New Orleans 91, Phoenix 87

December 12, 2005

Regular Season

Talking Stick Resort Arena (Phoenix, Arizona)

Attendance: N/A

Officials: Mike Callahan, Zach Zarba, Matt Boland

Team Rebounds: New Orleans (0) Phoenix (0)

Technicals: New Orleans (0) Phoenix (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
NOP (9-12) 31 23 19 18 91
PHX (13-7) 23 23 16 25 87

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
NOP 93 97.8 93.5
PHX 93 93.5 97.8

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
NOP .468 0.129 0.122 0.247
PHX .519 0.204 0.158 0.063

New Orleans Pelicans

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
42 P.J. Brown Starter C 32:57 1-5 0-0 0-0 3.5 1.0 3 4 3 2 1 0 1 2
24 Desmond Mason Starter SF 42:55 10-15 0-0 2-3 11.1 0.0 6 6 0 2 1 0 3 22
3 Chris Paul Starter PG 33:13 6-13 2-3 5-8 17.5 0.0 7 7 7 4 4 0 3 19
23 J.R. Smith Starter SG 39:38 6-12 4-5 10-10 23.0 1.0 9 10 3 2 1 0 1 26
30 David West Starter PF 37:28 5-14 0-0 0-0 6.0 2.0 6 8 0 2 1 1 1 10
45 Rasual Butler Bench SG 23:22 3-8 0-2 0-0 2.0 0.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 6
5 Speedy Claxton Bench PG 30:28 2-10 0-0 2-2 2.0 1.0 1 2 3 3 3 0 2 6
  Team                                
        240 33-77 6-10 19-23 87.1 5 36 41 16 15 11 1 12 91
          42.9% 60.0% 82.6%                    

Phoenix Suns

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
19 Raja Bell Starter SG 44:39 9-16 5-5 1-2 10.2 0.0 4 4 0 6 1 0 2 24
3 Boris Diaw Starter PF 26:12 3-6 0-0 2-2 5.2 0.0 2 2 4 6 0 1 1 8
31 Shawn Marion Starter SF 41:02 6-13 0-3 0-0 7.2 2.0 8 10 1 4 1 1 4 12
13 Steve Nash Starter PG 37:02 5-13 3-5 1-1 17.4 0.0 2 2 16 0 1 1 6 14
40 Kurt Thomas Starter C 35:05 6-9 0-0 0-0 12.5 1.0 7 8 1 2 0 2 1 12
11 Pat Burke Bench C 11:48 4-4 0-0 1-2 7.2 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 9
50 Eddie House Bench PG 26:54 3-13 2-9 0-0 4.2 1.0 4 5 3 2 1 2 3 8
21 Jim Jackson Bench SG 17:07 0-5 0-2 0-0 -0.5 1.0 5 6 0 1 0 0 1 0
1 Dijon Thompson Bench SF 00:12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Team                                
        240 36-79 10-24 5-7 83.6 6 32 38 25 21 4 9 19 87
          45.6% 41.7% 71.4%                    

New Orleans Pelicans Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Chris Paul
16.5p, 5.9r, 7a		 J.R. Smith
12.9p, 3.3r, 2.1a		 Desmond Mason
9.3p, 3.6r, 0.8a		 David West
16p, 6.9r, 1.3a		 P.J. Brown
9.2p, 7.9r, 1.3a
Rotation Speedy Claxton
13.3p, 2.7r, 4.2a		 Rasual Butler
5.1p, 2.1r, 0.3a		  
 		  
 		  
 

Phoenix Suns Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Steve Nash
18.2p, 3.7r, 10.9a		 Raja Bell
12.8p, 3.6r, 1.9a		 Shawn Marion
19.2p, 11.3r, 1.6a		 Boris Diaw
10.4p, 6.2r, 6.2a		 Kurt Thomas
9p, 9.1r, 1.1a
Rotation Eddie House
8.8p, 1.3r, 1.8a		 Jim Jackson
4.2p, 2.5r, 1a		  
 		  
 		 Pat Burke
4.8p, 1.3r, 0.7a
Lim PT  
 		  
 		 Dijon Thompson
2.8p, 1r, 0a		  
 		  
 

New Orleans Pelicans Leaders

MPG Chris Paul 36.9
FG% Jackson Vroman .524
3P% J.R. Smith .406
FT% Arvydas Macijauskas 1.000
ORPG P.J. Brown 2.5
DRPG P.J. Brown 5.4
RPG P.J. Brown 7.9
SPG Chris Paul 2.2
APG Chris Paul 7.0
BPG Chris Andersen 1.1
PPG Chris Paul 16.5

Phoenix Suns Leaders

MPG Shawn Marion 39.4
FG% Sharrod Ford .667
3P% Dijon Thompson .500
FT% Dijon Thompson 1.000
ORPG Shawn Marion 3.2
DRPG Shawn Marion 8.1
RPG Shawn Marion 11.3
SPG Shawn Marion 1.9
APG Steve Nash 10.9
BPG Shawn Marion 1.8
PPG Shawn Marion 19.2

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