NBA
Regular Season Round 53: Phoenix Suns - Atlanta H. 99-101
Date: February 15, 2012
Josh Smith matched his season high with 30 points and grabbed 17 rebounds to rally the Atlanta Hawks to a 101-99 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night. Smith, whose career best is 32, had 20 points and 12 rebounds in the second half as Atlanta snapped a two-game skid and won for only the third time in eight games. Steve Nash, back after a night off as the Suns played their third game in three days, had 22 points and 16 assists. Grant Hill, who also sat out Tuesday night in a loss at Denver, scored 18 points for Phoenix. Willie Green added 20 for Atlanta, including 4 of 6 3-pointers. Joe Johnson, hounded by Hill all night, scored just six points on 2-of-10 shooting. Atlanta trailed throughout, and by 15 early in the second half, until what amounted to a four-point play with 7:38 remaining. Smith scored on a drive, was fouled and referee Tre Maddox called Nash for a technical. Nash was incredulous afterward but the official ignored him and walked away. Johnson made the technical, and Smith added his free throw to put the Hawks ahead 82-81. That started a 10-0 run that put Atlanta up 88-81 on Green's fast-break layup with 6:27 remaining. Green's 3 put the Hawks ahead 98-89 with 2:17 to go. Nash drove the lane, then somehow flipped the ball over his head with just enough spin on it for a layup while being fouled. The three-point play cut it to 98-95 with 42.9 seconds to go. The Suns got the ball back after Johnson's miss and Nash found Channing Frye open for what would have been the tying 3-pointer from the top of the key. But he missed and the Hawks escaped from there. The Suns, 0-3 in their stretch of three games in three nights, took the lead with an early 14-0 run that put them up 31-17 on Michael Redd's three-point play with 1:13 left in the third quarter. The Hawks, coming off a loss to the Lakers in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, went 5:40 without a point during Phoenix's outburst. Atlanta twice cut it to two points in the second quarter, the last time at 42-40 when Zaza Pachulia sank a 15-footer with 5 1/2 minutes left. Nash and Frye followed with 3-pointers to boost the lead to 48-40 and Phoenix led 56-47 at the break. The Suns scored the first six, the last two on Gortat's layup on a pass from Nash, to lead 62-47. The Hawks responded with six straight to cut it to nine. Phoenix's offense went cold the rest of the period, and a pair of 3s by Smith, the last with 36.9 seconds left in the period, cut the lead to 76-71. Smith's rebound basket with six seconds left cut the Suns' advantage to four at 77-73 entering the final quarter. Nash went down hard on the court with 4:41 to play in the third quarter and came up limping, but walked it off during a timeout and stayed in the game. *Courtesy of www.newsobserver.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 53: Phoenix Suns - Atlanta H. 99-101
Date: February 15, 2012
Josh Smith matched his season high with 30 points and grabbed 17 rebounds to rally the Atlanta Hawks to a 101-99 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night. Smith, whose career best is 32, had 20 points and 12 rebounds in the second half as Atlanta snapped a two-game skid and won for only the third time in eight games. Steve Nash, back after a night off as the Suns played their third game in three days, had 22 points and 16 assists. Grant Hill, who also sat out Tuesday night in a loss at Denver, scored 18 points for Phoenix. Willie Green added 20 for Atlanta, including 4 of 6 3-pointers. Joe Johnson, hounded by Hill all night, scored just six points on 2-of-10 shooting. Atlanta trailed throughout, and by 15 early in the second half, until what amounted to a four-point play with 7:38 remaining. Smith scored on a drive, was fouled and referee Tre Maddox called Nash for a technical. Nash was incredulous afterward but the official ignored him and walked away. Johnson made the technical, and Smith added his free throw to put the Hawks ahead 82-81. That started a 10-0 run that put Atlanta up 88-81 on Green's fast-break layup with 6:27 remaining. Green's 3 put the Hawks ahead 98-89 with 2:17 to go. Nash drove the lane, then somehow flipped the ball over his head with just enough spin on it for a layup while being fouled. The three-point play cut it to 98-95 with 42.9 seconds to go. The Suns got the ball back after Johnson's miss and Nash found Channing Frye open for what would have been the tying 3-pointer from the top of the key. But he missed and the Hawks escaped from there. The Suns, 0-3 in their stretch of three games in three nights, took the lead with an early 14-0 run that put them up 31-17 on Michael Redd's three-point play with 1:13 left in the third quarter. The Hawks, coming off a loss to the Lakers in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, went 5:40 without a point during Phoenix's outburst. Atlanta twice cut it to two points in the second quarter, the last time at 42-40 when Zaza Pachulia sank a 15-footer with 5 1/2 minutes left. Nash and Frye followed with 3-pointers to boost the lead to 48-40 and Phoenix led 56-47 at the break. The Suns scored the first six, the last two on Gortat's layup on a pass from Nash, to lead 62-47. The Hawks responded with six straight to cut it to nine. Phoenix's offense went cold the rest of the period, and a pair of 3s by Smith, the last with 36.9 seconds left in the period, cut the lead to 76-71. Smith's rebound basket with six seconds left cut the Suns' advantage to four at 77-73 entering the final quarter. Nash went down hard on the court with 4:41 to play in the third quarter and came up limping, but walked it off during a timeout and stayed in the game. *Courtesy of www.newsobserver.com
 ATLANTA H. (coach: Quin Snyder)101 |
| 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 | +/- |
| 0 | ABaUh, zIsh | 30 | 65-85 (05%) | 8-4 (11.9%) | 3-1 (11.9%) | 4 | 63 | 69 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 36 | 5 |
| 8 | zIhjsIj, zIR | 41 | 6-0 (85%) | 6-0 (85%) | 6-6 (655%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 1 | -6 | 5 |
| GQRRj, WallaR | 43 | 6-8 (05%) | 3-1 (11.9%) | 1-1 (655%) | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 85 | 69 | 5 | |
| 89 | OiZhulai, ciJi | 43 | 1-7 (11.9%) | 5-5 (5%) | 4-3 (90%) | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 60 | 68 | 5 |
| 1 | HajQaZh, KaQV | 80 | 8-9 (82.1%) | 5-6 (5%) | 6-6 (655%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| 5 | wRiDuR, zRff | 83 | 0-7 (00.1%) | 8-4 (11.9%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 61 | 61 | 5 |
| 83 | WallaiBs, biQLaj | 85 | 8-0 (35%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 99 | eidBijILaZ, klidaBaQ | 60 | 6-6 (655%) | 6-4 (44.4%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| zIhjsIj, oLij | 9 | 5-6 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | |
| giBpaRQ, qQaZV | 8 | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | -6 | 5 | |
| 6 | bZGQidF, wQiZF | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| 38 | AUiZVhIusR, zRQQF | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| OiQDI, zijjRQI | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | |||||||||||||||||
| wIUil | 82-07 (39.0%) | 65-86 (39.1%) | 60-62 (24.4%) | 1 | 89 | 44 | 88 | 86 | 5 | 60 | 0 | 5 | 63 | 656 | 71 | |||
 PHOENIX SUNS (coach: Jordan Ott)99 |
| 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 | +/- |
| 64 | Xish, AURLR | 47 | 1-65 (15%) | 6-3 (80%) | 9-2 (29.0%) | 5 | 3 | 3 | 61 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 88 | 46 | 5 |
| 44 | Hall, GQijU | 49 | 9-7 (99.2%) | 6-8 (05%) | 6-8 (05%) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 62 | 85 | 5 |
| 3 | GIQUiU, biQZaj | 40 | 0-68 (36.9%) | 5-5 (5%) | 4-3 (90%) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 64 | 69 | 5 |
| 4 | gudlRF, ziQRd | 43 | 8-8 (655%) | 8-3 (05%) | 6-8 (05%) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 66 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | yQFR, ChijjajD | 44 | 0-65 (05%) | 6-4 (44.4%) | 5-5 (5%) | 8 | 7 | 66 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 64 | 69 | 5 |
| bIQQas, biQVaRff | 85 | 6-8 (05%) | 6-6 (655%) | 4-3 (90%) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| eRdd, baZhiRl | 60 | 4-0 (15%) | 5-4 (5%) | 4-4 (655%) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | |
| 6 | ChaldQRss, zIsh | 66 | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
| 60 | vIpRJ, eIMaj | 2 | 8-8 (655%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6-3 (80%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 0 | -4 | 5 |
| 46 | wRlfiaQ, ARMisUaij | 1 | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | -8 | 5 |
| 8 | OQaZR, eIjjaR | 4 | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | -8 | 5 |
| 81 | mQITj, AhijjIj | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| 86 | WiQQaZV, HiVaB | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| wIUil | 46-08 (07.1%) | 1-69 (40.4%) | 67-89 (95.3%) | 0 | 44 | 42 | 84 | 69 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 85 | 77 | 72 | |||
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)
