Phoenix 122, Denver 113

April 4, 1997

Regular Season

McNichols Sports Arena (Denver, Colorado)

Attendance: 12,204

Officials: Bill Spooner, Greg Willard, Ronnie Nunn

Team Rebounds: Phoenix (8) Denver (4)

Technicals: Phoenix (0) Denver (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
PHX (35-39) 23 31 38 30 122
DEN (20-54) 28 32 26 27 113

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
PHX 91 134.2 124.3
DEN 91 124.3 134.2

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
PHX .557 0.088 0.389 0.156
DEN .484 0.198 0.519 0.221

Phoenix Suns

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
3 Rex Chapman Starter SG 29:00 5-11 1-3 2-2 13.5 1 2 3 6 0 2 0 1 13
7 Kevin Johnson Starter SG 36:00 9-14 1-4 5-5 22.9 1 3 4 7 0 2 0 1 24
32 Jason Kidd Starter PG 35:00 5-14 1-2 1-2 11.8 0 4 4 9 2 2 0 2 12
40 Loren Meyer Starter C 09:00 0-2 0-0 2-2 0.2 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 2
18 Hot Rod Williams Starter PF 39:00 5-11 0-0 4-4 14.2 4 6 10 1 1 1 1 1 14
43 Ben Davis Bench PF 01:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Horacio Llamas Bench C 14:00 3-5 0-0 0-0 3.8 2 0 2 0 5 2 1 1 6
15 Danny Manning Bench PF 28:00 9-15 1-2 1-1 16.4 1 2 3 4 3 2 1 0 20
13 Steve Nash Bench PG 12:00 3-4 1-1 0-0 6.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7
11 Wesley Person Bench SG 24:00 6-13 4-7 0-0 14.8 1 2 3 3 0 1 2 0 16
1 Cedric Ceballos Bench SF 13:00 4-7 0-0 0-0 5.5 2 3 5 0 1 0 0 1 8
  Team                   8            
        240 49-96 9-19 15-16 113.0 14 22 44 32 15 12 6 8 122
          51.0% 47.4% 93.8%                    

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 SG 46:00 10-22 3-11 2-2 14.5 2 3 5 4 1 0 0 1 25
20 LaPhonso Ellis Starter SF 14:00 6-10 0-1 0-0 5.0 5 0 5 1 1 0 0 5 12
5 Anthony Goldwire Starter PG 14:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 3.8 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0
50 Ervin Johnson Starter C 24:00 2-6 0-0 2-2 11.5 6 5 11 0 4 0 3 0 6
24 Antonio McDyess Starter PF 44:00 10-21 0-0 6-6 17.8 6 5 11 1 2 2 2 4 26
53 Jerome Allen Bench SG 17:00 3-5 1-3 0-0 7.8 1 2 3 2 0 0 1 1 7
21 Tom Hammonds Bench PF 28:00 2-9 0-0 11-11 12.4 7 5 12 1 1 0 0 3 15
30 Kenny Smith Bench PG 23:00 4-9 3-5 0-0 4.8 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 1 11
6 Brooks Thompson Bench SG 30:00 4-12 3-8 0-0 5.0 1 4 5 4 4 0 0 3 11
  Team                   4         1  
        240 41-95 10-28 21-21 106.4 28 26 58 18 16 3 6 19 113
          43.2% 35.7% 100.0%                    

Phoenix Suns Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Jason Kidd
10.5p, 4.3r, 8.9a
Kevin Johnson
19.9p, 3.7r, 9.3a
Rex Chapman
13.2p, 2.6r, 2.7a
Hot Rod Williams
7.9p, 8.1r, 1.5a
Loren Meyer
5.1p, 2.8r, 0.4a
Rotation Steve Nash
3.5p, 1.1r, 2.3a
Wesley Person
13.8p, 3.7r, 1.6a
Cedric Ceballos
14.6p, 7r, 1.4a
Danny Manning
13.5p, 6.3r, 2.3a
Horacio Llamas
1.6p, 0.9r, 0.1a
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
Ben Davis
1.5p, 1.4r, 0a
 
 

Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Anthony Goldwire
6.2p, 1.4r, 3.3a
Dale Ellis
16.2p, 3.5r, 1.8a
LaPhonso Ellis
21.9p, 7r, 2.4a
Antonio McDyess
17.9p, 7.2r, 1.4a
Ervin Johnson
7p, 10.5r, 0.9a
Rotation Kenny Smith
6.1p, 0.9r, 2.1a
Brooks Thompson
6.6p, 1.4r, 2.9a
 
 
Tom Hammonds
4.9p, 4.8r, 0.7a
 
 
Rotation  
 
Jerome Allen
3p, 1.3r, 2a
 
 
 
 
 
 

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