National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Phoenix 132,
Denver 117
When: 10:00 PM ET, Monday, March 31, 2008
Where: US Airways Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Officials: #17 Joe Crawford, #13 Monty McCutchen, #58 Zach Zarba
Attendance: 18422
Where: US Airways Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Officials: #17 Joe Crawford, #13 Monty McCutchen, #58 Zach Zarba
Attendance: 18422
Final Scoring Summary
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Allen Iverson - G | 43:04 | 9-19 | 0-0 | 3-5 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 21 |
| Anthony Carter - G | 30:54 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Carmelo Anthony - F | 34:15 | 7-18 | 0-2 | 4-8 | -13 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| Kenyon Martin - F | 32:34 | 7-14 | 0-0 | 5-6 | -22 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Marcus Camby - C | 31:14 | 8-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Eduardo Najera | 23:06 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| J.R. Smith | 23:02 | 8-16 | 3-9 | 4-8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| Linas Kleiza | 13:45 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Nene | 5:47 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Chucky Atkins | 1:19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Hunter | 0:37 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yahkouba Diawara | 0:23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 240 | 48-91 | 5-16 | 16-27 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 20 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 117 | |
| 52.7% | 31.2% | 59.3% | Team Rebs: 14 | Total TO: 10 | ||||||||||
Phoenix Suns
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Steve Nash - G | 37:57 | 11-18 | 8-12 | 6-6 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Leandro Barbosa - G | 31:06 | 2-10 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Raja Bell - F | 43:37 | 5-12 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Amare Stoudemire - F | 42:00 | 12-22 | 0-0 | 17-19 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 41 |
| Shaquille O'Neal - C | 34:51 | 8-13 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 20 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Boris Diaw | 30:46 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Gordan Giricek | 19:06 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| D.J. Strawberry | 0:37 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Eric Piatkowski | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Brian Skinner | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Sean Marks | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 44-91 | 11-24 | 33-36 | 14 | 36 | 50 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 132 | |
| 48.4% | 45.8% | 91.7% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 11 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| DEN | Nene |
| PHO | Amare Stoudemire , Raja Bell, Shaquille O'Neal |
Team Statistics
| Denver | Phoenix | ||
| Fast Break Points | 13 | Fast Break Points | 14 |
| Points in the Paint | 38 | Points in the Paint | 52 |
| Biggest Lead | 22 | Biggest Lead | 15 |