Lakers 109-89 Suns (16 Apr, 2006) Play-by-Play

Phoenix Suns

52-28, 22-18 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	22	19	29	19	89
LAL	35	27	21	26	109

Los Angeles Lakers

44-37, 26-14 home

109

Kwame Brown misses 18-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes driving layup
Kobe Bryant makes driving dunk
Kobe Bryant makes 26-foot three point jumper (Smush Parker assists)
Shawn Marion blocks Kobe Bryant's 20-foot jumper
Smush Parker misses 28-foot three point jumper
Kwame Brown makes 2-foot hook shot
Kwame Brown makes layup (Lamar Odom assists)
Luke Walton makes jumper
Smush Parker makes driving layup (Luke Walton assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 22-foot jumper
Lamar Odom makes 5-foot two point shot (Smush Parker assists)
Kobe Bryant misses layup
Kobe Bryant misses 29-foot three point jumper
Lamar Odom makes 13-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Luke Walton makes 6-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Lamar Odom makes layup
Kobe Bryant makes slam dunk (Luke Walton assists)
Kwame Brown misses 10-foot jumper
Lamar Odom misses driving layup
Kobe Bryant makes two point shot
Kwame Brown misses layup
Lamar Odom misses tip shot
Smush Parker misses 19-foot jumper
Shawn Marion blocks Luke Walton's layup
Kwame Brown misses 16-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes two point shot (Smush Parker assists)
Luke Walton makes 19-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Kobe Bryant misses jumper
Devean George makes slam dunk (Lamar Odom assists)
Smush Parker misses layup
Sasha Vujacic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sasha Vujacic misses 19-foot jumper
Smush Parker makes layup (Lamar Odom assists)
Lamar Odom misses driving layup
Sasha Vujacic misses 18-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper
Brian Cook makes two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses layup
Jim Jackson misses 23-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes driving layup (Devean George assists)
Lamar Odom misses 16-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 17-foot two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper
Aaron McKie makes 5-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Jim Jackson misses 22-foot jumper
Smush Parker misses 28-foot three point jumper
Lamar Odom misses layup
Lamar Odom makes two point shot
Kwame Brown makes layup (Lamar Odom assists)
Lamar Odom makes layup (Luke Walton assists)
Smush Parker makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Lamar Odom misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant misses layup
Smush Parker misses 24-foot three point jumper
Smush Parker makes slam dunk (Luke Walton assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant misses layup
Kobe Bryant misses 9-foot jumper
Kwame Brown misses 7-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes driving layup
Luke Walton misses 8-foot two point shot
Kwame Brown misses 7-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes layup (Luke Walton assists)
Lamar Odom makes layup
Lamar Odom makes driving layup
Kwame Brown misses two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses 17-foot jumper
Shawn Marion blocks Lamar Odom's 27-foot three point jumper
Lamar Odom misses 27-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 16-foot jumper
Lamar Odom misses driving layup
Kobe Bryant makes layup
Devean George makes 16-foot jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 18-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 17-foot jumper
Devean George makes three point jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
Kobe Bryant misses driving layup
Brian Cook makes 14-foot jumper
Devean George misses jumper
Sasha Vujacic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
Devean George misses dunk
Sasha Vujacic makes 7-foot two point shot (Luke Walton assists)
Luke Walton misses 17-foot jumper
Jim Jackson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aaron McKie assists)
Jim Jackson misses 19-foot jumper
Jim Jackson misses 21-foot jumper
Luke Walton makes driving layup (Aaron McKie assists)
Tim Thomas misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shawn Marion misses layup
Tim Thomas misses 10-foot jumper
Leandro Barbosa misses 27-foot three point jumper
Brian Grant misses 14-foot jumper
Tim Thomas misses 17-foot jumper
Shawn Marion makes 20-foot jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Boris Diaw misses layup
Boris Diaw makes layup
Brian Grant misses 18-foot jumper
Leandro Barbosa makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brian Grant assists)
Leandro Barbosa misses driving layup
Tim Thomas makes 4-foot jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Leandro Barbosa misses 16-foot jumper
James Jones makes 14-foot two point shot
James Jones makes 28-foot three point jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Tim Thomas misses 29-foot three point jumper
Shawn Marion makes 13-foot jumper (Leandro Barbosa assists)
Shawn Marion misses two point shot
Shawn Marion misses 13-foot jumper
Leandro Barbosa makes driving layup
Boris Diaw misses 21-foot jumper
Shawn Marion misses 19-foot jumper
Eddie House misses 25-foot three point jumper
James Jones misses 21-foot jumper
Lamar Odom blocks Pat Burke's layup
Pat Burke misses 26-foot three point jumper
Tim Thomas misses 14-foot jumper
Eddie House misses 19-foot jumper
Tim Thomas misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tim Thomas misses layup
Boris Diaw makes 20-foot jumper (Leandro Barbosa assists)
Nikoloz Tskitishvili makes 18-foot jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Leandro Barbosa misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shawn Marion makes 16-foot jumper
Shawn Marion makes 26-foot three point jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Leandro Barbosa misses 25-foot three point jumper
James Jones misses 19-foot jumper
Nikoloz Tskitishvili misses two point shot
Shawn Marion misses 24-foot three point jumper
Boris Diaw misses tip shot
Shawn Marion makes 8-foot running jumper
Nikoloz Tskitishvili makes 24-foot three point jumper (Leandro Barbosa assists)
Shawn Marion misses 8-foot jumper
Shawn Marion makes 14-foot jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Tim Thomas misses 22-foot jumper
Tim Thomas misses 27-foot three point jumper
Shawn Marion makes 26-foot three point jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Leandro Barbosa misses 24-foot three point jumper
Leandro Barbosa misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shawn Marion misses 9-foot jumper
Leandro Barbosa makes 25-foot three point jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Shawn Marion makes layup (Boris Diaw assists)
Leandro Barbosa makes 14-foot jumper
Leandro Barbosa makes 20-foot jumper
Boris Diaw makes driving layup
Tim Thomas misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tim Thomas makes two point shot (Boris Diaw assists)
Shawn Marion misses 26-foot three point jumper
Eddie House misses 18-foot jumper
James Jones misses layup
Shawn Marion makes layup
Eddie House misses 22-foot jumper
Shawn Marion misses 12-foot jumper
Eddie House makes 20-foot jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Eddie House makes 20-foot jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Boris Diaw makes layup
Leandro Barbosa makes 15-foot jumper
Brian Cook blocks Eddie House's layup
Eddie House makes 19-foot jumper
Nikoloz Tskitishvili misses 20-foot jumper
James Jones misses 26-foot three point jumper
Eddie House misses 18-foot jumper
Shawn Marion misses 18-foot jumper
Shawn Marion misses 27-foot three point jumper
Shawn Marion misses layup
Shawn Marion makes 11-foot jumper (Nikoloz Tskitishvili assists)
Nikoloz Tskitishvili makes layup (Shawn Marion assists)
Nikoloz Tskitishvili misses 9-foot jumper
Boris Diaw makes 10-foot jumper (Nikoloz Tskitishvili assists)
Nikoloz Tskitishvili misses 27-foot three point jumper
Shawn Marion misses 25-foot three point jumper
James Jones makes 25-foot three point jumper
Andrew Bynum blocks Pat Burke's layup
Boris Diaw misses layup
Eddie House misses 21-foot jumper
Pat Burke misses two point shot

SUNS

LAKERS

TIME		PHX	LAL
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Brian Grant vs. Kwame Brown (Lamar Odom gains possession)	0	0
11:56	Jumpball: Boris Diaw vs. Lamar Odom (Luke Walton gains possession)	0	0
11:45	Kwame Brown misses 18-foot jumper	0	0
11:36	Boris Diaw defensive rebound	0	0
11:32	Tim Thomas misses 24-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:30	Kobe Bryant defensive rebound	0	0
11:25	Kobe Bryant makes driving layup	0	2
11:03	Leandro Barbosa bad pass (Kobe Bryant steals)	0	2
11:00	Kobe Bryant makes driving dunk	0	4
10:52	Shawn Marion misses layup	0	4
10:47	Smush Parker defensive rebound	0	4
10:45	Kobe Bryant makes 26-foot three point jumper (Smush Parker assists)	0	7
10:33	Kobe Bryant shooting foul (Shawn Marion draws the foul)	0	7
10:33	Shawn Marion makes free throw 1 of 2	1	7
10:33	Shawn Marion misses free throw 2 of 2	1	7
10:32	Kwame Brown defensive rebound	1	10
10:15	Shawn Marion blocks Kobe Bryant's 20-foot jumper	1	7
10:11	Brian Grant defensive rebound	1	7
10:07	Tim Thomas misses 10-foot jumper	1	7
10:04	Lamar Odom defensive rebound	1	7
9:49	Smush Parker misses 28-foot three point jumper	1	7
9:47	Luke Walton offensive rebound	1	7
9:47	Kwame Brown makes 2-foot hook shot	1	9
9:47	Brian Grant shooting foul (Kwame Brown draws the foul)	1	9
9:47	Kwame Brown makes free throw 1 of 1	1	10
9:30	Leandro Barbosa misses 27-foot three point jumper	1	10
9:29	Kobe Bryant defensive rebound	1	10
9:18	Kwame Brown makes layup (Lamar Odom assists)	1	12
9:07	Brian Grant misses 14-foot jumper	1	12
9:04	Kwame Brown defensive rebound	1	12
9:02	Luke Walton makes jumper	1	14
8:41	Tim Thomas misses 17-foot jumper	1	14
8:40	Luke Walton defensive rebound	1	14
8:33	Smush Parker makes driving layup (Luke Walton assists)	1	16
8:27	Phoenix full timeout	1	16
8:18	Shawn Marion makes 20-foot jumper (Boris Diaw assists)	3	16
8:00	Kobe Bryant misses 22-foot jumper	3	16
7:58	Tim Thomas defensive rebound	3	16
7:50	Boris Diaw misses layup	3	16
7:48	Boris Diaw offensive rebound	3	16
7:48	Boris Diaw makes layup	5	16
7:35	Lamar Odom makes 5-foot two point shot (Smush Parker assists)	5	18
7:18	Brian Grant misses 18-foot jumper	5	18
7:18	Luke Walton defensive rebound	5	18
7:13	Brian Grant personal foul (Kwame Brown draws the foul)	5	18
7:13	Kwame Brown makes free throw 1 of 2	5	19
7:13	Kwame Brown makes free throw 2 of 2	5	20
7:01	Leandro Barbosa makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brian Grant assists)	8	20
6:50	Kobe Bryant misses layup	8	20
6:50	Brian Grant defensive rebound	8	20
6:45	Leandro Barbosa misses driving layup	8	20
6:43	Smush Parker defensive rebound	8	20
6:39	Kobe Bryant misses 29-foot three point jumper	8	20
6:37	Brian Grant defensive rebound	8	20
6:26	Tim Thomas makes 4-foot jumper (Boris Diaw assists)	10	20
6:07	Lamar Odom makes 13-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)	10	22
5:56	Leandro Barbosa misses 16-foot jumper	10	22
5:54	Luke Walton defensive rebound	10	22
5:50	Brian Grant jump ball	10	22
5:50	James Jones enters the game for Brian Grant	10	22
5:39	Luke Walton makes 6-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)	10	24
5:28	Lamar Odom shooting foul (Tim Thomas draws the foul)	10	24
5:28	Tim Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2	11	24
5:28	Tim Thomas makes free throw 2 of 2	12	24
5:07	Lamar Odom makes layup	12	26
4:54	Boris Diaw bad pass (Luke Walton steals)	12	26
4:48	Kobe Bryant makes slam dunk (Luke Walton assists)	12	28
4:39	Leandro Barbosa lost ball (Kobe Bryant steals)	12	28
4:37	Leandro Barbosa shooting foul (Kobe Bryant draws the foul)	12	28
4:37	Kobe Bryant misses free throw 1 of 2	12	28
4:37	Los Angeles offensive rebound	12	28
4:37	Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2	12	29
4:24	James Jones makes 14-foot two point shot	14	29
4:11	Kwame Brown misses 10-foot jumper	14	29
4:09	James Jones defensive rebound	14	29
4:03	James Jones makes 28-foot three point jumper (Boris Diaw assists)	17	29
3:45	Lamar Odom misses driving layup	17	29
3:43	James Jones defensive rebound	17	29
3:34	Tim Thomas misses 29-foot three point jumper	17	29
3:32	Kwame Brown defensive rebound	17	29
3:26	Kobe Bryant makes two point shot	17	31
3:16	Shawn Marion makes 13-foot jumper (Leandro Barbosa assists)	19	31
3:16	Luke Walton shooting foul (Shawn Marion draws the foul)	19	31
3:16	Eddie House enters the game for Tim Thomas	19	31
3:16	Shawn Marion makes free throw 1 of 1	20	31
2:59	Kwame Brown misses layup	20	31
2:57	Lamar Odom offensive rebound	20	31
2:57	Lamar Odom misses tip shot	20	31
2:57	Los Angeles defensive rebound	20	31
2:57	Los Angeles full timeout	20	31
2:44	Shawn Marion misses two point shot	20	31
2:20	Smush Parker misses 19-foot jumper	20	31
2:20	Los Angeles offensive rebound	20	31
2:20	shot clock violation	20	31
2:20	Smush Parker defensive rebound	22	35
2:09	Shawn Marion misses 13-foot jumper	20	31
2:06	Lamar Odom defensive rebound	20	31
2:00	Shawn Marion blocks Luke Walton's layup	20	31
1:59	James Jones defensive rebound	20	31
1:53	Leandro Barbosa makes driving layup	22	31
1:25	Kwame Brown misses 16-foot jumper	22	31
1:25	Los Angeles offensive rebound	22	31
1:25	shot clock violation	22	31
1:13	Boris Diaw offensive rebound	22	31
1:13	Boris Diaw misses 21-foot jumper	22	31
1:10	Luke Walton defensive rebound	22	31
56.3	Kobe Bryant makes two point shot (Smush Parker assists)	22	33
46.9	Shawn Marion misses 19-foot jumper	22	33
42.9	Kobe Bryant defensive rebound	22	33
36.2	Luke Walton makes 19-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)	22	35
17.9	Eddie House misses 25-foot three point jumper	22	35
16.7	Lamar Odom defensive rebound	22	35
1.9	Kobe Bryant misses jumper	22	35
0.0	James Jones defensive rebound	22	35
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	22	35

Regular Season Series

PHX wins 3-1

Suns
122
Lakers
112

Game 1

4/11

Lakers
93
Suns
106

Game 2

21/1

Lakers
96
Suns
107

Game 3

8/4

Suns
89
Lakers
109

Game 4

16/4

crypto.com Arena

5:30 PM, 16 April 2006

Los Angeles, CA

Attendance: 18,997

Referees:
Steve Javie
Tom Washington
Kevin Fehr

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

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