National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Orleans 91,
Phoenix 87
When: 9:00 PM ET, Monday, December 12, 2005
Where: America West Arena, Phoenix, Arizona
Officials: #74 Matt Boland, #24 Mike Callahan, #58 Zach Zarba
Attendance: 15547
Where: America West Arena, Phoenix, Arizona
Officials: #74 Matt Boland, #24 Mike Callahan, #58 Zach Zarba
Attendance: 15547
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New Orleans | 31 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 91 |
| Phoenix | 23 | 23 | 16 | 25 | 87 |
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| J.R. Smith - G | 39:38 | 6-12 | 4-5 | 10-10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
| Chris Paul - G | 33:13 | 6-13 | 2-3 | 5-8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| Desmond Mason - F | 42:54 | 10-15 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| David West - F | 37:28 | 5-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| P.J. Brown - C | 32:57 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Speedy Claxton | 30:28 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Rasual Butler | 23:22 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Kirk Snyder | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Brandon Bass | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Maciej Lampe | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jackson Vroman | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Arvydas Macijauskas | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 33-77 | 6-10 | 19-23 | 5 | 36 | 41 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 91 | |
| 42.9% | 60.0% | 82.6% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 13 | ||||||||||
Phoenix Suns
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Raja Bell - G | 44:40 | 9-16 | 5-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24 |
| Steve Nash - G | 37:02 | 5-13 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| Shawn Marion - F | 41:02 | 6-13 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| Boris Diaw - F | 26:12 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Kurt Thomas - C | 35:05 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Eddie House | 26:54 | 3-13 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Jim Jackson | 17:06 | 0-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Burke | 11:48 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Dijon Thompson | 0:11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sharrod Ford | DNP | |||||||||||||
| James Jones | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Leandro Barbosa | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 36-79 | 10-24 | 5-7 | 6 | 32 | 38 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 19 | 9 | 87 | |
| 45.6% | 41.7% | 71.4% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 19 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NO | None |
| PHO | Raja Bell |
Team Statistics
| New Orleans | Phoenix | ||
| Fast Break Points | 8 | Fast Break Points | 13 |
| Points in the Paint | 34 | Points in the Paint | 30 |
| Biggest Lead | 13 | Biggest Lead | 0 |