Phoenix Suns 2010-11 Media Guide - NBA Media Central
Phoenix Suns 2010-11 Media Guide - NBA Media Central
Phoenix Suns 2010-11 Media Guide - NBA Media Central
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Series Scores & Summary<br />
Date Site Final W ⁄L Date Site Final W ⁄L Date Site Final W ⁄L Date Site Final W ⁄L Date Site Final W ⁄L Date Site Final W ⁄L<br />
<strong>11</strong>/2/70 Phx <strong>11</strong>0-102 W<br />
<strong>11</strong>/24/70 Buf# 106-<strong>11</strong>2 L<br />
1/26/71 Phx <strong>11</strong>4-82 W<br />
2/14/71 Buf 108-97 W<br />
<strong>11</strong>/3/71 Buf 100-98 W<br />
12/30/71 Phx 123-102 W<br />
1/7/72 Buf 123-<strong>11</strong>0 W<br />
3/5/72 Phx 131-103 W<br />
12/5/72 Buf 97-108 L<br />
2/14/73 Phx 124-107 W<br />
2/23/73 Buf 125-106 W<br />
3/21/73 Phx 134-124 W<br />
<strong>11</strong>/20/73 Buf 100-127 L<br />
12/29/73 Phx 108-120 L<br />
3/12/74 Buf 94-124 L<br />
3/22/74 Phx 126-<strong>11</strong>9 W<br />
<strong>11</strong>/23/74 Buf 104-<strong>11</strong>7 L<br />
12/27/74 Phx 92-108 L<br />
2/12/75 Phx 108-96 W<br />
2/18/75 Tor 109-124 L<br />
<strong>11</strong>/8/75 Buf 105-<strong>11</strong>0 L<br />
<strong>11</strong>/26/75 Phx 107-106 W<br />
1/15/76 Phx <strong>11</strong>9-126 L<br />
1/20/76 Buf 103-<strong>11</strong>2 L<br />
12/14/76 Buf 99-108 L<br />
12/23/76 Phx 107-92 W<br />
2/22/77 Buf <strong>11</strong>4-<strong>11</strong>5 L<br />
3/24/77 Phx 102-107 L<br />
12/14/77 Phx <strong>11</strong>3-103 W<br />
1/7/78 Buf 107-97 W<br />
2/21/78 Buf <strong>11</strong>4-<strong>11</strong>1 W<br />
Series Highlights & Top Performances<br />
The <strong>Suns</strong> swept the series for the second consecutive season in 2009-10 and have won 37 of the last 51 meetings...<br />
In Alvin Gentry’s debut as the <strong>Suns</strong> head coach on February 17, 2009, <strong>Phoenix</strong> tied a USAC record with 81 points<br />
in the first half of a 140-100 win at US Airways Center, the largest margin of victory following a coaching change<br />
in <strong>NBA</strong> history... February 2, 2000, <strong>Phoenix</strong> held the Clippers to 68 points, the second-lowest total at USAC and<br />
fourth-lowest overall by a <strong>Suns</strong> opponent... That game was a <strong>11</strong>4-68 win, which was then the <strong>Suns</strong>’ largest margin<br />
of victory (46 points) at USAC... November 12, 1988 in L.A., Eddie Johnson scored a <strong>Suns</strong> series-high 45, including<br />
team records of 43 second-half and 23 fourth quarter points... January 19, 1980 in <strong>Phoenix</strong>, Clipper Freeman<br />
Williams scored a series-high 51 points... November 7, 1992, Charles Barkley grabbed a series-high 21 boards<br />
and added 37 points in the first-ever game at USAC, a <strong>11</strong>1-105 <strong>Suns</strong> win... November 9, 1993 in Los Angeles, Dan<br />
Majerle nailed a club-record eight treys in a <strong>11</strong>4-99 win.<br />
By The Numbers:<br />
3/25/78 Phx <strong>11</strong>2-106 W<br />
10/13/78 Phx 128-<strong>11</strong>4 W<br />
12/17/78S.D.% <strong>11</strong>0-<strong>11</strong>6 L<br />
4/6/79 Phx <strong>11</strong>8-<strong>11</strong>7 W<br />
4/7/79 S.D. <strong>11</strong>6-120 L<br />
<strong>11</strong>/7/79 Phx 102-<strong>11</strong>4 L<br />
<strong>11</strong>/20/79 S.D. <strong>11</strong>0-<strong>11</strong>7 L<br />
1/19/80 Phx 137-123 W<br />
1/29/80 S.D. 121-133 L<br />
3/15/80 S.D. 109-120 L<br />
3/30/80 Phx 122-104 W<br />
10/19/80 S.D. 102-84 W<br />
10/29/80 Phx 105-89 W<br />
<strong>11</strong>/<strong>11</strong>/80 S.D. 109-107 W<br />
2/10/81 S.D. 107-93 W<br />
2/13/81 Phx <strong>11</strong>0-94 W<br />
3/27/81 Phx 124-100 W<br />
12/1/81 Phx <strong>11</strong>7-94 W<br />
12/8/81 S.D. <strong>11</strong>0-121 L<br />
1/16/82 Phx 106-87 W<br />
1/27/82 S.D. 92-99 L<br />
3/31/82 Phx 127-106 W<br />
4/13/82 S.D. 105-94 W<br />
10/29/82 S.D. <strong>11</strong>3-99 W<br />
12/4/82 Phx 103-<strong>11</strong>3 L<br />
1/15/83 Phx <strong>11</strong>4-101 W<br />
2/10/83 S.D. 100-101 L<br />
4/15/83 S.D. <strong>11</strong>3-101 W<br />
4/17/83 Phx <strong>11</strong>0-101 W<br />
12/10/83 Phx 109-93 W<br />
12/23/83 S.D. 121-<strong>11</strong>5 W<br />
<strong>Suns</strong> vs. Clippers 2009-<strong>2010</strong>: 4-0<br />
10/28/09 at L.A.: <strong>Suns</strong> 109, Clippers 107<br />
12/25/09 at <strong>Phoenix</strong>: <strong>Suns</strong> 124, Clippers 93<br />
2/26/10 at <strong>Phoenix</strong>: <strong>Suns</strong> 125, Clippers <strong>11</strong>2<br />
3/3/10 at L.A.: <strong>Suns</strong> 127, Clippers 101<br />
All-Time Series Results:<br />
<strong>Suns</strong> vs. Clippers at <strong>Phoenix</strong>: 70-21<br />
<strong>Suns</strong> vs. Clippers on road: 50-43<br />
<strong>Suns</strong> vs. Clippers overall: 120-64<br />
1/<strong>11</strong>/84 Phx 129-104 W<br />
1/26/84 S.D. 101-<strong>11</strong>9 L<br />
2/29/84 S.D. 95-102 L<br />
3/27/84 Phx <strong>11</strong>6-109 W<br />
10/30/84 Phx 99-96 W<br />
<strong>11</strong>/25/84 L.A. 109-<strong>11</strong>4 L<br />
12/30/84 L.A. <strong>11</strong>7-109 W<br />
1/<strong>11</strong>/85 Phx 84-98 L<br />
3/28/85 L.A. <strong>11</strong>0-<strong>11</strong>6 L<br />
3/30/85 Phx <strong>11</strong>4-123 L<br />
12/14/85 L.A. <strong>11</strong>4-92 W<br />
1/29/86 L.A. <strong>11</strong>8-108 W<br />
2/6/86 Phx <strong>11</strong>6-104 W<br />
2/<strong>11</strong>/86 L.A. <strong>11</strong>2-120 L<br />
3/28/86 Phx 96-107 L<br />
4/13/86 Phx <strong>11</strong>8-99 W<br />
<strong>11</strong>/1/86 L.A. <strong>11</strong>1-<strong>11</strong>7 L<br />
12/6/86 L.A. 109-107 W<br />
1/17/87 Phx 132-101 W<br />
3/27/87 Phx 130-<strong>11</strong>7 W<br />
4/4/87* L.A. 128-125 W<br />
4/18/87 Phx 121-106 W<br />
<strong>11</strong>/20/87 Phx 96-<strong>11</strong>2 L<br />
12/6/87 L.A. 97-96 W<br />
12/30/87 L.A. 121-102 W<br />
2/9/88 Phx 106-100 W<br />
2/10/88 L.A. 95-101 L<br />
3/21/88 Phx 107-99 W<br />
<strong>11</strong>/12/88*L.A. 127-138 L<br />
12/3/88* Phx <strong>11</strong>4-106 W<br />
2/9/89 Phx 120-<strong>11</strong>3 W<br />
3/4/89 Phx 133-91 W<br />
3/25/89 L.A. 123-103 W<br />
4/8/89 L.A. <strong>11</strong>5-97 W<br />
12/1/89 Phx <strong>11</strong>1-90 W<br />
12/23/89 Phx 104-100 W<br />
2/13/90 L.A. <strong>11</strong>8-96 W<br />
4/7/90 L.A. <strong>11</strong>5-108 W<br />
<strong>11</strong>/14/90 L.A. 102-108 L<br />
<strong>11</strong>/16/90*Phx 121-<strong>11</strong>0 W<br />
2/20/91 L.A. <strong>11</strong>3-93 W<br />
3/25/91 L.A. 94-106 L<br />
4/17/91 Phx 105-100 W<br />
<strong>11</strong>/6/91 L.A. 87-<strong>11</strong>1 L<br />
<strong>11</strong>/22/91 Phx 105-97 W<br />
2/14/92 L.A. 97-104 L<br />
2/22/92 Phx 130-<strong>11</strong>2 W<br />
3/20/92 Phx 101-<strong>11</strong>4 L<br />
<strong>11</strong>/7/92 Phx <strong>11</strong>1-105 W<br />
<strong>11</strong>/21/92 L.A. 107-<strong>11</strong>1 W<br />
2/2/93 L.A. 108-<strong>11</strong>2 L<br />
2/10/93 Phx 122-100 W<br />
4/12/93 L.A. 104-<strong>11</strong>1 L<br />
<strong>11</strong>/9/93 L.A. <strong>11</strong>4-99 W<br />
12/18/93 Phx <strong>11</strong>6-109 W<br />
2/1/94 Phx 108-106 W<br />
3/31/94 L.A. <strong>11</strong>7-102 W<br />
4/22/94 Phx 127-121 W<br />
<strong>11</strong>/12/94 L.A. 108-101 W<br />
<strong>11</strong>/23/94 Phx 140-109 W<br />
1/14/95 L.A. 134-108 W<br />
2/24/95 Phx <strong>11</strong>8-106 W<br />
<strong>Suns</strong> Players Career Statistics vs. Clippers<br />
2/28/95 L.A. 99-<strong>11</strong>0 L<br />
<strong>11</strong>/3/95 L.A. 106-<strong>11</strong>2 L<br />
1/5/96 L.A. 88-94 L<br />
1/9/96 Phx 100-105 L<br />
3/24/96 Phx 103-92 W<br />
12/16/96*Ana 121-122 L<br />
2/14/97 Phx <strong>11</strong>0-93 W<br />
3/13/97 L.A. <strong>11</strong>2-96 W<br />
3/18/97 Phx <strong>11</strong>1-121 L<br />
10/31/97 Phx <strong>11</strong>0-100 W<br />
<strong>11</strong>/8/97 Ana 123-105 W<br />
2/27/98 L.A. 104-99 W<br />
3/9/98 Phx 134-105 W<br />
2/5/99 L.A. 101-92 W<br />
2/13/99* Phx 107-104 W<br />
4/6/99 L.A. 88-83 W<br />
<strong>11</strong>/30/99 L.A. 94-80 W<br />
2/2/00 Phx <strong>11</strong>4-68 W<br />
4/<strong>11</strong>/00 L.A. 95-88 W<br />
4/14/00 Phx <strong>11</strong>2-88 W<br />
<strong>11</strong>/25/00*L.A. 95-89 W<br />
12/15/00 Phx 88-98 L<br />
1/3/01 Phx 90-85 W<br />
4/16/01 L.A. 80-100 L<br />
<strong>11</strong>/10/01 L.A. 102-<strong>11</strong>1 L<br />
12/18/01 Phx 92-96 L<br />
3/23/02 L.A. 97-94 W<br />
3/29/02 Phx 94-96 L<br />
12/20/02 L.A. 87-76 W<br />
12/27/02 Phx 108-95 W<br />
1/31/03 L.A. 98-92 W<br />
<strong>Suns</strong> largest margin of victory: 46 (<strong>11</strong>4-68, 2/2/00)<br />
<strong>Suns</strong> high point total: 142 (2/18/09)<br />
<strong>Suns</strong> low point total: 80 (4/16/01)<br />
Clippers largest margin of victory: 31 (124-93, 12/25/09)<br />
Clippers high point total: 138 (<strong>11</strong>/12/88*)<br />
Clippers low point total: 68 (2/2/00)<br />
*Overtime # Buffalo Braves % San Diego Clippers<br />
PLAYER G-GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG HI<br />
Childress 8-4 252 37-64 .578 3-5 .600 17-20 .850 13 26 39 15 19-0 14 12 8 94 <strong>11</strong>.8 23<br />
Clark 3-0 34 5-14 .357 0-0 — 2-2 1.000 2 5 7 1 0-0 1 2 1 12 4.0 6<br />
Dragic 6-0 <strong>11</strong>6 19-35 .543 5-9 .556 6-10 .600 3 14 17 27 12-0 1 15 0 49 8.2 13<br />
Dudley 7-0 144 24-38 .632 <strong>11</strong>-16 .688 9-12 .750 10 17 27 8 12-0 <strong>11</strong> 2 3 68 9.7 18<br />
Frye 14-3 258 47-95 .495 <strong>11</strong>-19 .579 9-13 .692 15 31 46 15 29-0 <strong>11</strong> 17 4 <strong>11</strong>4 8.1 23<br />
Hill 27-27 921 214-370 .578 <strong>11</strong>-21 .524 143-176 .813 36 138 174 131 58-0 24 64 20 582 21.6 39<br />
Jones 2-0 14 0-0 — 0-0 — 1-6 .167 1 2 3 0 3-0 0 0 0 1 0.5 1<br />
Lopez 5-2 85 17-30 .567 0-0 — 7-16 .438 8 14 22 1 6-0 1 5 0 41 8.2 30<br />
Nash 53-44 1571 254-516 .492 80-175 .457 138-151 .914 29 109 138 447 77-0 47 132 3 726 13.7 28<br />
Richardson 29-27 1012 208-478 .435 51-140 .364 75-<strong>11</strong>1 .676 52 121 173 86 62-0 39 53 13 542 18.7 30<br />
Turkoglu 26-10 640 90-225 .400 21-68 .309 36-49 .735 17 78 95 74 59-0 13 31 9 237 9.1 28<br />
Warrick 13-5 343 62-121 .512 1-4 .250 29-35 .829 17 25 42 18 36-1 4 <strong>11</strong> 6 154 <strong>11</strong>.8 22<br />
HOME AWAY<br />
<strong>Suns</strong> last win: 2/26/10 (125-<strong>11</strong>2) 3/3/10 (127-101)<br />
<strong>Suns</strong> last loss: 4/17/07 (103-99) 1/15/08 (97-90)<br />
Streaks: Won six Won four<br />
2/<strong>11</strong>/03 Phx 106-107 L<br />
12/13/03 L.A. 91-106 L<br />
12/29/03 L.A. <strong>11</strong>3-105 W<br />
3/16/04 Phx 98-<strong>11</strong>0 L<br />
4/13/04 Phx 96-98 L<br />
<strong>11</strong>/21/04 L.A. 122-<strong>11</strong>1 W<br />
1/8/05 L.A. 108-91 W<br />
2/23/05 Phx <strong>11</strong>8-101 W<br />
4/15/05 Phx 98-91 W<br />
12/10/05 L.A. 91-101 L<br />
1/18/06 L.A. <strong>11</strong>2-102 W<br />
3/15/06 Phx 126-95 W<br />
4/5/06 Phx 105-<strong>11</strong>9 L<br />
<strong>11</strong>/1/06 Phx <strong>11</strong>2-104 W<br />
<strong>11</strong>/4/06 L.A. 108-<strong>11</strong>4 L<br />
2/20/07 L.A. <strong>11</strong>5-90 W<br />
4/17/07 Phx 99-103 L<br />
<strong>11</strong>/23/07 Phx <strong>11</strong>3-94 W<br />
12/27/07 L.A. 108-88 W<br />
12/28/07 Phx 94-88 W<br />
1/15/08 L.A. 90-97 L<br />
1/2/09 Phx 106-98 W<br />
1/<strong>11</strong>/09 L.A. 109-103 W<br />
2/17/09 Phx 140-100 W<br />
2/18/09 L.A. 142-<strong>11</strong>9 W<br />
10/28/09 L.A. 109-107 W<br />
12/25/09 Phx 124-93 W<br />
2/26/10 Phx 125-<strong>11</strong>2 W<br />
3/3/10 L.A. 127-101 W<br />
293<br />
Los Angeles Clippers