Lakers 105-92 Suns (21 Nov, 2008) Play-by-Play

Los Angeles Lakers

9-1, 5-0 away

105

	1	2	3	4	T
LAL	26	24	30	25	105
PHX	24	20	23	25	92

Phoenix Suns

8-5, 3-3 home

Shaquille O'Neal misses 9-foot hook shot
Amare Stoudemire misses 16-foot two point shot
Shaquille O'Neal makes dunk
Matt Barnes makes layup (Steve Nash assists)
Matt Barnes makes 26-foot three point jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Shaquille O'Neal misses 13-foot jumper
Steve Nash misses 26-foot three point jumper
Raja Bell misses 16-foot jumper
Raja Bell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Pau Gasol blocks Steve Nash's 13-foot jumper
Shaquille O'Neal misses layup
Amare Stoudemire makes 16-foot jumper (Matt Barnes assists)
Amare Stoudemire misses layup
Raja Bell misses 21-foot jumper
Raja Bell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Amare Stoudemire makes 17-foot jumper
Amare Stoudemire misses 15-foot jumper
Amare Stoudemire makes 20-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Boris Diaw makes layup
Amare Stoudemire makes layup (Steve Nash assists)
Sean Singletary misses 9-foot running jumper
Matt Barnes misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sean Singletary misses 23-foot three point jumper
Amare Stoudemire misses 19-foot jumper
Andrew Bynum blocks Amare Stoudemire's 10-foot jumper
Boris Diaw makes jumper
Matt Barnes makes layup (Sean Singletary assists)
Boris Diaw makes layup
Grant Hill makes driving layup
Matt Barnes misses 16-foot jumper
Sean Singletary misses layup
Sean Singletary makes 25-foot three point jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Boris Diaw makes driving layup
Grant Hill misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant blocks Amare Stoudemire's 6-foot jumper
Shaquille O'Neal misses two point shot
Steve Nash misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shaquille O'Neal makes 8-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Shaquille O'Neal misses layup
Shaquille O'Neal makes slam dunk (Matt Barnes assists)
Matt Barnes misses three point jumper
Grant Hill misses 6-foot jumper
Shaquille O'Neal makes two point shot (Steve Nash assists)
Amare Stoudemire misses 9-foot jumper
Amare Stoudemire misses tip shot
Shaquille O'Neal makes dunk
Matt Barnes makes layup (Shaquille O'Neal assists)
Shaquille O'Neal misses 6-foot hook shot
Raja Bell misses 26-foot three point jumper
Matt Barnes misses 23-foot three point jumper
Amare Stoudemire makes 17-foot jumper
Amare Stoudemire misses dunk
Raja Bell misses 24-foot three point jumper
Steve Nash misses 12-foot jumper
Steve Nash makes layup
Shaquille O'Neal makes 9-foot two point shot
Amare Stoudemire makes driving layup
Amare Stoudemire misses two point shot
Amare Stoudemire misses 6-foot two point shot
Steve Nash misses 26-foot three point jumper
Matt Barnes makes 24-foot three point jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Matt Barnes misses 22-foot three point jumper
Steve Nash makes 13-foot jumper
Steve Nash misses 37-foot three point jumper
Raja Bell misses 14-foot jumper
Grant Hill misses 10-foot jumper
Amare Stoudemire makes 7-foot jumper
Steve Nash makes 21-foot jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Boris Diaw misses 16-foot jumper
Grant Hill misses 16-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza blocks Grant Hill's 16-foot jumper
Boris Diaw misses 20-foot jumper
Grant Hill makes layup
Boris Diaw misses 18-foot jumper
Amare Stoudemire makes 17-foot jumper (Raja Bell assists)
Amare Stoudemire misses layup
Boris Diaw makes dunk (Steve Nash assists)
Amare Stoudemire makes dunk (Boris Diaw assists)
Grant Hill makes 14-foot jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Grant Hill makes 22-foot three point jumper (Sean Singletary assists)
Robin Lopez makes two point shot (Grant Hill assists)
Goran Dragic misses 16-foot jumper
Goran Dragic misses 15-foot jumper
Goran Dragic makes layup
Louis Amundson makes 8-foot two point shot (Grant Hill assists)
Jordan Farmar blocks Robin Lopez's 8-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper
Pau Gasol misses 8-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 7-foot jumper
Amare Stoudemire blocks Andrew Bynum's layup
Vladimir Radmanovic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Andrew Bynum makes 15-foot jumper
Derek Fisher misses 8-foot running jumper
Derek Fisher misses 18-foot jumper
Derek Fisher misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 21-foot jumper
Vladimir Radmanovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Derek Fisher assists)
Derek Fisher misses 23-foot three point jumper
Derek Fisher misses 8-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 21-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes two point shot (Pau Gasol assists)
Lamar Odom makes 9-foot two point shot
Pau Gasol misses 17-foot jumper
Pau Gasol makes hook shot
Jordan Farmar misses 11-foot jumper
Lamar Odom makes layup (Trevor Ariza assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 9-foot running jumper
Pau Gasol makes 10-foot hook shot
Trevor Ariza makes driving layup
Sasha Vujacic makes 18-foot jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
Sasha Vujacic makes 15-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Andrew Bynum makes 10-foot hook shot
Jordan Farmar misses 16-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza misses 18-foot jumper
Jordan Farmar makes layup
Jordan Farmar misses 24-foot three point jumper
Lamar Odom misses 8-foot jumper
Jordan Farmar misses 7-foot two point shot
Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes dunk (Trevor Ariza assists)
Jordan Farmar makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 21-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 10-foot two point shot
Vladimir Radmanovic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Lamar Odom makes layup (Derek Fisher assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 16-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 9-foot jumper
Derek Fisher makes 22-foot jumper
Pau Gasol misses 17-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes driving layup
Lamar Odom misses 69-foot three point jumper
Andrew Bynum makes dunk (Derek Fisher assists)
Kobe Bryant makes slam dunk (Pau Gasol assists)
Andrew Bynum makes two point shot (Kobe Bryant assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 26-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 9-foot two point shot
Derek Fisher makes 19-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes running jumper
Derek Fisher misses 22-foot jumper
Vladimir Radmanovic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Vladimir Radmanovic misses 21-foot jumper
Lamar Odom misses layup
Lamar Odom misses 9-foot jumper
Pau Gasol misses tip shot
Lamar Odom makes 17-foot jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 13-foot two point shot
Vladimir Radmanovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Derek Fisher assists)
Derek Fisher makes 25-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 11-foot two point shot
Amare Stoudemire blocks Pau Gasol's 17-foot jumper
Lamar Odom makes two point shot (Kobe Bryant assists)
Pau Gasol misses 15-foot jumper
Jordan Farmar misses layup
Jordan Farmar makes layup (Pau Gasol assists)
Trevor Ariza makes dunk
Trevor Ariza makes 18-foot jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
Lamar Odom makes 27-foot three point jumper
Andrew Bynum misses 11-foot hook shot
Trevor Ariza misses 9-foot jumper
Jordan Farmar makes 15-foot jumper
Jordan Farmar misses 25-foot three point jumper
Andrew Bynum makes dunk (Jordan Farmar assists)
Lamar Odom misses 7-foot jumper
Sasha Vujacic makes 19-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 28-foot three point jumper
Louis Amundson blocks Kobe Bryant's 9-foot jumper
Andrew Bynum misses tip shot
Kobe Bryant misses 18-foot two point shot
Jordan Farmar makes layup (Luke Walton assists)
Sasha Vujacic misses 20-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza makes 18-foot jumper (Chris Mihm assists)
Trevor Ariza misses 24-foot three point jumper
Louis Amundson blocks Luke Walton's 8-foot jumper
Luke Walton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jordan Farmar assists)

LAKERS

SUNS

TIME		LAL	PHX
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Andrew Bynum vs. Shaquille O'Neal (Raja Bell gains possession)	0	0
11:41	Shaquille O'Neal misses 9-foot hook shot	0	0
11:38	Kobe Bryant defensive rebound	0	0
11:33	Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:30	Amare Stoudemire defensive rebound	0	0
11:12	Shaquille O'Neal bad pass (Vladimir Radmanovic steals)	0	0
11:11	Raja Bell shooting foul (Kobe Bryant draws the foul)	0	0
11:11	Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2	1	0
11:11	Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2	2	0
10:52	Raja Bell lost ball (Andrew Bynum steals)	2	0
10:45	Kobe Bryant bad pass (Amare Stoudemire steals)	2	0
10:33	Amare Stoudemire misses 16-foot two point shot	2	0
10:30	Andrew Bynum defensive rebound	2	0
10:17	Pau Gasol misses 8-foot jumper	2	0
10:15	Raja Bell defensive rebound	2	0
10:04	Shaquille O'Neal makes dunk	2	2
9:42	Kobe Bryant misses 7-foot jumper	2	2
9:41	Shaquille O'Neal defensive rebound	2	2
9:37	Matt Barnes makes layup (Steve Nash assists)	2	4
9:27	Amare Stoudemire blocks Andrew Bynum's layup	2	4
9:26	Kobe Bryant offensive rebound	2	4
9:14	Kobe Bryant lost ball (Matt Barnes steals)	2	4
9:08	Matt Barnes makes 26-foot three point jumper (Steve Nash assists)	2	7
8:55	Vladimir Radmanovic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)	5	7
8:40	Derek Fisher personal foul (Steve Nash draws the foul)	5	7
8:32	Shaquille O'Neal misses 13-foot jumper	5	7
8:30	Phoenix defensive rebound	5	7
8:17	Andrew Bynum makes 15-foot jumper	7	7
8:06	Shaquille O'Neal 3 second	7	7
7:54	Derek Fisher misses 8-foot running jumper	7	7
7:50	Shaquille O'Neal defensive rebound	7	7
7:47	Steve Nash misses 26-foot three point jumper	7	7
7:45	Raja Bell offensive rebound	7	7
7:41	Raja Bell misses 16-foot jumper	7	7
7:39	Vladimir Radmanovic defensive rebound	7	7
7:28	Derek Fisher misses 18-foot jumper	7	7
7:26	Pau Gasol offensive rebound	7	7
7:24	Derek Fisher misses 25-foot three point jumper	7	7
7:22	Raja Bell defensive rebound	7	7
7:13	Raja Bell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Steve Nash assists)	7	10
6:56	Kobe Bryant misses 21-foot jumper	7	10
6:54	Amare Stoudemire defensive rebound	7	10
6:43	Pau Gasol blocks Steve Nash's 13-foot jumper	7	10
6:41	Shaquille O'Neal offensive rebound	7	10
6:39	Shaquille O'Neal misses layup	7	10
6:39	Andrew Bynum defensive rebound	7	10
6:33	Vladimir Radmanovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Derek Fisher assists)	10	10
6:20	Amare Stoudemire makes 16-foot jumper (Matt Barnes assists)	10	12
6:11	Shaquille O'Neal shooting foul (Derek Fisher draws the foul)	10	12
6:11	Derek Fisher makes free throw 1 of 2	11	12
6:11	Derek Fisher makes free throw 2 of 2	12	12
5:50	Amare Stoudemire misses layup	12	12
5:50	Andrew Bynum defensive rebound	12	12
5:41	Derek Fisher misses 23-foot three point jumper	12	12
5:39	Amare Stoudemire defensive rebound	12	12
5:22	Raja Bell misses 21-foot jumper	12	12
5:20	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	12	12
5:16	Derek Fisher misses 8-foot jumper	12	12
5:15	Raja Bell defensive rebound	12	12
5:07	Raja Bell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Steve Nash assists)	12	15
4:54	Shaquille O'Neal illegal defense foul (2nd personal foul)	12	15
4:54	Phoenix full timeout	12	15
4:54	Boris Diaw enters the game for Shaquille O'Neal	12	15
4:54	Lamar Odom enters the game for Andrew Bynum	12	15
4:54	Kobe Bryant misses technical free throw	12	15
4:54	Los Angeles offensive rebound	12	15
4:45	Kobe Bryant misses 21-foot jumper	12	15
4:43	Amare Stoudemire defensive rebound	12	15
4:31	Amare Stoudemire makes 17-foot jumper	12	17
4:18	Kobe Bryant makes two point shot (Pau Gasol assists)	14	17
3:55	Amare Stoudemire misses 15-foot jumper	14	17
3:55	Phoenix defensive rebound	14	17
3:36	Lamar Odom makes 9-foot two point shot	16	17
3:26	Amare Stoudemire makes 20-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)	16	19
3:05	Pau Gasol misses 17-foot jumper	16	19
3:03	Matt Barnes defensive rebound	16	19
2:49	Boris Diaw makes layup	16	21
2:34	Pau Gasol makes hook shot	18	21
2:27	Amare Stoudemire makes layup (Steve Nash assists)	18	23
2:27	Lamar Odom shooting foul (Amare Stoudemire draws the foul)	18	23
2:27	Los Angeles full timeout	18	23
2:27	Trevor Ariza enters the game for Vladimir Radmanovic	18	23
2:27	Jordan Farmar enters the game for Derek Fisher	18	23
2:27	Sean Singletary enters the game for Steve Nash	18	23
2:27	Amare Stoudemire makes free throw 1 of 1	18	24
2:09	Jordan Farmar misses 11-foot jumper	18	24
2:06	Pau Gasol offensive rebound	18	24
1:53	Lamar Odom makes layup (Trevor Ariza assists)	20	24
1:27	Sean Singletary misses 9-foot running jumper	20	24
1:23	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	20	24
1:16	Kobe Bryant makes 9-foot running jumper	22	24
1:06	Matt Barnes misses 26-foot three point jumper	22	24
1:04	Lamar Odom defensive rebound	22	24
52.6	Pau Gasol makes 10-foot hook shot	24	24
31.9	Sean Singletary misses 23-foot three point jumper	24	24
31.3	Phoenix defensive rebound	24	24
31.3	Matt Barnes loose ball foul (Kobe Bryant draws the foul)	24	24
31.3	Grant Hill enters the game for Matt Barnes	24	24
31.3	Sasha Vujacic enters the game for Kobe Bryant	24	24
7.9	Trevor Ariza makes driving layup	26	24
2.2	Jordan Farmar personal foul (Sean Singletary draws the foul)	26	24
0.1	Amare Stoudemire misses 19-foot jumper	26	24
0.0	Phoenix offensive rebound	26	24
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	26	24

Regular Season Series

LAL lead 1-0

Lakers
105
Suns
92

Game 1

21/11

Suns
110
Lakers
115

Game 2

11/12

Suns
106
Lakers
132

Game 3

27/2

Lakers
111
Suns
118

Game 4

1/3

Footprint Center

3:30 AM, 21 November 2008

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 18,422

Referees:
Bob Delaney
Matt Boland
Gary Zielinski

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	16	12	.571	-	W3
Golden State	15	12	.556	0.5	W1
LA Clippers	16	13	.552	0.5	L1
Phoenix	14	13	.519	1.5	L2
Sacramento	13	17	.433	4	L4

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