National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Phoenix 107,
Chicago 98
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 31, 2005
Where: United Center, Chicago, Illinois
Officials: #19 James Capers, #54 Derrick Collins, #43 Dan Crawford
Attendance: 22165
Where: United Center, Chicago, Illinois
Officials: #19 James Capers, #54 Derrick Collins, #43 Dan Crawford
Attendance: 22165
Final Scoring Summary
Phoenix Suns
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Raja Bell - G | 45:29 | 8-14 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| Steve Nash - G | 41:32 | 4-10 | 0-2 | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Shawn Marion - F | 45:24 | 13-22 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| Boris Diaw - F | 43:50 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 6-8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| Kurt Thomas - C | 28:25 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Eddie House | 25:43 | 4-13 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| James Jones | 22:28 | 3-8 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Jim Jackson | 7:42 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Pat Burke | 4:27 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Dijon Thompson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Leandro Barbosa | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 265 | 42-91 | 5-23 | 18-21 | 10 | 38 | 48 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 107 | |
| 46.2% | 21.7% | 85.7% | Team Rebs: 6 | Total TO: 15 | ||||||||||
Chicago Bulls
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Duhon - G | 44:04 | 6-12 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| Ben Gordon - G | 32:13 | 7-19 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| Kirk Hinrich - F | 50:34 | 11-24 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 25 |
| Luol Deng - F | 43:46 | 7-15 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Tyson Chandler - C | 14:22 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Darius Songaila | 36:16 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| Andres Nocioni | 25:51 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Jannero Pargo | 17:54 | 2-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Malik Allen | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Michael Sweetney | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Eric Piatkowski | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Othella Harrington | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 265 | 41-95 | 8-23 | 8-11 | 13 | 36 | 49 | 23 | 22 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 98 | |
| 43.2% | 34.8% | 72.7% | Team Rebs: 6 | Total TO: 18 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| PHO | None |
| CHI | None |
Team Statistics
| Phoenix | Chicago | ||
| Fast Break Points | 16 | Fast Break Points | 13 |
| Points in the Paint | 44 | Points in the Paint | 44 |
| Biggest Lead | 9 | Biggest Lead | 7 |