National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Orleans 85,
Phoenix 84
When: 9:00 PM ET, Monday, December 26, 2011
Where: US Airways Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Officials: #25 Tony Brothers, #28 Tommy Nunez Jr., #57 Greg Willard
Attendance: 17776
Where: US Airways Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Officials: #25 Tony Brothers, #28 Tommy Nunez Jr., #57 Greg Willard
Attendance: 17776
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New Orleans | 23 | 24 | 15 | 23 | 85 |
| Phoenix | 20 | 21 | 24 | 19 | 84 |
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Eric Gordon - G | 39:08 | 9-18 | 0-6 | 2-3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| Marco Belinelli - G | 30:24 | 4-11 | 0-5 | 2-2 | -9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Trevor Ariza - F | 34:12 | 6-11 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Carl Landry - F | 33:12 | 6-15 | 0-0 | 2-5 | -1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Emeka Okafor - C | 26:26 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2-4 | -1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Greivis Vasquez | 26:36 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 3-3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| Chris Kaman | 20:38 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Jason Smith | 15:44 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Al-Farouq Aminu | 11:16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carldell Johnson | 2:24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trey Johnson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Lance Thomas | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 35-79 | 2-16 | 13-21 | 12 | 35 | 47 | 10 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 85 | |
| 44.3% | 12.5% | 61.9% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 13 | ||||||||||
Phoenix Suns
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jared Dudley - G | 35:09 | 3-11 | 1-5 | 2-3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Steve Nash - G | 29:41 | 5-10 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| Channing Frye - F | 23:06 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Grant Hill - F | 22:39 | 3-10 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Marcin Gortat - C | 21:05 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Robin Lopez | 26:55 | 8-12 | 0-0 | 5-6 | -2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| Markieff Morris | 24:54 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 2-2 | -6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Shannon Brown | 20:22 | 1-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Josh Childress | 17:50 | 3-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | -7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Ronnie Price | 11:15 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sebastian Telfair | 7:04 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Garret Siler | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Hakim Warrick | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 32-81 | 5-25 | 15-19 | 12 | 33 | 45 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 84 | |
| 39.5% | 20.0% | 78.9% | Team Rebs: 6 | Total TO: 15 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NO | None |
| PHO | None |
Team Statistics
| New Orleans | Phoenix | ||
| Fast Break Points | 13 | Fast Break Points | 14 |
| Points in the Paint | 42 | Points in the Paint | 36 |
| Biggest Lead | 9 | Biggest Lead | 6 |