
119
Suns
105

Game 4

6/4

Footprint Center

12:00 AM, 16 March 2006

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 18,422

Referees:
Jack Nies
Jim Clark
Olandis Poole

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Golden State	12	5	.706	-	L2
LA Lakers	10	6	.625	1.5	L2
LA Clippers	11	8	.579	2	L1
Phoenix	9	7	.563	2.5	L5
Sacramento	8	10	.444	4.5	L4

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