Knicks 126-99 Suns (2 Dec, 2009) Play-by-Play

Phoenix Suns

14-4, 8-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
PHX	28	30	18	23	99
NY	39	32	29	26	126

New York Knicks

4-14, 2-8 home

126

Wilson Chandler misses layup
Amare Stoudemire blocks David Lee's 6-foot jumper
Chris Duhon misses 25-foot three point jumper
Danilo Gallinari makes dunk (Larry Hughes assists)
David Lee misses 16-foot jumper
Danilo Gallinari makes layup (Larry Hughes assists)
Danilo Gallinari makes 26-foot three point jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
David Lee makes layup (Larry Hughes assists)
Wilson Chandler makes 25-foot three pointer (Larry Hughes assists)
Danilo Gallinari makes 25-foot three point jumper (Larry Hughes assists)
Wilson Chandler makes two point shot (Larry Hughes assists)
Danilo Gallinari misses layup
David Lee makes tip shot
David Lee makes layup (Larry Hughes assists)
Wilson Chandler misses 17-foot jumper
Wilson Chandler makes 22-foot three point jumper (Chris Duhon assists)
Al Harrington makes two point shot
Larry Hughes makes 20-foot jumper (Jared Jeffries assists)
Larry Hughes misses 24-foot three point jumper
Al Harrington misses 24-foot three point jumper
Al Harrington makes slam dunk (Jared Jeffries assists)
David Lee makes driving layup
Nate Robinson misses 27-foot three point jumper
Al Harrington misses 19-foot jumper
Jared Jeffries makes slam dunk (Larry Hughes assists)
Nate Robinson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Al Harrington makes three point jumper (Nate Robinson assists)
Al Harrington makes slam dunk (Danilo Gallinari assists)
Danilo Gallinari makes 11-foot two point shot (Larry Hughes assists)
Danilo Gallinari misses 15-foot jumper
Larry Hughes misses 19-foot jumper
Danilo Gallinari makes 26-foot three point jumper (Al Harrington assists)
Al Harrington misses 19-foot jumper
Danilo Gallinari misses 23-foot three point jumper
Chris Duhon misses 25-foot three point jumper
Wilson Chandler misses 17-foot jumper
Danilo Gallinari misses 23-foot jumper
David Lee makes 16-foot jumper (Chris Duhon assists)
Al Harrington makes driving layup
Jared Jeffries misses 23-foot jumper
Danilo Gallinari makes layup
Al Harrington makes driving layup
David Lee misses 16-foot jumper
Danilo Gallinari makes 25-foot three point jumper (David Lee assists)
Larry Hughes misses 16-foot jumper
Jared Jeffries makes tip shot
David Lee makes 10-foot two point shot
Steve Nash blocks Chris Duhon's 3-foot jumper
Chris Duhon misses 17-foot jumper
Larry Hughes makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jared Jeffries assists)
Larry Hughes misses 22-foot jumper
David Lee makes layup (Larry Hughes assists)
Jared Jeffries makes driving layup
Danilo Gallinari misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jason Richardson blocks Danilo Gallinari's 25-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes misses 26-foot three point jumper
Danilo Gallinari makes 26-foot three point jumper (David Lee assists)
Chris Duhon makes 25-foot three point jumper
Danilo Gallinari makes 28-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes misses 25-foot three point jumper
Larry Hughes makes two point shot
Larry Hughes makes 20-foot jumper (Danilo Gallinari assists)
Chris Duhon makes driving layup
Danilo Gallinari misses 25-foot three point jumper
Danilo Gallinari misses 23-foot three point jumper
Al Harrington misses 22-foot three point jumper
Danilo Gallinari misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chris Duhon misses layup
Al Harrington misses tip shot
David Lee makes layup
David Lee makes slam dunk (Chris Duhon assists)
Al Harrington makes layup (Chris Duhon assists)
David Lee makes driving layup (Chris Duhon assists)
Chris Duhon misses 24-foot three point jumper
Wilson Chandler misses layup
Wilson Chandler misses tip shot
Wilson Chandler misses 26-foot three point jumper
Wilson Chandler misses layup
Jared Jeffries misses layup
Toney Douglas makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jared Jeffries assists)
Al Harrington misses 23-foot jumper
Goran Dragic blocks Larry Hughes's layup
Toney Douglas misses layup
Jared Jeffries makes tip shot
Jordan Hill misses layup
Jordan Hill misses layup
Al Harrington makes driving layup (Larry Hughes assists)
Marcus Landry makes 25-foot three point jumper (Toney Douglas assists)
Jordan Hill misses jumper
Jordan Hill misses 20-foot jumper
Jordan Hill makes 14-foot jumper (Nate Robinson assists)
Toney Douglas makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jordan Hill assists)
Jordan Hill misses layup
Jordan Hill makes layup
Wilson Chandler makes 14-foot jumper (Toney Douglas assists)
Jason Richardson makes layup (Amare Stoudemire assists)
Steve Nash makes 18-foot jumper
Channing Frye makes two point shot (Steve Nash assists)
Grant Hill misses 15-foot jumper
Jason Richardson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Steve Nash misses 18-foot jumper
Channing Frye makes three point jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Amare Stoudemire makes jumper
Amare Stoudemire makes 7-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Jason Richardson makes layup (Steve Nash assists)
Steve Nash makes 16-foot two point shot
Steve Nash makes 25-foot three point jumper
Jason Richardson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Amare Stoudemire misses 4-foot jumper
Goran Dragic misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jared Jeffries blocks Jason Richardson's 7-foot jumper
Jared Dudley misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jared Dudley makes layup (Louis Amundson assists)
Louis Amundson makes jumper (Jason Richardson assists)
Goran Dragic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Grant Hill misses 14-foot jumper
Jared Dudley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Grant Hill misses layup
Grant Hill makes driving layup
Grant Hill makes dunk
Grant Hill makes 10-foot two point shot (Steve Nash assists)
Steve Nash misses 17-foot jumper
Channing Frye misses 26-foot three point jumper
Steve Nash misses 15-foot jumper
Jason Richardson makes layup (Steve Nash assists)
Jason Richardson makes layup (Grant Hill assists)
Amare Stoudemire misses 18-foot jumper
Steve Nash misses 26-foot three point jumper
Channing Frye misses tip shot
Jared Jeffries blocks Jared Dudley's layup
Steve Nash makes 15-foot two point shot
Jason Richardson makes 18-foot jumper (Channing Frye assists)
Steve Nash makes 11-foot two point shot
Amare Stoudemire makes 5-foot jumper
Steve Nash misses 20-foot jumper
Jared Jeffries blocks Grant Hill's layup
Amare Stoudemire misses 21-foot jumper
Steve Nash makes 23-foot two point shot
Danilo Gallinari blocks Jason Richardson's layup
Amare Stoudemire makes two point shot
Jason Richardson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jared Jeffries blocks Channing Frye's layup
Channing Frye misses 13-foot jumper
Earl Clark makes 20-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Steve Nash misses 26-foot three point jumper
Steve Nash makes driving layup (Amare Stoudemire assists)
Steve Nash misses 25-foot three point jumper
Earl Clark makes 15-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Steve Nash makes 6-foot two point shot
Steve Nash misses layup
Danilo Gallinari blocks Louis Amundson's layup
Goran Dragic misses 19-foot jumper
Alando Tucker misses 20-foot jumper
Alando Tucker makes driving layup
Goran Dragic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jared Dudley misses 12-foot jumper
Earl Clark misses 19-foot jumper
Robin Lopez makes slam dunk
Alando Tucker makes 25-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Goran Dragic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Alando Tucker misses layup
Earl Clark misses layup
Alando Tucker misses tip shot
Alando Tucker makes layup
Robin Lopez makes layup
Jordan Hill blocks Louis Amundson's 7-foot jumper
Earl Clark makes layup (Goran Dragic assists)
Earl Clark misses 20-foot jumper
Robin Lopez makes jumper (Earl Clark assists)
Goran Dragic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Earl Clark misses jumper
Alando Tucker makes layup

SUNS

KNICKS

TIME		PHX	NY
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Amare Stoudemire vs. Wilson Chandler (Steve Nash gains possession)	0	0
11:48	Chris Duhon shooting foul (Jason Richardson draws the foul)	0	0
11:48	Jason Richardson makes free throw 1 of 2	1	0
11:48	Jason Richardson makes free throw 2 of 2	2	0
11:38	Channing Frye shooting foul (Wilson Chandler draws the foul)	2	0
11:38	Wilson Chandler makes free throw 1 of 2	2	1
11:38	Wilson Chandler makes free throw 2 of 2	2	2
11:26	Jason Richardson makes layup (Amare Stoudemire assists)	4	2
11:06	Jason Richardson shooting foul (David Lee draws the foul)	4	2
11:06	David Lee makes free throw 1 of 2	4	3
11:06	David Lee makes free throw 2 of 2	4	4
10:52	Jason Richardson bad pass (David Lee steals)	4	4
10:47	Wilson Chandler misses layup	4	4
10:45	Grant Hill defensive rebound	4	4
10:37	Steve Nash bad pass (Wilson Chandler steals)	4	4
10:25	Amare Stoudemire blocks David Lee's 6-foot jumper	4	4
10:25	New York defensive rebound	4	4
10:10	Amare Stoudemire lost ball (David Lee steals)	4	4
9:55	Chris Duhon misses 25-foot three point jumper	4	4
9:53	Channing Frye defensive rebound	4	4
9:45	Steve Nash makes 18-foot jumper	6	4
9:34	Danilo Gallinari makes dunk (Larry Hughes assists)	6	6
9:23	Phoenix full timeout	6	6
9:14	Channing Frye makes two point shot (Steve Nash assists)	8	6
9:00	Wilson Chandler traveling	8	6
8:52	Grant Hill misses 15-foot jumper	8	6
8:52	Danilo Gallinari defensive rebound	8	6
8:41	David Lee misses 16-foot jumper	8	6
8:41	Channing Frye defensive rebound	8	6
8:30	Jason Richardson misses 26-foot three point jumper	8	6
8:30	Danilo Gallinari defensive rebound	8	6
8:18	Danilo Gallinari makes layup (Larry Hughes assists)	8	8
8:12	Larry Hughes personal foul (Steve Nash draws the foul)	8	8
8:00	Steve Nash misses 18-foot jumper	8	8
8:00	Larry Hughes defensive rebound	8	8
7:56	Danilo Gallinari makes 26-foot three point jumper (Larry Hughes assists)	8	11
7:35	Channing Frye makes three point jumper (Steve Nash assists)	11	11
7:26	David Lee makes layup (Larry Hughes assists)	11	13
7:26	Grant Hill shooting foul (David Lee draws the foul)	11	13
7:26	David Lee misses free throw 1 of 1	11	13
7:24	Grant Hill defensive rebound	11	13
7:16	Steve Nash bad pass (David Lee steals)	11	13
7:13	Amare Stoudemire shooting foul (Wilson Chandler draws the foul)	11	13
7:13	Amare Stoudemire technical foul (1st technical foul)	11	13
7:13	Chris Duhon misses technical free throw	11	13
7:13	New York offensive rebound	11	13
7:13	Wilson Chandler makes free throw 1 of 2	11	14
7:13	Wilson Chandler makes free throw 2 of 2	11	15
6:58	Amare Stoudemire makes jumper	13	15
6:46	Wilson Chandler makes 25-foot three pointer (Larry Hughes assists)	13	18
6:28	Steve Nash lost ball (Larry Hughes steals)	13	18
6:18	Danilo Gallinari makes 25-foot three point jumper (Larry Hughes assists)	13	21
5:58	Amare Stoudemire makes 7-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)	15	21
5:45	Wilson Chandler makes two point shot (Larry Hughes assists)	15	23
5:35	Jason Richardson makes layup (Steve Nash assists)	17	23
5:09	Danilo Gallinari misses layup	17	23
5:07	David Lee offensive rebound	17	25
5:07	David Lee makes tip shot	17	25
4:54	Wilson Chandler personal foul (Amare Stoudemire draws the foul)	17	25
4:54	Amare Stoudemire makes free throw 1 of 2	18	25
4:54	Amare Stoudemire makes free throw 2 of 2	19	25
4:37	David Lee makes layup (Larry Hughes assists)	19	27
4:28	Danilo Gallinari shooting foul (Jason Richardson draws the foul)	19	27
4:28	Jason Richardson makes free throw 1 of 2	20	27
4:28	Jason Richardson makes free throw 2 of 2	21	27
4:09	Chris Duhon traveling	21	27
3:44	Steve Nash makes 16-foot two point shot	23	27
3:31	Wilson Chandler misses 17-foot jumper	23	27
3:31	David Lee offensive rebound	23	27
3:18	Wilson Chandler makes 22-foot three point jumper (Chris Duhon assists)	23	30
3:01	Steve Nash makes 25-foot three point jumper	26	30
2:56	New York full timeout	26	30
2:56	Jared Jeffries enters the game for Danilo Gallinari	26	30
2:56	Al Harrington enters the game for Chris Duhon	26	30
2:56	Jared Dudley enters the game for Channing Frye	26	30
2:40	Al Harrington makes two point shot	26	32
2:25	Jason Richardson misses 25-foot three point jumper	26	32
2:25	Wilson Chandler defensive rebound	26	32
2:15	Grant Hill illegal defense foul (2nd personal foul)	26	32
2:15	Al Harrington makes technical free throw	26	33
2:06	Larry Hughes makes 20-foot jumper (Jared Jeffries assists)	26	35
2:00	Jared Jeffries personal foul (Steve Nash draws the foul)	26	35
2:00	Steve Nash makes free throw 1 of 2	27	35
2:00	Steve Nash makes free throw 2 of 2	28	35
1:45	Larry Hughes misses 24-foot three point jumper	28	35
1:45	Amare Stoudemire defensive rebound	28	35
1:40	Amare Stoudemire bad pass	28	35
1:23	Al Harrington misses 24-foot three point jumper	28	35
1:23	Jared Jeffries offensive rebound	28	35
1:21	Al Harrington makes slam dunk (Jared Jeffries assists)	28	37
54.9	Amare Stoudemire misses 4-foot jumper	28	37
52.9	David Lee defensive rebound	28	37
39.0	David Lee makes driving layup	28	39
28.9	Steve Nash bad pass (Al Harrington steals)	28	39
25.1	Wilson Chandler offensive foul (Jason Richardson draws the foul)	28	39
25.1	Wilson Chandler turnover	28	39
25.1	Goran Dragic enters the game for Steve Nash	28	39
25.1	Nate Robinson enters the game for Wilson Chandler	28	39
5.9	Goran Dragic misses 24-foot three point jumper	28	39
3.9	David Lee defensive rebound	28	39
0.1	Nate Robinson misses 27-foot three point jumper	28	39
0.0	New York offensive rebound	28	39
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	28	39

Regular Season Series

NY leads 1-0

Suns
99
Knicks
126

Game 1

2/12

Knicks
96
Suns
132

Game 2

27/3

Madison Square Garden

12:30 AM, 2 December 2009

New York, NY

Attendance: 19,763

Referees:
Tom Washington
Mark Lindsay
Jason Phillips

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
Boston	22	6	.786	-	W1
New York	18	10	.643	4	W3
Brooklyn	11	17	.393	11	L1
Philadelphia	9	17	.346	12	L1
Toronto	7	22	.241	15.5	L7

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