Denver 112, Phoenix 109

December 23, 1996

Regular Season

Footprint Center (Phoenix, Arizona)

Attendance: 19,023

Officials: Tony Brothers, Greg Willard, Hue Hollins

Team Rebounds: Denver (15) Phoenix (12)

Technicals: Denver (0) Phoenix (0)

  1 2 3 4 OT Final
DEN (8-19) 21 24 24 20 23 112
PHX (8-18) 26 24 19 20 20 109

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
DEN 106 105.6 102.8
PHX 106 102.8 105.6

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
DEN .538 0.141 0.178 0.141
PHX .469 0.113 0.327 0.027

Denver Nuggets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
3 Dale Ellis Starter SF 50:00 10-23 2-8 2-3 11.6 1 6 7 5 1 1 0 5 24
13 Mark Jackson Starter PG 48:00 6-15 0-1 2-2 22.2 1 7 8 17 4 3 1 5 14
50 Ervin Johnson Starter C 39:00 3-3 0-0 2-4 16.5 1 13 14 1 5 0 3 0 8
24 Antonio McDyess Starter PF 40:00 10-20 0-0 2-4 8.8 1 5 6 0 5 0 3 2 22
23 Bryant Stith Starter SG 48:00 12-21 8-12 4-4 24.2 0 4 4 4 1 2 0 3 36
14 Melvin Booker Bench PG 05:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
21 Tom Hammonds Bench PF 24:00 1-5 0-0 1-2 1.8 3 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 3
6 Brooks Thompson Bench SG 08:00 1-4 1-3 0-0 0.0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3
41 LaSalle Thompson Bench C 03:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Team                   15            
        265 44-92 11-24 13-19 104.1 8 37 60 28 19 6 7 15 112
          47.8% 45.8% 68.4%                    

Phoenix Suns

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
4 Michael Finley Starter SF 44:00 6-14 0-1 0-0 13.2 3 5 8 7 2 1 0 2 12
45 A.C. Green Starter PF 26:00 6-11 0-0 0-0 9.0 2 5 7 0 1 0 0 0 12
7 Kevin Johnson Starter PG 31:00 5-17 2-3 1-4 12.5 3 5 8 11 2 1 0 4 13
11 Wesley Person Starter SG 28:00 5-13 4-6 0-0 5.8 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 1 14
18 Hot Rod Williams Starter C 39:00 3-8 0-0 0-3 14.1 5 9 14 2 1 1 1 0 6
2 Mark Bryant Bench PF 19:00 4-7 0-0 0-0 4.5 1 5 6 1 6 0 0 1 8
10 Sam Cassell Bench SG 22:00 6-11 0-2 0-0 9.2 0 2 2 5 2 0 0 0 12
3 Rex Chapman Bench SG 26:00 7-17 2-6 2-2 8.8 0 1 1 5 1 1 0 2 18
25 Robert Horry Bench PF 04:00 0-1 0-1 0-0 -1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
15 Danny Manning Bench C 26:00 7-14 0-0 0-0 6.2 2 3 5 1 1 0 0 2 14
  Team                   12            
        265 49-113 8-19 3-9 104.1 17 35 64 35 20 4 1 12 109
          43.4% 42.1% 33.3%                    

Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Mark Jackson
9.2p, 4.5r, 11.8a		 Bryant Stith
15.7p, 4.6r, 2.4a		 Dale Ellis
19.6p, 4.3r, 1.9a		 Antonio McDyess
16.8p, 7r, 1.2a		 Ervin Johnson
6.5p, 9.7r, 0.7a
Rotation  
 		  
 		  
 		 Tom Hammonds
6.8p, 5.1r, 0.4a		  
 
Lim PT Melvin Booker
1.3p, 0.3r, 0.3a		 Brooks Thompson
8.1p, 1.3r, 3.2a		  
 		  
 		 LaSalle Thompson
0.5p, 1.5r, 0a

Phoenix Suns Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Kevin Johnson
14.1p, 3r, 8.3a		 Wesley Person
11.1p, 3.5r, 1.8a		 Michael Finley
13.2p, 4.5r, 2.6a		 A.C. Green
5.8p, 5r, 0.6a		 Hot Rod Williams
8.9p, 7.7r, 1.5a
Rotation  
 		 Rex Chapman
9.7p, 2.2r, 2.3a		  
 		 Mark Bryant
7.7p, 4.2r, 0.9a		 Danny Manning
13.5p, 7.1r, 2a
Rotation  
 		 Sam Cassell
14.7p, 2.3r, 4.5a		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		 Robert Horry
6.9p, 3.6r, 1.6a		  
 

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