Bobcats in the Sun: The Phoenix Suns - IT'S OVER

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Just play 6-7 minutes and reduce the game speed.

150 points in a game. Martti is right.

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reduce the game speed.

2003 has no sliders

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Steve Nash's Lucky Number
49 seems to be Steve Nash's lucky number, seeing as he scored 49 points yet again. Amare Stoudamire and Shawn Marion scored 24 apiece and Daniel Gibson and Rudy Fernandez put up 17 and 13 from the bench. Robin Lopez nearly recorded a very respectable triple-double with 24 rebounds and 10 points but fell short by two assists. The leader of blocks in Phoenix: Steve Nash. Steve Nash blocked five shots attempted by Timberwolf Chucky Atkins.

Atkins, however, played a very respectable game with 24 points and seven assists. Quentin Richardson at times was a big presence for Minnesota from off the bench, drawing several fouls from Phoenix and putting up two terrific dunks. Al Jefferson was easily the Timberwolves' leader. He put up 26 points and brought down 14 boards. At the end of the fourth quarter, the rim was sagging slightly due to a late, very powerful dunk from Jefferson.

Phoenix had led from the opening toss. They kicked off the game with a 27-4 run and the first quarter ended with Minnesota struggling to reach double-digit scores: 40-10. Nash started slow, only scoring six. The second and third periods were recovery periods for Minnesota, but they never came within five points of tying the game; the Suns were lighting them up by the end of the third. Nash put up 15 in each of these quarters and the Bobcats led 110-89 after three. Nash scored 13 in the opening four minutes of the final quarter and sat the rest of the match, leaving Daniel Gibson to light the Wolves on fire. The game ended with four bench players on the floor: Shaq, Webster, Marion, Fernandez, and Gibson played the last five minutes of the game and even an 11-0 run from the Wolves couldn't stop the Suns from beating Minnesota in a blowout: 157-140.


Player of the Game: Steve Nash

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Wow, I have played 11 games since my last recap. IT IS TIME...

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Player of the Game: SHAWN MARION: 25 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 7 blocks, 7 steals



enough with showing the full box scores, from now on I'll just show you the highlights the picture shrinks and you can't even see it. besides it takes too long.

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Suns Burn the Celtics 158-147

It's a favorite tactic of the Phoenix Suns: get the opposing team into foul trouble, then dominate. The story repeats itself tonight. Boston's Rajon Rondo was in serious foul trouble and played very cautiously the entire game, not scoring a single point. He finished with 8 fouls, one short of fouling out. Meanwhile Steve Nash recorded his first triple-double of the season, scoring 40 points, 10 steals, and 14 assists. Amare Stoudamire came extremely close to recording the NBA's first quintuple-double, but fell short either one or two in three categories, with 26 points, a Chamberlain-like 30 rebounds, 9 assists, 9 steals, and 8 blocks. Ray Allen played surprisingly well against his old team, putting up 28 points and 3 steals, but really Amare stole the show tonight. Many called his game flawless, because he had no fouls, no turnovers, and all those stats. He was awarded the Player of the Game award. Even Steve Nash said, "This makes my 76 point game look like... I don't know: I did nothing but score and dish. Amare did it all tonight."

On the other side, Grant Hill played well against Phoenix for a bench player, scoring 10 points on 5-5 shooting. Sheed nearly recorded a triple-double in points, rebounds, and blocks, but only had 9 blocks. Eddie House, playing 25 of the game's 32 minutes from off the bench, put up a Celtics-high 33 points and 15 assists. Luther Head played like a starter (because Ray Allen left, he is a starter) scoring 24 without a foul. Although Boston's only PFs are KG, Leon Powe, and Big Baby, Powe is out with a sprained knee is not expected to play any time soon, and Big Baby inexplicably did not play. Instead, Eric Dampier played the power forward position when Garnett was on the bench. However, Boston lost due to Phoenix's ferocious defense of drawing fouls: they drew 36, including 8 on Rajon Rondo. Rondo only played 6 minutes in the whole game and missed both of the shots he took.


Phoenix Boston

Points 158 147
Bench Scoring 46 67
Field Goals 64/124 68/108
Field Goal % .516 .630
3 Point FG 28/81 5/12
3 Point % .346 .417
Free Throws 2/7 6/12
Free Throw % .286 .500
Rebounds 48 42
Off. Rebounds 18 5
Def. Rebounds 30 37
Blocks 25 16
Steals 26 15
Assists 41 39
Turnovers 31 30
Fouls 21 36

[Murat]

Trades are for ing.

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Detroit Gets Sunburned Late in the 3rd Quarter and Loses 20 Point Lead to Phoenix

Led by Amare' Stoudamire's ferocious rebounding, Phoenix beat Detroit 123-119, but left them looking much sillier. Amare grabbed 24 rebounds throughout the course of the match, more than the entire Pistons team. Four other players put up at least five boards and Phoenix outrebounded Detroit nearly 3 1/2 times. Despite this, the Suns were lucky to come away with the victory. Having trailed nearly the entire match, Phoenix found Rudy Fernandez, Hassan Adams, and Shawn Marion in foul trouble early on and were unable to put up many points. Steve Nash once again led his team with his scoring, but this time with only 26 points. Ray Allen and Amare Stoudamire had 21 apiece and Daniel Gibson came up with 15 points from the bench.

Undoubtedly, the Pistons played better for the first three quarters, besides rebounding. They played this game with ease, steadily keeping a 10-20 point lead, but let their guard down late in the third. It was then when Phoenix gave it all. With Tayshaun Prince in critical foul trouble, the Suns had a clear path of destruction. In the last two minutes of the third quarter, Phoenix exploded.

Amare grabbed all of 9 rebounds that fell, Steve Nash scored 12 and suddenly Detroit saw their lead diminsh from 20 to 4. An intense 19-3 run had just taken place. Phoenix and Detroit pretty much traded baskets until the 2:00 warning in the 4th quarter. Then Daniel Gibson came off the bench to replace a tired Steve Nash and scored two outside shots to give Phoenix their second lead in the entire game. Tayshaun Prince returned to the game, immediately got his 8th foul, and returned to the bench, without playing 10 seconds in the fourth quarter. Ray Allen put in 2 more before Detroit sparked a 9-0 run of their own. Nash returned to the game and scored seven points in barely 20 seconds, scoring 2 3's, a steal, and sinking a foul shot after being fouled by Kwame Brown. Nobody scored until Rip Hamilton dunked the ball with 8 seconds left, tying the score. Then Phoenix put in Amare Stoudamire and Shaq. He immediately attempted a 3 but was fouled. His best play came then: after sinking the first two shots, he missed the third shot, giving Shaq his only offensive rebound of the night, and Shaq sealed Phoenix's victory by laying the ball up for two points with under a second left. The Suns won by 4. Amare Stoudamire was undoubtedly the player of the game. His stats were amazing.

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LEADERS:

POINTS:
Gordon:29
Nash:26
Hamilton:25
Ray Allen, Stoudamire, Prince:21

REBOUNDS:
Stoudamire:24
Robin Lopez:11
Webster:9
Prince:7

ASSISTS:
Stuckey:18
Nash:11
Stoudamire:5
Will Bynum:5

STEALS:
Prince:8
Hamilton:6
Nash:4
Stoudamire, Marion, Stuckey, Gordon:3

BLOCKS:
Ray Allen:4
Stoudamire:4
Shaq:3
Fernandez:3

TEAM STATS:
Detroit Phoenix

Points 119 123
Bench Scoring 38 39
Field Goals 50/94 47/106
Field Goal % .532 .443
3 Point FG 7/14 19/62
3 Point % .500 .306
Free Throws 12/19 10/13
Free Throw % .632 .769
Rebounds 20 67
Blocks 3 18
Steals 23 14
Assists 31 29
Turnovers 21 37
Fouls 13 21

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Trades are for ing.

yes, but trust me the trades are much worse than what you see. I was offered two separate trades after this game that I'm going to post in a few minutes. (I turned both down)

[Axel The Great]

I guess the Live 2003 trade logic is 100 times as worse as the Live 10 logic.

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:shake: I guess the Live 2003 trade logic is 100 times as worse as the Live 10 logic.

It is.

Posting in about a minute.

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After the Game:

Two calls for trades came in within ten minutes of each other neither took any contemplation: all we had to do is say no.

9:35 pm.:
Call from: New Orleans

PHX: Hello.
NOH: Hey.
PHX: What's up?
NOH: We're thinking about a trade here. Tell me how it sounds OK?
PHX: All right...
NOH: We were thinking about a trade involving the following: We will give you Morris Peterson and Emeka Okafor for Rudy Fernandez and Ray Allen.
PHX: WHAT??!?!?
NOH: So, you're in?
PHX: WHAT? Hell, no dude! How stupid do you think I am?!?!?! [He hangs up the phone.]

Nope. Don't know what this guy was thinking... The next call came less than 10 minutes later.

9:44 p.m.:
Call from New Jersey

PHX: Welcome. You've reached the Phoenix Suns hotline. Please hold--
NJN: OK! Don't act stupid with me.
PHX: OK wtf is your problem?
NJN: What is your problem?
PHX: Oh, just New Orleans just trying to get me a stupid trade.
NJN: Yeah, imagine Robin Lopez and Brook Lopez on the same team. How crazy would that be? We'll give up Courtney Lee and--
PHX: No.
NJN: then, "New Jersey: Home of the Lopez Brothers!" and--
PHX: No.
NJN: I think Courtney Lee will--
PHX: No, shut up.
NJN: go great with the Suns. Don't you think...
[connection failed: PHX hung up.]

"Damn! WTF do these people think they're doing? Why the HELL would I give up Robin Lopez for Courtney Lee?!!?!?" Exhausted with all the bullshit he put up with in the last 10 minutes, he fell asleep, determined to hold down New Orleans and New Jersey whenever they met.

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More Trades For Phoenix

More trades lead Phoenix to another phase of their season. They added two new starters (Andrea Bargnani and Andre Iguodala) without losing any of theirs.

Traded Shaquille O'Neal, Nicholas Batum, and Earl Clark to Philadelphia for Andre Iguodala and Jason Kapono.
Traded Louis Amundson, Rodrigue Beaubois, and Jason Kapono to Utah for Ronnie Brewer and Kyle Korver.
Traded Kyle Korver to Toronto for Andrea Bargnani.
Traded Ronnie Brewer to Portland for Goran Dragic.

Notes:
*Goran Dragic was very pleased to hear he had been traded back to Portland as Portland had only won one game during his eleven games there. He said, "I like being on a team with superstars like Amare and Nash. It brings up my game because I feel like I have to play like them."
*It is surprising that Philadelphia accepted the trade, because they now have six big men on their bench and one point guard. They have no backup shooting guards or natural small forwards, beside PF/SF Nicholas Batum.
*Just twenty four hours after being traded, Kyle Korver scored 46 points for Toronto against Memphis in a forty point blowout. It's safe to say he plays well as a Raptor.
*Shaq is now a 76er.
*Robin Lopez is no longer a starter since Andrea Bargnani is now the Suns' starting center, but they try to split their minutes in games evenly. Bargnani is the NBA best sharp-shooting center.

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Blown Out?



Andrea Bargnani made his mark in his Phoenix debut after he and Kyle Korver, a former Jazz player, swapped jerseys. He tied as the highest scorer in the entire game with 25 points, 18 coming from six three pointers. He also had eleven rebounds, five assists, and five blocks. Andre Iguodala scored 13 and brought down seven rebounds in his debut. Goran Dragic's return to the team was celebratory but rather unspectacular. He scored a nice three, but nothing else really happened in his six minutes of the game. Daniel Gibson outscored Steve Nash, playing about 2/3 the time, scoring 20 points to Nash's 17. The team may have blown out Utah, but Steve Nash didn't, going only 1-11 from three point range, but he connected on all of inside shots. He ended up with just seventeen points, seven assists, and seven rebounds. Power Forward Amare Stoudamire had more assists. Shawn Marion was the biggest disappointment though. He spent 16 minutes on the floor and only scored once. Hassan Adams was on fire and in just ten minutes, he scored 25 points on 6-7 shooting and shot a perfect 11-11 from the free-throw line.

Mehmet Okur's triple-double was just about the only really good thing that happened to the now 2-11 Utah tonight. Iverson did some damage in the first half, and Andrei Kirilenko showed his usual all-around game, with 12 points, 3 rebounds, 4 blocks, 3 steals, and 5 assists. Carlos Boozer was held down to just twelve points and Paul Millsap failed to score at all. Deron led his team with 21 points and 13 assists, but nothing could lessen the unwavering 20-30 point deficit plaguing them the entire game. At one point, the difference was fifteen, the Suns offense was so strong, they sparked a 14-0 run and Utah was unable to keep the Suns' lead under 20. In the end, Phoenix won by 22. 135-113.

LEADERS:

Points:
Andrea Bargnani:25
Hassan Adams:25
Deron Williams:20
Allen Iverson and Daniel Gibson:20

Assists:
Deron Williams:13
Amare Stoduamire:8
Steve Nash:7
Carlos Boozer, Allen Iverson, Andrei Kirilenko, Eric Maynor, Andrea Bargnani, Goran Dragic, Rudy Fernandez, Daniel Gibson, and Robin Lopez: 5 each

Rebounds:
Amare Stoudamire:13
Carlos Boozer:12
Andrea Bargnani:11
Mehmet Okur:10

Blocks:
Amare Stoudamire:6
Andrea Bargnani:5
Andrei Kirilenko:4
Shawn Marion:4

Steals:
Mehmet Okur:10
Carlos Boozer:3
Andrei Kirilenko:3
Matt Harpring:3

Player of the Game:
ANDREA BARGNANI C #57 PHO
25 points
9-21 FG%
6-16 3P%
1-1 FT%
11 Rebounds (5 Offensive)
5 Assists
5 Blocks
1 Steal
4 Turnovers
1 Foul



TEAM STATS:
Utah Phoenix

Points 113 135
Bench Scoring 31 60
Field Goals 48/96 49/106
Field Goal % .500 .462
3 Point FG 5/22 24/73
3 Point % .227 .329
Free Throws 12/16 20/25
Free Throw % .750 .800
Rebounds 35 52
Off. Rebounds 3 24
Def. Rebounds 32 28
Blocks 8 28
Steals 23 12
Assists 42 50
Turnovers 28 32
Fouls 13 20

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Gerald Green Wins the Game For Chicago

Just like any other close match, the lead went back and forth several teams, but it was Chicago that had the lead at the end of the game. Gerald Green delivered the fatal blow that crushed Phoenix at the buzzer, and the Suns lost by 1. The teams were very well matched, even on the boards, where Phoenix usually completely dominates. Chicago held Phoenix to only 15 offensive rebounds, down from their usual 20-30. They even came close to tying the Suns on blocks. Goran Dragic, who scored 10 points on 4-9 shooting, said after the game, "I've never been blocked so many times in one game in my life. I am impressed. All I can say is we'll beat them next time." Brad Miller was a monster, scoring 15, grabbing 13 boards, and falling 2 blocks short of a triple-double. Amare Stoudamire was even closer, outdoing Brad Miller in each of those categories by exactly one. Andrea Bargnani also had 9 blocks. Ronald Murray's impact on the Suns was extraordinary. Now leading the league in Steals, he stole the ball an amazing 14 times and finished with half that number of points. Ray Allen had a quiet but solid night with 16 points and five almost unnoticed blocks.

The defense wasn't the only tenacious part of this game. The Phoenix Suns were efficient- or just more efficient than they were before, going 50-100 from the field and hitting 39% from the outside. But the numbers paled next to the Bulls. They ended up with a FG% of 59.3% and were 11-19 from behind the arc. Luol Deng connected on 16 of his 21 shots and tied with Steve Nash for the game's highest scorer at 36 points. Gerald Green and Martell Webster both hit all their shots and finished with 8 points each.

Steve Nash seemed to break down toward the end of the game however. He went into the fourth quarter with 32 points and only one missed outside shot, but struggled offensively through the fourth quarter, only connecting on two layups, but he put up his 8th and 9th assists of the match and stopped Brad Miller from dunking by drawing a foul. Eventually Goran Dragic took over, but by then, the damage was done, Jannero Pargo was almost literally on fire coming off the bench, the Bulls were ahead by seven, and time was running down.

LEADERS:

Points:
Luol Deng:36
Steve Nash:36 (22 in 3rd quarter)
Jannero Pargo:27 (all in 2nd half)
Derek Rose:20

Assists:
Steve Nash:9
Jannero Pargo:9
Kirk Hinrich:6
Derek Rose:6

Rebounds:
Amare Stoduamire:14
Brad Miller:13
Andre Iguodala:10
Tyrus Thomas:9

Blocks:
Andrea Bargnani:9
Amare Stoudamire:9
Brad Miller:8
Tyrus Thomas, Joakim Noah, and Ray Allen:5

Steals:
Ronald Murray:14
Steve Nash:4
Brad Miller:4
Tyrus Thomas:4

FG%:
Gerald Green:100% (4-4)
Martell Webster:100% (3-3)
Luol Deng:76.2% (16-21)
Derek Rose:72.7% (8-11)

Player of the Game: LUOL DENG

TEAM STATS:
Phoenix Chicago
Points 135 136
Bench Scoring 39 52
Field Goals 50/100 54/91
Field Goal % .500 .593
3 Point FG 21/54 11/19
3 Point % .389 .579
Free Throws 14/19 17/22
Free Throw % .737 .773
Rebounds 43 39
Off. Rebounds 15 4
Def. Rebounds 28 35
Blocks 33 29
Steals 12 26
Assists 26 33
Turnovers 40 33
Fouls 24 20

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Gerald Green Wins the Game For Chicago

Just like any other close match, the lead went back and forth several teams, but it was Chicago that had the lead at the end of the game. Gerald Green delivered the fatal blow that crushed Phoenix at the buzzer, and the Suns lost by 1. The teams were very well matched, even on the boards, where Phoenix usually completely dominates. Chicago held Phoenix to only 15 offensive rebounds, down from their usual 20-30. They even came close to tying the Suns on blocks. Goran Dragic, who scored 10 points on 4-9 shooting, said after the game, "I've never been blocked so many times in one game in my life. I am impressed. All I can say is we'll beat them next time." Brad Miller was a monster, scoring 15, grabbing 13 boards, and falling 2 blocks short of a triple-double. Amare Stoudamire was even closer, outdoing Brad Miller in each of those categories by exactly one. Andrea Bargnani also had 9 blocks. Ronald Murray's impact on the Suns was extraordinary. Now leading the league in Steals, he stole the ball an amazing 14 times and finished with half that number of points. Ray Allen had a quiet but solid night with 16 points and five almost unnoticed blocks.

The defense wasn't the only tenacious part of this game. The Phoenix Suns were efficient- or just more efficient than they were before, going 50-100 from the field and hitting 39% from the outside. But the numbers paled next to the Bulls. They ended up with a FG% of 59.3% and were 11-19 from behind the arc. Luol Deng connected on 16 of his 21 shots and tied with Steve Nash for the game's highest scorer at 36 points. Gerald Green and Martell Webster both hit all their shots and finished with 8 points each.

Steve Nash seemed to break down toward the end of the game however. He went into the fourth quarter with 32 points and only one missed outside shot, but struggled offensively through the fourth quarter, only connecting on two layups, but he put up his 8th and 9th assists of the match and stopped Brad Miller from dunking by drawing a foul. Eventually Goran Dragic took over, but by then, the damage was done, Jannero Pargo was almost literally on fire coming off the bench, the Bulls were ahead by seven, and time was running down.

LEADERS:

Points:
Luol Deng:36
Steve Nash:36 (22 in 3rd quarter)
Jannero Pargo:27 (all in 2nd half)
Derek Rose:20

Assists:
Steve Nash:9
Jannero Pargo:9
Kirk Hinrich:6
Derek Rose:6

Rebounds:
Amare Stoduamire:14
Brad Miller:13
Andre Iguodala:10
Tyrus Thomas:9

Blocks:
Andrea Bargnani:9
Amare Stoudamire:9
Brad Miller:8
Tyrus Thomas, Joakim Noah, and Ray Allen:5

Steals:
Ronald Murray:14
Steve Nash:4
Brad Miller:4
Tyrus Thomas:4

FG%:
Gerald Green:100% (4-4)
Martell Webster:100% (3-3)
Luol Deng:76.2% (16-21)
Derek Rose:72.7% (8-11)

Player of the Game: LUOL DENG

TEAM STATS:
Phoenix Chicago
Points 135 136
Bench Scoring 39 52
Field Goals 50/100 54/91
Field Goal % .500 .593
3 Point FG 21/54 11/19
3 Point % .389 .579
Free Throws 14/19 17/22
Free Throw % .737 .773
Rebounds 43 39
Off. Rebounds 15 4
Def. Rebounds 28 35
Blocks 33 29
Steals 12 26
Assists 26 33
Turnovers 40 33
Fouls 24 20

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I've decided it is going to take too long to write big reviews of each match. I'm going to start recapping a few games at a time.

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PHO def. NJN 152-130 in the Battle of the Lopez Bros.

PHO: 35 | 75 | 123 | 152
NJN: 32 | 80 | 106 | 130

Robin (PHO): 6 points, 7 rebounds
Brook (NJN): 10 points, 12 rebounds

PHO: Steve Nash 29 points 14 assists, Andrea Bargnani, 28 points 7 rebounds 7 blocks
NJN: Bobby Simmons 29 points 9 rebounds, Devin Harris 18 points 7 assists

Notes:
-Martell Webster and Eduardo Najera did not play.
-Amare' Stoudamire was two steals and one assist away from yet another five-by-five. In addition to his 16 points, he had 15 rebounds and 7 blocks.
-By the end of the game, all three NJ PGs (Harris, Dooling, and Alston) had at least 5 fouls and Devin Harris fouled out of the game with 9 fouls.
-Ray Allen was cold yet again and scored 8 points on inside shots only. He was 0-9 from outside.
-Although Andrea Bargnani is now the starting C, he let Robin Lopez start against his brother. Robin Lopez lost his contest with Brook. Better luck next time.
-Poor shooting on both side contributed to each team having 72 rebounds.

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Well, I simmed two months (I've been working on a roster update and it's consuming my time!!!) right up until my birthday (Jan. 30)and did a few trades, so I'll pick up from there.

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Suns Leave The Bucks Shocked After Winning By Eighty, The Biggest NBA Game Margin Ever

How would you explain a game like this? Domination just doesn't cut it. There is no typo - Phoenix really did win 172-92. And they'd earned it. Being on fire from outside the entire match, the Suns scored 38 outside shots out of 65 and scored a ridiculously high 172 points - all without sinking a single free throw. Steve Nash scored (yet again) 48 points on 18-31 shooting and had 16 assists. Joe Johnson and Andrea Bargnani had 28 points each. The only Sun who wasn't hot tonight? Amare Stoudamire. Grabbing 8 boards and only 6 points, Amare was having an off-day. Instead, Josh Smith helped out at PF, missing a five-for-five by only a single steal.

Milwaukee fans in Phoenix probably all left the arena after the second quarter. Down by 42 at half-time, Milwaukee tried to work a plan that partially worked. Michael Redd played the entire 3rd quarter and scored 22 of Milwaukee's 36 points there. He was hot from the outside and the inside and finished the game with 45 points at 67% shooting (7-8 3 point shooting), 7 assists, 6 boards, 4 steals, and 3 blocks. He was in the top 4 players in all 5 categories. Bogut played the entire game and brought down 11 rebounds for Milwaukee, but he knew, and said so after the game, that it would be useless. The third quarter surged helped the Bucks slow down Phoenix a little, but it was nowhere enough to stop them.

The fourth quarter was tons of fun for Suns fans and outright torture for Bucks fans. The Suns outscored the Bucks 53-19 during these 7 minutes and Steve Nash scored nearly half of those 53 points. Scoring 24 on 8-9 shooting from outside, Nash sealed the victory by hitting a buzzer-beater from beyond half-court, bringing the lead up to 80, and giving him 48 points, again.

Scores by quarter:

MIL: 016 | 037 | 073 | 092
PHO: 040 | 079 | 119 | 172

GAME STATS:
MIL PHO

Points 92 172
Bench Scoring 16 51
Field Goals 35/67 67/114
Field Goal % .522 .588
3 Point FG 9/18 38/65
3 Point % .500 .585
Free Throws 13/20 0/2
Free Throw % .650 .000
Rebounds 35 38
Off. Rebounds 3 11
Def. Rebounds 32 27
Blocks 10 20
Steals 10 26
Assists 28 44
Turnovers 39 14
Fouls 14 22


LEADERS:

Points:
Steve Nash: 48
Michael Redd:45
Andrea Bargnani and Joe Johnson: 28
Charlie Bell: 12

Assists:
Steve Nash: 16
Charlie Bell: 8
Luke Ridnour: 8
Michael Redd: 7

Rebounds:
Andrew Bogut: 11
Andrea Bargnani: 10
Amare' Stoudamire: 8
Michael Redd: 6

Blocks:
Josh Smith: 5
Joe Johnson: 5
Michael Redd: 3
Hassan Adams, Andrea Bargnani, Goran Dragic, Shawn Marion, Steve Nash, Andrew Bogut, Marquis Daniels, and Kurt Thomas: 2

Steals:
Steve Nash: 5
Shawn Marion: 5
Josh Smith: 4
Michael Redd: 4


PLAYER OF THE GAME:
STEVE NASH
48 pts.
18-31 FG%
12-20 3P%
0-0 FT%
16 AST
3 REB (1 Off.)
2 BLK
5 STL
4 TO
4 FOULS

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note: this was before the 2 month sim.

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All-Star Game Coming Up...

[Axel The Great]

80 points! Did you play on Rookie?

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Nope. Milwaukee was just a really big mess.