National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Phoenix 101,
New Orleans 88
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, December 16, 2005
Where: Pete Maravich Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Officials: #29 Steve Javie, #61 Courtney Kirkland, #40 Leon Wood
Attendance: 7302
Where: Pete Maravich Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Officials: #29 Steve Javie, #61 Courtney Kirkland, #40 Leon Wood
Attendance: 7302
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Phoenix | 20 | 23 | 21 | 37 | 101 |
| New Orleans | 26 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 88 |
Phoenix Suns
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Raja Bell - G | 45:39 | 4-14 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Steve Nash - G | 39:22 | 8-20 | 1-6 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| Shawn Marion - F | 45:11 | 9-16 | 2-7 | 1-1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 21 |
| Boris Diaw - F | 38:42 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Kurt Thomas - C | 32:30 | 8-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Eddie House | 26:15 | 10-17 | 4-8 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| Jim Jackson | 12:21 | 0-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Burke | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Sharrod Ford | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Dijon Thompson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| James Jones | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Leandro Barbosa | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 42-92 | 8-29 | 9-10 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 101 | |
| 45.7% | 27.6% | 90.0% | Team Rebs: 3 | Total TO: 14 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Paul - G | 39:24 | 11-21 | 0-2 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 25 |
| J.R. Smith - G | 29:01 | 6-11 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| David West - F | 37:18 | 4-13 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| Desmond Mason - F | 34:36 | 4-13 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| P.J. Brown - C | 39:02 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Speedy Claxton | 27:35 | 4-12 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Jackson Vroman | 19:40 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Rasual Butler | 13:24 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kirk Snyder | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Brandon Bass | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Chris Andersen | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Arvydas Macijauskas | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 38-84 | 2-10 | 10-16 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 88 | |
| 45.2% | 20.0% | 62.5% | Team Rebs: 6 | Total TO: 17 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| PHO | None |
| NO | None |
Team Statistics
| Phoenix | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 11 | Fast Break Points | 15 |
| Points in the Paint | 36 | Points in the Paint | 48 |
| Biggest Lead | 13 | Biggest Lead | 15 |