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2006 Playoff Opponents
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFICIAL SCORER’S REPORT FINAL BOX
12/02/2005 America West Arena, Phoenix, AZ
Officials: # 9 Derrick Stafford, #51 Leroy Richardson, #55 Bill Kennedy
VISITOR: Denver Nuggets (8-9)
Time of Game: 2:12
Attendance: 17,852
NO PLAYER MIN FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA OR DR TOT A PF ST TO BS PTS
15 Carmelo Anthony F 27:01 9 15 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 4 0 5 0 22
6 Kenyon Martin F 37:09 4 10 0 0 0 0 2 5 7 1 2 1 2 3 8
23 Marcus Camby C 40:54 12 19 0 0 9 9 1 19 20 2 2 3 3 3 33
3 DerMarr Johnson G 12:55 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 4
24 Andre Miller G 40:19 6 15 0 1 6 9 1 3 4 10 2 1 5 0 18
11 Earl Boykins 27:01 3 12 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 8
21 Eduardo Najera 10:31 0 4 0 0 2 2 2 3 5 1 1 0 1 0 2
7 Greg Buckner 27:27 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3 0 1 0 2
8 Earl Watson 3:39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0
43 Linas Kleiza 13:04 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
56 Francisco Elson DNP - Coach’s Decision
32 Julius Hodge DNP - Coach’s Decision
TOTALS: 37 86 2 9 21 24 9 35 44 16 24 7 22 6 97
PERCENTAGES:
HOME: PHOENIX SUNS (9-5)
43.0% 22.2% 87.5% TM REB: 11 TOT TO: 22 (26 PTS)
NO PLAYER MIN FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA OR DR TOT A PF ST TO BS PTS
3 Boris Diaw F 41:59 6 13 0 0 3 3 1 2 3 9 5 1 2 0 15
31 Shawn Marion F 36:57 9 20 2 5 2 5 3 8 11 2 5 1 1 3 22
40 Kurt Thomas C 42:01 7 13 0 0 2 3 3 13 16 1 4 0 3 4 16
19 Raja Bell G 38:20 4 11 2 7 1 2 1 4 5 2 3 3 1 0 11
13 Steve Nash G 37:36 9 14 1 2 2 3 0 3 3 10 3 1 7 0 21
22 James Jones 20:21 2 8 1 3 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 5
50 Eddie House 17:02 5 12 2 5 0 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 12
21 Jim Jackson 5:44 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
11 Pat Burke DNP - Coach’s Decision
23 Sharrod Ford DNP - Coach’s Decision
55 Brian Grant NWT - Right Knee Surgery
1 Dijon Thompson DNP - Coach’s Decision
TOTALS: 42 93 8 22 10 16 9 34 43 29 22 8 16 7 102
PERCENTAGES: 45.2% 36.4% 62.5% TM REB: 11 TOT TO: 16 (19 PTS)
SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 FINAL
Nuggets 27 15 33 22 97
SUNS 25 34 14 29 102
Inactive: Nuggets - Lenard, Nene, Russell Suns - Barbosa, Reiner, Stoudemire
Pts. in the Pt.: Nuggets 32, SUNS 36 Biggest Lead: Nuggets 2, SUNS 17
2nd Chance Pts.: Nuggets 8, SUNS 14 Lead Changes: 11
FB Pts.: Nuggets 10, SUNS 21 Times Tied: 8
MEMO: Suns - Season low points 3rd quarter 14 (prev. 16, vs. Memphis 11/16)
MEMO: Nuggets - Camby season high points 33 (prev. 24, at Washington 11/22)
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFICIAL SCORER’S REPORT FINAL BOX
02/15/2006 Pepsi Center, Denver, CO
Officials: #41 Ken Mauer, #71 Rodney Mott, #73 Ed Malloy
VISITOR: Phoenix Suns (34-17)
Time of Game: 2:00
Attendance: 18,182
NO PLAYER MIN FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA OR DR TOT A PF ST TO BS PTS
3 Boris Diaw F 35:15 8 17 1 2 0 0 6 4 10 3 3 2 5 0 17
31 Shawn Marion F 35:19 7 13 2 5 5 5 4 8 12 3 2 1 4 0 21
40 Kurt Thomas C 26:52 5 8 0 0 0 0 1 8 9 3 2 0 0 0 10
13 Steve Nash G 29:50 8 14 2 4 1 1 1 5 6 12 2 2 3 0 19
19 Raja Bell G 43:09 6 13 4 6 4 4 0 3 3 5 5 0 2 0 20
22 James Jones 13:43 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4
10 Leandro Barbosa 25:16 4 8 3 4 0 0 0 5 5 3 3 1 3 0 11
50 Eddie House 18:10 3 9 2 3 0 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 1 1 8
11 Pat Burke 8:18 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 4
15 Nikoloz Tskitishvili 4:08 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
21 Jim Jackson DNP - Coach’s Decision
1 Dijon Thompson DNP - Coach’s Decision
TOTALS: 46 90 14 25 10 10 13 40 53 33 19 6 20 1 116
PERCENTAGES:
HOME: DENVER NUGGETS (28-26)
51.1% 56.0% 100.0% TM REB: 6 TOT TO: 22 (23 PTS)
NO PLAYER MIN FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA OR DR TOT A PF ST TO BS PTS
6 Kenyon Martin F 8:30 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Carmelo Anthony F 34:54 13 24 0 2 3 5 1 3 4 3 3 2 3 0 29
23 Marcus Camby C 30:34 6 10 0 0 1 1 0 7 7 1 3 1 2 1 13
7 Greg Buckner G 29:49 4 9 0 4 1 2 0 4 4 1 1 5 1 2 9
24 Andre Miller G 34:02 5 12 0 0 4 4 1 2 3 9 2 2 2 0 14
11 Earl Boykins 26:34 2 13 0 3 5 7 0 1 1 4 1 0 2 0 9
56 Francisco Elson 16:49 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 6
8 Earl Watson 16:26 3 7 0 2 0 0 0 6 6 4 0 0 0 0 6
43 Linas Kleiza 26:51 3 7 0 0 2 2 3 4 7 3 4 1 0 2 8
3 DerMarr Johnson 12:59 3 6 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 7
9 Bryon Russell 2:34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 Voshon Lenard DNP - Coach’s Decision
TOTALS: 42 93 0 14 17 22 8 29 37 27 16 12 11 5 101
PERCENTAGES: 45.2% 0.0% 77.3% TM REB: 4 TOT TO: 11 (10 PTS)
SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 FINAL
Suns 31 32 31 22 116
NUGGETS 21 28 20 32 101
Inactive: Suns - Grant, Stoudemire
Technical Fouls - Individual
Nuggets - Hodge, Najera, Nene
Suns: NONE
Technical Fouls - Defensive Three Second
NUGGETS (2): Elson 5:50 2nd , Miller 6:10 3rd
Suns (2): 2:15 1st, 6:35 3rd NUGGETS: NONE
Pts. in the Pt.: Suns 42, NUGGETS 60 Biggest Lead: Suns 25, NUGGETS 2
2nd Chance Pts.: Suns 18, NUGGETS 8 Lead Changes: 1
FB Pts.: Suns 36, NUGGETS 30 Times Tied: 1
PHOENIX SUNS — DENVER NUGGETS BOX SCORES
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFICIAL SCORER’S REPORT FINAL BOX
01/10/2006 Pepsi Center, Denver, CO
Officials: #45 Joe Forte, #21 Tim Donaghy, #50 Olandis Poole
VISITOR: Phoenix Suns (22-12)
Time of Game: 3:08
Attendance: 14,492
NO PLAYER MIN FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA OR DR TOT A PF ST TO BS PTS
3 Boris Diaw F 41:32 7 14 0 1 1 2 1 3 4 8 6 1 2 0 15
31 Shawn Marion F 57:14 13 25 0 3 2 3 5 9 14 3 5 1 2 1 28
40 Kurt Thomas C 46:05 2 7 0 0 8 8 3 9 12 2 5 0 1 1 12
13 Steve Nash G 52:30 10 21 5 11 1 1 2 2 4 13 6 1 7 0 26
19 Raja Bell G 57:50 10 19 8 15 2 2 1 2 3 6 3 1 3 0 30
22 James Jones 40:42 6 11 1 3 9 11 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 2 22
50 Eddie House 19:06 2 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 2 1 0 0 4
10 Leandro Barbosa DND - INJ - Left Knee Sprain
11 Pat Burke DNP - Coach’s Decision
15 Josh Davis DNP - Coach’s Decision
21 Jim Jackson DNP - Coach’s Decision
1 Dijon Thompson NWT - Illness
TOTALS: 50 104 14 35 23 27 12 29 41 36 29 6 15 4 137
PERCENTAGES:
HOME: DENVER NUGGETS (18-18)
48.1% 40.0%85.2%TM REB: 12 TOT TO: 17 (28 PTS)
NO PLAYER MIN FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA OR DR TOT A PF ST TO BS PTS
3 DerMarr Johnson F 20:53 2 6 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 0 1 0 5
15 Carmelo Anthony F 51:51 15 31 0 2 13 14 4 7 11 1 3 3 6 2 43
56 Francisco Elson C 27:20 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 0 2 1 1 0 6
7 Greg Buckner G 22:31 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 4 2 0 0 0 4
24 Andre Miller G 51:22 5 19 0 1 5 6 2 4 6 4 4 0 3 0 15
11 Earl Boykins 47:21 11 21 3 3 8 9 1 1 2 8 1 1 1 1 33
21 Eduardo Najera 39:51 6 8 0 0 1 1 2 7 9 0 5 2 2 2 13
8 Earl Watson 46:59 5 8 4 6 1 2 0 6 6 8 5 0 2 0 15
43 Linas Kleiza 6:51 2 2 0 0 1 4 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5
32 Julius Hodge DNP - Coach’s Decision
1 Voshon Lenard DNP - Coach’s Decision
6 Kenyon Martin DND - INJ - Low Back Strain
TOTALS: 51104 817 29 36 12 34 4627 26 7 16 5 139
PERCENTAGES: 49.0% 47.1%80.6%TM REB: 19 TOT TO: 17 (16 PTS)
SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 1OT 2OT 3OT FINAL
Suns 25 28 32 21 11 8 12 137
NUGGETS 26 29 24 27 11 8 14 139
Inactive: Suns - Grant, Stoudemire
Technical Fouls - Defensive Three Second
Nuggets - Camby, Nene, Russell
Suns: NONE NUGGETS (1): 4:50 2nd
Pts. in the Pt.: Suns 40, NUGGETS 58 Biggest Lead: Suns 9, NUGGETS 7
2nd Chance Pts.: Suns 15, NUGGETS 24 Lead Changes: 32
FB Pts.: Suns 18, NUGGETS 25 Times Tied: 25
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OFFICIAL SCORER’S REPORT FINAL BOX
03/25/2006 US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ
Officials: #26 Bob Delaney, #28 Tommy Nunez Jr., #63 Derek Richardson
VISITOR: Denver Nuggets (40-31)
Time of Game: 2:11
Attendance: 18,422
NO PLAYER MIN FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA OR DR TOT A PF ST TO BS PTS
15 Carmelo Anthony F 39:31 11 19 2 2 4 4 0 2 2 1 3 1 3 1 28
6 Kenyon Martin F 21:03 3 8 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 2 3 0 2 0 6
23 Marcus Camby C 34:16 3 7 0 0 1 2 1 14 15 1 2 2 2 3 7
22 Ruben Patterson G 27:59 6 14 0 0 2 3 2 4 6 3 3 3 4 0 14
24 Andre Miller G 39:50 8 15 1 2 7 8 1 2 3 6 4 2 4 1 24
7 Greg Buckner 19:15 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 3
30 Reggie Evans 18:29 1 2 0 0 1 5 2 8 10 0 2 0 3 2 3
10 Howard Eisley 16:12 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5
3 DerMarr Johnson 20:55 2 6 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 6
43 Linas Kleiza 1:57 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Julius Hodge 0:33 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
56 Francisco Elson DNP - Coach’s Decision
TOTALS: 37 79 5 8 17 24 8 35 43 14 20 9 22 7 96
PERCENTAGES:
HOME: PHOENIX SUNS (47-21)
46.8% 62.5% 70.8% TM REB: 7 TOT TO: 22 (21 PTS)
NO PLAYER MIN FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA OR DR TOT A PF ST TO BS PTS
31 Shawn Marion F 40:51 10 20 0 3 1 1 5 9 14 2 4 3 2 2 21
32 Amare Stoudemire F 16:38 2 7 0 0 2 2 1 4 5 2 0 0 0 1 6
3 Boris Diaw C 42:23 4 7 0 0 5 6 1 7 8 13 2 1 4 1 13
19 Raja Bell G 35:07 6 13 3 7 0 0 2 1 3 2 3 0 2 0 15
13 Steve Nash G 33:18 6 15 5 11 4 4 2 4 6 6 3 0 3 1 21
10 Leandro Barbosa 20:19 3 8 0 2 5 6 0 1 1 0 5 1 4 0 11
2 Tim Thomas 26:08 4 10 2 4 0 0 0 6 6 0 4 0 2 1 10
50 Eddie House 18:07 3 8 2 5 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 2 0 1 8
22 James Jones 7:09 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
11 Pat Burke DNP - Coach’s Decision
55 Brian Grant DNP - Coach’s Decision
15 Nikoloz Tskitishvili DNP - Coach’s Decision
TOTALS: 39 90 12 33 17 19 11 34 45 27 22 8 17 8 107
PERCENTAGES: 43.3% 36.4% 89.5% TM REB: 7 TOT TO: 18 (22 PTS)
SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 FINAL
Nuggets 27 21 27 21 96
SUNS 30 27 22 28 107
Inactive: Nuggets - Boykins, Najera, Nene
Technical Fouls - Defensive Three Second
Suns - K. Thomas, Thompson
Nuggets (2): 10:30 1st, 1:45 1st SUNS: NONE
Pts. in the Pt.: Nuggets 36, SUNS 40 Biggest Lead: Nuggets 6, SUNS 14
2nd Chance Pts.: Nuggets 6, SUNS 11 Lead Changes: 17
FB Pts.: Nuggets 14, SUNS 13 Times Tied: 8
MEMO: Suns - Diaw ties career high assists 13 (prev. 2X, last at Philadelphia 1/31/06
PHOENIX SUNS 65
2006 PLAYOFF MEDIA GUIDE