National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Phoenix 105,
New Orleans 100
When: 8:00 PM ET, Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #54 Derrick Collins, #45 Joe Forte, #18 Mark Wunderlich
Attendance: 17781
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #54 Derrick Collins, #45 Joe Forte, #18 Mark Wunderlich
Attendance: 17781
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Phoenix | 26 | 23 | 26 | 30 | 105 |
| New Orleans | 32 | 19 | 14 | 35 | 100 |
Phoenix Suns
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Steve Nash - G | 34:25 | 7-9 | 1-2 | 9-9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 |
| Jason Richardson - G | 28:09 | 6-12 | 0-4 | 5-5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| Grant Hill - F | 32:35 | 5-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Matt Barnes - F | 21:05 | 2-8 | 1-4 | 4-6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Shaquille O'Neal - C | 36:38 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 3-8 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jared Dudley | 29:26 | 3-7 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Leandro Barbosa | 19:51 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Goran Dragic | 13:36 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Louis Amundson | 13:26 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Robin Lopez | 10:50 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stromile Swift | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Alando Tucker | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 37-72 | 6-19 | 25-33 | 6 | 34 | 40 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 105 | |
| 51.4% | 31.6% | 75.8% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 13 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Paul - G | 43:06 | 13-29 | 1-5 | 2-4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 |
| Rasual Butler - G | 39:08 | 4-11 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Peja Stojakovic - F | 38:29 | 5-11 | 4-9 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| David West - F | 37:09 | 13-20 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 28 |
| Hilton Armstrong - C | 17:01 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Melvin Ely | 18:59 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Sean Marks | 12:00 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julian Wright | 11:51 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Morris Peterson | 8:19 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Daniels | 7:13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin Brown | 6:46 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan Bowen | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 42-90 | 7-21 | 9-12 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 23 | 27 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 100 | |
| 46.7% | 33.3% | 75.0% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 10 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| PHO | None |
| NO | None |
Team Statistics
| Phoenix | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 20 | Fast Break Points | 6 |
| Points in the Paint | 38 | Points in the Paint | 42 |
| Biggest Lead | 14 | Biggest Lead | 10 |