NBA
Regular Season Round 15: Phoenix Suns - Milwaukee B. 109-93
Date: January 8, 2012
The Suns have dominated the Milwaukee Bucks in Phoenix for almost a quarter of a century. Sunday night was more of the same. Short-handed and weary at the end of an 0-5 road trip, the Bucks were ripe for a rout, and that's exactly what happened. Steve Nash had 17 assists and 10 points in 27 minutes and the Suns rolled to a 109-93 victory over a Milwaukee team missing four players. The Suns beat the Bucks in Phoenix for the 24th consecutive time, the NBA's second-longest active streak behind San Antonio's 27 wins in a row at home over Golden State. "One thing you can account for is that they have had good teams here. I was a part of a few of them," Milwaukee coach Scott Skiles said. "That is the first thing, and to a period of that time the Bucks weren't very good at the same time. That long of a streak, though, you would think that at some point that things would come back in your favor and win one. It just hasn't happened." Nash had the Phoenix offense clicking from the start. And with the Suns shooting 62 percent through three quarters (58 percent overall), the assists mounted for the 37-year-old two-time MVP point guard. "Steve is doing Steve, man," teammate Channing Frye said. "Everybody said, 'Aw, he looks old and he needs to this or that.' You can't say nothing about him. He gets the job done. It's up to us to take a lot of pressure off him and continue to challenge ourselves to let him be the best he can be by making shots." Marcin Gortat scored 18 points on 9-of-10 shooting to lead the Suns. Frye came out of a shooting slump to go 6 of 7, making all four 3-point tries, and finished with 16 points. Seven players, including all five starters, reached double figures for the Suns. "Obviously, this is the worst defense we've played all year," Skiles said. Nash said the Suns are beginning to find their rhythm. "We are making open shots. We are also getting a little better pace and tempo throughout the game, a little bit of cohesion," he said. "It is taking us some time and I think you could have predicted that, but I think we are getting better." Tobias Harris scored 15 for the Bucks, who last won in Phoenix on Feb. 21, 1987. Grant Hill and Shannon Brown added 14 points apiece, Markieff Morris 13 and Jared Dudley 11 for Phoenix, which has won two in a row for the first time this season. The Suns made 9 of 20 3-pointers, 3 of 3 by the rookie Morris, who had a team-high 10 rebounds. *Courtesy of www.deseretnews.com
Terms:
Field Goals : 2PM-A (2 point Field Goal made-attempts) 3PM-A (3 point Field Goal made-attempts) FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive) DEF (Defensive) TOT (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed) RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor) AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes) AST (assists) ST (steals) TO (Turnovers) PTS (points) RNK (ranking)
Regular Season Round 15: Phoenix Suns - Milwaukee B. 109-93
Date: January 8, 2012
The Suns have dominated the Milwaukee Bucks in Phoenix for almost a quarter of a century. Sunday night was more of the same. Short-handed and weary at the end of an 0-5 road trip, the Bucks were ripe for a rout, and that's exactly what happened. Steve Nash had 17 assists and 10 points in 27 minutes and the Suns rolled to a 109-93 victory over a Milwaukee team missing four players. The Suns beat the Bucks in Phoenix for the 24th consecutive time, the NBA's second-longest active streak behind San Antonio's 27 wins in a row at home over Golden State. "One thing you can account for is that they have had good teams here. I was a part of a few of them," Milwaukee coach Scott Skiles said. "That is the first thing, and to a period of that time the Bucks weren't very good at the same time. That long of a streak, though, you would think that at some point that things would come back in your favor and win one. It just hasn't happened." Nash had the Phoenix offense clicking from the start. And with the Suns shooting 62 percent through three quarters (58 percent overall), the assists mounted for the 37-year-old two-time MVP point guard. "Steve is doing Steve, man," teammate Channing Frye said. "Everybody said, 'Aw, he looks old and he needs to this or that.' You can't say nothing about him. He gets the job done. It's up to us to take a lot of pressure off him and continue to challenge ourselves to let him be the best he can be by making shots." Marcin Gortat scored 18 points on 9-of-10 shooting to lead the Suns. Frye came out of a shooting slump to go 6 of 7, making all four 3-point tries, and finished with 16 points. Seven players, including all five starters, reached double figures for the Suns. "Obviously, this is the worst defense we've played all year," Skiles said. Nash said the Suns are beginning to find their rhythm. "We are making open shots. We are also getting a little better pace and tempo throughout the game, a little bit of cohesion," he said. "It is taking us some time and I think you could have predicted that, but I think we are getting better." Tobias Harris scored 15 for the Bucks, who last won in Phoenix on Feb. 21, 1987. Grant Hill and Shannon Brown added 14 points apiece, Markieff Morris 13 and Jared Dudley 11 for Phoenix, which has won two in a row for the first time this season. The Suns made 9 of 20 3-pointers, 3 of 3 by the rookie Morris, who had a team-high 10 rebounds. *Courtesy of www.deseretnews.com
 MILWAUKEE B. (coach: Doc Rivers)93 |
| FIELD GOALS | REBOUNDS | FOULS | BLOCKS | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | NAME | MIN | 2PM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | RB | AS | F | RV | ST | FV | AG | TO | PT | RNK | +/- |
| 7 | vaLajDsUIj, Ahiuj | 82 | 1-7 (11.9%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 68 | 69 | 5 |
| 65 | gRlfajI, CiQlIs | 89 | 4-3 (90%) | 6-3 (80%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 68 | 5 |
| 4 | zRjjajDs, mQijdIj | 81 | 8-0 (35%) | 5-8 (5%) | 6-6 (655%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | AijdRQs, viQQF | 80 | 3-9 (09.6%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
| 5 | ziZVsIj, AURphRj | 84 | 8-0 (35%) | 6-8 (05%) | 6-8 (05%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
| 60 | HiQQas, wIMais | 84 | 3-9 (09.6%) | 5-6 (5%) | 9-65 (95%) | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 60 | 68 | 5 |
| 9 | olFisILi, qQsij | 84 | 4-7 (44.4%) | 6-4 (44.4%) | 8-3 (05%) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 66 | 7 | 5 |
| 45 | vRuRQ, zIj | 88 | 3-7 (33.3%) | 5-5 (5%) | 4-3 (90%) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 66 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | GIIdRj, gQRT | 62 | 4-66 (89.4%) | 5-6 (5%) | 8-8 (655%) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| HIMsIj, giQajDUIj | 69 | 8-4 (11.9%) | 5-8 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | |
| 35 | mQIZVBij, zIj | 2 | 6-8 (05%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-6 (5%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| 68 | bMih i bIuUR, vuZ | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| 67 | tdQah, mRjI | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| wIUil | 43-96 (39.7%) | 4-60 (85.5%) | 61-83 (11.9%) | 60 | 80 | 35 | 84 | 64 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 64 | 74 | 24 | |||
 PHOENIX SUNS (coach: Jordan Ott)109 |
| FIELD GOALS | REBOUNDS | FOULS | BLOCKS | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | NAME | MIN | 2PM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | RB | AS | F | RV | ST | FV | AG | TO | PT | RNK | +/- |
| 66 | bIQQas, biQVaRff | 45 | 8-1 (44.4%) | 4-3 (90%) | 5-5 (5%) | 8 | 2 | 65 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 64 | 84 | 5 |
| 3 | GIQUiU, biQZaj | 82 | 7-65 (75%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 62 | 46 | 5 |
| 4 | gudlRF, ziQRd | 82 | 3-1 (11.9%) | 6-3 (80%) | 5-5 (5%) | 8 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 66 | 65 | 5 |
| 64 | Xish, AURLR | 89 | 0-1 (24.4%) | 5-6 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 69 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 65 | 83 | 5 |
| 81 | mQITj, AhijjIj | 80 | 8-0 (35%) | 5-4 (5%) | 65-68 (24.4%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 63 | 0 | 5 |
| 44 | Hall, GQijU | 83 | 0-2 (18.0%) | 6-4 (44.4%) | 6-6 (655%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 63 | 65 | 5 |
| 2 | yQFR, ChijjajD | 67 | 8-4 (11.9%) | 3-3 (655%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 61 | 61 | 5 |
| 60 | vIpRJ, eIMaj | 67 | 6-3 (80%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | -0 | 5 |
| 86 | WiQQaZV, HiVaB | 64 | 6-8 (05%) | 5-6 (5%) | 8-3 (05%) | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | -6 | 5 |
| 8 | OQaZR, eIjjaR | 64 | 8-8 (655%) | 5-6 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 5 |
| 46 | wRlfiaQ, ARMisUaij | 9 | 5-4 (5%) | 6-6 (655%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | -6 | 5 |
| 6 | ChaldQRss, zIsh | 1 | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| wIUil | 44-00 (15.5%) | 65-88 (30.0%) | 64-69 (91.0%) | 9 | 46 | 42 | 45 | 85 | 5 | 65 | 0 | 5 | 63 | 657 | 685 | |||
Terms:
Field Goals : 2PM-A (2 point Field Goal made-attempts) 3PM-A (3 point Field Goal made-attempts) FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive) DEF (Defensive) TOT (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed) RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor) AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes) AST (assists) ST (steals) TO (Turnovers) PTS (points) RNK (ranking)
