GAME 1 FINAL SCORE - OT

145 - 140
PLAYER OF THE GAME
- Amare Stoudamire #32
SCORES BY QUARTER
SUNS ----- 22 --- 29 --- 26 --- 47 --- 21
SPURS --- 26 --- 30 --- 30 --- 38 --- 16
BOX SCORES --- TOP 5 PLAYERS
**SUNS**
Nash - 33 pts, 2 rebs, 7 ast
Stoudamire - 27 pts, 14 rebs, 3 ast
Johnson - 27 pts, 3 ast
Marion - 23 pts, 6 rebs, 6 ast
K. Thomas - 12 pts, 12 rebs
**SPURS**
Parker - 38 pts, 12 ast
Ginobili - 36 pts, 5 rebs, 5 ast, 4 stl
Duncan - 26 pts, 9 rebs, 2 blk
Maggette - 14 pts, 3 rebs
Wilcox - 12 pts, 9 rebs
TEAM STATS
SUNS -----------------------------------------------------------
SPURS
145 -----------------------------
PTS ------------------------------- 140
44 ------------------------------
REBS ------------------------------- 37
25 ------------------------------
AST --------------------------------- 25
2 -------------------------------
STL ---------------------------------- 8
3 -------------------------------
BLK ---------------------------------- 4
58/105 -------------------------
FG ----------------------------- 60/102
53% ---------------------------
FG% ------------------------------ 59%
12/27 ----------------------
3 POINT FG -------------------------- 3/13
44% -----------------------
3 POINT % --------------------------- 23%
21/21 --------------------
FREE THROWS ----------------------- 17/27
100% --------------------
FREE THROW % ----------------------- 63%
GAME RECAP
It looked like San Antonio had the game under the control in the first quarter. The crowd was pumped up and everybody that was there. San Antonio opened up the game by scoring, rebounding, blocking on every sides. In the first quarter they lead 26 to 22. In th 2nd quarter it was a pretty much balanced out game. Both teams were playing well. At halftime the Spurs were up by 5, and they were confident on winning the game. In the 3rd quarter, San Antonio continued to attack behind Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili who had over 25 pts each at the end of the 3rd quarter. In the 4th quarter, that's when the Phoenix Suns scored 47 points, however the Spurs werent aware of that, allowing that many pts. There was about 5 sec. left in the fourth, score was 124-121, for the Spurs, Nash had the ball, everybody though he was going to shoot, he had two players on him. Nash couldnt get the shot and then he passed it behind his back to an wide open Shawn Marion in the corner for the 3 pointer........he shooots, he scores! The Phoenix Suns tied the game up at 124 with .8 sec left. After the timeout Bowen inbounded the ball to Tony for a possible GW basket, but he missed and we're going to overtime. In the OT, the Suns played some great defense and were scoring well. They outscored the Spurs 21-16 in the OT, despite a 38 point performance by Parker. Suns got their confidence back in the 4th quarter and managed to keep it to win the game in overtime. Spurs will have to win Game 2 in Phoenix to send this series to an final and deciding Game 3. Pop said "I'm sure that my team will do good in Game 2, the season is on the line and I know what exactly they'do for moving on to the NBA Finals", said Popovich.