National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Orleans 101,
Phoenix 98
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 15, 2007
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #45 Joe Forte, #8 Luis Grillo, #58 Zach Zarba
Attendance: 13705
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #45 Joe Forte, #8 Luis Grillo, #58 Zach Zarba
Attendance: 13705
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Phoenix | 26 | 20 | 34 | 18 | 98 |
| New Orleans | 31 | 28 | 21 | 21 | 101 |
Phoenix Suns
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Raja Bell - G | 37:39 | 7-14 | 3-7 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Steve Nash - G | 33:01 | 4-12 | 1-4 | 3-3 | -4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Shawn Marion - F | 43:15 | 5-11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Grant Hill - F | 36:21 | 6-13 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| Amare Stoudemire - C | 33:01 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 6-7 | -4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Leandro Barbosa | 22:00 | 8-12 | 3-6 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| Boris Diaw | 19:44 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Brian Skinner | 14:59 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Eric Piatkowski | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Sean Marks | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Marcus Banks | DNP | |||||||||||||
| D.J. Strawberry | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 38-80 | 8-20 | 14-16 | 5 | 36 | 41 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 98 | |
| 47.5% | 40.0% | 87.5% | Team Rebs: 5 | Total TO: 11 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Paul - G | 38:11 | 8-20 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| Morris Peterson - G | 30:24 | 6-14 | 4-6 | 5-6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| David West - F | 41:39 | 6-16 | 0-0 | 3-3 | -2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| Rasual Butler - F | 35:37 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 0-0 | -6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Tyson Chandler - C | 34:54 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Julian Wright | 18:44 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Jackson | 17:36 | 2-8 | 1-4 | 2-2 | -6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Hilton Armstrong | 13:07 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Jannero Pargo | 9:49 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peja Stojakovic | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Melvin Ely | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Marcus Vinicius | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 37-91 | 12-23 | 15-18 | 13 | 36 | 49 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 101 | |
| 40.7% | 52.2% | 83.3% | Team Rebs: 6 | Total TO: 11 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| PHO | None |
| NO | None |
Team Statistics
| Phoenix | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 23 | Fast Break Points | 8 |
| Points in the Paint | 44 | Points in the Paint | 42 |
| Biggest Lead | 2 | Biggest Lead | 16 |