Mavericks 140-116 Suns (5 Apr, 2009) Play-by-Play

Phoenix Suns

42-35, 16-22 away

116

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	33	26	25	32	116
DAL	39	42	33	26	140

Dallas Mavericks

46-31, 28-9 home

140

Josh Howard misses 12-foot running jumper
Josh Howard makes 16-foot jumper
Jason Kidd misses 15-foot jumper
Josh Howard makes 21-foot two point shot
Jose Juan Barea misses 18-foot jumper
Dirk Nowitzki misses 19-foot jumper
Josh Howard makes 24-foot three point jumper (Dirk Nowitzki assists)
Josh Howard misses 16-foot jumper
Jose Juan Barea makes driving layup
Jose Juan Barea misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jose Juan Barea makes driving layup (Jason Kidd assists)
Dirk Nowitzki makes 20-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Dirk Nowitzki makes 9-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Dirk Nowitzki makes 19-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Josh Howard misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jason Kidd makes 19-foot jumper
Jason Terry makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Jason Terry makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Jason Kidd makes two point shot
Jason Kidd makes driving layup
Josh Howard makes two point shot
Dirk Nowitzki makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Jason Terry misses layup
Jason Terry makes layup
Antoine Wright misses 24-foot three point jumper
Antoine Wright misses 17-foot jumper
Jason Terry makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Brandon Bass makes driving layup (Jason Terry assists)
Louis Amundson blocks Brandon Bass's 6-foot jumper
Brandon Bass misses driving layup
Jason Terry makes 6-foot two point shot
Robin Lopez blocks Jason Terry's driving layup
James Singleton misses 22-foot jumper
Jason Terry misses 12-foot jumper
Jose Juan Barea misses driving layup
Jason Kidd makes 25-foot three point jumper
Jose Juan Barea makes driving layup (James Singleton assists)
Josh Howard misses 17-foot jumper
Jason Terry makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
James Singleton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Brandon Bass makes slam dunk (Jason Kidd assists)
Josh Howard makes two point shot (Jason Kidd assists)
Jason Kidd makes 22-foot three point jumper (Josh Howard assists)
Dirk Nowitzki makes layup (Jason Kidd assists)
Josh Howard makes 18-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Brandon Bass makes two point shot (Jason Kidd assists)
Josh Howard makes 71-foot three point jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Josh Howard misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jose Juan Barea makes 24-foot three point jumper (Dirk Nowitzki assists)
Dirk Nowitzki misses 17-foot jumper
Josh Howard misses three point jumper
Erick Dampier makes slam dunk (Dirk Nowitzki assists)
Dirk Nowitzki makes two point shot (Jason Kidd assists)
Josh Howard makes 5-foot jumper
Jose Juan Barea makes 27-foot three point jumper (Dirk Nowitzki assists)
Dirk Nowitzki makes 13-foot two point shot
Ryan Hollins misses jumper
Jason Kidd makes 23-foot three point jumper (Josh Howard assists)
Dirk Nowitzki makes 16-foot two point shot (Jason Kidd assists)
Jason Kidd misses 25-foot three point jumper
Josh Howard makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Josh Howard misses 25-foot three point jumper
Dirk Nowitzki makes 19-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Jason Terry makes 18-foot jumper
Brandon Bass makes slam dunk (Jose Juan Barea assists)
Josh Howard misses 26-foot three pointer
Brandon Bass makes 9-foot jumper (Jason Terry assists)
Dirk Nowitzki makes driving layup (Jose Juan Barea assists)
Robin Lopez blocks Jose Juan Barea's driving layup
James Singleton misses layup
James Singleton misses 21-foot jumper
Brandon Bass makes layup (Antoine Wright assists)
Jason Terry misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jason Terry misses 26-foot three point jumper
Antoine Wright misses 21-foot jumper
Jose Juan Barea misses 17-foot jumper
Matt Carroll makes 7-foot running jumper (James Singleton assists)
Matt Carroll misses 23-foot jumper
Gerald Green makes jumper
Louis Amundson blocks Gerald Green's driving layup
Antoine Wright makes driving layup
Antoine Wright misses driving layup
James Singleton makes driving layup
James Singleton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Antoine Wright assists)
Gerald Green makes 16-foot jumper
Steve Nash misses 21-foot jumper
Shaquille O'Neal misses layup
Grant Hill makes 17-foot jumper
Steve Nash makes driving layup
Shaquille O'Neal makes driving layup (Matt Barnes assists)
Steve Nash misses 19-foot jumper
Jason Richardson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Grant Hill makes layup (Steve Nash assists)
Grant Hill makes two point shot (Steve Nash assists)
Grant Hill makes 19-foot jumper (Shaquille O'Neal assists)
Jason Richardson misses driving layup
Steve Nash makes 8-foot jumper
Shaquille O'Neal makes layup
Shaquille O'Neal makes slam dunk
Grant Hill makes 18-foot jumper
Leandro Barbosa makes layup (Steve Nash assists)
Steve Nash makes 17-foot jumper
Steve Nash misses 23-foot three point jumper
Grant Hill makes 8-foot two point shot
Leandro Barbosa makes three point jumper (Matt Barnes assists)
Antoine Wright blocks Leandro Barbosa's driving layup
Matt Barnes misses 24-foot three point jumper
Steve Nash misses 36-foot three point jumper
Leandro Barbosa makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jared Dudley assists)
Louis Amundson makes driving layup (Jared Dudley assists)
Goran Dragic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jared Dudley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Leandro Barbosa assists)
Leandro Barbosa makes 23-foot jumper
Leandro Barbosa makes 18-foot two point shot
Brandon Bass blocks Leandro Barbosa's two point shot
Jason Terry blocks Jared Dudley's three point jumper
James Singleton blocks Jared Dudley's layup
Grant Hill misses 13-foot jumper
Jason Richardson misses 22-foot three point jumper
Leandro Barbosa misses 24-foot three point jumper
Leandro Barbosa makes driving layup (Shaquille O'Neal assists)
Steve Nash misses driving layup
Grant Hill misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jason Richardson misses three point jumper
Shaquille O'Neal misses 9-foot jumper
Leandro Barbosa misses 19-foot jumper
Shaquille O'Neal misses layup
Steve Nash makes 24-foot three point jumper (Leandro Barbosa assists)
Grant Hill makes 6-foot jumper (Shaquille O'Neal assists)
Leandro Barbosa makes driving layup (Steve Nash assists)
Leandro Barbosa misses three point jumper
Shaquille O'Neal makes slam dunk
Shaquille O'Neal makes two point shot (Matt Barnes assists)
Steve Nash misses 8-foot two point shot
Grant Hill misses driving layup
Matt Barnes misses 18-foot jumper
Josh Howard blocks Steve Nash's driving layup
Dirk Nowitzki blocks Grant Hill's layup
Steve Nash misses layup
Grant Hill makes layup (Steve Nash assists)
Shaquille O'Neal makes slam dunk (Steve Nash assists)
Leandro Barbosa makes driving layup (Steve Nash assists)
Jared Dudley makes 21-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Josh Howard blocks Louis Amundson's driving layup
Goran Dragic makes two point shot
Leandro Barbosa makes 19-foot jumper
Goran Dragic misses 14-foot jumper
Jared Dudley misses 22-foot jumper
Goran Dragic makes 10-foot jumper (Leandro Barbosa assists)
Louis Amundson misses 17-foot jumper
Louis Amundson misses layup
Alando Tucker makes 9-foot two point shot
Alando Tucker misses 11-foot two point shot
Goran Dragic makes 24-foot three point jumper
Alando Tucker makes layup (Jared Dudley assists)
Alando Tucker misses 25-foot three point jumper
Goran Dragic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Robin Lopez misses 8-foot two point shot
Robin Lopez makes 3-foot jumper
Jared Dudley misses 22-foot three point jumper
Alando Tucker makes layup (Louis Amundson assists)
Goran Dragic makes 24-foot three point jumper
Goran Dragic makes driving layup
Goran Dragic misses jumper
Jared Dudley misses three point jumper
Alando Tucker makes layup

SUNS

MAVERICKS

TIME		PHX	DAL
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Shaquille O'Neal vs. Erick Dampier (Steve Nash gains possession)	0	0
11:47	Steve Nash misses 21-foot jumper	0	0
11:45	Phoenix defensive rebound	0	0
11:30	Josh Howard misses 12-foot running jumper	0	0
11:26	Matt Barnes defensive rebound	0	0
11:15	Shaquille O'Neal misses layup	0	0
11:12	Erick Dampier defensive rebound	0	0
11:07	Josh Howard makes 16-foot jumper	0	2
11:00	Grant Hill makes 17-foot jumper	2	2
10:44	Jason Kidd misses 15-foot jumper	2	2
10:41	Shaquille O'Neal defensive rebound	2	2
10:33	Steve Nash makes driving layup	4	2
10:18	Josh Howard makes 21-foot two point shot	4	4
10:06	Shaquille O'Neal makes driving layup (Matt Barnes assists)	6	4
9:49	Jose Juan Barea misses 18-foot jumper	6	4
9:48	Grant Hill defensive rebound	6	4
9:38	Erick Dampier shooting foul (Shaquille O'Neal draws the foul)	6	4
9:38	Shaquille O'Neal misses free throw 1 of 2	6	4
9:38	Phoenix offensive rebound	6	4
9:38	Shaquille O'Neal misses free throw 2 of 2	6	4
9:37	Dirk Nowitzki defensive rebound	6	4
9:23	Dirk Nowitzki misses 19-foot jumper	6	4
9:22	Shaquille O'Neal defensive rebound	6	4
9:15	Steve Nash misses 19-foot jumper	6	4
9:15	Grant Hill offensive rebound	6	4
9:11	Jason Richardson misses 24-foot three point jumper	6	4
9:07	Dirk Nowitzki defensive rebound	6	4
9:02	Josh Howard makes 24-foot three point jumper (Dirk Nowitzki assists)	6	7
8:56	Grant Hill makes layup (Steve Nash assists)	8	7
8:30	Josh Howard misses 16-foot jumper	8	7
8:29	Shaquille O'Neal defensive rebound	8	7
8:26	Grant Hill makes two point shot (Steve Nash assists)	10	7
8:26	Josh Howard illegal defense	10	7
8:11	Jose Juan Barea makes driving layup	10	9
7:54	Grant Hill makes 19-foot jumper (Shaquille O'Neal assists)	12	9
7:39	Jose Juan Barea misses 25-foot three point jumper	12	9
7:37	Grant Hill defensive rebound	12	9
7:31	Jason Richardson misses driving layup	12	9
7:30	Erick Dampier defensive rebound	12	9
7:24	Jose Juan Barea makes driving layup (Jason Kidd assists)	12	11
7:16	Erick Dampier personal foul (Shaquille O'Neal draws the foul)	12	11
7:16	Ryan Hollins enters the game for Erick Dampier	12	11
7:07	Ryan Hollins shooting foul (Jason Richardson draws the foul)	12	11
7:07	Jason Richardson misses free throw 1 of 2	12	11
7:07	Phoenix offensive rebound	12	11
7:07	Jason Richardson makes free throw 2 of 2	13	11
6:54	Dirk Nowitzki makes 20-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)	13	13
6:48	Steve Nash makes 8-foot jumper	15	13
6:20	Dirk Nowitzki makes 9-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)	15	15
6:11	Shaquille O'Neal makes layup	17	15
6:11	Ryan Hollins shooting foul (Shaquille O'Neal draws the foul)	17	15
6:11	Shaquille O'Neal misses free throw 1 of 1	17	15
6:11	Phoenix defensive rebound	17	15
6:11	Dallas full timeout	17	15
6:11	Jason Terry enters the game for Jose Juan Barea	17	15
5:58	Dirk Nowitzki makes 19-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)	17	17
5:37	Shaquille O'Neal makes slam dunk	19	17
5:26	Josh Howard misses 25-foot three point jumper	19	17
5:24	Jason Richardson defensive rebound	19	17
5:20	Grant Hill makes 18-foot jumper	21	17
5:00	Jason Kidd makes 19-foot jumper	21	19
4:54	Ryan Hollins shooting foul (Grant Hill draws the foul)	21	19
4:54	Grant Hill misses free throw 1 of 2	21	19
4:54	Phoenix offensive rebound	21	19
4:54	Brandon Bass enters the game for Ryan Hollins	21	19
4:54	Robin Lopez enters the game for Shaquille O'Neal	21	19
4:54	Grant Hill makes free throw 2 of 2	22	19
4:39	Jason Terry makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jason Kidd assists)	22	22
4:28	Jason Richardson traveling	22	22
4:15	Jason Terry makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jason Kidd assists)	22	25
3:59	Steve Nash turnover	22	25
3:51	Steve Nash personal foul (Jason Kidd draws the foul)	22	25
3:51	Shaquille O'Neal enters the game for Robin Lopez	22	25
3:43	Jason Kidd makes two point shot	22	27
3:35	Jason Terry personal foul (Steve Nash draws the foul)	22	27
3:35	Leandro Barbosa enters the game for Jason Richardson	22	27
3:35	Steve Nash makes free throw 1 of 2	23	27
3:35	Steve Nash makes free throw 2 of 2	24	27
3:27	Jason Kidd makes driving layup	24	29
3:16	Steve Nash bad pass	24	29
3:08	Josh Howard makes two point shot	24	31
3:00	Leandro Barbosa makes layup (Steve Nash assists)	26	31
2:48	Dirk Nowitzki makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jason Kidd assists)	26	34
2:36	Steve Nash makes 17-foot jumper	28	34
2:18	Jason Terry misses layup	28	34
2:17	Jason Terry offensive rebound	28	34
2:17	Jason Terry makes layup	28	36
2:17	Shaquille O'Neal illegal defense	28	36
2:17	Phoenix full timeout	28	36
2:17	Antoine Wright enters the game for Josh Howard	28	36
2:01	Steve Nash misses 23-foot three point jumper	28	36
2:00	Grant Hill offensive rebound	28	36
1:53	Grant Hill makes 8-foot two point shot	30	36
1:31	Antoine Wright misses 24-foot three point jumper	30	36
1:29	Matt Barnes defensive rebound	30	36
1:10	Leandro Barbosa makes three point jumper (Matt Barnes assists)	33	36
50.9	Antoine Wright misses 17-foot jumper	33	36
48.9	Leandro Barbosa defensive rebound	33	36
42.9	Antoine Wright blocks Leandro Barbosa's driving layup	33	36
40.7	Jason Kidd defensive rebound	33	36
35.8	Jason Terry makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jason Kidd assists)	33	39
16.9	Matt Barnes misses 24-foot three point jumper	33	39
14.9	Brandon Bass defensive rebound	33	39
0.3	Dirk Nowitzki bad pass (Steve Nash steals)	33	39
0.0	Steve Nash misses 36-foot three point jumper	33	39
0.0	Phoenix offensive rebound	33	39
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	33	39

Regular Season Series

DAL wins 3-1

Suns
97
Mavericks
112

Game 1

5/12

Mavericks
100
Suns
128

Game 2

10/1

Mavericks
122
Suns
117

Game 3

11/3

Suns
116
Mavericks
140

Game 4

5/4

American Airlines Center

8:30 PM, 5 April 2009

Dallas, TX

Attendance: 20,301

Referees:
Dick Bavetta
Derek Richardson
Ed Malloy

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

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Memphis	20	9	.690	-	W2
Houston	19	9	.679	0.5	W2
Dallas	18	10	.643	1.5	W1
San Antonio	15	13	.536	4.5	W2
New Orleans	5	25	.167	15.5	L7

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Phoenix Suns

Dallas Mavericks

Regular Season Series

DAL wins 3-1

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