Suns 92-86 Lakers (31 Jan, 2013) Play-by-Play

Los Angeles Lakers

20-26, 5-16 away

	1	2	3	4	T
LAL	22	19	32	13	86
PHX	26	15	22	29	92

Phoenix Suns

16-30, 12-11 home

Goran Dragic makes two point shot
P.J. Tucker misses 6-foot jump bank shot
Marcin Gortat makes two point shot
Jared Dudley makes layup (Goran Dragic assists)
Jared Dudley makes jumper (P.J. Tucker assists)
Luis Scola makes 16-foot jumper (P.J. Tucker assists)
Marcin Gortat misses 5-foot jumper
Goran Dragic misses 16-foot jumper
P.J. Tucker makes dunk (Goran Dragic assists)
Dwight Howard blocks Michael Beasley 's 3-foot jumper
Jared Dudley misses 25-foot three point jumper
Michael Beasley makes 14-foot jumper (Marcin Gortat assists)
P.J. Tucker makes two point shot (Jared Dudley assists)
Jared Dudley misses 17-foot jumper
Marcin Gortat misses 7-foot jumper
Jared Dudley misses 23-foot three point jumper
Michael Beasley misses 18-foot jumper
Marcin Gortat makes two point shot
Michael Beasley makes 24-foot three point jumper (Marcin Gortat assists)
Shannon Brown misses 18-foot jumper
Michael Beasley makes 22-foot jumper
Michael Beasley misses 17-foot jump bank shot
Sebastian Telfair misses 27-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola misses jumper
Markieff Morris misses 18-foot jumper
Shannon Brown makes 16-foot jumper
Shannon Brown misses jumper
Luis Scola misses jumper
Shannon Brown makes dunk (Sebastian Telfair assists)
Steve Blake blocks Sebastian Telfair 's 4-foot 2-pt jumper
Sebastian Telfair misses 21-foot jumper
Michael Beasley misses layup
Pau Gasol blocks Markieff Morris 's 2-foot layup
Luis Scola misses 17-foot jumper
Luis Scola misses 17-foot jumper
Goran Dragic misses 8-foot jumper
Shannon Brown misses 19-foot jumper
Marcin Gortat makes 10-foot two point shot (P.J. Tucker assists)
Goran Dragic misses 25-foot three point jumper
P.J. Tucker misses 6-foot hook shot
Marcin Gortat misses 15-foot jumper
Michael Beasley misses 21-foot jumper
Marcin Gortat makes two point shot
Marcin Gortat makes layup (Goran Dragic assists)
Marcin Gortat makes layup (Goran Dragic assists)
Michael Beasley makes driving layup
Goran Dragic makes driving layup
Goran Dragic misses 24-foot three point jumper
Marcin Gortat misses 15-foot
Luis Scola makes jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Jared Dudley misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola misses layup
Metta World Peace blocks Jared Dudley's jumper
Marcin Gortat makes 19-foot jumper (P.J. Tucker assists)
Marcin Gortat misses layup
Michael Beasley misses 11-foot jumper
Michael Beasley misses 9-foot jumper
Jared Dudley misses 25-foot three point jumper
Michael Beasley makes two point shot
P.J. Tucker misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shannon Brown misses 19-foot jumper
P.J. Tucker makes layup (Shannon Brown assists)
Goran Dragic makes three point jumper (Shannon Brown assists)
Michael Beasley makes driving layup
Michael Beasley makes 17-foot jumper
Shannon Brown makes dunk (Marcin Gortat assists)
Marcin Gortat misses 17-foot jumper
Michael Beasley makes 16-foot jumper (Shannon Brown assists)
Shannon Brown misses 19-foot jumper
Luis Scola makes 10-foot two point shot
Sebastian Telfair makes 8-foot jumper (Michael Beasley assists)
Luis Scola makes layup (Goran Dragic assists)
Goran Dragic misses 13-foot two point jumper
Michael Beasley misses two point shot
Goran Dragic misses 8-foot two point shot
Michael Beasley makes driving layup
Goran Dragic makes layup
Michael Beasley makes 15-foot two point shot
Jared Dudley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Jared Dudley misses 26-foot three point jumper
Michael Beasley makes 17-foot two point shot
Luis Scola makes jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Michael Beasley makes driving layup
Steve Nash misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 15-foot two point shot
Metta World Peace misses 21-foot jumper
Dwight Howard makes dunk (Kobe Bryant assists)
Dwight Howard misses 16-foot jump bank shot
Metta World Peace makes layup
Metta World Peace makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Metta World Peace misses 24-foot three point jumper
Metta World Peace misses 23-foot three point jumper
Pau Gasol makes dunk (Kobe Bryant assists)
Steve Nash makes layup (Pau Gasol assists)
Steve Nash misses 25-foot three point jumper
Pau Gasol misses 8-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
Earl Clark makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Steve Blake makes driving layup
Pau Gasol misses 15-foot jumper
Antawn Jamison makes 26-foot three point jumper (Steve Blake assists)
Pau Gasol misses 6-foot
Antawn Jamison misses 25-foot three point jumper
Pau Gasol misses 8-foot hook shot
Pau Gasol makes 5-foot two point shot (Steve Blake assists)
Pau Gasol makes dunk (Dwight Howard assists)
Steve Blake misses 8-foot jumper
Steve Nash misses three point jumper
Earl Clark misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes layup
Metta World Peace misses jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 10-foot two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses 29-foot three point jumper
Dwight Howard makes layup (Kobe Bryant assists)
Dwight Howard misses 8-foot jump bank shot
Steve Blake misses 25-foot three point jumper
Metta World Peace makes two point shot
Steve Nash misses 17-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 17-foot two point shot
Metta World Peace misses 24-foot three point jumper
Metta World Peace makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Steve Nash makes driving layup
Pau Gasol makes layup (Kobe Bryant assists)
Metta World Peace makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Pau Gasol makes 20-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Pau Gasol misses 16-foot jumper
Dwight Howard misses layup
Metta World Peace misses three point jumper
Steve Nash makes 25-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 17-foot two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses 22-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 5-foot two point shot
Dwight Howard makes 8-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 7-foot
Dwight Howard makes 4-foot jumper
Metta World Peace makes layup (Steve Nash assists)
Dwight Howard misses two point shot
Pau Gasol makes two point shot
Antawn Jamison makes 23-foot three point jumper (Earl Clark assists)
Antawn Jamison makes jumper (Earl Clark assists)
Earl Clark misses 23-foot three point jumper
Antawn Jamison makes three point jumper (Steve Blake assists)
Antawn Jamison makes layup (Pau Gasol assists)
Luis Scola blocks Pau Gasol 's 6-foot jumper
Metta World Peace misses 21-foot jumper
Metta World Peace misses 12-foot jumper
Pau Gasol misses 16-foot jumper
Steve Blake misses 25-foot three point jumper
Metta World Peace misses 24-foot three point jumper
Metta World Peace misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shannon Brown blocks Dwight Howard 's 2-foot layup
Metta World Peace misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 22-foot jumper (Steve Nash assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 20-foot jumper
Steve Nash misses 21-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 18-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes driving layup
Kobe Bryant misses layup
Earl Clark misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 25-foot three point jumper

LAKERS

SUNS

TIME		LAL	PHX
12:00	Dwight Howard vs. Marcin Gortat (Metta World Peace gains possession)	0	0
11:42	Steve Nash misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:41	Jared Dudley defensive rebound	0	0
11:18	shot clock turnover	0	0
11:07	Dwight Howard bad pass	0	0
10:55	Goran Dragic makes two point shot	0	2
10:30	Kobe Bryant makes 15-foot two point shot	2	2
10:11	P.J. Tucker misses 6-foot jump bank shot	2	2
10:10	Marcin Gortat offensive rebound	2	2
10:10	Marcin Gortat makes two point shot	2	4
10:00	Jared Dudley shooting foul (Dwight Howard draws the foul)	3	4
10:00	Dwight Howard misses free throw 1 of 2	2	4
10:00	Lakers offensive team rebound	2	4
10:00	Dwight Howard makes free throw 2 of 2	3	4
9:48	Dwight Howard shooting foul (Goran Dragic draws the foul)	3	4
9:48	Goran Dragic makes free throw 1 of 2	3	5
9:48	Goran Dragic makes free throw 2 of 2	3	6
9:33	Metta World Peace misses 21-foot jumper	3	6
9:32	Marcin Gortat defensive rebound	3	6
9:27	Jared Dudley makes layup (Goran Dragic assists)	3	8
9:27	Dwight Howard defensive goaltending violation	3	8
9:14	Dwight Howard makes dunk (Kobe Bryant assists)	5	8
8:55	Jared Dudley makes jumper (P.J. Tucker assists)	5	10
8:37	Dwight Howard misses 16-foot jump bank shot	5	10
8:34	Luis Scola defensive rebound	5	10
8:30	Goran Dragic bad pass (Metta World Peace steals)	5	10
8:25	Metta World Peace makes layup	7	10
7:58	Luis Scola makes 16-foot jumper (P.J. Tucker assists)	7	12
7:41	Metta World Peace makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)	10	12
7:28	Marcin Gortat misses 5-foot jumper	10	12
7:26	Earl Clark defensive rebound	10	12
7:24	Luis Scola personal foul (Dwight Howard draws the foul)	10	12
7:15	Kobe Bryant steps out of bounds turnover	10	12
7:15	Michael Beasley enters the game for Luis Scola	10	12
7:03	Goran Dragic misses 16-foot jumper	10	12
7:01	Metta World Peace defensive rebound	10	12
6:54	Metta World Peace bad pass (Goran Dragic steals)	10	12
6:50	P.J. Tucker makes dunk (Goran Dragic assists)	10	14
6:37	Goran Dragic shooting foul (Steve Nash draws the foul)	10	14
6:37	Steve Nash makes free throw 1 of 2	11	14
6:37	Pau Gasol enters the game for Earl Clark	11	14
6:37	Steve Nash makes free throw 2 of 2	12	14
6:24	Dwight Howard blocks Michael Beasley 's 3-foot jumper	12	14
6:22	Dwight Howard defensive rebound	12	14
6:07	Metta World Peace misses 24-foot three point jumper	12	14
6:05	Pau Gasol offensive rebound	12	14
6:03	Metta World Peace misses 23-foot three point jumper	12	14
6:01	Michael Beasley defensive rebound	12	14
5:58	Michael Beasley bad pass (Steve Nash steals)	12	14
5:52	Pau Gasol makes dunk (Kobe Bryant assists)	14	14
5:28	Jared Dudley misses 25-foot three point jumper	14	14
5:26	Dwight Howard defensive rebound	14	14
5:18	Kobe Bryant bad pass	14	14
5:18	Suns Full timeout	14	14
5:05	Michael Beasley makes 14-foot jumper (Marcin Gortat assists)	14	16
4:52	Steve Nash makes layup (Pau Gasol assists)	16	16
4:45	P.J. Tucker makes two point shot (Jared Dudley assists)	16	18
4:31	Steve Nash bad pass (Marcin Gortat steals)	16	18
4:31	Steve Nash personal foul (Goran Dragic draws the foul)	16	18
4:22	Jared Dudley misses 17-foot jumper	16	18
4:20	Dwight Howard defensive rebound	16	18
4:09	Steve Nash misses 25-foot three point jumper	16	18
4:07	Marcin Gortat defensive rebound	16	18
3:57	Marcin Gortat misses 7-foot jumper	16	18
3:55	Dwight Howard defensive rebound	16	18
3:35	Pau Gasol misses 8-foot jumper	16	18
3:34	Marcin Gortat defensive rebound	16	18
3:27	Jared Dudley misses 23-foot three point jumper	16	18
3:25	Dwight Howard defensive rebound	16	18
3:17	Michael Beasley shooting foul (Steve Nash draws the foul)	16	18
3:17	Steve Nash makes free throw 1 of 2	17	18
3:17	Antawn Jamison enters the game for Metta World Peace	17	18
3:17	Earl Clark enters the game for Dwight Howard	17	18
3:17	Shannon Brown enters the game for Jared Dudley	17	18
3:17	Steve Nash makes free throw 2 of 2	18	18
2:57	Michael Beasley misses 18-foot jumper	18	18
2:55	Marcin Gortat makes two point shot	18	20
2:55	Marcin Gortat offensive rebound	18	18
2:44	Steve Nash bad pass	18	20
2:44	Lakers Full timeout	18	20
2:44	Steve Blake enters the game for Steve Nash	18	20
2:44	Sebastian Telfair enters the game for Goran Dragic	18	20
2:31	Michael Beasley traveling	18	20
2:13	Kobe Bryant misses 19-foot step back jumpshot	18	20
2:09	Pau Gasol offensive rebound	18	20
2:04	Earl Clark makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)	21	20
1:58	Earl Clark personal foul (Michael Beasley draws the foul)	21	20
1:46	Michael Beasley makes 24-foot three point jumper (Marcin Gortat assists)	21	23
1:30	Pau Gasol bad pass	21	23
1:10	Shannon Brown misses 18-foot jumper	21	23
1:09	Lakers defensive team rebound	21	23
1:00	Steve Blake bad pass (Michael Beasley steals)	21	23
54.0	Michael Beasley makes 22-foot jumper	21	25
45.0	Kobe Bryant bad pass (Michael Beasley steals)	21	25
43.0	Steve Blake personal foul (Sebastian Telfair draws the foul)	21	25
43.0	Sebastian Telfair misses free throw 1 of 2	21	25
43.0	Suns offensive team rebound	21	25
43.0	Sebastian Telfair makes free throw 2 of 2	21	26
32.0	P.J. Tucker shooting foul (Earl Clark draws the foul)	21	26
32.0	Earl Clark misses free throw 1 of 2	21	26
32.0	Lakers offensive team rebound	21	26
32.0	Earl Clark makes free throw 2 of 2	22	26
9.0	Michael Beasley misses 17-foot jump bank shot	22	26
7.0	Shannon Brown offensive rebound	22	26
1.0	Sebastian Telfair misses 27-foot three point jumper	22	26
0.0	Suns offensive team rebound	22	26
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	22	26

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Suns
102
Lakers
114

Game 1

17/11

Lakers
86
Suns
92

Game 2

31/1

Suns
85
Lakers
91

Game 3

13/2

Lakers
76
Suns
99

Game 4

19/3

Footprint Center

3:30 AM, 31 January 2013

Phoenix, AZ

Attendance: 17,184

Referees:
Joe Crawford
Pat Fraher
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

Nigeria's Rivers Hoopers shine at BAL due to improved preparation

Rivers Hoopers opened their Basketball Africa League campaign with two straight wins, including an upset win against last year's finalists AS Douanes, all but banishing the bad memories from their first season.

Ulrich Chomche left off APR's BAL roster as he receives NBA Draft Combine invite

NBA Draft hopeful Ulrich Chomche has been left off Rwanda's Armée Patriotique Rwandaise's roster for the BAL, opting to concentrate on preparing for the Draft.

Murray dodges technical foul call after throwing heating pad

Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray should have been called for a technical foul after throwing a heating pad on the floor during a 106-80 Game 2 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, crew chief Marc Davis said Monday, but play continued without any whistle.

ESPN BET is operated by PENN Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries ('PENN'). ESPN BET is available in states where PENN is licensed to offer sports wagering. Must be 21+ to wager. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-800-GAMBLER.